No dairy is now no problem for Ben & Jerry’s

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Raise your spoons: Ben Jerry’s now has nondairy ice cream.

The Vermont ice cream maker has created four flavors using a certified vegan almond milk base. Available are the classic Chunky Monkey and Chocolate Fudge Brownie flavors, plus a couple of new ones: Coffee Caramel Fudge and P.B. and Cookies.

The P.B. and Cookies variety is a vanilla nondairy frozen dessert with chocolate sandwich cookies and crunchy peanut butter swirls.

The company has been getting requests for years to make nondairy ice cream. Ben Jerry’s Kirsten Schimoler said creating the lineup with a nondairy base composition that meets consumer expectations was quite a challenge. But, she said, “We nailed it.”

The flavors are available in pints.