Finding the perfect ice-cream flavor can be as frustrating as dating a snowman: by the time you're ready to commit, all the good ones have melted away. Find The One among 31 with today's Groupon: for $6, you get $12 worth of ice-cream treats at Baskin Robbins on University Avenue or 82nd Street.

Ever since Baskin Robbins began its dessert fashion show in 1953, more than 1,000 original flavors have sauntered across the nation's tongue runways, 31 at a time. With the ice creamery's iconic pink sampling spoons as your guide, taste-test as many as you like until you find the flavor that gives your soul a back rub, whether it's a classic flavor such as rocky road single scoop ($2.59) or a seasonal offering such as Quarterback Crunch or Winter White Chocolate—white-chocolate ice cream loaded with chocolate-covered cherry pieces and a cherry ribbon. Otherwise, keep it simple and bury your face within the flavor of the month—Trick Oreo Treat, a frighteningly tasty mix of orange-crème-filled Oreo cookies, Baby Ruth, and Butterfinger pieces bursting forth from vanilla ice cream. The ice alchemists at Baskin Robbins can also transmute their ice cream into other creations, such as mini-parfaits ($2.00), layered sundaes ($5.59), and banana splits ($5.99).

To celebrate events of greater import, such as Halloween or baby's first doctoral thesis, choose one of Baskin Robbins's variety of freeze-baked ice-cream cakes ($9.99+) Classic cakes let loose flavors of white sponge and devil's-food cake across their thick, creamy tundra and the chocolate-dipped strawberry cake, a Chef's Collection cake, erects a skyscraper with chocolate and Very Berry–strawberry ice-cream floors and an exterior of whipped chocolate and strawberry glaze. Healthy hedonists, meanwhile, can indulge in the shop's BRight Choices—fat-free, dairy-free, and sugarless assortments of ice cream, sorbet, and frozen yogurt. With thousands of locations nationwide, Baskin Robbins makes sure nobody ever has to suffer the pain of ice-cream heartaches.