Spooktacular Ice Cream Flavors of Portland, Oregon for Halloween Include Pig's Blood, Bugs



Spooktacular Ice Cream Flavors of Portland, Oregon for Halloween Include Pig's Blood, Bugs

Published 10/14/2019 at 5:33 PM PDT
By OREGON TRAVEL DAILY STAFF

Spooktacular Ice Cream Flavors of Portland, Oregon for Halloween Include Pig's Blood, Bugs

(Portland, Oregon) – A new breed of flavors has creeped into Portland, Oregon’s culinary scene as Salt & Straw dishes out its Spooktacular Series of scoops for the month.

Salt & Straw presently has three scoop shops in Portland, one in Lake Oswego and the Wiz Bang Bar at Pine Street Market. There are also outlets in San Diego, San Francisco, Anaheim, L.A. and Seattle, Washington.

It’s a host of terrifyingly tasty treats that let guests’ imaginations run wild with flavors such The Great Candycopia, a gruesomely tasty combo of salted butterscotch ice cream, with an abundance of homemade chocolatey, caramely, nougaty, candy bars and peanut butter cups.

Mummy’s Pumpkin Spiced Potion is a cursed brew of heady spices and dried pumpkin tea in coconut cream with a rich pumpkin swirl.

Upping the fright factor is Dracula’s Blood Pudding, a combination of warm spices, cream and pig’s blood that will make you squirm with delight. Yes, it’s actual pig’s blood, but before you run for the hills, this is no more drastic than a blood sausage. In fact, pig’s blood has been historically used as a thickening agent in many other dishes. In this case, it gives the ice cream a different layer.

Or you can double-dare your friends into a scoop of Creepy Crawly Critters a light and fresh grass-green matcha ice cream spiked with zesty orange, which hides – get this - tasty swarms of real bugs. The concoction contains toffee-brittle mealworms and chocolate crickets. Not for the faint of heart, it may surprise you, however, to learn this trend of bug-munching has been creeping into Portland’s culinary scene for some time.

“La Cocina graduate Don Bugito in Oakland provided the delicious insects, and we brought the creepy,” the company said in a press release.

The legendary Portland ice creamery has brought back to life their most eerie flavors and concocted a few new sinister creations, all while asking themselves “What would Dracula serve at his Halloween party?” “How can we evoke the feeling of your hair rising up as you tiptoe through a haunted house?” “Which candies would you always trade your loot for?” The answers just might scare you.

The flavors will be available by the scoop, flight or pint at Salt & Straw scoop shops, October 4 through Thursday, October 31. Ship nationwide to anyone you want to spook this Halloween by ordering the Spooktacular variety pack online for $65 plus shipping through Salt & Straw’s website, www.saltandstraw.com.