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[shadowkat]

No Pralines n' Cream?

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Cookie Dough seem like a cheat, and I love Cookie Dough ice cream

I also love vanilla ice cream.

 

[Dart]

That's a really boring list. And no mango, green tea or coconut confirms that Americans have shit taste when it comes to ice cream.

True that. I love Ice cream in general but it seems the vast majority love generic boring flavors.

Some of my favorite flavors in ice cream; Guava, Piña colada, Coconut, Green tea, mango, strawberry cheesecake, rice pudding, rum raisin.

Ice cream is just the best, you got to try other flavors people!

 

[Replicant]

Yuck.

Such plebs list of ice cream tastes.

 

[MidnightCowboy]

Mint Chocolate Chip is the best in the business.

 

[akira28]

chocolate da bes

 

[Hazmat]

Because mint and chocolate are a heavenly combination.

Truth.

Chocolate ice cream is trash

More truth. Anything chocolate-flavored that isn't chocolate kinda sucks.

 

[Poppy]

i dont understand how society has failed so many so greatly as to make mint seem like a flavor destined seemingly only for toothpaste and gum

 

[jett]

mint chocolate chip is the greatest.

 

[LeroyPantwether]

Truth.



More truth. Anything chocolate-flavored that isn't chocolate kinda sucks.

chocolate milk though.




on topic: Mint choc chip is obviously the best.

 

[Lys Skygge]

Good list. Cookies & Cream is the GOAT flavor though.

As for Vanilla vs Chocolate, for me it depends on the type of ice cream.

Soft Serve: Vanilla > Chocolate
Hard: Vanilla < Chocolate

 

[Aphexian]

I never understood why people like mint-flavored ice cream.

Do you want to get into a fight?

 

[Hazmat]

chocolate milk though.

I will accept this counter argument. Chocolate milk is pretty damn good.

 

[Sanjuro]

I'm either Moose Tracks or Vanilla. This list is accurate.

 

[DeployThatPizza]

Best flavor won. Glad to see the rest of my favorites all in the top 10.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

Glad to see Neapolitan make the top 10.

 

[zelas]

Vanilla? Mint chocolate????

I refuse to acknowledge this list.

 

[Deraldin]

No Pralines n' Cream?

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Cookie Dough seem like a cheat, and I love Cookie Dough ice cream

I also love vanilla ice cream.

The lack of Pralines n' Cream is criminal. If I'm buying ice cream at the store, I would absolutely buy a thing of Pralines n' Cream before anything else on that list. Not a huge fan of it in cone form though. Mint Chocolate Chip all the way when it comes to cones.

 

[makingmusic476]

Mint and chocolate chip cookie dough should be at the top.

There's non-chocolate chip cookie dough??

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Chocolate ice cream is trash

Bingo

 

[RedHill]

Vanilla over chocolate?

Who are these barbarians?

Regular Chocolate ice cream is garbage tier of all chocolate adjacent ice cream

 

[VaultBoy101]

Strawberry
Maple Walnut
Black raspberry cheesecake
Coconut Macaroon (coconut ice cream, toasted coconut, dark chocolate swirl)
Privateer's Bounty (black licorice, salted caramel, and vanilla)

Um these are Americans we're talking about here, get out of here with those fancy-ass Italian gelato shop flavors.

Spoiler

And by "get out of here" I mean "leave them with me as you go."

 

[CrimzonSamurai]

W-why would you eat ice cream with cookie dough in it without chocolate chips?

 

[JeTmAn81]

Picked up some Tillamook Marionberry Pie last night, it's delicious. It's mostly vanilla with flavoring and pie crust bits. Vanilla is the most boring flavor but it works so well as a base.

 

[Antiwhippy]

People who think vanilla is boring haven't had vanilla bean.

 

[Kenai]

Assuming vanilla includes vanilla bean, I approve of the list

 

[IdleRover]

Neither coffee nor pistachio on the list? Madness!

 

[sam12]

Americans sure love their cookies

 

[ctfg23]

I've never seen cookie dough ice cream sans chocolate chips before.

 

[andymcc]

Vanilla as #1 is like the steak doneness thread.

Bland ppl.

 

[Premium Quality]

Never understood why people like Butter Pecan or Pistachio ice cream.
Cookie dough and strawberry cheesecake is where it's at.

 

[DocSeuss]

Vanilla's great to add to things like root beer floats and pie. It's okay on its own.

 

[GSG Flash]

True that. I love Ice cream in general but it seems the vast majority love generic boring flavors.

Some of my favorite flavors in ice cream; Guava, Piña colada, Coconut, Green tea, mango, strawberry cheesecake, rice pudding, rum raisin.

Ice cream is just the best, you got to try other flavors people!

I forgot about Pina Colada, another great flavour.

When I go to the ice cream isle at the grocery store, I specifically try to avoid every single flavour on the list in the OP.

 

[Linkura]

I know people are afraid of it now but Blue Bell makes a really great coconut fudge ice cream that uses actual coconut and not just flavoring. And yes it is still hard to find, either it sells out quick or the ice cream guy only stocks 2 of them.

I'd prefer just regular coconut. Don't need fudge in there. My grocery store doesn't stock Blue Bell anyway. :/

 

[Lord_Byron28]

This list is hardly surprising but why do people love boring flavors, the most?

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

But but... Praline is the best.

 

[BumperLips]

Moose Tracks being so low is a travesty.

Pb cup ice cream for life

 

[SeriuzBiznus]

1. Pistachio
2. Salted Caramel
3. Chocolate Hazelnut
4. Black Cherry
5. Banana

That list in the OP is dull as fuck. America needs to visit flavour town.

 

[TheSkullPrince]

Chocolate and mint chocolate chip yuck. Two of the worst flavors.

 

[Hyoukokun]

Real vanilla is far from a boring flavor; a nice custard base ice cream made with vanilla beans is awesome.

Of that list, I probably like butter pecan the best, but my actual favorite is B3 from Toscanini's. I've tried to replicate it myself with limited success.

 

[Cyros]

Vanilla being at the top is why we can't have things like the Chic-Fil-A spicy chicken biscuit or Wendy's spicy chicken nuggets.

 

[Lucky Seven]

oh Fuck OFF

Vanilla?!

 

[TheSkullPrince]

Yeah, but you can put just about anything on vanilla, which makes it so good.

 

[Blastoise]

Is it cos vanilla is mixed with a lot of other things?

Where as most of the others are eaten by themselves.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Vanilla over chocolate?

Who are these barbarians?

Have you tasted most chocolate ice cream from the states? :V

 

[sleepnaught]

butter pecan always and forever

 

[soco]

1. Pistachio
2. Salted Caramel
3. Chocolate Hazelnut
4. Black Cherry
5. Banana

That list in the OP is dull as fuck.

Those are pretty boring too.


One of my favorite places has a blueberry earl grey, ginger chai peach, creme fraiche marionberry crisp, an amazing golden milk, goat cheese & lemon curd, lemon ginger cayenne. Another nearby place has a tahini & chocolate with chunks of tahini.

There's even slightly changed mixes on old favorites like a sea salt cookie dough that's pretty amazing.

However, a really good vanilla can be better than all of those. You need like a really good bourbon vanilla, and a splash of alcohol might not hurt either.

 

[Hickbilly Deluxe]

In this thread: People bitch that their specialty flavors from their favorite corner shop isn't top 3 because they don't realise that most people have normal tastes.

Vanilla is godlike, suck it up ya babies.

 

[Falchion]

Some people are so boring. There's never been a time in my life when I've been offered a range of ice cream flavors and then chose chocolate or vanilla. Those aren't real flavors, those are the base of an actual, good ice cream flavor.

 

[Elandyll]

Vanilla over chocolate?

Who are these barbarians?

The only explanation for this is because Vanilla is the go to flavor for what I call 'utility' ice cream: Ice cream you use to 'add/ enhance' something else.

 

[Novocaine]

Fuck yeah vanilla.