Free Unicorn Confetti Ice Cream Sandwiches On Boston Common

BOSTON — Although Bostonians are known for their ice cream consumption no matter the season, summer does bring out the ice cream trucks. And while National Ice Cream month (July) might be on its way out, Friday, August 2, happens to be National Ice Cream Sandwich Day.

In honor of that, there's a Unicorn Fantasy Party planned for Friday on the Boston Common, complete with a special unicorn confetti ice cream sandwich give away.

Hood Ice Cream and Wally the Green Monster, official mascot of the Boston Red Sox, will celebrate year’s best food “holiday” from 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. on the common, handing out thousands of free vanila and unicorn confetti ice cream sandwiches.

The Unicorn Confetti Ice Cream Sandwich is a Hood limited edition product. They describe it as a fruity flavored ice cream between two vanilla wafers with confetti sprinkles. Think: ice cream that tastes like fruity pebbles cereal.

Look for the Hood ice cream truck and Wally.

This isn't the first time Hood has celebrated National Ice Cream Sandwich Day. Last year they were at the big Hood Milk Bottle at the Boston Children’s Museum.

The event includes free family fun activities like face-painting, photos with Wally, unicorn-themed games, bubbles and more.

It's not clear just how National Ice Cream day came about, but the first ice-cream sandwiches appear to have started in London, and then arrived in the pushcarts of New York ice cream men, selling for just one penny back in 1900.

National Ice Cream Month (and day) have a history, though.

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month and the third Sunday of the month as National Ice Cream Day.

In his proclamation he referred to ice cream as "a nutritious and wholesome food." We'll go with it.

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