(Image source: The Huffington Post / Ben & Jerry's)

BY CHRISTINA MARTIN
ANCHOR BRICE SANDER

Some people can resist Pete Schweddy’s balls, and they’re calling for a boycott. Conservative group One Million Moms wants the balls off the shelves.

“The vulgar new flavor has turned something as innocent as ice cream into something repulsive. Not exactly what you want a child asking for at the supermarket.”

This isn’t the first time Ben & Jerry’s has released an ice cream with a risqué name or been under fire by One Million Moms, the group complained about the Hubby, Hubby flavor created to celebrate same-sex marriage. An Ology writer says the moms can keep complaining, but he isn’t listening.

“It's also interesting that, while referencing a classic SNL skit is offense, they have no problem with drug-themed entries like ‘Half Baked’ or ‘Magic Brownies’... I, for one, will go find a pair of ‘Schweddy Balls"’ right now, just to show those mothers that I don't care about their boycott.”

But a writer for The Stir says the vanilla ice cream with a hint of rum and malted milk balls sounds tasty, but the name is just tasteless.

“Why in the world would we take something as marvelous as ice cream...and give it a horribly gross name no matter how clever? I have a sense of humor and still I don't want to put Schweddy Balls into my mouth -- there I said it!”

But is this a cause worth fighting for? RT commentators Alyona Minkovski and Jenny Churchill think One Million Moms need to get out of the ice cream aisle and into causes that matter.

Alyona Minkovski: “Let people...you can have your Christian ice cream, and let people have their ice cream that actually has a sense of humor and refers to pop culture, which Ben & Jerry’s is good at doing.”
Jenny Churchill: “Its just so pathetic, because there are other things they can actually be concerned about that wouldn’t de-legitimize their causes.”

And a Houston Chronicle blogger says kids aren’t the target audience for the ballsy ice cream, so what’s the big deal?

“My young daughter does not watch Saturday Night Live...she’s gone her whole life with an ignorance of Schweddy Balls and Alec Baldwin in general... this ice cream is rum flavored. It’s really not meant for her. As the ice cream is clearly not aimed or marketed toward children I’m not sure I understand the outrage.”

Transcript by Newsy.