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Comedian’s Americone Dream offers ‘sweet taste of liberty in your mouth’

AP	Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream consists of vanilla ice cream with fudge-covered waffle cone pieces and caramel.

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updated 11:19 a.m. ET Feb. 15, 2007

NEW YORK - Stephen Colbert may have no taste for the truth, but he does have a sweet tooth.

Ben & Jerry’s has named a new ice cream in honor of the comedian: “Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream.” It’s vanilla ice cream with fudge-covered waffle cone pieces and caramel. Announcing the new flavor Wednesday, Ben & Jerry’s called it: “The sweet taste of liberty in your mouth.”

The Vermont-based ice-cream maker is known for naming its flavors after people such as Jerry Garcia, Wavy Gravy and the band Phish — which Colbert sees as a political bias.

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“I’m not afraid to say it. Dessert has a well-known liberal agenda,” Colbert said in a statement. “What I hope to do with this ice cream is bring some balance back to the freezer case.”

Colbert, who spoofs flag-waving conservative pundits on his Comedy Central show, “The Colbert Report,” is donating his proceeds to charity through the new Stephen Colbert Americone Dream Fund, which will distribute the money to various causes.