# Chocolate, raspberry or vanilla? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 20, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394 "2003-05-20T21:25:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/1 "2003-05-20T21:25:07Z")
'Cause, I mean, a good vanilla is just so divine (and I do mean a _good_ vanilla, as opposed to the regular bog-standard gumboot vanilla, which is basically a what’s-the-point affair from beginning to end). On the other hand, chocolate. **C h o c o l a t e**. Ahhh. But then, raspberry. Yummy! … And while I’m at it (and not that I’m saying there’s any connection): Metal, wood, plastic or rubber? ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/2 "2003-05-20T21:26:46Z")
I like vanilla ice cream best. Chocolate is good, too. But raspberry is better with cheesecake. ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/3 "2003-05-20T21:27:08Z")
Vanilla, without a doubt. Strawberry makes me nauseous and I’ve never tried chocolate. And wood, but I don’t see the connection. Oh, yeah, there isn’t one. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/4 "2003-05-20T21:33:08Z")
… Ice cream? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/5 "2003-05-20T21:44:37Z")
Yabbut . . . gas or water? ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/6 "2003-05-20T21:51:23Z")
Vanilla - because if you start with a good base, it makes the chocolate/raspberry/tutti-frutti that much better. Wood - Has more character than rubber, plastic and metal. Water - easier to drink than gas. As always, YMMV ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/7 "2003-05-21T00:38:59Z")
Chocolate AND raspberry! The best combo on Earth! ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/8 "2003-05-21T01:16:18Z")
But it’s so hard to get good vanilla! If you press me for an answer, I’ll choose raspberry, becuase it’s nigh impossible to stuff up. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/9 "2003-05-21T02:17:25Z")
I think tying this down to ice-cream or spoons would be terribly limiting, don’t you? (By the way … Mars, Venus or Neptune?) Rubber spoon … interesting idea. May have to try it. Between water and gas, I have to note that a water balloon filled with gas somehow misses the point; whereas a gas balloon filled with water is likely to leave you looking all wet. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/10 "2003-05-21T03:26:02Z")
I’m torn. Because good vanilla is very very good, but even mediocre chocolate is divine. And metal. Just cause. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/11 "2003-05-21T05:38:26Z")
- Vanilla. - Wood. ---
**Author:** ![Necromancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@Necromancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necromancer)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/12 "2003-05-21T05:45:15Z")
Vanilla is my favourite. MacSpon, I know what you mean about a good vanilla ice cream. They seem to be few and far between, but it’s well worth hunting around for a decent one because they leave the others behind. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/13 "2003-05-21T05:50:42Z")
Chocolate or chocolate-raspberry. Gives a nice little tang. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/14 "2003-05-21T05:52:16Z")
Vanilla, most definitely. If it’s GOOD vanilla. And I was broken-hearted when the Body Shop[sup]TM[/sup] discontinued their “Original Vanilla” perfume - now they just have plain old “Vanilla” - which most definitely isn’t the same thing. I _loved_ their old perfume - it smelled exactly like cooking vanilla. Easily the most heavenly scent on earth. Chocolate is also good, in moderation, if you get good quality chocolate. And raspberry is fabulous on cheesecake. But vanilla is far and away the best all-around flavor. Good vanilla ice cream (with REAL VANILLA BEAN) is tantalizingly delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Shana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/15 "2003-05-21T08:26:22Z")
Another vote for chocolate and raspberry together! Godiva makes a great ice cream in this very flavor…YUMMMM. A worthy vanilla is hard to come by, but when it’s good it’s divine. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/16 "2003-05-21T10:18:20Z")
Banana. ---
**Author:** ![Necromancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@Necromancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necromancer)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/17 "2003-05-21T10:30:07Z")
Damn you GuanoLad, I feel like eating some banana and chocolate ripple ice cream now, but I don’t have any. _wanders off to look in the freezer to see what flavours I do have_ ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/18 "2003-05-21T11:16:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Waenara \* > \*\*And I was broken-hearted when the Body Shop[sup]TM[/sup] discontinued their “Original Vanilla” perfume - now they just have plain old “Vanilla” - which most definitely isn’t the same thing. I _loved_ their old perfume - it smelled exactly like cooking vanilla. \*\* Why not just use cooking Vanilla for perfume, then? Oh, and FTR: Choc/Van swirl Wood Water ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/19 "2003-05-21T13:58:23Z")
I like you guys, too. :)🆒 ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394/20 "2003-05-21T13:58:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MacSpon \* > \*\*'Cause, I mean, a good vanilla is just so divine (and I do mean a _good_ vanilla, as opposed to the regular bog-standard gumboot vanilla, which is basically a what’s-the-point affair from beginning to end). > > On the other hand, chocolate. **C h o c o l a t e**. Ahhh. > > But then, raspberry. Yummy! > > … > > And while I’m at it (and not that I’m saying there’s any connection): Metal, wood, plastic or rubber? \*\* vanilla and wood 🙂 not necessarily consumed together. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-raspberry-or-vanilla/176394.md?page=2)