Serendipity Debuts Friends Inspired Ice Cream

Mar 11th, 2021

Hannah Fink

The coffee ice cream has a fudge swirl and dark chocolate covered almonds within. Photo: Serendipity's Facebook.

The coffee ice cream has a fudge swirl and dark chocolate covered almonds within. Photo: Serendipity's Facebook.

Serendipity has launched an ice cream flavor inspired by the TV show Friends, called Central Perk Coffee Almond Fudge.

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The flavor is made up of a coffee ice cream with thick fudge swirl and dark chocolate covered almonds churned throughout.

The flavor joins Serendipity's other entertainment-inspired flavor, The Goonies' Sloth & Chunk Rocky Rooooaad?

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