Pro Chefs Blind Taste Test Every Vanilla Ice Cream | The Taste Panel | Epicurious
Today on Epicurious, we’ve asked pro chefs Orlando Soto, Caroline Schiff, and Sam Mason to give us their unfiltered, honest reviews of some prominent vanilla ice creams found on supermarket shelves. Which vanilla ice cream packs the most bang for your buck, and which should you avoid at all costs?
00:00 Intro
00:13 Häagen-Dazs Vanilla
03:23 Breyer’s Natural Vanilla
05:43 Van Leeuwen Vanilla Bean
07:18 Edy’s Vanilla
09:06 Ben & Jerry’s Vanilla
10:43 Turkey Hill Original Vanilla
12:10 Talenti Gelato Madagascan Vanilla Bean
14:12 Trader Joe’s French Vanilla
15:35 Jeni’s Honey Vanilla Bean
17:40 Halo Top Vanilla Bean
19:38 Alec’s Tahitian Vanilla Bean
21:51 Friendly’s Vanilla
23:57 365 by Whole Foods Market Vanilla
25:13 Adirondack Creamery Vanilla
26:28 McConnell’s Vanilla Bean
27:44 Tillamook Vanilla Bean
28:58 Favorite Day Homemade Vanilla
30:47 Verdict
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40 Comments
13:30 more air? I thought gelato had less air.
I bought the Ninja Creami two years ago and it's so great. Once you perfect your vanilla, you can make any flavor. Nice to be able to put what I want in my ice cream.
No Blue Bell…😢
Häagen-Dazs is best, no contest, no need to watch the video!
No Bluebell?
The one in the red coat has a very theatrical style of communication. The men seem much more conversational, but she seems much less at ease.
It’s like she works in a marketing department rather instead of a kitchen
De-Esser anyone? Please? Anybody?
McConnell's is great, and their lemon and marrionberry might be my favorite all time.
Kind of surprised that a lot of brands that HAVE a Vanilla BEAN variety, you chose to not include said BEAN variety. Definitely put some brands at a larger advantage than they already have.
I know a lot of these I've personally had both the Vanilla and Vanilla bean versions of, and never touch the regular Vanilla as a result.
Can't get past the tester woman's hair.
I'm sorry, but her hairstyle is REALLY distracting.
so basically the better tasting ones are fattier. Who would've thought!?
The last guy: "There's a giant hair in my ice cream"
They should’ve tried Aldi’s!
Ultratex ice cream 😂
WHAT ABOUT BLUE BELL ICE CREAM?!?!?!?!
Why is the sound so off in this video? Every "s" spoken sounds extremely loud and ear-piercing …
The woman's S's are very pronounced and stabs my brain.😵
These idiots especually the woman dont know ice cream. Hagen Daz, which they panned is real ice cream and is highly rated in any tasting. "It melts on my tongue too fast" tells you all you needs to know. He did you think the others didnt melt as fast because you were previously eating ice cream
Not fair! If they did vanilla bean for van leeuwen brand they should’ve done vanilla bean for haagen dasz ☹️☹️
– a haagen dasz lover
these three "experts" did not seem very expert to me; Breyers cannot even market themselves as ice cream but instead is a frozen dairy dessert.
Häagen-dazs is for poor people who have not tasted quality products.
Grossed out by her necklace. Otherwise, enjoyed the other two’s opinions.
You tasted Hagen Dazs vanilla instead of vanilla bean. Why?
Speaking of Haagen Dazs, has anyone noticed that their chocolate ice cream has become FAR LESS CHOCOLATEY? The most recent pint I had was the same shade of brown, but the chocolate flavor had dropped CONSIDERABLY. I mentioned it to my wife today and she said she thought the same thing!
PLEASE include Kirkland brand going forward! Stop testing Whole Foods and Target and leaving out Costco
Knocking Halo Top for being light and low calorie, because "ice cream is an indulgence " is very tone deaf. Some of us are trying to lose weight and be more health conscious, and can't afford to be indulging ourselves because it goes against that, but we also have cravings for ice cream. Halo Top allows that. I love Halo Top.
Her hair is looking like she's mimicking a scoop of ice cream.
Kinda upset they didn’t have Walmarts GV vanilla ice cream. Walmarts GV brand always seems to do very well.
These reviewers being able to identify the brand is completely fake.
No Blue Bell?
Flecks of vanilla mean nothing. Reviews mentioning this are just uninformed, sorry
Mitchell's is the best ice cream anywhere.
My family swears by Haagen Dazs. Once I had REAL ice cream I thought Haagen Dazs tasted watery
There should be egg.
Egg custard AND heavy cream 🍨
I am confused. the best icecream that I ever had was in a unlabled 5 gallon paper bucket. and it had plenty of tiny ice crystals in it. but the overall effect was glorious. the crystals were too small to crunch. but just big enough to give you more than one mouth feel sensation
No blue bell??!!!
Where was Graeter's?
This review was lacking.
I think that one chef just doesn't like vanilla ice cream. Because he didn't like any of them.
No straus ice cream?