Stephen Colbert imagines Ben & Jerry's flavors for 2016 candidates not named Bernie Sanders

Stephen Colbert imagines Ben &amp; Jerry flavors for the other 2016 candidates

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last updated 28 January 2016

Ben, of Ben & Jerry's fame, has created a special ice cream for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Stephen Colbert said Wednesday night that the name, "Bernie's Yearning," sounds like a soft-core porno, trotting out his Sanders impersonation to imagine some dialogue from such a movie. But there's a problem, he said — or at least he will make one up: "This delicious treat is a violation of the well-known Ice Cream Equal Time law. Legally, Ben has to give equal churn time to all the other candidates by making a flavor for each of them." Not waiting for Ben to comply with his fictional law, Colbert offered his own suggestions. They're all pretty good, but Mike Huckabee's flavor was a crowd favorite, and with good reason. Watch below. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.