# Does anyone sell non-vanilla plain ice cream? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-sell-non-vanilla-plain-ice-cream/710036 "2015-01-17T01:25:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-sell-non-vanilla-plain-ice-cream/710036/21 "2015-01-20T19:44:52Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > What ever happened to “ice milk”? Used to be sold alongside ice cream, but I haven’t seen it for a long time. It’s now called “low-fat ice cream”. The labeling rules were apparently changed in [1994](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_milk). ---
**Author:** ![usar\_jag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-sell-non-vanilla-plain-ice-cream/710036/22 "2015-01-21T10:09:30Z")
“I’ll have wintergreen.” “Unflavored for me!” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-sell-non-vanilla-plain-ice-cream/710036/23 "2015-01-21T14:03:16Z")
Thomas Sweet in Princeton (and New Brunswick) NJ has been making Sweet Cream ice cream for a long time – probably since they opened in 1979. Certainly since before 1989 (Cold Stone goes back to 1988) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-sell-non-vanilla-plain-ice-cream/710036/24 "2015-01-21T17:40:36Z")
> [@usar\_jag](#): > > “I’ll have wintergreen.” > > “Unflavored for me!” On a side note, has anyone ever seen wintergreen ice cream for sale of is it just an invention of the Simpsons writers? Peppermint is one of my favorite flavors and wintergreen ice cream actually sounds appetizing to me. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-sell-non-vanilla-plain-ice-cream/710036/25 "2015-01-21T21:49:04Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > On a side note, has anyone ever seen wintergreen ice cream for sale of is it just an invention of the Simpsons writers? Peppermint is one of my favorite flavors and wintergreen ice cream actually sounds appetizing to me. I did a quick search and only saw recipes for homemade wintergreen but no retail sales. Must not be a very popular flavor. I hate peppermint, but would try wintergreen. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-sell-non-vanilla-plain-ice-cream/710036/26 "2015-01-21T22:12:39Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Why not make it yourself? use any standard vanilla ice cream recipe. Don’t add the teaspoon of vanilla. > > It would be an interesting experiment. > > heres a no cook receipe. (no eggs in it) its just heavy whipping cream, half-and-half cream and sugar > [http://allrecipes.com/recipe/vanilla-ice-cream-2/](http://allrecipes.com/recipe/vanilla-ice-cream-2/) > > Alton brown’s has eggs. I think they are needed to give non-vanilla ice cream some flavor. > [http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/vanilla-ice-cream-recipe.html](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/vanilla-ice-cream-recipe.html) Both of those require an ice cream maker – and if you don’t have them they can go for for fifty bucks at LEAST. Pretty expensive just to satisfy one’s curiosity. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-sell-non-vanilla-plain-ice-cream/710036/27 "2015-01-23T17:42:10Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Why not make it yourself? use any standard vanilla ice cream recipe. Don’t add the teaspoon of vanilla. > > It would be an interesting experiment. > > heres a no cook receipe. (no eggs in it) its just heavy whipping cream, half-and-half cream and sugar > [http://allrecipes.com/recipe/vanilla-ice-cream-2/](http://allrecipes.com/recipe/vanilla-ice-cream-2/) > > Alton brown’s has eggs. I think they are needed to give non-vanilla ice cream some flavor. > [http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/vanilla-ice-cream-recipe.html](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/vanilla-ice-cream-recipe.html) Better yet just buy an ice cream store. Then any extra you make you can sell. ---
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-sell-non-vanilla-plain-ice-cream/710036/28 "2015-01-23T20:37:11Z")
“Sweet Cream” ice cream shows up on the flavor lists of a couple of local Boston Area ice cream shops from time to time (or maybe more often, I don’t really pay attention.) I find it super boring. I’d rather eat whipped cream with a spoon, and even then, the whipped cream would be better with a dab of good vanilla extract whipped in. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-sell-non-vanilla-plain-ice-cream/710036.md?page=1)