Revered by ice cream lovers around the globe, Ben & Jerry’s ice creams have carved a spot
for themselves in the ice cream hall of fame. However, with 42 years of ice cream making
under its belt, it would have been impossible for the American giant to create all its flavors
equally. So, here are the Top 10 Ben And Jerry’s Ice Cream Flavors Ranked Worst To Best
Milk & Cookies: The Newcomer
Vanilla Ice Cream with a Chocolate Cookie Swirl, Chocolate Chip & Chocolate Chocolate
Chip Cookies. The appeal of this particular pint revolves around the Vermont, USA, ice
cream brand being able to capture the experience of eating a crisp homemade chocolate chip
cookie dipped in a big glass of fresh milk. As of 2019, the Milk & Cookies finally made
its debut in Ben & Jerry’s top 10 flavors of the year, cementing the brand’s indisputable
mastery when it comes to layering chocolate chip cookies in ice cream. Despite being one
of the brand’s most classic recipes, before 2019, this flavor never managed to crack Ben
& Jerry's top 10 sales. With its universally nostalgic flavor, this ice cream can positively
transport anyone back to their ABCs learning days, however, despite the what-you-see-is-what-you-get
aspect of the recipe, the flavor of this pint is quite strong. One reviewer even described
it as the most intense chocolate chip cookies flavored pint of the Ben & Jerry's bunch.
This also explains why Milk & Cookies did not make it further down our list.
Mint Chocolate: The Controversial
Peppermint Ice Cream with Chocolate Sandwich Cookies. This next flavor is often said to
be polarizing. The ice cream equivalent of a pineapple pizza has often been dividing
ice cream lovers. Either loved or hated, Ben and Jerry’s Mint Chocolate can hopefully
help even the most hesitant ice cream junky get a scoop or two…or three. The distinctive
taste of cooling peppermint laced with the sweetness of chocolate sandwich cookies is
as sweet for some as it can be disarming, although everyone would agree: It has been
a crowd favorite for several generations now. This odd combination of flavors first originated
from England. Chocolate and mint being used as an ice cream flavor is attributed to Marilyn
Ricketts in 1973, when she entered a culinary competition where the contestants had to provide
an ice cream dessert that would be served at the British royal wedding of Princess Anne
and Captain Mark Phillips. Ben & Jerry’s original take on the recipe, adding chocolate
chip sandwich cookies instead of plain chocolate brittles, is bold and tasty enough to at least
pique the curiosity of the nay-sayers. Plus, the word is that it would have made Marilyn
proud.
AmeriCone Dream: The Charitable
Vanilla Ice Cream with Fudge-Covered Waffle Cone Pieces & a Caramel Swirl. The extra
creaminess of the vanilla ice cream that constitutes the base for the AmeriCone Dream coupled with
a slew of fudgy chocolate infused waffle cone and a drizzle of caramel is, as one could
expect, an explosion of flavors on the taste buds. Taking after the concept of the American
Dream, there seems to be a sense of attempting to achieve some set of ideals when it comes
to ice cream extravaganza. Despite its calorie count, it feels good to indulge in the AmeriCone
Dream pint. Created by the host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, that particular flavor
of ice cream was meant to support various charities via a dedicated fund: The Stephen
Colbert AmeriCone Dream Fund. Raising well over $2 million USD since the ice cream’s
inception in 2007, Ben & Jerry’s customers seem to have taken it upon themselves to help
with the charity effort, or maybe a pint of AmeriCone Dream is just that good. Either
way, some charities supported by the Fund include causes like food and medical assistance
for marginalized children, supporting veterans as well as their families, and environmental
causes. The rich taste of this ice cream is definitely a steal but mostly it is the intent
behind this specific flavor that explains why it ranks so honorably on our list.
Strawberry Cheesecake: The Challenger
Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream with Strawberries & a thick Graham Cracker swirl. So far, we
have established that the cookie lovers had it good. It seems that Ben & Jerry’s have
made cookies and more especially chocolate chip cookies their bread and butter, but what
about the other type of cake aficionados? Well, even if, let’s say, the pound cake
enthusiasts are somewhat put in the corner, let it be known that the cheesecake fans have
it as good as the cookies team. With the flavor of an authentic cheesecake on its bed of real
graham crackers, the ice cream brand could have called it a day. However, it is the bits
of real and extra sweet strawberries that truly make it a great ice cream. It is so
good in fact that years after years the Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream makes it further up on
Ben & Jerry’s Top 10 flavors of the year. The well-deserved break from the more traditional
flavors, such as chocolate, puts this fruity moment in a whole different lane. Nothing
is left to chance; the crunchiness, and the extra strawberry swirl will make ice cream
lovers downright giddy.
The Tonight Dough: The Decadent
Caramel & Chocolate Ice Creams with Chocolate Cookie Swirls & Gobs of Chocolate Chip Cookie
Dough & Peanut Butter Cookie Dough. Slowly but surely becoming a favorite among Ben & Jerry’s
customers, this pint is a real treat. Not only does the pint deliver on Ben & Jerry’s
usual (but oh so understandable) brittles of chocolate chip cookies bias but it doubles
the fun with peanut butter cookie dough as well. The caramel and chocolate ice creams
also provide the perfect base for the salty-sweet combo brought out by the peanut butter, that
so many ice cream lovers crave for. Following in the footsteps of the AmeriCone Dream, the
Tonight Dough was obviously made with The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon's infamous
host in mind, going as far as making a spin on the show’s name. Fans of Jimmy Fallon
and of icy delicacies will be happy to hear that The Tonight Dough is also dedicated to
an important cause: The SeriousFun Children’s Network. Whenever they are buying a pint of
this ice cream, customers are actively donating to a nonprofit organization that vowed to
host 30 camps and programs for children plagued by serious illnesses. Such a taste layered
with those good intentions could certainly melt even the coldest of hearts!
Phish Food: The Addicting
Chocolate Ice Cream with Gooey Marshmallow Swirls, Caramel Swirls & Fudge Fish. This
entry could legitimately stop after those words because hearing them is sinful enough,
and for these reasons alone, Phish Food had to end up this high in our ranking. The clear
nod to the brand owner’s Vermont, USA roots is also a nice addition. The story goes as
follows: The founders, Ben and Jerry, were neighbors to a local band named Phish ever
since the band's early years. Ben and Jerry approached the band and asked them if they
agreed to them creating a Phish ice cream. The band was understandably delighted and
the pint was introduced as part of a special Phish benefit performance (after all this
flavor was introduced in 1997 when the Ben & Jerry’s brand was already an American
ice cream household name, plus it is impossibly flattering). Those who love rich flavor combinations
have been praising this ice cream ever since, but despite all this deliciousness, Ben & Jerry’s
would like to remind ice cream lovers to not “feed it to their actual fish, okay?”.
Chocolate Fudge Brownie: The Experimental
Chocolate Ice Cream with Fudge Brownies. Chocolate lovers all around the world have been eagerly
waiting for this one. The Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream is a tasty chocolate avalanche
in a pint and nobody (in their right mind) would complain about it, although, all of
this chocolate has a decadent feel to it as the ingredient is also said to be an aphrodisiac.
With being awarded as high as 4.7 stars on Influenster, it seems impossible to think
that such creamy craftsmanship was first created almost by accident. The fudge brownie was
revealed to be added as an experiment at first. While seeking out new flavors, Ben and Jerry
witnessed some broken pieces in their brownies delivery and thought as they were tasting
them that if they were already amazing on their own they ought to taste delicious in
chocolate ice cream as well. It would have been difficult to prove them wrong with this
kind of logic after all. Once they assessed that brownie pieces plus chocolate ice cream
were a heavenly mix, they asked Bernie Glassman, the founder of Greyston Bakery—a Yonkers,
New York, USA-based company whose mission is to end poverty while giving back to their
community—to provide the brownies that would turn out to be everybody’s favorite fudgy
nibs, setting the now-famous recipe apart from their competition. The boldness of this
flavor made it just one place off the podium but ultimately, there are 3 more flavors ahead
of it that turned out to be superior to this already hard-to-top ice cream masterpiece.
Cherry Garcia: The Well-Loved
Cherry Ice Cream with Cherries & Fudge Flakes. If the punny name did not give it away, Cherry
Garcia was named after guitar legend Jerry Garcia. A serious contender for the number
one spot on Ben and Jerry’s Top 10 flavors of the year, the cherry ice cream has honed
a flavor combination that is still unmatched amidst the Ben & Jerry’s brand, as well
as amongst other ice creams that are cherry flavored, and that is what makes it so good.
While the cherry could have easily been overpowering on the tongue, while developing the flavor,
they made sure that the actual bits of cherries had a sweet rather than acidic tang while
still remaining more subdued in contrast to the other flavors. The pieces of dark chocolate
coming from the fudge flakes ensure a memorable experience when tasting this otherworldly
mix. There is a special dedication in the craft of that specific flavor that goes way
back to the early years of the brand. One reviewer even confessed to consistently buying
this ice cream since 1987 and swears to keep buying it as long as Ben & Jerry’s are willing
to sell it!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough: The Classic
Vanilla Ice Cream with Gobs of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. Consistency is the keyword
here. Bits of chocolate chip cookie dough are sprinkled everywhere in Ben & Jerry’s
flavors’ catalog for a reason. It is because the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream
walked so that all these other flavors could run. The American ice cream brand has been
churning it since 1984. Despite some minor tweaks done to the recipe, the taste holds
just the same. Considered a classic flavor nowadays, the perfect fusion of vanilla ice
cream and spoon-licking bits of chocolate chip cookie dough has won over ice cream lovers
ever since its creation. It is a flavor so well-beloved by the public that it seems outrageous
not to find a picture of the pint right under the definition of the term “crowd favorite”
in the dictionary, so it is pretty harmless to claim that this flavor is here to stay.
Pioneers in perfecting the art of edible chocolate chip cookie dough and its swift incorporation
to ice cream, Ben & Jerry’s shared with the world one of their greatest contributions
to modern-day ice cream. The inspiration for the flavor is said to have come from a fan
that walked into the original Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop and suggested the flavor in 1984,
but the ice cream was not launched before 1991.
Half Baked: The Reigning Champion
Chocolate & Vanilla Ice Creams mixed with Gobs of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough & Fudge
Brownies. After 9 solid ice cream contenders, the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream king has finally
arrived; make way! From the development process to the name that is perfectly on the nose,
this pint is art in ice cream form and the numbers are there to back it up. The flavor
is miles ahead of the others and has been sitting on the ice cream throne (or the very
top of Ben & Jerry’s Top 10 flavors of the year) for several years now. It is with a
one-two punch sequence that Half Baked was able to challenge every other pint. Created
from swirling two popular flavors that appeared earlier on our list (Chocolate Fudge Brownie
and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough), the mix of chocolate and vanilla ice cream elevated
by chunks of chocolate chip cookie dough and fudge brownies is sure to take ice cream aficionados
to new ice cream heights. The name Half Baked comes from the fact that the fudge brownies
are baked, while the chocolate chip cookie dough is not, thus creating a divine contrast
of textures, all supported by creamy chocolate and vanilla ice creams. One scoop of this
delicacy will surely make abundantly clear to anybody why this pint is reigning over
the ice cream kingdom - or rather the aisle!
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