Last week I was standing in the frozen aisle of the grocery store with Will and our friend Ken. We were staying at Ken's house while our new place was being finished and we had run over to the grocery store to pick up a late night snack.
Ken discovered that Ben and Jerry's tubs of ice cream were on sale for $2.99 and, even better, if you bought FIVE tubs the price decreased to only $1.99 per tub. Will, ever the voice of reason, pointed out that we did not need five tubs of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. Ken and I pointed out what a fabulous deal it was to purchase five tubs, not to mention how fun it would be to sample five flavors. Will was promptly outvoted.
And so we ended up with five tubs of Ben and Jerry's ice cream and, for research purposes, I went ahead and tried all five. I have ranked them for you, from best to worst.*
1. Peanut Brittle
2. Coffee Heath Bar Crunch
3. Peach Cobbler
4. S'Mores
5. Snickerdoodle
*I should point out that the "worst" is still pretty amazingly delicious. So it is more like a ranking from scrumptiously delicious to super tasty.
What's your favorite Ben and Jerry's flavor?
3 favorite Ben & Jerry's flavors are:
Cherry Garcia
Phish Food
Birthday Cake (I feel like there might be more to the name than that! and this might be a limited edition)
Posted by: lesli | September 08, 2010 at 01:06 PM
Oh, it is actually called Cake Batter!
And now I see they have a new flavor that I MUST try:
Boston Cream Pie!
Posted by: lesli | September 08, 2010 at 01:08 PM
Cherry Garcia. It just doesn't get much better than that. Of course, Chubby Hubby and Peanut Butter Cup are pretty tasty, too.
Posted by: Dawn | September 08, 2010 at 09:36 PM
Hmmm.... Phish Food, Dublin Mudslide, Mint Chocolate Cookie! I went to the factory once, so fun!
Posted by: Janet | September 08, 2010 at 09:56 PM
I am absolutely in LOVE with Ben & Jerry's ice cream! I have spent many years (and many many dollars) on trying to find which flavors are the best. I have decided that Phish Food and Everything But The... are the best. With names like that how could they not be superb?
Posted by: Laura | September 09, 2010 at 12:08 AM
I also plan on working at the factory some day. They allow you all the free ice cream you can possibly eat. The down side is that they admit that workers have a tendency to gain around 15 pounds in their first year there. I don't think I'd mind the squishiness for all of the yumminess!
Posted by: Laura | September 09, 2010 at 12:11 AM
I love Phish Food and Chunky Monkey. I didn't know they had a s'mores flavor - that sounds tasty!
Posted by: Tootie | September 09, 2010 at 05:12 AM
Peach Cobbler is Gavin's to-die-for ice cream. He and Claire went through five or six pints of it during the summer of '08.
Posted by: jen | September 09, 2010 at 07:57 AM
S'mores is my favorite. I am going to have to go try the other flavors now because I have spent years thinking there is no ice cream better than S'mores.
Posted by: Allyson | September 09, 2010 at 09:03 AM
cherry garcia, for sure. but I don't think I've ever met a Ben & Jerry's that I didn't like. Except for the coffee flavored ones, but that's a personal issue.
Posted by: Leah | September 09, 2010 at 02:36 PM
I'm lactose intolerant, but that would be sooo worth the next five hours I would spend rolled into a ball on the floor!
Posted by: basia | September 10, 2010 at 04:37 PM
hands down - cherry garcia! how fun though to have tried all five!
xo
Posted by: lindsey | September 11, 2010 at 02:39 PM