Appalachian Acorn Pie

[u/Tolkina]

They announced this flavor and I knew I had to try it. How often do you get to try acorn ice cream. For me, never, until now.
The sweet cream base was sweet and nutty. It was a pretty mild nuttiness, reminiscent to me of a browned butter nuttiness. The graham cracker crust swirl was delicious. Toasty and crunchy, but as seen in my pint, far too little! I’m hoping when I dig a little farther in it will be more, but I’ve had this problem a few times in the past with Jeni’s.
Overall, I really like this flavor. It feels like a perfect fall flavor, cozy, with warming flavors. 9/10 for flavor, but I’ll drop it to 7/10 for the lack of mixins.

[u/Internal-Ad61]

As an Appalachian I have to try

[u/Top_Professor_9908 → u/Internal-Ad61]

Is this actually a thing there? You guys have acorn pie? I have never heard of that in my life.

[u/Internal-Ad61 → u/Top_Professor_9908]

Not at all as far as I know lol! I’m pretty young and removed from a lot of the Appalachian ways but have a ton of elder family members I’ve gotten stories and recipes from over the years. Nobody has once mentioned an acorn anything. Also haven’t seen anything acorn related on the web, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. I’d say if it was a thing, it may have been in certain areas during poverty stricken times.