We tasted the following 11 vanilla ice creams (listed here in alphabetical order):
- Blue Bunny Vanilla Ice Cream
- Blue Bunny Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
- Blue Marble Just Vanilla Organic Ice Cream
- Breyer’s Natural Vanilla Ice Cream
- Häagen-Dazs Vanilla Ice Cream
- High Road Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
- Graeter’s Madagascar Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
- Jeni’s Honey Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
- Homemade Brand Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
- Member’s Mark Super-Premium Vanilla Ice Cream
- Trader Joe’s French Vanilla Ice Cream
On a side note, we were also sent a sample of Ripple’s Vanilla Plant Based Frozen Dessert, which we didn’t include in our ranking since it’s dairy-free (but yeah, we tasted it—more on that soon). We wanted to include Ben & Jerry’s vanilla ice cream but were unable to find a pint even after searching in three different stores.