Ranking Every Vanilla Ice Cream | Ranked With Babish

Vanilla doesn't always have to mean "boring." Unfortunately, for some of these ice cream brands, it still does.

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[phoenixsoren]

This is why people think vanilla is plain. It's because too many vanilla ice creams really don't taste enough like vanilla

[Xyler]

Vanilla Ice Cream is how you separate the greats from the bads.

When you have simple ingredients like vanilla, it must be high-quality, and mixed properly, else it don't taste great. So really, it ain't boring... because it's how you find out which company can actually make ice cream!

[onthepalehorse]

Vanilla is an incredibly unique plant, it blooms for a mere two months in the tiniest corner of the world. It's basically straight out of a fairy tale, and yet people use it as synonymous for plain. For shame.

[THEGRUMPTRUCK]

For those wondering "No Blue Bell", the company only distributes to 23 states. New York (Where babish lives) does NOT stock it all year round, and when they do they dont get much, it sells quickly. It is likely that it simply wasnt time to stock it where he lives or that it is sold out.

[CGA]

"Imagine a flower: A climbing orchid, to be exact; the one of some twenty thousand varieties that produces something edible. Now imagine that its blooms must be pollinated either by hand or a small variety of Mexican bee, and that each bloom only opens for one day a year. Now imagine the fruit of this orchid, a pod, being picked and cured, sitting in the sun all day, sweating under blankets all night for months until, shrunken and shriveled, it develops a heady, exotic perfume and flavor. Now imagine that this fruit's name is synonymous with dull, boring, and ordinary. How vanilla got this bad rap I for one will never know."

-Alton Brown

[periguillot]

Consider having an on-demand palate cleanser for this video format

[RenAigu]

It's not boring. It's pure. Pure sweet creaminess.

[jnbg]

If anyone didn’t know, Ben and Jerry’s ice cream has so much stuff in it because Ben has anosmia, no sense of smell. So texture is very important. I love chunky ice cream and different flavors, so I go hard for B&J’s

[contramundi]

the term "french vanilla" come from the method used to make said icecream. It's custard based using eggs. the yellow creamy ice cream. the white icy texture vanilla is conventional vanilla ice cream using just cream.

[kylinsky]

Just remember, before we had Vanilla in any commercially viable sense, we frequently used Rose Water to flavor things. Imagine sampling 25 pints of Rose water ice creams. Vanilla revolutionized desserts not that long ago, and it's one of the most complex flavor compounds there is, yet somehow it is used to describe something as boring.

[superjonboy]

I'm really surprised the Costco/Kirkland brand Vanilla is not in here. It's probably the best Vanilla Ice Cream I've ever had, and I've had a lot!

[n.robinson]

Southerners don't realize Blue Bell is not easily accessible up north

[souptaels]

I love that half the comments are like "I LOVE vanilla" (I agree), and the other half are "no Blue Bell??"

[silversugar]

Really happy to see Lactaid score so high as I recently got diagnosed as intolerant (explains my whole life really) but I've been so weirdly nervous (it's the 'tism) about trying alternatives and stuff especially for treats. So maybe I'll give them a try next!

[zebrachickie]

does this mean we do chocolate now? it’s only right.
also testing different peanut butters could be cool

[gabewilson]

Ideas for the next of this series:
Jar spaghetti sauces (or alfredo)
Frozen dinners
Cheeses
American beers

[hunkynchunky]

I feel like people that say vanilla is boring just don't know how to appreciate the simple things in life.

[Temple]

As a man who likes vanilla ice cream, I prefer fries with no ketchup.

[dlte]

As an Oregonian, Tillamook and Umpqua are two of my favorites. Sad to see Tillamook ranked at 5, but to each their own.

[OpalKaboi]

French fries without ketchup is how I usually have my fries. If ya season them well.