Hari Seldon
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Very expensive if you want it dry-ice shipped, but none better. Any flavor is just fantastic. So creamy compared to the mass produced garbage.
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I want good ice cream. What are good brands and their flavors?
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Not a fan of the Bedrock Blizzard / Dino Diabetes ?
hey_monkey
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Jeni's is a good suggestion if you want to get spendy. You want creamy, find something that comes straight from a dairy. There's one a bit north of us and the ice cream there is amazing. At stores here, too, we can pick up Oberweis, which feels like it should be illegal or something, like that shit is a vice.
indigo lily
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If you're ever in Canada, one of my favourite ice cream brands is Kawartha Diary:
Moose Tracks is my GOAT
Moose Tracks is my GOAT
Nah, this is what you put in your hair:
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The GOAT Fall Ice Cream
Yeah I'm near oberweis too and their stuff is amazing. Usually stick with cookie dough / mint chip.
hey_monkey
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I dunno where you are but if you're near it the dairy we go visit sometimes on the way to Chicago is Fair Oaks, and if you get over there... omg. The chocolate milk tastes like ice cream; the ice cream tastes like utopia.
jryeje29
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I've never tried any type of gourmet ice cream brands that cost some ridiculous amount and can only be found in special places but in terms of the best ice cream I believe you could easily get your hands on basically anywhere. The only answer is Häagen-Dazs ice cream. They offer most flavors and you will never enjoy a cheaper store bought brand after.
archreaper93
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Oreo/Cookies & Cream is objectively the best flavor. Fact.
Oh shit didn't think I'd see this in here. My dad would drive 1/2 hour just to get a scoop of Mackies.
MemoryHumanity
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The goat.
Very Berry Sunday
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Get Alden's Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream if you store carries them. Worth the $6.29
hurricanes
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Very expensive if you want it dry-ice shipped, but none better. Any flavor is just fantastic. So creamy compared to the mass produced garbage.
No no no no nope!
It's made of 90% sugar and about nothing else.
That's American ice creams in a nutshell though. Everything is walking diabetes.
NoblesseOblige
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Best brand of ice cream here is exclusive to Michigan State University's Food and Nutrition school's dairy plant.
GiantBombGamer
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I can't believe I'm seeing love for Blue Bell on here. That is some of the worst ice cream I ever had the misfortune of purchasing.
*Edit* Disregard, I was confusing blue bell with Blue Bunny!
*Edit* Disregard, I was confusing blue bell with Blue Bunny!
It's not my #1 brand, but I really enjoyed their Bride's Cake, Groom's Cake, and Banana Pudding flavors.
PixelatedBookake
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I need some Pralines and Cream on the level of Baskin' Robbins. I don't work there anymore so I can't take unlimited samples of the shit but it was CRACK. Any good substitutes out there?
NoMoreTrolls
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Objectively wrong
Tillamook is my jam.
Hey, I used to live next door to a Full Tilt, I could always smell the waffle cones when I walked past.
Full Tilt Thai Iced Tea
Hey, I used to live next door to a Full Tilt, I could always smell the waffle cones when I walked past.
Yes! I really can't stand most ice creams now that I've become used to good ice cream without all the gums and stabilizers.
The best ice cream I've found is either Turkey Hill "All Natural" ice creams, or Haagen Daz "Five" ice creams.
Both of these do not contain any of the thickening, stabilizing and emulsifying Agents (Carob Bean Gum, Guar Gum, Carrageenan, Lactase Enzyme, Tara Gum, mono & diglycerides, etc.) found in most other ice creams.
These will actually melt if you leave it out, instead of turning into a gelatinous blob. And they taste much richer and creamier because of it, imo.
I tried the Turkey Hill All Natural Vanilla after it was recommended in a previous ice cream thread, and it was fucking disgusting. We ended up throwing out most of it. Haagen Dazs Vanilla Bean is the GOAT vanilla.
Also, for those who recommended Talenti, I've tried a few Talenti flavors and didn't think any of them were that great.
MidgarBlowedUp
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I like blue bunny, bryers, Hagen dad, etc. But my favorite is home made peach.
Get an old Waring Ice Cream Parlor/Maker. I got mine at goodwill for $3.00. You can get then for less than $25 on eBay. Then follow instructions on making your own. Congrats on the diabetus!
Get an old Waring Ice Cream Parlor/Maker. I got mine at goodwill for $3.00. You can get then for less than $25 on eBay. Then follow instructions on making your own. Congrats on the diabetus!
Full Tilt Thai Iced Tea
Hell yes. My friend worked for Full Tilt for years. Amazing ice cream. I got spoiled on all their stuff.
That said, lemme throw one up for an unsung hero: shitty fake strawberry ice cream. You know, that unwanted strip in your neopolitan?
Fucking delicious. Fake strawberry is godlike. It tastes almost nothing like strawberries, but it's amazing.
#teamfakestrawberry
nillapuddin
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I live in this hell hole, fuck Publix ice cream
shout out to pub sub tho
Great Value (any; cookie dough) ice cream
Come at me bruhs
S/O to any brand that still sells the one gallon vanilla/orange sherbet combo
GiantEnemyGoomba
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Nothing beats homemade.
lmao that looks incredible but also my teeth kinda hurt now
Freyjadour
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Its great in the shop, but the carton I tried was horrible.
SoundofSilence
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You do realize one of the differentiators between base "ice cream" and gelato is gelato has more sugar right?
The base differentiator is that gelatto has less air.
Anyways, my picks:
Try as I might, it's pretty hard to beat Haagen Dazs. If I lived in Vancouver I might say Rain or Shine Salted Caramel though. That stuff is incredible.
MemoryHumanity
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Why the fuck do Americans measure liquid in ounces, and solids in pints? What the fuck man.
PyroPaperPlanes
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Thanks everyone, now I'm craving ice cream like no tomorrow. :X
Blue Bell is great if you want a side of Listeria.
Given how little ice cream I eat, I'd have to go with whatever local parlors make over anything in the store. In Boston you've got Richardson's, Kimball's, Rebecca's, and a myriad of others I'd buy before boxed stuff.
At some point we had a raffle to determine which things were measured in which way and fluid ounces won for mass produced ice cream.
Given how little ice cream I eat, I'd have to go with whatever local parlors make over anything in the store. In Boston you've got Richardson's, Kimball's, Rebecca's, and a myriad of others I'd buy before boxed stuff.
At some point we had a raffle to determine which things were measured in which way and fluid ounces won for mass produced ice cream.
Obviously not true, but it feels like that's what must have happened sometimes.
Hands down the best ice cream out there.
Mitchells rules!! Though if you're in the CLE area, Piccadilly by the Cleveland Museum of Art is super great too.
Very Berry Sunday
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Another question about serving size. What's your serving size?
I get 3 scoops from my Tablespoon. That's enough to satisfy my cravings.
Try out Organic Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream by Alden. Delicious.
I get 3 scoops from my Tablespoon. That's enough to satisfy my cravings.
Try out Organic Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream by Alden. Delicious.
My wife will almost exclusively buy Haagen daz out of a misguided sense of Jersey pride (I think its actually from New York). We now get some ice cream sandwiches from cool haus to mix things up. I used to get them from their food trucks before they started packaging them.
My real favorite is Breyers....from 20+ years ago. Fuck I miss old Breyers.
My real favorite is Breyers....from 20+ years ago. Fuck I miss old Breyers.
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