At first when I thought back to being a kid, I remembered chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry, but that seemed very limited, and then I started remembering things like butter pecan, and chocolate chip (boring by today's standards). There were more of course, but it was still much more limited, and some are no longer around like fudge ripple. I haven't seen fudge ripple for years, and maybe a few other ripple types, but since then there has been an explosion of flavors. When I was a kid, Howard Johnson's, the restaurant, sold 21 flavors. It was the magical unheard of number for years. It seemed amazing, even considering I never went there to see the selection. Hell, there's a gas station near me today that has at least 21 flavors at their ice cream counter on any given day, and the inventory continually changes with different flavors replacing ones that are sold out. 30 years ago a small delicatessen in Montana sold Baby Ruth ice cream for several years and then it vanished. That was my favorite back then, but I don't think it's around anymore. I bought some Snickers ice cream thinking that would be almost like Baby Ruth, but it didn't come close to the way I remembered Baby Ruth. And we we haven't yet even talked about Ben and Jerry's. Granted Ben and Jerry's is probably more about inventing new names for flavors, but I don't buy Ben and Jerry's. It seems too upscale and fancy pants for me. Those who buy it, I assume must be ice cream snobs.