a person pouring a spoon into a cup

If you’re a fan of the ice cream sundae on United Airlines in Polaris business class, more flavors are arriving soon, including a personal favorite of mine.

United Airlines Adding Tillamook Strawberry Ice Cream, Biscoff Cookie Crumbles To Polaris Ice Cream Sundae Menu

A memo reviewed by Live And Let’s Fly notes that starting on June 1, 2024, United will introduce a new ice cream flavor, new toppings, and a new cake onboard:

In addition to the Tillamook vanilla bean ice cream, we’ll serve the Tillamook strawberry ice cream. We’ve also included toppings to make a strawberry shortcake sundae for customers in Polaris and premium transcontinental premium cabins. 

These sundaes are available in business class on longhaul international flights that depart after 9:45 am and premium transcontinental flights between Newark (EWR) and Los Angeles (LAX) / San Francisco (SFO).

United recommends the following “masterpiece” when constructing a sundae:

  • One scoop of Tillamook strawberry ice cream
  • Diced shortcake
  • Strawberry compote
  • Biscoff crumbles
  • Whipped cream

It’s those biscoff crumbles that most interest me. I recently enjoyed those over my sundae on a Delta Air Lines flight and found it a great topping.

United will also introduce a new lemon berry cheesecake to replace the salted caramel cheesecake we have seen for several months.

After customers complained of varying ice cream quality depending upon the station, United now partners with Tillamook for its Polaris ice cream.

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen ice cream other than vanilla. I can recall that United regularly offered a mix of both vanilla and chocolate or vanilla and strawberry back in the days prior to the merger with Continental Airlines. I even have photo evidence from a transcontinental flight from Washington Dulles to San Diego in September 2007:

a bowl of ice cream with a spoon

Yum…

CONCLUSION

Stay tuned for more sundae choices on United starting in June. While the headline may be the strawberry ice cream from Tillamook, I am most excited about the new biscoff crumbles on top of my sundae.

Do you like ice cream sundaes on airplanes?

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