Blue Bell debuts Chocolate Lava Cake ice cream, brings back fan favorite

Chocolate Lava Cake is available in half-gallon and pint sizes for a limited time.

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Blue Bell Creameries is celebrating National Ice Cream Month with a new limited-time flavor and the return of a fan favorite.

The company has introduced Chocolate Lava Cake Ice Cream, a vanilla-flavored ice cream with chocolate cake pieces, chocolate sundae sauce and a dark chocolate fudge swirl.

Chocolate Lava Cake is available in half-gallon and pint sizes for a limited time.

Blue Bell has also brought back Red, White & Blue Bell, a flavor that first debuted in 2014 before leaving stores in 2017. The returning flavor features vanilla ice cream with swirls of blueberry and strawberry.

The company says July is recognized as National Ice Cream Month, a designation established by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. National Ice Cream Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of July, which falls on July 19 this year.

Blue Bell products are sold in 24 states, including Georgia.