# Diet Vanilla Coke - Love it or leave it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 20, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844 "2003-04-20T13:07:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/1 "2003-04-20T13:07:53Z")
In Tesco the other day I looked where the diet Coke normally was and something jumped out at me… Diet Vanilla Coke These are **so** yummy. They taste like cream soda… very vanilla-y. Where else has this come out? What do you all think? IMHO… very very scrummy! Can’t wait to make a diet vanilla Coke float 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/2 "2003-04-20T13:22:46Z")
It’s nice for a treat but I can’t imagine gulping it down like normal coke or pepsi or their diet versions. It strikes me more as a novelty. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/3 "2003-04-20T13:30:06Z")
I like it. It’s now my cola of choice. Vanilla and coke! Yum! ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/4 "2003-04-20T13:31:29Z")
It’s my cola of choice, too. I think it’s positively the best. ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/5 "2003-04-20T13:45:13Z")
Love it. It’s the only soda I buy now. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/6 "2003-04-20T13:56:52Z")
You would not believe the amounts of this stuff that **butrscotch** can put away. I should know, I live with her! It’s awfully addictive. ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/7 "2003-04-20T13:59:14Z")
_bleargh_ Doesn’t do it for me ☹ Max ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/8 "2003-04-20T14:13:48Z")
Diet Vanilla Coke is almost as good as the original. It joins Diet Dr. Pepper in the Great Pantheon of Sodas Where The Diet Isn’t That Bad. ---
**Author:** ![herman\_and\_bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f1d935/32.png) [@herman\_and\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herman_and_bill)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/9 "2003-04-20T15:04:50Z")
I have drank the non-diet (regular) vanilla Coke, I consider it the swill from Hell ---
**Author:** ![Honeydew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Honeydew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honeydew_1)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/10 "2003-04-20T15:12:21Z")
We don’t get it here _whine, bitch, moan_… though if it tastes like cream soda, I don’t think I’ll be a fan. ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/11 "2003-04-20T15:18:29Z")
It must be said that there is a big difference between the US and UK soda taste - ie. diet Coke with lemon in the US tastes like Pledge to me but the UK version is lovely. Glad to see so many others are enjoying it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/12 "2003-04-20T15:20:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rhino’sHoney \* > We don’t get it here _whine, bitch, moan_… though if it tastes like cream soda, I don’t think I’ll be a fan. Where abouts in Ireland are you? There is a market in Dublin that carries a few imported American sodas like rootbeer, mountain dew, etc… ---
**Author:** ![Honeydew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Honeydew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honeydew_1)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/13 "2003-04-20T15:32:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Washte \* > \*\*Where abouts in Ireland are you? There is a market in Dublin that carries a few imported American sodas like rootbeer, mountain dew, etc… \*\* I’m in Dublin - south of the county but I go into the city centre fairly often. Where is this place of which you speak? As bf is American, I’d like to try out a few things that he talks about that I go “huh:confused:” at lol… ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/14 "2003-04-20T15:37:12Z")
I like it. I also like diet cherry coke. ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/15 "2003-04-20T15:41:56Z")
It’s a little news agent on the bottom of Bagget Road (street?) - top of Pembroke Road. It’s across from the Abrakebabra and cheap booze place… just across the bridge. News agent perhaps called the _Number 8_ or summat like that. Does this sound familiar to you? btw, i’m 'merican too. Diet cherry Coke? Must be in the US. Not seen it over here (yet). Would love to have it though. Diet Dr Pepper is yummy and has come out over here recently as well. ---
**Author:** ![Honeydew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Honeydew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honeydew_1)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/16 "2003-04-20T15:49:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Washte \* > \*\*It’s a little news agent on the bottom of Bagget Road (street?) - top of Pembroke Road. It’s across from the Abrakebabra and cheap booze place… just across the bridge. News agent perhaps called the _Number 8_ or summat like that. Does this sound familiar to you? \*\* Don’t know it precisely but I know the area… will check it out on my next venture into the big bad city lol… thank you 😃 You in Dublin too then? PS Its Baggot Street… > [@](#): > > \*\*Diet Dr Pepper is yummy and has come out over here recently as well. \*\* Oh now I did try that and nearly puked. ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/17 "2003-04-20T15:50:17Z")
My parents (and my physics teacher) swear by it. ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/18 "2003-04-20T15:57:25Z")
The pre-made Diet Vanilla Coke doesn’t really cut it for me. What I absolutely love is going to Sonic Drive-tru and ordering a Diet Coke with a shot of vanilla. Yuuuuuuuummmmmmmy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bjohn13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@bjohn13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bjohn13)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/19 "2003-04-20T16:09:35Z")
I have a problem with all of the Coke derivatives. They don’t taste like Coke. The reason I love Coke, and, especially, Diet Coke is because of the way it burns as it goes down. That is icredibly thirst quenching. I can handle the Diet Cherry Coke because it has somewhat of a burn, but is too bland. Cherry Coke is just too darn sweet. Vanilla Coke is horrid. I can’t see why they even attach the “Coke” label. They should call it Vanilla Cola. Diet Vanilla Coke? Do I even need to comment? I bought a twelve-pack once. I gave away eleven cans and dumped out half of the can I tried to drink. If I want a Diet Vanilla Coke, I will add a teaspoon of Vanilla flavored syrup to a normal Diet Coke. I’ve been doing it for years, and it tastes woderful. IT STILL TASTES LIKE COKE THAT WAY. (Sorry…I did intend to shout). ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844/20 "2003-04-20T16:46:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whiterabbit \* > You would not believe the amounts of this stuff that **butrscotch** can put away. I should know, I live with her! Maybe. I drink about 5-7 liters of it a day. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-vanilla-coke-love-it-or-leave-it/169844.md?page=2)