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[SnakeXs]

Posts 67 and 68 are correct. Especially 67.

 

[Apt101]

Do you like Cold Stone Creamery? Baskin Robbins is about twenty five levels beneath that. Better to just buy your own from the market.

 

[golem]

Baskin is fine for a chain and I like it better than Coldstone, but I bet there is a mom and pop shop nearby that is making stuff 100x better

 

[BobTheFork]

BR is absolutely quality...for what it is.

It's not supposed to be top tier and it isn't priced that way but those are good people doing good work. I would never turn down a BR cone but I probably wouldn't go seek one out.

 

[Fauve]

I absolutely love their Rainbow Sherbet. That's all I really get from there.

 

[triplestation]

Grainy

 

[White_sox]

It wouldn't be my first choice, but the daiquiri ice is unique and refreshing.

 

[Tony Iron Man Stark]

Which Ice Cream do you prefer to buy from stores?

Häagen-Dazs or Ben and Jerry, or do you know of better alternatives?

 

[PeregrinSe7en]

Ctrl+F

Thrifty's not found

What's wrong with you people?!

its rite aid now

 

[Cooter]

How does it compare to Häagen-Dazs?

It doesn't. HD is top tier. Pretty damn great for mainstream ice cream. Coconut pineapple is to die for.

 

[nomster]

Reasonably priced - Tillamook, for me, is hands down the best.

More expensive - Talenti, Ben + Jerrys, and Haagen Daas are all good.

Better still are the smaller makers like Graeters or local makers (typically regionally sold, so no point in listing specifics if you live in another part of the country).

Here's a good ice cream review site:
http://www.onsecondscoop.com/

Recently discovered Tillamookies ... homer drool.gif

 

[dead souls]

depends on what you're looking for. I'm not a big Cold Stone fan because I hate having ice cream loaded with a bunch of toppings. I'm more of a plain sherbet kind of guy and love Baskin Robbin's Wild n Reckless sherbet. Of course taste varies.

Good call. Wild 'n Reckless sherbet is so damn good.

 

[Monocle]

No.

Yes.

Don't know.

Dat hive mind.

 

[Staccat0]

Gold medal ribbon milkshake

All day

YUP

 

[Setzer]

Gold Medal Ribbon from Baskin Robbins is one of the best things I've ever eaten. Makes a good milkshake, too.

Been eating it since I was a kid. The best!

 

[Timedog]

Yes, but I'm not sure if I've ever had bad ice cream, unless I really hated the flavor. Ice Cream is apparently pretty hard to fuck up.

 

[Drilbit777]

Its okay but you're better off just going to coldstone or a frozen yogurt place instead

 

[WaterAstro]

The only thing I know about Baskin Robbins is that the heir to the fortune, John Robbins, denied his place to lead this Ice Cream dynasty in order to teach America about better nutrition. He has a video that has extreme vegan views, which I don't follow, but I respect his views when taken in a lesser extent.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

Please explain bad ice cream

"It just kind of tastes like ground-up clams," Olympic Mountain Ice Cream's Bri Waite told Seattle Weekly.

Olympic Mountain does make one of the best vanilla ice creams I've had, and their texture is generally divine, but I'm not about to try this.

 

[Big Green Anus]

Cold Stone is heaven.

 

[marzlapin]

Which Ice Cream do you prefer to buy from stores?

Häagen-Dazs or Ben and Jerry, or do you know of better alternatives?

I think Häagen-Dazs is probably the most consistent readily available store ice cream brand, quality-wise. I've never had a flavor of theirs that wasn't good. Ben and Jerry's and Talenti have some good flavors and some underwhelming ones.

 

[True Savior]

i like it

 

[Peru]

Best mainstream store-bought brand is obv

 

[Futureman]

I don't believe I've ever had "bad" ice cream. But it's a little weird that your GF is obsessed with it.

 

[entremet]

Mediocre as crap.

No idea why they still exist.

 

[Travo]

I miss Blue Bell.

 

[hom3land]

Which Ice Cream do you prefer to buy from stores?

Häagen-Dazs or Ben and Jerry, or do you know of better alternatives?

Talenti is God tier. Try their salted caramel or Dutch chocolate.

 

[teruterubozu]

Do you like Cold Stone Creamery? Baskin Robbins is about twenty five levels beneath that. Better to just buy your own from the market.

Not according to Consumer Reports. Cold Stone Creamery is rated the absolute bottom of the pile. Their ice cream is shit, but all the mixings mask the shittiness.

 

[vern]

Best ice cream. Has big chunks of the cookies of whatever flavor you choose, also had great texture unlike cold stone which is basically rubber. And Haagen Dazs is like 8 bucks here for a scoop so not even worth trying.

 

[Wag]

When I was a kid all we had were Baskin Robbins, Carvel and Haagen Dazs.

 

[Fisico]

In Japan, I once saw onion ice cream.

I once tried Tomato Lemon, it was like the worst icecream ever.
But at the same time most of their special flavours are amongst the best icecream ever so...

Only talking about BR Japan though.

 

[Brannon]

31 flavors; SOMETHING has to hit the mark. But on average, meh. Can do better elsewhere unless you're just so hot you need on right the fuck now.

But then, a Costco gelato fills that gap better for cheaper.

 

[CadetMahoney]

Hershey Highway is best way.

 

[Regiruler]

Nah, Cold Stone is way better

Also way more expensive.

 

[sems4arsenal]

Going to butcher the spelling but I love the Pralenie en creme flavor.

 

[pelicansurf]

Rainbow Sherbert with Rainbow Sprinkles is god's gift to me.

 

[bggrthnjsus]

no but there's really no such thing as bad ice cream

 

[Anarky]

BR is pretty good. Right up there with Maggie Moo's and Cold Stone.

 

[213372bu]

Taste: eh. It can get good sometimes.
Literally everything else that makes ice cream great: No.

Might as well get your ice cream from a supermarket tub in that sense.

Good ice cream for around the same price is pretty common.

 

[shira]

Any local ice cream is probably going to be superior. At least that's my opinion.

no but there's really no such thing as bad ice cream

McDonald's soft serve and the like. Technically not ice cream, but that's what people call it.

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

yes, the vanilla one is great. i had forgotten how decent ice cream tasted until i took out my wisdom teeth and purchased some BR.

that said i stopped eating ice cream when they stopped selling rum raisin ice cream, the GOAT flavor (after so many years i broke my streak this year)

 

[Machine]

Used to be a BR near my home. I don't know about their ice cream but they made the best milkshakes of anyone within a 20 mile radius. I miss them just for that. I don't like fast food shakes or DQ shakes nearly as much. Yeah, I can make them at home but sometimes I don't feel like pulling out the blender, etc.

 

[MarkMclovin]

Yeah can't compete next to B & J's.

 

[Apt101]

Not according to Consumer Reports. Cold Stone Creamery is rated the absolute bottom of the pile. Their ice cream is shit, but all the mixings mask the shittiness.

The world is wrong and I am right.

/pout

 

[Skellig Gra]

Not great, but not horrible.