How Ben and Jerry Built Their Ice Cream Empire

[@weirdhistoryfood]

What is your favorite Ben & Jerry's flavor?

[@SkylarTrahan]

What’s your favorite? I’ve never had any of their ice cream so I don’t have one

[@btetschner]

For now, Phish Food.

[@allisonalfieri8413]

My favorite is non dairy chocolate fudge brownie

[@cashmoney8464]

Vatnick Cherry RED

[@leslietonn3181]

I would like to know the History behind Coldstone Creamery please!🍨

[@sharennyberg7795]

I went to their ice cream factory when i was in Vermont, it was really interesting. At the time they gave each employee 5 gallons of ice cream per week so the employees wouldn't "steal" any. I thought that was a novel idea. Thanks for the video, they are always really interesting

[@goldenvulture6818]

When exactly was that?

[@sharennyberg7795]

@@goldenvulture6818 hmmm I don't remember lol

[@stickybuns8626]

Don't rob me, here's my wallet LOL.

[@sharennyberg7795]

@@stickybuns8626 love your nic

[@Quanic2000]

From a $5 college elective to a billion dollar company 🤯

[@onieyoh9478]

True communists.

[@gamemasteranthony2756]

I got an ad for Blue Bunny Ice Cream in the middle of this video. IRONIC!!!

[@raggedyanarchist]

Whoa. Honey Orange? I wish that was still a flavor -- that sounds unreal.

[@btetschner]

@6:16 "Resisting the urge to roll on the doughboy.." - Hahaha! But seriously, great line!

[@OhGeeWillickersMister]

Roll 🤣 I love this channel

[@JeevanNewhaven]

Man ! Hats off . Forever honoured for your greatness and not giving up, I will remember.

[@kinggoku56]

They need to bring back the original line as a special promo

[@djtrankilo231]

They should try Day of the Dead for that, even if it's cooler by then

[@MegaOrwell1984]

There was one flavor I absolutely loved, it was called peanut butter fudge core, but I sadly can't seem to find it anymore.

[@R-Lee-]

My favorite was the apple pie. Can't find it either.

[@kirbyculp3449]

Vanilla Chocolate Chunk... alas.

[@vulpix0r]

It's in the flavour graveyard sadly.

[@rohnbanks6501]

Bc it's in Germany!!! Delicious ❤

[@mn7486]

Heath Bar Crunch. Late 80’s early 90’s in Boston, MA, that’s what I always got.

[@bensalemme9000]

I would love to see a video on the history of Buc-ee’s, it is so strange to see a gas station to have so many ready made hot foods as they do

[@davidhoj]

Love Buc-ees

[@peggywoods4327]

I bought a Ben & Jerry's recipe book years ago, so I can make my own at home 😊

[@joinmarch76]

I'm partial to their Americone Dream myself, I get it whenever Ben & Jerry's is on sale.

[@michaelturner2806]

I never knew they had their own public ice cream store or had deals to serve it in restaurants. I've only ever seen it in grocery stores.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

Yea

[@CharliMorganMusic]

I lived nearby their very first ice cream shop. It's the best.

[@LostHope84]

I’m happy that Ben and Jerry’s is able to offer their headquarters’ stolen land back to the Abenaki tribe.

[@OfficialRickHarrison]

You’re gay for reparations😂😂😂

[@lisapop5219]

😂 I said the same thing

[@toddyoung569]

LOL, love their ice cream, their politics suck.

[@benmac1089]

​@@toddyoung569 If you do not like their politics, do not buy from them.

[@killercaos123]

Arguably that decisions isn’t up to them anymore. It’s a good tag line for print, but it is strictly something they have zero, zilch, kaput control over

[@adilsongoliveira]

The ice cream is OK (I really like Cherry Garcia) but *very* expensive here in Brazil and we have better ones locally.

[@peaceful3250]

It's ridiculously expensive in Australia too.

[@WastedTalent-]

@@peaceful3250 It's gotten to $8 in NY.

[@cashmoney8464]

Try Vatnic red!

[@cassieoz1702]

​@peaceful3250 yes, and Australians don't 'get' the American obsession with sugar-laden peanut butter 🤢

[@peaceful3250]

@@WastedTalent- $13 for a pint in Australia. I bought a Ninja Creami and make my own ice cream.

[@NewMessage]

This channel is single-handedly responsible for ruining my diet ... every damn week.

[@weirdhistoryfood]

Haha - You're welcome

[@cashmoney8464]

Think harder! GET off this swill

[@marisad292]

Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ROCKS!

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Blue Bunny is better.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

Yea

[@maryaltshuller885]

Never tried Ben & Jerry's nor Haagen Dasz. But this is interesting. While on the subject of ice cream, how about filling us in on Dairy Queen's history.

[@greywater3186]

HD is garbage compared with B&Js. It’s full of artificial flavors and chemicals. Don’t know why anyone would choose it over the many premium brands available.

[@darthnowlan]

I've had both, Haagen Dasz is the better of the two.

[@btetschner]

@7:24 "Cold War" - Hahaha! Those are some dramatic headlines!

[@ImAMassiveBender]

Their 2023 new flavors include: 'Banana-Split Republic' and '10% for the Fig Pie'.

[@giraffesinc.2193]

I wish!

[@karlaskitties]

It should be 13% chocolate not more

[@btetschner]

@3:42 -The first waffle-rolled ice cream cornucopia (cone) was presented at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904 by Ernest A. Hamwi. He later founded the Cornucopia Waffle Company.

[@azizkash286]

One of the best ice cream makers around

[@TheOddMindofSamBo]

Thought for sure this would be the video where this narrator finally acknowledges his vocal doppelgänger, Stephen Colbert:

[@Chris-df1or]

I dont care what nobody says, there ice cream is delicious American made, and ben and jerry actually helped alot of people!

[@Fitjazpooh]

Please please do the history of instant tea, like Lipton! 🙏🏾

[@Toolsquatch]

I'm still not entirely sure this channel isn't voiced by Americone Dream's inspiration, Stephen Colbert.

[@davidgerow]

I can’t remember if I have ever tried Ben&Jerry’s ice cream? Lol

[@cygnia]

Flavor-wise, I still miss Cool Britannia and Mission to Marzipan.

[@lunamoon301]

Chunky Monkey is my favorite. But I think it was discontinued, I haven't been able to find it for years now.

[@tyneishalewis9917]

Whenever its available, I like Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Therapy ice cream. Thanks as always for new content, Weird History Food! I would love to see a video about the history of Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes, if you can!

[@btetschner]

I second that.

[@shirleyannconfer9651]

The name doesn’t lie, LOL.

[@btetschner]

@1:18 William Colgate, the soap industrialist who founded what would late become the Colgate-Palmolive Company, was part of the board of trustees for Colgate University. Because of the Colgate family's long-term involvement in the Madison University and Theological Seminary, it was later renamed Colgate University.

[@comradeinternet467]

The non-food channel should do a series on the history of personal computers, perhaps starting with kit computers like the Altair 8800 in the early 70's.

[@maicrowsoft8867]

I think an episode on the McVitie's Biscuit company would be a great topic.

[@OhGeeWillickersMister]

The Jaffa cake controversy too

[@btetschner]

@0:06 - The band Phish is from Burlington, Vermont, the same city Ben & Jerry's was founded. Ben & Jerry's is headquartered in South Burlington, Vermont, in the Burlington Metropolitan area.

[@whymihere86]

I really wish the stores near me would have sold the Schweddy Balls one when that was available. If you dont know the sketch, I highly recommend looking it up

[@btetschner]

Just looked it up, will watch the video later tonight. Thank you for the recommendation.

[@btetschner]

Just watched it, awesome skit! Hahaha!

[@andytang04]

I searched high and low in every store during that time lol when it came out as a real flavor lol

[@benmac1089]

You should only buy Ben and Jerry's if you agree with their July 4th 2023 tweet that the land should be returned to the Native Americans. An actual chief from Vermont took up the idea for the company to give up their land and of course there was silence.

[@monkeygraborange]

B&J are a credit to their race.

[@misterhat5823]

I'll quit buying it when you quit buying Bud Light.

[@TheMarkGoudy]

Yeah, I do agree with it.

[@misterhat5823]

@@C-Mack When are you returning your land, troll?

[@benmac1089]

​@@misterhat5823 I never bought it in my life.

[@dqreps]

Bring back Rainforest crunch!!!!

[@ramenandgyoza702]

New York Super Fudge Chunk is my fav Ben and Jerry's ice cream! 😊

[@solweiser]

grownup in Burlington, VT in summer and went to the converted gas station.

[@gracekim1998]

Yay Ice cream history!

[@abbadondivi]

suddenly i wanna buy a pint of b n j ice cream after watchin this🤣

[@BuildinWings]

Boycotting Ben & Jerry's no longer tells me anything about your politics. Except that you might not know the company was bought by Unilever ages ago, and Ben isn't involved.

[@JazminAlvarez-kj4mq]

8:50

[@madreep]

The company still pays their employees a living wage so....

[@valeriorodrigues3351]

hooray for ben and jerry flavor lovers!

[@btetschner]

@4:30 I am so glad Bane was in the Christopher Nolan's Batman Trilogy, he was one of my favorite characters in Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995). Tom Hardy played Bane spectacularly.

[@CwL-1984]

I have never had a Ben and Jerry's ice cream

[@j_p_jr.487]

It's overrated.

[@CwL-1984]

@@j_p_jr.487 I'm from Oklahoma we have Brauns

[@greywater3186]

Oreo mint is still a thing - it has a different name (Mint Chocolate Cookie) and is absolutely amazing. If you grew up in a snowy location I highly recommend it to bring on feelings of nostalgia. If you like cookies & cream as well as mint chocolate chip, this is your new favorite. The mint isn’t overpowering and isn’t fake, the “Oreos” are plentiful - usually at least 5 whole cookies per pint (not to mention the broken up cookies).

[@janicelewis3744]

Wavey Gravey & Coconut Fudge Chunk were my absolute favorites. Karmel Sutra is another.

[@RetroJ77]

New York Super Fudge Chunk. Enough said!

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

Cherry Garcia is the best ice cream I've ever had. I still buy it today.

[@NikkiW-n9s]

I'm shocked you didn't mention the vermonster!

[@gingerfoxx1476]

I live on NH and I have a B&J's scoop shop in town where I live. The Vermonster BUCKETS are a sight to behold but I've never has an occasion to indulge in/share one

[@euniceloy7120]

Could you do a video on the Tillamook company? I grew up eating there cheese, the only thing they sold nation wide for years, before they started making there ice cream, yogurt and other dairy products. I had the opportunity to visit there factory years ago, and had the pleasure of my first room mate in the 1980's, being born and raised in Tillamook, got to visit the unique and small town for the 1980s, and her own family were farmers who raised the cattle that provided the milk to the Tillamook company to make the Tillamook cheese. Thank you.

[@greywater3186]

*their I lived in Oregon for a while. I remember the Tillamook commercials, and my OH and I made up a Tillamook song. I’ve sung it at least once a week for the past 27 years (whenever I eat something from the company, usually cheese). Tillamook is the bee’s knees

[@williamdavid3933]

One of the most underrated love stories of the 20th century.

[@cashmoney8464]

They sold out to a British conglomerate AND Support personally the Russian federations invasion of a democratic neighbor kys!

[@btetschner]

@5:49 That is very interesting, I have never heard that term before.

[@RafaelGarcia-fm3ov]

I want them to bring back the raspberry core backkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just really liked it lol

[@jovanweismiller7114]

I'm a fan of Chunky Monkey, which might be because I have anosmia, just like Ben.

[@btetschner]

@6:25 Calling out the doughboy hahaha!

[@1057shelley]

Their Chunky Monkey is my favorite!

[@aymenliberta7351]

I ❤ Ben & Jerry's icecream

[@johnmarchetti3815]

PHISH FOOD is my favorite 😊

[@superspak]

Another amazing video. I was unaware of the Pillsbury fiasco, but loved that the non-violent protest seemed to help get it resolved. Cool that even though they did sell out too, they put in a clause to unilever to advance their vision. Such an amazing company.

[@JessieCarty]

The apple pie frozen yogurt was AMAZING

[@btetschner]

@3:35 - Very cool Ice Creamer!

[@btetschner]

0:55 They were probably lapped by the faster students.

[@QueenNYC113]

very interesting content .❤

[@btetschner]

@7:48 Legendary basketball coach Phil Jackson, often said to be "the greatest NBA coach in history" is a Grateful Dead fan AKA Deadhead. One of his prized possessions is an autographed cymbal from the band. (New York Post).

[@btetschner]

@2:12 That's a great idea to rennovate a gas station for a business, ghost town-style gas stations are scattered everywhere. My step-grandmother's son used to live at a gas station, it was one of the 60's-styled ones.

[@DonJuanDecepticon]

Im sure a ben and jerry movie like the Tetris and Nike movie is in its way.

[@magzdilluh]

Chunky Monkey is still the best, fight me

[@WastedTalent-]

Chocoloate Fudge Brownie.

[@tastingthroughtime]

Another great video. Phish Food is my favorite Ben and Jerry's flavor!

[@RaisonLychi]

I always walk past at the grocery store because it isn't tiger tail flavor.

[@JaimeLeighArt]

My favorite Ben & Jerry’s has been Phish Food since I first had it in college 20 years ago!

[@nauticalsandwich9003]

i wish i had this video when i did a report in ben and jerrys in school

[@btetschner]

0:01 - "Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right." (Wikipedia) In this case, it is a shortened version of the given name Bennett, like Ben (Bennett) Savage (AKA Cory Matthews of Boy Meets World).

[@SoftBank47]

A New England institution, and, along with the Long Trail Brewing Company, a Vermont culinary legacy. It’s the New England state you probably hear about the least, but Vermont has a lot to offer. 😁

[@kirbyculp3449]

Is Red Hook brewing still in operation?

[@stanford-nf4jk]

My favorite was a Limited Edition one with ‘Bourbon’ in the name. I didn’t do much internet digging since the specific name isn’t important. What WAS important is that I had a chance to buy one get one half off and my brain said ‘yes’ but my waistline said, “NO” so I only bought the one pint.

[@MrGabeanator]

I’m a blue bell guy myself but that said I’ve always wanted to try Ben and Jerry’s chunky monkey

[@jewel65]

It's good. But really pricey.

[@larrylaffer3246]

I'd buy Blue Bell but they don't distribute past the Mason Dixon Line "Missouri". Guess I'll have to settle for Kemp's or Blue Bunny.

[@kirbyculp3449]

That was a one my favorites...

[@MrGabeanator]

@@kirbyculp3449 oh good

[@heslertatjana9063]

Eating Ben and Jerry’s while watching this

[@NASCARFAN93100]

Please do The History of Blue Bunny Ice Cream

[@Kinglioncrown]

Ben and Jerry's ❤

[@skinniehippie420]

THANK YOU 🫶🏻🫶🏻

[@sethsanchez5267]

Tell us about the history of Olive Garden! 🙏🏼

[@ryanr7423]

History of wine!!

[@btetschner]

@5:54 Legendary director and screenwriter John Huston reportedly called the the film McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) the greatest western ever made. (Rolling Stone).

[@HFC786]

Should be fascinating

[@steveholland1163]

Now they need to give there land back to the native Americans like they tweeted

[@SkylarTrahan]

Gotta love their virtue signaling

[@monkeygraborange]

@@SkylarTrahan no, we don’t

[@SkylarTrahan]

@@monkeygraborange to some extent I do as it lets me know which companies to stay away from.

[@archerj2010]

Right? Bunch of liberal hypocrites.

[@CharliMorganMusic]

No, but you see, that's not really possible in New England because we didn't do much "steal the land" as kill everyone living her and proclaim it was ours. 😅 No, but it's actually really awful.

[@theCozyErudite]

Can we get the history of Haagen Dazs. I would absolutely love that

[@btetschner]

@0:24 - The first ice cream social "recorded in America was in 1744, when Maryland governor Thomas Bladen served ice cream for a dinner party." (wikipedia)

[@Kittysniffer]

They should make a flavor called The anarchist's cookbook LOL.

[@btetschner]

@2:48 Awesome image!

[@btetschner]

@7:48 "The Grateful Dead was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area amid the rise of the counterculture of the 1960s." (wikipedia). Fans are known as "Deadheads." In the song "The Boys of Summer" by Don Henley (1984), he says "Out on the road today. I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac."

[@arnellamahoney317]

I like Ben & Jerry’s Pistachio ice cream. What ever happened to Frusen Gladje ice cream?

[@quincee3376]

Penn State has an awesome creamery and course.

[@Pkilla80]

Wavey gravey was far and away rhe best. I read when sold to Unilever they decided some flavors "cost too much" to produce and eliminated them

[@Main_Jail_Yard]

Moving to Burlington VT was a huge mistake. We absolutely hate it here.

[@elsavonorangekitty68]

Ben and Jerry stole the land for their head office from indigenous people and refuse to talk about how to give it back. Shame on you Ben and Jerry

[@calvinthurston1441]

Have you given your stolen land back?

[@veterankamikaze3591]

@@calvinthurston1441 I am Irish, In Ireland, you might say indigenous. I agree with that cat.

[@calvinthurston1441]

@@veterankamikaze3591 how bout u butt out! This is an America problem and ain't got nothing to do with krusty ireland!

[@redline1916]

Lol

[@elsavonorangekitty68]

@@calvinthurston1441 What land did I steal?

[@Annafeliciano19]

My favorite flavor is the Phish food and everything but the kitchen sink

[@btetschner]

@5:09 My grandparents used to run a dairy and have cow art and collectibles all over.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

They should have not sold their business, IMO.

[@Kim-xg9lg]

Very tasty yum yum