Which is correct: "I am drinking ice cream" or "I am eating ice cream"?

Solution 1:

You are eating ice cream. You also eat soup, applesauce, yogurt, and many other things. The "food" category is not defined by chewability.

Solution 2:

Ice cream is typically eaten. If you melted the ice cream, you could probably drink it. Similar foods get differing treatment and the pattern usually comes down utensils:

• You drink through a straw (slurpies, shakes)
• You eat with a spoon (ice cream, pudding, soup)
• You drink from a bowl by tipping it to your mouth (soup, broth)

Solution 3:

"Eat" would be the right word unless you want to specifically emphasize that it's melting before you have a chance to consume it (e.g., "Between the heat and my 2 year-old acting out, I ended up drinking my ice cream.")

Solution 4:

Ice cream is eaten as it is in solid state. You can not drink ice, can you?