There is a problem every ice cream fan has quietly accepted: gummies do not survive the freezer. They come back frozen solid, nothing like the chewy bites they were meant to be. Hudsonville Ice Cream and Albanese Confectionery just announced they solved it. The result is Dirt Cake ice cream, one of the most talked-about Hudsonville Ice Cream new flavors of 2026 and a viral food trend already generating real buzz in the freezer aisle.
What Is Hudsonville Ice Cream’s New Dirt Cake Flavor?
Dirt Cake ice cream is a frozen take on the classic American party dessert. The base is a blend of vanilla and chocolate pudding-flavored ice cream, folded through with cream-filled chocolate cookies that stand in for the crushed Oreo “dirt” of the original. And throughout the pint are Albanese World’s Best Gummi Chiller Worms that stay genuinely chewy even at freezer temperature.
For anyone who grew up making dirt cake in a flower pot and calling it a masterpiece, the translation is immediate. The flavor captures the same sweet, creamy, chocolatey combination that made the original a birthday party and potluck staple. Hudsonville is calling it the flavor of summer 2026, and the early response from shoppers suggests that is not an overstatement.
Joel Ancrile, brand lead for Hudsonville Ice Cream, put it plainly: “Part of making great ice cream is experimenting with flavors and mix-ins that surprise people in the best way. We’ve been perfecting our recipes for 100 years, and this collaboration with Albanese gives us the chance to recreate a dessert people already love in a way that’s never been done before.”…