What is the best ice cream brand?

>>21431706 (OP)
what brand tastes closest to ben and jerry's without being owned by subversive anti-white jews?

>>21431706 (OP)
Haagen Dazs

>>21431706 (OP)
The best ice cream brand is—the one made by (You).

HEAVY CREAM
SWEETENER
MILK

Whip it up to soft peaks and freeze.
Maybe in some fashion half and half can be used instead of heavy cream; cheaper and readily available. How would that turn out?

>>21431842
can you stfu?

>>21431708

>>21431842
this will work but it will produce a lot of crystals and taste very icy

legit ice cream is a pain in the ass unless you have some expensive machine that takes up countertop space.

>put insulated cold bowl in the freezer for 2 days (I use one that connects to my stand mixer)
>make cream base
>heat on stove to specific temperature
>put in fridge to cool
>churn in the cold bowl for an hour
>scoop into container
>freeze for another several hours

I'm really contemplating getting one of those ninja creami pulverizers at this point but I dread another single use countertop machine

>>21431706 (OP)
All varieties taste the same to me.

>>21431857
ultimately this is the answer
locally made, fresh icecream is probably the best you can reasonably get
>>21431870
>ninja creami
do the math on how many pints of the best icecream you can buy for the price of a 200 dollar machine that you then have to clean and store
it just isn't worth the effort

>>21431857
Das it maine

>>21431874
tastelet
if you can't taste a difference between great value and tillamook you either have a broken sense of taste or are functionally retarded

Bryers for cost, but blue bell for the taste

>>21431882
I don't buy Great Value though.

>>21431706 (OP)
All I know is I can't buy Ben & Jerry's when they whine about Israeli settlements and shutdown production in Israel, but are silent when US states are banning abortion and taking away voting rights.

>>21431706 (OP)
'aagen 'azs stands alone.

>>21431706 (OP)
Ben & Jerries of course, solely because of the political opinions of the brand owners. Taste wise I'd choose Häagen-Dazs. But really if you eat any kind of ice cream on the regular you're a fat muhrican and you most likely are going to die from a heart disease at 50.

>>21431888
how is living in Isreal these days? do you think bibi will go to jail?

>>21431887
i had turkey hill and ben and jerrys. theres definitely a difference.

>>21431854
I can but so can you.
Will I—to appease you?—no.

>>21431842
Ive made some black sesame ice cream, and I think some cherry one too. Cant remember if I made corn one too or if I thought about making it and forgot to actually do it.
The black sesame because I remember having some Pocky I got imported eons ago that I remember loving and wanted to try out the flavor again but it wasnt as tasty as I expected it to be.

>>21431883
Blue bell for the cost AND taste. Feels good to live near a creamery

Turkey hill is using cellulose now so I've been getting this. It's good stuff.

>>21431894
Not in Israel, shabbat means nothing to me as I'm not Jewish, and I bought five pounds of pork sausage today.

>>21431706 (OP)
it's a hard tossup between braums and blue bell. what cracks me up is i live right across the street from a blue bell creamery and there's a braums in the parking lot.
>t. northeast oklahoma

>>21431870
>legit ice cream is a pain in the ass unless you have some expensive machine that takes up countertop space.
My last batch I tried to hand whip the heavy cream and couldn't—resorted to a hand-blender.
Maybe its a matter of refinement of technique.

>>21431961
Fancy.
Did you toast the sesame seeds?

>>21431883
Bryers isn't even ice cream, they have to call it "frozen dairy dessert" or some shit.

Whichever brand that makes chocolate and cherry ice cream with chocolate flakes or drizzle (NOT chips or chunks) first gets my vote.
Unfortunately there are zero brands I know of that have done this yet.

>>21431888
Woah, Ben and Jerry are Nazis!??

>>21431706 (OP)
Amul.

>>21431870
>I'm really contemplating getting one of those ninja creami pulverizers at this point but I dread another single use countertop machine
Don't.

I've researched them and while they're fine if you want to make more than just ice cream (light/reduced sugar ice cream, sushies, milkshakes, etc.) but if you just want to make really good ice cream for the same price or less there are now nice commercial-style ice cream makers with built-in compressors available for the same price that freeze the base faster as it churns than the creami which shave-blends a frozen base like its Pacojet-based ancestor or those non-compressor ice cream machines that have you prefeeze the bowl and chill the base first (faster freezing = smaller ice cystals = superior texture) and you don't have to prefreeze the bowl or even chill the base (useful for cooked Crème Anglais or Zabaione). There are several 2-2.6 Qt models on Amazon for the same or less price than the Ninja Creami which can only do 1 pint at a time unless you've bought a bundle with extra pint containers (or extras separately) or the newer Deluxe refresh model that Ninja introduced that has larger spin-up containers.
https://www.amazon.com/Compressor-Pre-freezing-Automatic-Electric-Homemade/dp/B0D8TDZJMS?sr=8-6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6aVLKMhBP8

>>21431970
>>21431883
These. Many times, Blue Bell goes on sale and is the most affordable AND best-tasting option. That said, right now Breyer's is BOGO at Publix so I pickled up 2x48 Oz cartons yesterday for $6.

>>21432392
>Bryers isn't even ice cream, they have to call it "frozen dairy dessert" or some shit.
I've posted this before, but I'll repeat myself as it's a misconception. Breyers makes both a "frozen dairy dessert" and "ice cream" line since the latter is a legally defined term by the FDA. The packaging of both types of product is damn near identical on the carton except for the product description in small lettering on the bottom of the carton and the nutrition facts/ingredient list on the back (the real ice cream is more calorific). Despite looking similar on the outside they are radically different products in taste/texture and consumers that don't know the difference and assume it's all the same product is how Breyer's can generate such a schizophrenic reception online based on who's been buying what in the expectations-setting game.

Don't get me started on how Breyer's is not the same as Dreyer's, or how Dreyer's IS the same as Edy's.

the only palatable ice cream is trader joes coffee
everything else is awful

>>21432485
I see, so it's kinda like cheese vs "cheese product" or white chocolate vs palm oil garbage

>>21432495
>I see, so it's kinda like cheese vs "cheese product" or white chocolate vs palm oil garbage
It's pretty much exactly like that. The dairy industry is chock full of this sort thing.

>>21432485
Why would they create confusion in the marketplace by selling both ice cream and processed goyslop that are virtually identical?

>>21432502
Beats me, the real stuff is great. Maybe they save money on packaging by changing the bare minimum information on the carton design as possible?

>>21432504
They're probably marketing to the same demographic that prefers reduced fat or skim milk to whole milk. Heathens, the lot of them

>>21432358
>Did you toast the sesame seeds?
I cant recall but I want to make it again. I think I may have added too much of it.

My favorite is the kirkland brand vanilla ice cream with either berries or peanuts and hot fudge. Problem is it's a lot of ice cream so I only buy it for big family events. The sundae from the food court is good enough for me otherwise.

>>21431706 (OP)
Perry's, all day.

>>21431706 (OP)
I like bubble gum

>>21431706 (OP)
bryers

>>21431857
This.
>>21431706 (OP)
But that being said Van Leeuwen isn't that good, if you want exotic flavors they're the most readily available but for something everyone makes they're ben and jerry's tier, get something from Upstate

>>21432403
Vermont is full of Nazis. Hell they have a Nazi senator

how good is Haagen Dazs?

>>21434095
Better than "frozen dairy desserts", non-dairy shit, and most store brand stuff but worse than the rest. Used to be high tier but not anymore

for me, it's HD and BJ for some flavors
only problem is my boomer is slow at shopping. I don't trust my boomer to get it into the freezer fast enough

>>21431706 (OP)
Haagan Dazs and Turkey Hill

>>21434124
i prefer hamburger hill

>>21434126
i prefer hank hill

>>21431706 (OP)
Best brand is easily Jude's clotted cream vanilla, but you're never going to beat local (Moomaids/Mr B's in Cornwall, Jack's in Cambridge, that one place next to the Duomo in Florence)

i like ben&jerry's
its very expensive where i live but then again they dont pump their shit full of air to make it "creamier" (in reality cutting costs) and if you factor that in its actually nearly the same price wise

In order
Costco vanilla
Tillamook French vanilla
Jeni's
Haagen dasz

POWER GAP

Blue bell

Nothing else is worth your considering

>>21431706 (OP)

Blue bunny cheescake.

>>21431706 (OP)
I've tried 2 of these. B&J and Häagen-Dazs

>>21431706 (OP)
Jeni's or Van Leewan.

If you're going to eat Ice Cream, go big or go home

Best is the store brand ice cream that's half the price
Alternatively: local ice cream brands that aren't in the OP

>>21431706 (OP)
>What is the best ice cream brand?
none

just take
>fruits you like
>butter milk / heavy cream (or any high fat plant based alternative) and sweetener
>put in smoothie mixer
>transfer to isolated bowl
>slowly pour in liquid nitrogen until smooth paste
don't forget your safety equipment

we do this every week in out lab during summer

real chads eat coffee MOGgen-dazs

>>21431870
?
I had a freezer-bowl machine and it never had problems with ice crystals. I made ice cream all summer, every summer when I had it and it was always delicious, smooth and good.
>cleaning lady used hot water to wash the bowl so it was rendered useless : (
Condenser types are more convenient, sure, but more expensive than the $20 I paid for my maker. Still, they've dropped in price considerably. I saw one for $90 not too long ago. The only valid concern is the footprint.
Now, onto your ice cream maker: why in the fuck are you churning for an hour? Mine set up ice cream almost instantaneously. I ran it for ten minutes and called it a day. Also, you didn't need to cook ice cream unless you're using egg, which makes bad ice cream imo, or cornstarch.

>>21431706 (OP)
>Trying to make homemade ice cream again

>>21435441
What's going wrong? Maybe we can help

>>21435453
>Start by fashioning a bowl made out of ice and salt
>Whip icecream mixture in a smaller bowl until thick and it starts to solidify
>Cover with foil and freeze the whole thing inside the freezer
>Keep taking out of the freezer and mixing every 30 minutes to avoid it crystalizing
>Enjoy your icecream (for 20 minutes until it freezes into a hard rock)
>When it does you have to melt it and do it all over again because it won't soften like store bought icecream it will melt from the outside

>>21431706 (OP)

>>21435476
None of that is even remotely accurate. Do everything differently and you'll get better ice cream.

>>21435535
Great advice, how should I be doing things differently?

>>21435549
Well, first and foremost, tell us what your "ice cream mixture" even is. Different bases work slightly differently during churning.

>>21435577
I made gelato, I don't remember the recipe but I heated a custard and folded some whipped eggs into it before mixing the shit out of it over the ice with an electric mixer
I know it was cold Enough because it started freezing in the corners were the mixers couldn't reach

>>21435549
>how should I be doing things differently?
buy an ice cream maker

>>21435620
I don't have the space in my kitchen for more gadgets

>>21431706 (OP)
Like with fast food, usually there's a regional option that's better than all the other ice cream brands. In my region, it's Tillamook (they also make some amazing cheese).

I think regional companies are nearly always better than national, I think once something is national, they've usually sold out all their quality and principles for maximum profits.

Ben and Jerry's is a great option for one available nation wide. The owners are hardcore lefties though that are very politically active, it doesn't bother me, but I could see how some guys take issue with it.

>>21435598
Italian-style ice cream doesn't typically have eggs, tho.

>>21435672
Yes it does, you vegan idiot.

>>21435717
You are very, very stupid. : (

>>21431842
i don't like how the air in my freezer makes ice taste though

btw gelato from eurobvll gelato shops totally mogged store-bought ice cream
but when I try buying gelato at grocery store it's kinda le bad

>>21431706 (OP)
>blizzard photo inside down
Lol

>>21431706 (OP)
golden gaytime and nogger. are you happy now?

>>21434106
I've been eating Haagen Dazs for about a decade and the flavor has been consistent to me. However, your taste will change as your age. It's probably the most consistent grocery-store-ubiquitous ice cream brand flavor-wise. I've tried switching to other ice cream brands but they either ended up changing their formula to save on costs, or they taste like frozen flour.

>>21431706 (OP)
>What is the best ice cream brand?

I get Meijers Purple Cow brand, as the price is right.

>>21435641
Anon, Tillamook became national and sold out years ago. Here's their strawberry ice cream now

>>21439135
Hats off bro.

For grocery store brand. Meijer's brand is pretty good in anything they do (they don't have many products, it's not like Great Value).

Meijer brand ice cream and pickles are honestly top shelf. One of the things I miss about living in the midwest.

>>21439537
The cheese is still good, at least.

>>21431883
Blue Bell is so overrated, saying that as someone who grew up 20 miles outside of Brenham. HEB Creamy Creations fucks on Blue Bell.

>>21434095
Used to be good stuff. Has turn into goyfeed over the years. Still overpriced.

>Haagen-Dazs
Always good. I'd give them about an 8.

>Halo Top
Only tried it twice because they were on a sale a few weeks ago. Surprisingly good for being so low in calories. Solid 7.

>Dairy Queen
My favourite. Always great. 10/10

>Breyers
Pretty decent. Maybe a 7.5/10

Never tried the rest or it's been so long that I don't remember (Nestle and Walmart brands.) Ben & Jerry's is often pretty reasonably priced where I am but I've never bought it on principle.

>>21431706 (OP)
bluebell and its not even close

>>21439556
nope bluebell buttered pecan is better than heb

>>21435143
It used to be good all natural ice cream ~10 years ago but they changed recipe and turned it into processed garbage like Ben and Jerry's. I only buying Haagen Dazs now.

This stuff is great, the jocks keep half the flavours for themselves though.

I'm a recovering fatty though so I tend to just stick to Halo Top, which for low cal stuff really isn't too bad.

>>21439556
Hello fellow Creamy Creations enjoyer
Favorite flavor? Mines pic related followed by their Oreo cookies and cookie dough