Last month I wrote about the many ways my cats look like food … to me, anyway. In a celebration of summertime’s favorite treat and my fixation with cats looking like noms, I decided to feature felines who resemble — either in looks or demeanor — ice cream. That’s right. Who doesn’t like ice cream? Even if you’re lactose intolerant, you at least like the flavor of ice cream, your bowels just aren’t fond of it. Even if you’re vegan, you must like some sort of frozen tofu-like substance, right?
For your end-of-the-summer pleasure, I give you cats who remind me of ice cream.
1. Cookies & cream
My Cosmo has always reminded me of a giant scoop of cookies and cream. I love Oreos, and the crunch of the chocolate cookie mixed with the stiff, sugary stuffing, blended with creamy vanilla ice cream, is just about perfect to me. The bottom section of Cosmo’s belly — I call it his “panties” — is so luscious, just like the inside of a Double Stuff Oreo. I often bury my face in that double-stuff gut and huff away. It’s definitely a double-scoop kind of belly.
2. Snickers
To me, every tortie looks like a Snickers candy bar. Seriously! Look at her coloring. The rich chocolatey goodness, swirled with gooey caramel. I’m sure there’s some peanuts in there somewhere. Torties would make a delicious scoop of Snickers ice cream. Have you ever tried the stuff? It’s a-mazing. You know what else rocks pretty hard? The frozen Snickers ice cream bars. Oh, yeah. This cat is totally making me hungry.
3. Orange sherbet
OK, before you start in with the “sherbet isn’t ice cream” bit, let me stop you right there. I’m well aware that sherbet is made with milk, not cream. I’m grouping it into the ice cream family for this post because it’s my post and I’m going to make some of the rules here. (If you just read the part about me grouping sherbet into the ice cream family, then you know my editors consented to my bold choice to go rogue with this one.) (Editor’s note: Barely consented.) We here at Catster are all about pushing boundaries. Even when it comes to categorizing frozen treats. Boo-yaa!
Take a look at this cat. Look at him!! Don’t your taste buds sizzle with the essence of orange sherbet when you look at his creamy-looking fur? I’d also agree that he looks a little Creamsicle-y or Push Pop-ish. If you want to fight me on the sherbet thing, you can say he looks like a Creamsicle — there’s vanilla ice cream inside of that. However you want to look at him, YUM!
4. Coffee
When I was a kid, I couldn’t stomach coffee ice cream. Even as a teenager, when I started drinking coffee, it was black. I never liked my joe with cream and sugar; however, now that I can spend $6 on a fancy sweet latte at Starbucks, I’m all over it. I even enjoy coffee ice cream from time to time. I think the quality of both coffee ice cream and hair products have improved since the ’70s and ’80s.
Don’t you think that Siamese kitties look like coffee ice cream? I’ve always thought their coloring had coffee-colored tones. They even looked like coffee ice cream in the ’70s and ’80s.
5. Chunky Monkey
This sweet kitty just screams Chunky Monkey, one of Ben & Jerry’s most popular flavors. It makes no difference what’s in the ice cream (walnuts and chocolate chunks in banana ice cream, in case you’re interested), this cat just looks like a chunky monkey. In fact, if she were my kitty, that’s exactly what I’d call her. But then I’d probably put her on a diet. And then I’d grab a pint of Chunky Monkey ice cream for myself.
6. Butter pecan
Some cats are just a little nutty, like this one. You can just tell that this kitty has tons of personality and is always up to some kind of shenanigan. And the buttery shade of his fur makes my mouth salivate. I know some people think it’s kind of an “old person’s flavor,” but I’m a huge fan of butter pecan ice cream. Of course, I’m a butterscotch candy fanatic, too. When I was a kid, I’d dig around and find the yellow cellophane-wrapped hard candy at the bottom of my great-grandmother’s purse. And then I’d sit in her lap, suck on the candy disc and watch The Price Is Right. Don’t tell me butter pecan is an “old person’s flavor.”
7. Fudge ripple
Mmm … those ribbons of rich chocolate in fudge ripple ice cream are just the best! The ripply stripes on tabby cats make me think of those ribbons. Don’t you just want to dip your spoon into those tasty lines of love? Tin Roof Sundae has the same fudge-y stripes, but with the added crunch of peanuts. I think I’d enjoy a giant waffle cone of this cat.
8. Toasted coconut
Coconut is such a divisive flavor. It appears to me that people either love it or hate it. And they seem to always use the same line, “It’s a texture thing.” I love, love, love coconut. I adore the texture and the flavor is one of my all-time favorites. Mounds candy bars? Yes, please. I wish, however, they’d create a hybrid of Mounds and Almond Joy. I want the almonds and I want dark chocolate. Get on it, Hershey.
This kitty is such a perfect shade of toasted coconut. Look how rich an creamy she looks! Yum! I’ll punch anyone who complains about the texture of this cat. She’s perfect.
What flavor of ice cream would your cat be? Tell us in the comments!
About the Author: Angie Bailey is a goofy girl with freckles and giant smile who wants everyone to be her friend. Loves pre-adolescent boy humor, puns, making up parody songs, and thinking about cats doing people things. Writes Catladyland, a cat humor blog, and authored whiskerslist: the kitty classifieds, a silly book about cats wheeling and dealing online. Partner in a production company and writes and acts in comedy web series that may or may not offend people. Mother to two humans and three cats, all of which want her to make them food.
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