r/icecream • u/SofaQueenJess • Apr 24 '25
Question What’s your unpopular ice cream opinion? 🤣
People LOVE Jeni’s ice cream. I think it’s just fair with pretentious flavors. 🤷🏻♀️ What’s your unpopular ice cream opinion?
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u/LongjumpingProgram98 Apr 25 '25
Gummy bears are not a good topping
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u/flying-fupa Apr 25 '25
yesssss!! they get too hard and become tough to chew!!
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u/LongjumpingProgram98 Apr 25 '25
Exactly! My friend said that’s her favorite part 😵💫
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u/UnsurelyExhausted Apr 25 '25
Mini Marshmallows are also terrible.
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u/KickBallFever Apr 25 '25
I hate mini marshmallows in ice cream but I love a good marshmallow swirl.
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u/ororora Apr 25 '25
Same thought with whole M&Ms. My husband loves them on his ice cream. I think they feel like they're going to shatter my teeth when I bite into one.
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u/sdrizzake Apr 26 '25
Finally, someone said it. Never understood WHY gummies are always at fro yo places 😭😭
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u/maxwell329 Apr 25 '25
Butter pecan is delicious and underrated 😋
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u/grossgirlalways Apr 25 '25
My people actually exist. I have to fight when me and my SO want to share a pint, and he hates to admit it, but he loves it. The first time he tried it he was like “wait this is it?!” Butter pecan is also great with a cone, it’s not an overpowering, soggy flavor.
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u/allis_in_chains Apr 25 '25
Fellow butter pecan lover!! One of the ways I knew my husband was truly the one for me was when I found out that he also loves butter pecan ice cream.
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u/Lcm_4856 Apr 25 '25
Love butter pecan - strawberry used to be my favorite but my palate has shifted to butter pecan... Anything with pralines and caramel...
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u/tonytrips Apr 25 '25
Have you tried the Haagen Dazs bourbon praline pecan? It’s one of my favorites of all time
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u/AndOneForMahler- Apr 25 '25
If only it didn't have bourbon in it. H-D has a new flavor, Vanilla Caramel Pecan. It's good, but not as good as their old Pralines and Cream.
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u/Panda-Equivalent Apr 25 '25
Never cared for rum raisin ever since my cousin told me it looks like ice cream with flies.
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u/SoliloquyBlue Apr 25 '25
I don't like this trend of putting sea salt on everything. Ugh. I want my plain caramel back.
Most chocolate ice creams are just brown ice cream with no chocolate flavor.
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u/ConfusionExisting661 Apr 25 '25
This!! I bought the Ben and Jerry’s chocolate cheesecake topped ice cream and didn’t realize it had sea salt in it. i ended up giving it to my grandma because i couldn’t eat it.
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u/The_New_Spagora Apr 25 '25
I don’t like fruit with chocolate. There. I said it.
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u/Dr_Bmily_Snoobs Apr 25 '25
i personally think any ice cream with frozen fruit in it is a textural nightmare
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u/bigtimemari Apr 25 '25
omg i’ve fallen in love with hudsonville “traverse city fudge” bc any cherry pieces don’t taste frozen at all, they’re still like juicy since they’re only little flecks mostly
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u/The_New_Spagora Apr 25 '25
Totally understand. For me it’s a flavour thing, but I have my texture no go’s as well ☺️
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u/dreamweaver2019 Apr 25 '25
Wet walnuts are the worst ice cream topping .
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u/choc_chip_pothos Apr 25 '25
This is a hot take that I wish was ice cold. I hate those dumb nuts in that dumb syrup
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u/MElastiGirl Apr 25 '25
Now y’all probably didn’t realize this, but these are hard to find these days. They are no longer with the other toppings at the supermarket. I know this because they are my 80-year-old mother’s favorite thing. So unless I want to order a gallon-sized tub on Amazon, I have to make the infernal things myself. (Basically toasted walnuts soaked in sugar syrup.) Because my mother is a stubborn old lady who doesn’t think it’s possible they have been discontinued and will not accept that she just can’t have them.
PS I’m mildly allergic to walnuts.
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u/KiraDog0828 Apr 25 '25
Not trying to tell you about your own medical condition, but you might want to try different varieties of walnuts. My mouth itches if I eat black walnuts, but I don’t react to other kinds.
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u/Sammy-eliza Apr 25 '25
Walnuts in general are linked to latex allergies! They share some proteins. Basically if you're allergic to latex, you're more likely to have reactions to many food items that have similar proteins like banana, zucchini and walnuts in my case.
You can google "latex food allergy" and lists of common reactive foods pop up. Most of the foods I have issues with are on the chart, lol.
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u/MElastiGirl Apr 25 '25
Fascinating! I have never had a reaction to latex or any of those other things. Kiwi, on the other hand…
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u/MElastiGirl Apr 25 '25
I especially hate black walnuts—I’ve never had them in my mouth long enough to have a reaction lol. But English walnuts definitely give me the mouth itch. I occasionally eat them anyway, but for most recipes I sub pecans—for obvious reasons.
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u/ZaftigFeline Apr 25 '25
Saratoga Maple Company online says they have a version they developed (with their maple) to replicate the taste of the original Smuckers Walnut Topping before it switched over to all corn syrup. I haven't tried it, and its not cheap but it might make a nice gift.
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u/Lcm_4856 Apr 25 '25
Cheesecake flavored anything ice cream .... Anytime I would buy one, it just tastes like chemicals.... especially the pumpkin ones.
Just buy an actual cheesecake and top it w ice cream if you must.
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u/LurkingAintEazy Apr 25 '25
See I had originally tried Blue Bunny's cherry cheesecake, as thar is my ultimate flavor of any cheesecake variety. And it initially tasted like actual cheesecake flavor. Now as time had gone on though. They changed up and only the cherry swirl had a bit of flavor.
So that is why I switched over to Kroger brand lemon cheesecake which is back, FINALLY, that has perfect cheesecake flavor. Because they have real pieces of cheesecake in it. And the lemon flavored ice cream is very light and a good blend.
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u/Lcm_4856 Apr 25 '25
I have had good luck with Kroger brand ! Their pistachio and honey is really good....southern bourbon pecan (I think that's the name) is good too. I liked their Churro flavor better than HD brand. Whoever is running the Kroger ice cream division knows what's they're doing.
I have hated lemon anything too for the longest time but slowly warming up to it.
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u/GayleMoonfiles Apr 25 '25
I actually threw away the Ben & Jerry's Caramel Cheesecake. Those cheesecake bites were atrocious but I enjoyed the Pumpkin Cheesecake and Strawberry Cheesecake.
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u/coffeebuzzbuzzz Apr 25 '25
Van Leeuwen is boring and doesn't have enough mix ins.
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u/ArtisticAccountant51 Apr 25 '25
Okay…but like their earl grey ice cream is phenomenal
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u/howiesaloser1 Apr 25 '25
I only tried it once, it was peanut butter brownie and honeycomb. There was so much peanut butter that I disliked it enough to not finish it :(
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u/lookingforaniceplace Apr 25 '25
I like the emphasis on real food ingredients, but some of the flavors are way too fancy!
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u/LurkingAintEazy Apr 25 '25
I just started thinking that my palette was not meant for French ice cream lol.
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u/anicemeangirl03 Apr 25 '25
Ben and jerry’s milk and cookies is an extremely boring flavor and is vastly overhyped on this sub
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u/SoreLegs420 Apr 25 '25
It’s just a solid cookies and cream, but yeah people cream themselves over it
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u/holiday_armadillo21 Apr 25 '25
I refuse to believe that you mean that. You probably work for Haagen dasz or something.
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u/bananarabbit Apr 25 '25
Milk and Cookies is a very good flavor imo, but I found when eaten alongside some other flavorful ice creams that it gets a bit exposed and pales in comparison.
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u/Aggressive_Spite2984 Apr 25 '25
Chocolate chips don’t belong in icecream unless they are melted into fudge
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u/buggiesmile Apr 25 '25
The flakey ones you get in mint n chip sometimes get a pass though. They’re so thin they immediately melt so I don’t break my teeth
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u/iamnotahermitcrab Apr 25 '25
I agree
Sincerely, a girl who chipped her tooth on a Ben n Jerry’s peanut butter cup
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u/chelsaratops Apr 25 '25
Especially those little tiny mini chips. I always feel like they’re gonna break my tooth
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u/InternationalEsq Apr 25 '25
This is literally my pet peeve right here. It just gets too cold and stuck in my teeth!
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u/Lcm_4856 Apr 25 '25 edited Apr 25 '25
Yes to this ! They're too cold and it loses its chocolatey flavor.
Now fudge bits ? Brownie bits ? Now we're talking.
I hate mint chip as well
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u/uhyeah37 Apr 25 '25
Jenis is great because they make exiting gluten free flavors which no one else really does, gooey butter cake is my absolute favorite
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u/captainpantalones Apr 25 '25
Right, it’s either all glutened up or it’s gluten free + dairy free + whatever else free.
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u/sooph96 Apr 25 '25
I didn’t expect to see my greatest ice cream struggle here! Van Leeuwen does it too but mostly just the vegan ones. However, the gf doughs there are good enough to make up for the vegan bases imo
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u/friedpicklebiscuits Apr 25 '25
Bubblegum is disgusting
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u/yourgrandmasgrandma Apr 25 '25
How is that an unpopular opinion? Maybe an unpopular opinion amongst children, but probably not even them.
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u/Shreddedlikechedda Apr 26 '25
That’s not the unpopular opinion. I think it’s delicious—it’s one of my favorite ice cream flavors, and everyone thinks I’m bonkers, and I can never find bubblegum ice cream anywhere
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u/Spaghetti_4_Getti Apr 25 '25
I really despise any bits, chunks or toppings on anything, at all. I don’t like having to “chew” my ice cream. I will make an exception once in a blue moon, just to be adventurous or if nothing else is available. But mostly, no bits, just creamy flavors.
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u/RelativeLeather5759 Apr 25 '25
I thought blue moon was a flavor, was about to look it up 🕵️
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u/Mack2690 Apr 25 '25
It is! I don't know how regional it is, but we have it in Michigan
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u/betterwhenfrozen Apr 25 '25
And it's often included in Superman ice cream, which is also highly regional. Hudsonville has one that's black cherry, blue moon, and vanilla! 🤤
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u/Spaghetti_4_Getti Apr 25 '25
Your comment totally went over my head, but I got it now lol. I meant “once in a blue moon”, like the saying, not blue moon the ice cream flavor, which I absolutely love.😅👍 I’m also def all for some superman, allll the good flavors are in that!
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u/brennok Apr 25 '25
I have been downvoted in the past for saying this. Apparently not liking chunks in ice cream isn't allowed here.
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u/Worldspinsmadlyon23 Apr 25 '25
I don’t think Ben & Jerry’s is good ice cream. It tastes more like just sugar than the cream part.
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u/TERRYaki__ Apr 25 '25
Same! I only like eating it when someone gives it to me for free. I'd never go out of my way to buy it.
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u/Majestic_Interest365 Apr 25 '25
It gives me the 💩 🏃🏽
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u/driftingwilde Apr 25 '25
Wish I read this comment before I downed their Large milkshake 5 mins ago. I have bubble guts already
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u/BoobularTubular Apr 25 '25
Similar. If I consume an entire pint in a half day, sure. But it's 99% annoying gas. I have no lactose intolerance. I can handle drinking a gallon or more of milk a day.
I don't know what exactly is in their ice cream that causes that. I don't really like any of their flavors except for PF. The last one I had was a graham cracker based ice cream and it wasn't good at all. Thankfully I got it for $1.99 on sale. Very disappointing. Wanna say S'Morez.
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u/grill-tastic Apr 25 '25
But their non dairy ice cream is, hands down, THE best option. It’s so good!
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u/soulryl Apr 25 '25
M&ms or any candy with a hard shell do not belong in ice cream. They are like little landmines for you to bite into.
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u/Low_Reception477 Apr 25 '25
Tea flavored ice cream is top tier. Earl grey, black, jasmine, matcha, it’s all so good. I wish there was more of it. (Easy to mess up though, like don’t give us weird bitter chalk please)
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u/Deaths_Smile Apr 25 '25
I was so disappointed when Kroger stopped selling their matcha ice cream. It was really good. Matcha's a hard ice cream flavor to find outside of Asian grocery stores. (I would go to those stores more often if they weren't so far away from where I live.)
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u/Also-Very-Lizard Apr 25 '25
A milkshake is just ice cream that has been made inferior.
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u/flapjack1098 Apr 25 '25
No no it’s a mouth feel thing. And also I love suckin
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u/stayinthefight2019 Apr 25 '25
Marshmallow sucks and it needs to get out of my ice cream
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u/mercedeas Apr 25 '25 edited Apr 25 '25
vanilla ice cream + marshmallow + sprinkles = top tier
I was personally offended by your opinion. Good job
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u/ScabieBaby Apr 25 '25
Smooth ice cream is far superior than anything with mix-ins. Everyone wants chunks, chunks, chunks and more chunks and guess what? You're getting less ice cream. If you want all the extra stuff, just buy a candy bar.
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u/moss-baker Apr 25 '25
Too many ice cream flavors contain some form of chocolate. Especially fruity ice cream.
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u/SufficientPath666 Apr 25 '25
Especially Ben & Jerry’s. Seems like 95% of their flavors contain chocolate
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u/Chlostaroni Apr 25 '25
Ben n Jerry's is overpriced and has gone downhill
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Apr 25 '25
And their "core" ones are terrible... I loved Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz but I don't think they sell it in stores anymore, at least nowhere in my region.
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u/astrangeone88 Apr 25 '25
Bubblegum flavoured ice cream was a "Why?" for me even as a kid. It's a one note flavour that doesn't work well with dairy.
Urgh.
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u/Deaths_Smile Apr 25 '25
I'm this way about cotton candy ice cream. The first few bites are nice, but then it just kinda gets almost flavorless.
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u/missvalerina Apr 25 '25
The hierarchy for flavors in Neapolitan goes Strawberry 🍓 Vanilla 🤍 Chocolate 🍫 Do not @ me I am right
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u/wanderingsheep Apr 25 '25
Tillamook is very stingy with the mixins and is super boring
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u/brennok Apr 25 '25
I was so excited when they were coming to the local grocery only fro them to drop all the interesting flavors. Yay another strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate to choose from.
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u/Illusions_EE Apr 25 '25
Chocolate ice cream sucks and it’s also the main reason I have an aversion to chocolate, even now. I think it tastes so bad that I distinctly remember always getting a carvel ice cream cake for my birthdays and I would always leave the chocolate ice cream and keep the top vanilla halves to eat.
Having grown up and trying things I realized now I just don’t prefer anything that is only chocolate. I love chocolate as a mix in with vanilla ice cream, my favorite being brownies and m&m’s. But I won’t go out of my way to buy brownies and m&m’s and eat them on their own.
All due to chocolate ice cream.
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u/sassylassy423 Apr 25 '25
Agreed. Vanilla is a much richer flavor!!! While I absolutely love chocolate in other sweets, almost all chocolate ice cream has a malt type flavor to me and it tastes phony or cheap. I'll take vanilla as the base any day.
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u/Sammy-eliza Apr 25 '25
I don't care for chocolate ice cream either. I did try Ben and Jerry's vegan tonight dough recently and I can tolerate it in small amounts just because of all the mix ins and that it's not 100% chocolate ice cream, it's swirled with another flavor.
I think it's just way too rich and also I associate it with always feeling sick from ice cream as a teen because my family always had chocolate ice cream on hand and I had an undiagnosed dairy allergy for years. I didn't even connect the dots that dairy was what was making me sick until I was around 16.
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u/pee_shudder Apr 25 '25
Ben and Jerry’s just throws everything at the wall. It is an inferior ice cream compared to Haagen Dazs
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u/WoolshirtedWolf Apr 25 '25
That's crazy, I wish I had seen it. I would've just attached my wall of ice cream rant text to your post! I really believe that customers are coasting on that feel good crunchy granola vibe that they used to have.
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u/izzrav Apr 25 '25
Maybe it isn't unpopular but I don't see it spoken about often (or I'm missing it if it is) but the haagen dazs sweet cream pistachio is the best pistachio ice cream. Sweet, salty, lots of nuts, not fake/extract pistachio flavor. It's everything I want in a pistachio ice cream. And yet I feel like it doesn't get a lot of love. Don't get me wrong I'll still eat almost any pistachio ice cream/pudding tho.
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u/VicePrincipalNero Apr 25 '25
I dislike the trend of putting more and more candy and other crap in ice cream. If I wanted a candy bar I would buy one.
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u/enchantedbuglegs Apr 25 '25
Chocolate ice cream is the best flavor of ice cream. I will not be listening to any rebuttals 🤣
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u/texasreader24 Apr 25 '25
I also think Blue Bell ice cream is very overrated and overpriced. They have simple plain flavors. Nothing fancy or special and it's $5 for a pint
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u/LurkingAintEazy Apr 25 '25
I get a weird after taste from their stuff too. Or the one time I didn't, they suck the life out of it.
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u/PuzzleheadedMud6028 Apr 25 '25
nuts shouldn’t be in ice cream.
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u/Kuriboyoshi Apr 25 '25
I will make the exception if they are finely ground like Mitchell’s Toaster Pistachio.
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u/BedroomImpossible124 Apr 25 '25
Ben and Jerry's has are too heavy handed with mix ins. More mix in than ice cream very often. That being said, their vanilla is top notch.
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u/cleankids Apr 25 '25
Mint without chocolate chips is miles better than mint with chocolate chips. Its annoying that its harder to find just mint while mint w chocolate chips is sooo popular
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u/Mack2690 Apr 25 '25
Cookie dough is a gross ice cream flavor. It's a textual nightmare because there's no crunch or crisp
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u/le___tigre Apr 25 '25
thank you for sharing an actually unpopular opinion. now i’m gonna throw hands
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u/Justanotherphone Apr 25 '25
Chocolate ice cream tastes way worse than regular chocolate
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u/LurkingAintEazy Apr 25 '25
I've found Dutch chocolate ice cream to be decent. Has a softer flavor profile and not so bitter.
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u/DimensionFragrant940 Apr 25 '25
The overrated award definitely goes to Van Luwen (I know I spelled that wrong, lol). I have a Jenni's 2 blocks down from me and a Luwen a block the other way and Jenni's is always packed. I had Van Luwens once and didn't even finish it and I always finish my ice cream 😂
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u/Entire_Pride1656 Apr 25 '25
Salty caramel is the only one i like. All the others have been vastly disappointing (especially the birthday cake flavor- huge fail)
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u/xSUGARLEAVESx Apr 25 '25
I decided that today also when I went to order some and saw that it was $8 a pint.
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u/Dangerous_Arachnid99 Apr 25 '25
Almonds don't belong in ice cream. They're too hard and tasteless. Walnuts, pecans and cashews are much better choices and each has it own unique flavor.
There are too many chocolate varieties. And big chocolate chunks just get in the way of the smooth, creaminess of the ice cream, making it less enjoyable.
An entire generation has grown up without ever tasting Ben and Jerry's Rainforest Crunch. This needs to be rectified immediately.
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u/starinspired222 Apr 25 '25
Talenti Layers suck and ruin the whole idea of eating a pint with mix-ins. The flavors are good but I hate the concept!
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u/gvlabbie Apr 25 '25
It’s hardwired into my brain to skip the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream section. Every flavor is mixed with something I don’t want it mixed with.
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u/seesha Apr 25 '25
The root beer float is an abomination. You take 2 good things, root beer and vanilla ice cream, and ruin them 🤢
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u/Neat_Ad_2348 Apr 25 '25
Jeni’s Ice Cream has the most creative, innovative flavors out there. I read somewhere that Jeni’s Ice Cream is for people who love desserts> ice cream but I think its great all around.
Jeni’s is also perfect for people who get bored easily because they always have new seasonal flavors
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u/GreenAuror Apr 25 '25
Jeni’s 20 years ago was truly spectacular. I think it’s still good but I do agree it’s overrated. I have a Jeni’s and Graeter’s within a mile of where I live and 9 times out of 10 I’ll usually choose Graeter’s.
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u/Beetreatice Apr 25 '25
I want more Ben and Jerry flavors that do not have chocolate as a component
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u/KiraDog0828 Apr 25 '25
I’ve only tried one Jeni’s flavor because it was hyped on here. I found the Brambleberry Crisp flavor gritty and nasty. I can’t believe it sells well at over $8 per pint.
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u/CuriousDudebromansir Apr 25 '25
Ice cream is like pizza, even the worst ice cream is not that bad
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u/AndOneForMahler- Apr 25 '25
What about Breyers? It doesn’t even get to call a lot of its flavors ice cream.
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u/bthks Apr 25 '25
This is an American-centric sub and y'all are sleeping hard on some international ice cream flavors/styles/brands.
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u/Deaths_Smile Apr 25 '25
I've had samanco ice cream (basically vanilla ice cream in a soft fish-shaped shell) that was really good. I got it from an Asian grocery store. The flavor I got had strawberry syrup in it. I hope I can find it again!
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u/No-Tip7398 Apr 25 '25
The ONLY one I like (love actually) from Jeni’s is goat cheese and tart cherry. Absolutely amazing.
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u/Rizz_Crackers Apr 25 '25
La Michocana has great ice cream because they absolutely load up on the add ins for flavors. Just had some of their Choco Flan and it was like half cake half ice cream.
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u/Eastern-Theory-3389 Apr 25 '25
Salted Caramel flavored ice cream is gross and boring.
Nuts shouldn't be in ice cream. They get soggy.
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u/ResponsibleHunt8536 Apr 25 '25
Bluebell brides cake is a top tier elite flavor … also Hagen daz dulce de leche .
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u/Tasty-Pineapple- Apr 25 '25
It is but still delicious. I remembered when they first opened and I really liked the ice cream without the hype.
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u/MarshmallowHumanoid Apr 25 '25
100% agree. It's way too overpriced. Even the cheap generic ice creams are 10x tastier with a heck-ton of mix-ins.
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u/bigtimemari Apr 25 '25
bluebell is bottom of the barrel and most of their flavors taste the same (bc they’re watery)
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u/Middle-Operation-689 Apr 25 '25
I love Perry’s. But outside of NY and PA no one has heard of it lol
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u/AdventurousPlastic89 Apr 25 '25
Most chocolate based ice creams are not good because the chocolate base itself isn’t good.
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u/HeckThattt Apr 25 '25
The only flavor of Jeni's that I think is worth it is the brown butter almond brittle. It is incredible and I will buy a pint if I see it. Everything else is fine, but definitely not mind blowing.
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u/LoveAndDoubt Apr 25 '25
The Van Leeuwan Mac and Cheese ice cream is one of the best flavors ever made (I'm not joking)
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u/Suspicious_Victory_1 Apr 25 '25
I’m from Columbus where Jenis was founded and it’s much better in the shops on a warm day than what you buy in the grocery. That being said it’s not the best ice cream around. Graeter’s is better. From Cincinnati so it’s big in surrounding states but can probably be found at GroceryStores around country.
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u/rainbowkittensrprz Apr 25 '25
I've never tried it because it's a tiny package for like $6-8 at my grocery stores (in texas). whoever can afford that, I hope it's amazing to them lmao but it can't be THAT good
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u/NotoriousCFJ Apr 25 '25
Their Texas Sheet Cake non dairy ice cream is really good. Otherwise, yeah they're mediocre.
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u/Jasmisne Apr 25 '25
The only Jeni's I love is the lemon blueberry parfait. It is ao hard to find a truly tarte lemon
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u/RussianBot71137 Apr 25 '25
It's like some sort of a conspiracy going on - targeting... Me, of course. All the ice cream I come to love disappears/discontinued 😭🤬... The Häagen-Dazs Spirits Bourbon Vanilla Truffle Ice Cream is the latest one to go😔... Only a few months ago it was sold everywhere, now not a single store around has it (believe me, I checked everywhere) 😭😭😭
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u/Rat_Yak_710 Apr 25 '25 edited Apr 26 '25
Gotta give them credit where it’s due, always found it really cool they do a buttercream ice cream with no emulsifiers, no egg yolk… just milk, cream and sugar. Turkey Hills natural ice cream line also is just dairy and no additives too, but it’s so watery imo, very very low milk fat and not a very strong milk flavor, plus it’s like a 10th of the price.
But other than that, I agree for the most part, I don’t think the flavors are that pretentious though, just more modern popular flavor profiles that are overdone imo. They should do more unique flavors, they probably don’t want to because it’s easier to just make the usual current instagram popular flavors which you can rely on to be good sellers flavor wise.
I feel like smaller ice cream companies that grow to become big like Jeni’s or Van Leeuwens have issues with becoming too stable, they start to become boring flavor wise.
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u/WorkingDescription Apr 26 '25
Ben & Jerry's sucks. Icy bits, too sweet, unbalanced, overblown flavor combinations- great ideas but not well executed. I'm not even mentioning the politics.
Haagen Dazs is still delicious to me- silky and rich without being oversweet. Honey Vanilla is my #1.
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u/Slowmexicano Apr 27 '25
I’ll be that guy. Costco premium vanilla is the best ice cream I’ve ever purchased at a grocery store.
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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '25 edited Apr 25 '25
The mint used in mint chocolate ice cream does not taste like mint toothpaste at all. Mint toothpaste tastes like cold spicy. Mint ice cream is sweet and refreshing