Why is chocolate/vanilla/strawberry ice cream called Neapolitan?
We tackled this cool challenge by searching on “neapolitan ice cream.” The search for the tri-flavor ice cream proved fruitful, and we headed to the first web page result. The Food Network summed up the sweet treat, “Brick-shaped ice cream made up of three differently flavored ice creams (usually vanilla, chocolate and strawberry).” While this definition was helpful, it didn’t bring us any closer to the origin of the dessert’s distinctive name. Next, we tried searches on “neapolitan history” and “history of ice cream,” only to learn more than we ever dreamed possible about the city of Naples, Italy, and churning cream. In desperation, we tried a search on
