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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[@Xyler94]

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!

[@bigboyindie97]

exactly its the base line. I explain this so often to my friends as to why i like vanilla.

[@w1ndw4ker95]

100% agree. Why B&J's wasn't at the top is baffling to me. I've always held their ice cream in high regards and think it tastes far superior to Edys.

[@eolix_]

Every Italian will tell you the same: first pizza in a new pizzeria? Go with margherita, and be a harsh judge.

[@recyclops638]

It's the cheese pizza of the ice creams. The baseline. The proving ground for the who's who.

[@iamthinksnow]

Breyers, it's worth noting, has "Ice Cream" and they also have "Frozen Dairy Dessert," and you can absolutely tell the difference when the stuff can't legally be called ice cream. The texture is just sadness in a tub.

[@phoenixsoren]

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

[@EiKk4__]

Where I live, the basic vanilla ice cream is usually bland, if you don't buy a really expensive tub. When I was a kid, the local store had 3L tubs of vanilla or trio (three separate parts of vanilla, strawberry and chocolate in same tub) from Euroshopper-brand (usually known for really low prices and low quality), but the vanilla was wayyyy better than the domestically produced "high end" vanilla ice cream. The price is not always a guarantee of quality. Most of the viewers know Euroshopper from Finnish energy drink-memes : D

[@ParkityParkPark]

it upsets me far more than it should when people talk about vanilla stuff like it's the "plain" flavor, a blank canvas. Vanilla is fantastic

[@OsirusHandle]

vanilla is suprisingly expensive

[@theelectricant98]

Whatever makes you feel better about being vanilla in bed

[@ItzzzBeamo]

Isn't that kind of the point though? Vanilla is meant to be the base for ice cream creation. It's the blank canvas.

[@jnbg61584]

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

[@angelwild5665]

Ben and Jerry's is now owned by Unilever and is not the same.

[@jnbg61584]

@@angelwild5665 I haven’t noticed a difference in the quality, unless Unilever took over 14+ years ago

[@soude85]

@@angelwild5665 It’s still the same, nothing changed.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

Ben & Jerry's is also my favorite brand of Ice Cream. So many interesting, delicious flavors!

[@-EchoesIntoEternity-]

its also over 1000cal for a pint of ice cream, but yeah sure keep going hard for BJs😏

[@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.

[@BrainletReviews]

It's described as boring because it's in tons of desserts, and it's expensive so they tend to skimp on it. It's like comparing regular Hershey's chocolate to a super fancy 90% cacao chocolate that costs $20 per bar.

[@nyanuwu4209]

Rose is a criminally underappreciated flavor though. There's nothin' at all wrong with spices and florals but everyone's palate's just gone sideways on sugar.

[@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.

[@BensBrickDesigns]

Thank you, I was curious.

[@azimali322]

He has a company just have it shipped to you from someone in another state!

[@najawin8348]

(Still not an excuse.)

[@michaellooks8397]

Blue bell isn't that great anyway tbh

[@waltergrimes5652]

@@michaellooks8397 where else are you gonna get that Listeria twang

[@goosesgoodsco8227]

No Blue Bell?

[@jillette7490]

IKR?!

[@JeffKelly03]

I was literally about to post, "Oh boy, wait until people from Texas watch this and see Blue Bell isn't in the mix..." (No idea if you're from Texas, but I'm married to a Texan and... well, she stans Blue Bell so hard it's absurd. I'm a Vermonter, meanwhile, so it's all Ben and Jerry's, all day, for me.)

[@peemani]

@@JeffKelly03i’m also a vermonter, love ben and jerry’s 🙏🏽

[@jacobyboyer3681]

This is a crime

[@augormasterson9312]

@@JeffKelly03you should try the H‑E‑B creamy creations 1905 vanilla. It’s honestly the best

[@gabewilson8222]

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

[@Chef_PC]

This series has such a great, casual feel to it. I didn't even notice he was facing screen right until he mentioned it. We all are just hanging out in the room and it's incredible.

[@CGA003]

"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

[@AmaraJordanMusic]

I don’t know what it says about you that you had this quote come to mind and actually added it, props. I also don’t know what it says about me that I was able to read it in Alton Brown’s voice and cadence. 😂

[@putinslittlehacker4793]

Because you can replicate 90% of the flavor with one chemical you can make pretty easily from petrolium.

[@alastairhewitt380]

👏👏👏

[@kilikiana]

@@putinslittlehacker4793but that 10% makes a difference! They are not the same

[@old-fashionedcoughypot]

Sounds like something Tucker Carlson would say with all the imaginary hypothetical questions.

[@RenAigu]

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

[@nickrreese]

Vanilla is goated. Babish is way off

[@valuepak]

No

[@GroovydawgJ]

@@valuepak🤡

[@Tensen01]

Vanilla is literally the flavor you add to make other flavors taste better. How can that be boring?

[@thetagues9421]

💀💀💀Bruh that's sus

[@GhostOfZion]

Tillamook is highly underrated

[@bananamilk1974]

Shhhhhh! I want it for myself!!

[@RE4PER]

Specifically the old fashioned vanilla. It's my fav for sure.

[@prophetessoftroy]

Don’t tell the rest of the country, they’ll all want it.

[@adelitaflores-moss454]

“Does that bother you? The viewer” I felt him peering at me and yes, it did bother me. 😂

[@n.robinson]

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

[@BoldAndBrash5683]

Hence why I'm glad they're slowly expanding up towards the north. They recently expanded into St Louis

[@CollinOffTheCuff]

It's also very mid-tier.

[@reignrevival2689]

@@CollinOffTheCuff heresy

[@CollinOffTheCuff]

@@reignrevival2689 there's a reason it's not nation wide

[@Goochymon]

yeah Blue Bell is a 10/10

[@zebrachickie0016]

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

[@Rokume]

As someone who absolutely loves peanut butter I agree with that suggestion

[@daemonvt8]

. . . Peanut butter ice cream?

[@jacobkern2060]

​@@daemonvt8 Different brands of peanut butter

[@Acethegirlfromspace]

Peanut butter!!

[@4SlowFashion]

@@daemonvt8 real peanut butters. but as icecream/milkshake flavor it is really great

[@MrTiesk]

The crazy thing it that I once had Vanilla ice cream in a tropical country, where they had extemely fresh Vanilla. It was amazing and I've never found anything similar in a western country

[@brownhues]

Vanilla is an exotic orchid pod that only grows in a few remote locations. How 'vanilla' became synonymous with boring, I will never comprehend.

[@siri7005]

It's boring in the sense that it's the one flavour that you will find literally everywhere before any other flavour is available. It's unadventurous. The origins are irrelevant in the face of that ubiquity.

[@mjf40087]

At least credit Alton Brown for the quote lol

[@nyancat5393]

People that's just trying to be edgy.

[@souptaels]

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

[@voidastralbirth]

Vanilla ice cream is the superior basic ice cream flavor, fight me.

[@veritorossi]

It's the worst flavour and it's even worse if it's American ice cream.

[@happythumbsgaming8606]

I respect your opinion but I love Vanilla Ice cream with sprinkles.

[@Southernguy39]

@@veritorossiSure, Jan. 😂😂😂😒

[@coreylemon]

Vanilla is a flavor that oftens fills the gaps around other flavors. If you can't at least appreciate a nice vanilla, you don't deserve to appreciate any of the other flavors its in.

[@ZippyNarwhal]

@@veritorossithe American hate starting early on this one 🤣

[@emilyvilleneuve9315]

I have a spreadsheet for Vanilla Ice Cream on my Google Drive. It was the only flavor of ice-cream I could enjoy for about 2 years due to parosmia after Covid smell/flavor loss in April 2021. 90% of stuff is finally back to 'normal', including my love peanut butter, whom I've so dearly missed these last 3 years 😂 As for favorite grocery store vanilla ice-cream, Tillamook Old-fashioned Vanilla is my girlie! Insanely creamy texture and balanced real and artificial vanilla flavor.

[@shawnrause6434]

I also got parosmia after Covid and vanilla ice cream was a go-to. One of the few things that still tasted normal. Peanut butter was awful, and took forever to return to normal!

[@Appaddict01]

Most depressing thing when I had covid was eating a flavorless PB&J.😢

[@thecreatedvoid117]

So glad most stuff is back to normal for you!! I had anosmia for 6 plus months then it turned into parosmia when I finally started getting my smell and taste back. It's been close to two years now and I still can't eat a lot of things. Meat, particular oils, garlic, and onion are still the big ones for me. But I completely understand what you mean - vanilla (ice cream in particular) had been one of the few things throughout that has stayed exactly how it should be. Caramel as well so I either go for plain vanilla or like salted caramel flavors. I am so grateful for that as I've always loved both.

[@RaccoonHenry]

Ben & Jerry's is absolutely "a candy bar with a little bit of ice cream in it", and that makes it amazing! Cherry Garcia is the absolute pinnacle of human achievement!!

[@Temple00]

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

[@ChamonixHouse884]

Boo this man

[@camerondowney6413]

Depends on the fry for me. But I will stand with you.

[@StrappingYoungLadam]

I prefer anything that isn't ketchup 😅

[@tittyskillet3413]

Forget ketchup. Give me garlic aioli. And sweet potato fries.

[@pureninja7725]

Had me with the garlic aioli...Made me abandon ship with the sweet potato fries.

[@Riptide27]

And despite all those Breyer’s vanilla types, they still managed to miss one! Breyer’s “Extra Creamy Vanilla”

[@FlyHighTay]

Technically not an ice cream! it's a frozen dairy dessert

[@christopherreed4723]

I'll take a wild guess and call it... ...4.

[@kattymccabe7510]

It’s crazy to think that bryers, talenti, and Ben and Jerry’s are all made in the same factory but have wildly different textures, flavors and pricing!

[@BuddhaTheGreat]

Kirkland Signature is the absolute best! Costco FTW!

[@gpoetx]

Welp, when's the Chocolate Ice cream episode....

[@TamarLitvot]

I agree. It's absolutely necessary.

[@JaakuSan]

I am so glad they mentioned that Edy's and Dreyers are the same brand I was losing my mind over how everything about the packaging was the same except for the name. Dreyers French Vanilla is my go-to vanilla ice cream always.

[@mccallosone4903]

people that hate on vanilla dont actually like ice cream, they like candy with ice cream involved. keep that rocky road chunky monkey bacon butter pecan cookie dough stuff, i like ice cream. ok, with chocolate chips. but light on the chips.

[@TracyGossett]

As an Oregonian, Tillamook is the best hands down, don't need to watch the video. Also it is pronounced Tilla-muk not moo-k

[@TheAyeAye1]

Is the high school football team still named the Cheesemakers?

[@d1l4te43]

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

[@LiqdPT]

And that they only had one of the three flavors of vanilla Tillamook has.

[@sto-humanfriendly]

Umpqua has worse ingredients than Tillamook

[@jenrosejenrose7417]

@@sto-humanfriendly It really does, and I grew up on Umpqua.

[@thrashtildeth247]

Agreed!

[@d1l4te43]

@@jenrosejenrose7417 I grew up on it too, but I guess I just got more nostalgia for it.

[@LikeTheProphet]

Vanilla is literally something that cannot exist without human intervention. It is the seed pod of an incredibly temperamental orchid plant, and every single flower must be pollinated BY HAND. When people think of something sweet in almost any culture, it is high up there on the list of flavors we think of. I could see vanilla just not being a flavor you love, but calling it “boring” is based af at this point. Vanilla deserves better tbh

[@usaflagraybans]

Calling vanilla boring isn’t based. It’s the dumbest take anyone can have. Based means courageous and great, not brain dead.

[@worthlesshuman5041]

I think they meant to say biased

[@cygnata]

That's because we made vanilla's natural pollinators extinct.

[@kryten88]

That's the opposite of what based means...

[@driverjayne]

Vanilla can and does exist in nature. It is endangered, but it does exist. It just can't be COMMERCIALIZED without human intervention. It can live in its natural habitat just fine without humans and has for millions of years

[@telesilla]

When I was growing up in Santa Barbara in the 70s, McConnell’s was in the same block as my church, so I’d always stop in for ice cream after choir practice. Even got a tour once in 6th grade. It’s wild to me that it’s this super high end ice cream now because it was just this local thing, and not expensive-maybe 10 cents more per scoop than Baskin Robins.

[@BelleMorte1979]

I don't even know why we are having this conversation. Tillamook. Hands down. Then again, I've been to the Tillamook creamery in Oregon and love it! They have both a strawberry and dark cherry to just die for.

[@jenndowell6446]

Tillamook huckleberry. Awe yeah

[@theelectricant98]

100% no competition. Im not usually one to simp for a food brand or be elitist but Tillamook is just so far and above the rest at a similar price point

[@DelTurts]

i love how alvin just took over cooking fun stuff while babish just went unhinged, these have a botched by vibe that i definitively think Andrew shine in (not to say i don't enjoy the normal videos too, im just really happy to see more of this along with it)

[@melodyorellana6321]

When you said cardboard i immediately thought “must be oatly” because i also think the same and am glad im not alone LOL

[@aprilm9959]

Of the nondairy ice creams, Oatly repeatedly disappoints. NadaMoo is my current fave because they make rocky road. The avocado brand is super creamy but not always very flavorful (I think this is a natural outcome of the avocado, which kinda mutes everything else).

[@CTScenic]

I thought that too. Was fun trying to guess based on his reaction comments. I knew cardboard = oats! I never choose vanilla either. Skeptical (and curious) about hagen dazs lowish ratings tho!

[@jase_allen]

I don't like cheap vanilla ice cream, but I do love high quality vanilla ice cream. The difference is night and day.

[@darkartsdabbler2407]

As we’ve learned here “cheap” isn’t always the main factor

[@BaileeWalsh]

my preference for vanilla flavor is French Vanilla. Tillamook is my go-to brand, but I typically get more 'fun' flavors.

[@Ultimaniacx4]

I honestly don't get this weird Vanilla hate. People talk as if Vanilla is the absence of flavor. Try eating ice'd cream without any vanilla or sugar before you think that.

[@brugbo613]

People say it because vanilla is in everything else. Chocolate is chocolate plus vanilla. Cookies and cream is cookies plus vanilla. Brownies have vanilla. Vanilla is base. I wouldn't want to eat just salt, even though it's fundamental too.

[@Ultimaniacx4]

@@brugbo613 That doesn't explain treating like it's a lack of flavor, just that it's the first flavor.

[@notahotshot]

Nobody talks as if vanilla is the absence of flavor. Not one person. Not even Andrew (Babish). He just doesn't like vanilla ice cream, and there's nothing weird about not liking the flavor of something.

[@Ultimaniacx4]

@@notahotshot I've heard LOTS of people talk about Vanilla that way. "Why would you take vanilla? Just drink milk at that point!" "I hate vanilla! It doesn't taste like anything!"

[@simplesimonhadapie]

A purely dairy ice cream like mackies in the UK is incredible if you love cream and sugar alone which I do. I make my own crude ones usually though using double cream and condensed milk combined and lifted during its cooking periof

[@Omnipotentmonkey]

"This might get me flamed" Dude. Vanilla has literally become a metaphorical synonym for safe/boring, it's literally the zeitgeistiest thing imaginable to find Vanilla to be plain.

[@tatemick1]

Literally the hottest take of the year. I was like oh boy, do we have a risk taker here 🙄 when he said that. Anyway, going to watch the rest of the vid on ice cream brands that don't exist in my country

[@tomhorsley6566]

I like plain french fries without ketchup!

[@Chillaxorita]

@@tomhorsley6566 same, just salt, oil, and potato, and nothing else to hide behind.

[@davidk7439]

It's not surprising to consider Vanilla plain. It *is* a little surprising to not like it, though.

[@Omnipotentmonkey]

@@tomhorsley6566 depends on the fries. if they're dryish or thin you need something to balance out imo, I actually enjoy em with tartar sauce

[@Howlflame]

My mom was dating this guy who was oddly boring. They went to Baskin Robins one day, and out of ALL the flavors, he asked for just vanilla. And nearly went catatonic when they asked if he wanted normal or French vanilla.

[@linnoff]

I did a vanilla ice cream taste test at a family party back in middle school. The ranking, if I remember correctly, was Tillamook, Safeway, Dryer's (Edy's), Breyer's.

[@Nooticus]

I love the name rebrand to ‘ranked with babish’. The thoroughness of these videos is always amazing

[@southeastasiandude]

Maybe taken from Ollie from JOLLY channel

[@Nooticus]

@@southeastasiandude did ollie suggest this name? OHHH i think I get the joke lol,, he was being silly with the 'with babish' thing lol that was hilarious

[@hrodga]

It's funny though; I'd generally call eating 24 scoops of ice cream in a day binging.

[@tinytarakeet]

Edy's association with Nestle being the deciding factor for an automatic fail is correct xD

[@jenrosejenrose7417]

100% Nestle owns (or owned) HD, too, and the quality dropped precipitously. Not to mention we don't give nestle money in this house if we have a choice.

[@kiwisoup]

It's also just a nasty "frozen dairy dessert" brand... Can't even call their product ice cream

[@periguillot4124]

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

[@rtdc8470]

I feel the sweetness overload just by watching this

[@wuhansam]

As a Pennsylvanian it gave me warm feelings that Edy's/Dreyers stood out, thats my goto. Not surprised by Turkey Hill. We need this caloric gauntlet one more time for the chocolate guys, cmon babby

[@NukeEmRico]

I had no idea that Dreyers was called something else on the east coast. I thought I was going crazy for a second when I saw the different name.

[@_ac39]

Only thing that surprised me about the turkey hill was that it was rock hard and weird texture. For any of their faults, that's not usually one of them.

[@wuhansam]

@@_ac39 True and I'm not opposed to their fvanilla. Their standard vanilla does nothing for me. But if vanilla is the move and I can't get edys fvanilla, whatevers on sale is the play lol

[@charlottenewhook]

Not surprised at all when the “criminally smooth” ice cream turned out to B&J. I haven’t ever tried the plain vanilla but the texture immediately reminded me of my all time favourite cherry garcia and being i don’t like chocolate ice cream, i only buy the flavours that use their vanilla as the base.

[@hurgcat]

cherry garcia gaaaaang

[@TunaKitty63]

cant wait for the water ranking video

[@stuartblittley3531]

I’d love a video of you testing peanut butters!

[@RyuFelinshire]

Vanilla is a great and amazing flavor. Most Vanilla ice cream has not enough vanilla in it.

[@Goo4You135]

I love vanilla, its like a house staple for deserts. Put it on cake, on a pie, make a milk shake, make an ice cream sandwich, make a sundae, make a float. It has so many possibilities without other flavors getting in way!

[@markames3794]

Love these videos. Thank you for making them.

[@haylielabang1536]

This plus the box brownie episode.... I will become unstoppable

[@jenrosejenrose7417]

The box brownie episode changed my kid's life, lol! He now bakes brownies on the regular and takes them to school for people there.

[@nancyreid8729]

I totally agree with you on Halo Top; I bought it once, and never again. Didn’t even finish it.

[@dicerson9976]

5:00 That school ice cream analogy hits super close to home. I know *exactly* how that tastes, I can practically taste it myself just hearing about it.

[@dabombcolt4651]

Got a babish ad while watching babish how neat now I know how to make the perfect French omelette

[@allandoudine571]

Vanilla is the buttered noodles of ice cream

[@hermeticbear]

so the most excellent that you will return to again and again?

[@Appaddict01]

You say that likes it’s a bad thing.💀 Butter noodles are fire. They’re literally a butter delivery system. Butter makes everything better.

[@luciaiannone4567]

Me, lover of vanilla ice cream, french fries with no ketchup, and kisses without mustaches: 👁👄👁

[@youssef16844]

Same but I do like kisses with the ol' upside down moustache down below

[@oscarweber6969]

Next time you should get kendall to do a homemade version of whatever you‘re testing. To see how much of a difference there is;)

[@MaudeBettez]

Ranking pancake mix!

[@epp]

Simple, King Arthur.

[@lwitzz8391]

rating tilamook (til-uh-muck btw) 5?!?!?!? i am appalled.

[@theelectricant98]

Unreal. I blame the fatigue

[@The909Virus]

Controversial companies like Nestlé is beneath Babish... Respect.

[@catastrophecorvid8309]

Controversial? Try evil.

[@Luminocite]

Plus their ice cream sucks anyways, it’s filled with shortening and artificial flavors

[@patton333]

Hate to be the party pooper but Haagen-Dazs is Nestle

[@aruakise9803]

​@@patton333Häagen-Dazs also isn't all that great with a few exceptions lol.

[@flutterymuffins]

Normally I feel like I agree with Babish on a lot of things, but Talenti getting a 3 is brutal - it's my goto vanilla ☠️

[@NPC9734]

I highly recommend tracking down Golden Vanilla ice cream! It's made with buttermilk, so it's extra rich, sweet, and creamy. The only brand I know for it is Purple Cow, a Meijer house brand. Easily my favorite flavor of ice cream.

[@josiaharaki7310]

Tilamook has two or three versions of Vanilla. French Vanilla, Old fashioned Vanilla, etc.

[@KaylaSkunks]

As soon as you said the vanilla was muted, I knew it was Haagen Das. Tillamook reins supreme.

[@vinstinct]

Haagan Das is leaps and bounds better than Tillamook. Everyone seems to love it, too light and airy for me and not enough vanilla flavor for me.

[@megangriffith6386]

Vanilla ice cream is amazing if you buy the right kind (or make your own) & pair it with other delicious decadent delights

[@Annikina]

Im slightly concerned for your health with these tastings/rankings but I am also so wildly entertained that I cant help but beg for more

[@dolphincrescent54]

Vanilla's my favorite flavor! Thank you for tasting them and sacrificing your calories for them!

[@pizzabandit1518]

Where’s my Tillamook Gang? Tillamook for life!!!!

[@theelectricant98]

We out here

[@LiqdPT]

I only see one Tillamook. Tillamook has 3 types of vanilla alone.

[@seisage]

I wonder if they might only sell just the one vanilla flavor in NY? I live in Oregon where we naturally get all the varieties, but when I visit family on the east coast, I notice that there's usually a smaller selection of Tillamook flavors in stores

[@heltaku9397]

I eat vanilla when I wanna add something like hot fudge sauce or fruity pebbles to my ice cream. It also goes well with a fresh, homemade waffle cone. I use chocolate for adding marshmallows or peanut butter. It's kinda like using kraft singles for grilled cheese. It's just not the same without that flavor.

[@RedRocV]

Welp this reminded me of when I had my wisdom teeth removed, and when I had to eat 4 pints of vanilla ice cream for two days. The big thing about this, is that it was absolutely delicious vanilla ice cream and since then I never found that flavor again. Be it soft served or not. France, let me find that one again please :(

[@williammay8879]

This is the video and information I always dreamed I could know as a vanilla ice cream fan

[@giausjulius4]

As a New Yorker myself I'm a little disappointed you didn't get some Perry's to try. That's my go-to if I'm wanting Vanilla. I'll have to give Edy's a try though. Never had it before.

[@greekchick104]

Perry’s vanilla is delicious!!

[@UpNorthDere]

Been loving your ranked episodes babish! I think it would be cool to see buffalo sauces ranked!

[@nathandrake9737]

Mayfield Signature Vanilla is hands down the best store bought ice cream, and one of the best ice creams ever.

[@ValidsalidMusic]

i absolutely love this series, please keep it up

[@nicholasholmes9260]

You earned the like for the Secret of the Ooze reference, thank you for the hit of nostalgia.

[@BryanRink]

McConnell's double peanut butter chip is one of the best peanut butter ice creams out there. My local higher end grocer stopped stocking them during the pandemic though. That was a sad day 😞

[@tylermiller3949]

Can't believe Talenti vanilla scored so low (never tried it), but their Bourbon Fudge Brownie is fantastic. If you're still looking for ideas for more rankings, a classic salted potato chip list would be great!

[@kashmonei5861]

"I don't like Vanilla" And just like that, Babish was dead to me.

[@Andrew-vq2zr]

VanLeeuwen ice cream is without a doubt my favorite kind of ice cream, followed very closely by blue bell....but Van Leeuwen has a seasonal cherries jubilee flavor that is like the gods themselves blessed each pint

[@Mrhotpatato]

I am glad I am not the only one whose favorite vanilla ice cream is the breyers french vanilla. Maybe its nostalgia however the texture and taste are great

[@alltheworldsastage]

Gonna re-suggest a comparison I suggested a few weeks ago Sparkling Water. To keep it fair I’d keep it to basic just a few basic flavors (lemon/lime/grapefruit), but I’d like to see how brands like Waterloo/Spindrift/Kirkland…etc stand up to each other. And to see how unsweetened stacks up to sweetened.

[@TamarLitvot]

Trader Joe's vs Whole Foods house brands, vs Vintage selzer

[@heymichiyyy]

I'd like to see you do instant ramen comparisons!

[@nathank1899]

Well it looks like I can live another week because THIS AMAZING SERIES HAS CONTINUED

[@Shjeshje]

It's very strange when people call vanilla boring. Especially when they compare it to chocolate. It actually makes no sense. People who think and call vanilla boring are just projecting.

[@Daniel_Schmaniel]

Dang kinda sad Tilamook scored so low. They are my favorite brand out of what is available to me. but to be fair I dont ever get their vanilla even tho I do enjoy vanilla quite alot.

[@ZDubsMGS]

Tillamook "Old Fashioned Vanilla" >>>>>>>>>

[@kaitlyntrevino7439]

TILLAMOOOOOOOOK ugh love them

[@albid1075]

Shhhhh I don't want the price to go up or stock to go down

[@yourmomlol3083]

Is Tillamook even sold outside of the PNW? I have no clue but since they didn't have it I'm guessing distribution is somewhat limited.

[@kaitlyntrevino7439]

@@yourmomlol3083yes!!! I’m from California and loved it. I am living in Boston (only for a few more months 🎉), and they do have it here!!

[@thevoidknownaskirby3382]

​@@yourmomlol3083 It's sold in Texas in the Gulf Coast so the reach has to be pretty wide.

[@caffeinatedjoy]

I love vanilla ice cream. (Unless it's French vanilla, which is too sweet for my tastes) A great vanilla ice cream should be great on it's own, but, it won't conflict with any topping you decide to put on it.

[@aceofbade]

A special episode of traveling to Texas to try both Blue Bell and Braum's flavored ice cream could be fun

[@splodgebox]

Maybe a ranking of all cookie dough icecream would be cool

[@wdavis911]

No

[@maitaniyama]

For anyone asking about why Blue Bell isn’t on the list, it’s really difficult to find in NYC (where I’m 99% sure they film).

[@Kanders190]

I'm glad somebody in the comments section used common sense.

[@generalnando5722]

So they couldn’t try harder to find it?

[@scarlightprince]

@@generalnando5722 I checked the website and it was only sold in a handful of CVS pharmacies. Even then, some people say they sell out quickly. UPDATE: Found roughly 4-5 locations in NY, 4 in Manhattan... only one in Brooklyn (place where BWB is recorded per internet results).

[@AstroLonghorn]

Excuses

[@nealcgrab]

Easy hack….Blue Bell supplies ice cream to Outback Steakhouse…that’s how you get it in NY and New England

[@robinmaynard1640]

My favorite is a midwest brand: Meijers Purple Cow Vanilla

[@desertmay13]

It's just one McConnell's pint, Michael. What would it cost, ten dollars?

[@CarolynParsons-mv1ji]

My grandma hates French vanilla, not because of the taste, but because of the vanilla specks. She says they look like fly specks! Lol!😂😂😂

[@Ksweetpea]

I feel much the same about vanilla icecream as I do cheese pizza. What is a company worth if they can't do the basic, the essential, well? Umpqua french vanilla is my favorite, but its a bit of a local specialty. Very dense creamy texture and great flavor.

[@travispluid3603]

What's your local? Montana here, and Umpqua is also a fav here. I am glad they switched over to sealed containers over just fit-top lids though.

[@LazyWhiteK1d]

Not having blue bell in this ranking is an absolute crime…. Because it would’ve won.

[@willmanning1215]

I love how the ad in the video is for another Babish video

[@spadorade]

Well, you absolutely have to do chocolate ice cream now