# Have you tried this new Ben & Jerry's ice cream? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 20, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-tried-this-new-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/149894 "2003-01-20T23:57:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-tried-this-new-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/149894/41 "2003-01-22T05:03:07Z")
_looks up_ Riiiiiiiiiight… So anyway, everybody, just go ahead and try that **Oatmeal Cookie Chunk** ice cream, m’kay? Thaaaaaanks. ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-tried-this-new-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/149894/42 "2003-01-22T05:07:20Z")
I took my kids to the mall today (no school - _again_). We stopped at Ben and Jerry’s for a treat. I saw Oatmeal Cookie Chunk on the menu, remembered this thread and decided to give it a try. OH MY GOD. That has got to be one of the best ice creams I’ve ever had in my life. Now I just have to find it in one of the local grocery stores. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-tried-this-new-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/149894/43 "2003-01-22T05:09:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DarkWriter \* > \*\*I took my kids to the mall today (no school - _again_). We stopped at Ben and Jerry’s for a treat. I saw Oatmeal Cookie Chunk on the menu, remembered this thread and decided to give it a try. > > OH MY GOD. That has got to be one of the best ice creams I’ve ever had in my life. > > Now I just have to find it in one of the local grocery stores. \*\* YAY!!! See!!! What’d I tell ya!!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![galrion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aca169/32.png) [@galrion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galrion)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-tried-this-new-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/149894/44 "2003-01-22T05:11:28Z")
I haven’t had the oatmeal chocolate chunk, which just sounds divine, but other than that the best flavor is Festivus. Close runner ups are Phish Food and Chunky Monkey. I didn’t see Festivus this holiday season and about flipped. I wait all year for that one and I guess the stores decided not to carry it. ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-tried-this-new-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/149894/45 "2003-01-22T05:24:53Z")
I am in your debt, **Lola**. Man, that was good stuff. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-tried-this-new-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/149894/46 "2003-01-22T06:05:02Z")
I shall run by the store tomorrow and see if they have it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![martin\_ibn\_martin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@martin\_ibn\_martin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martin_ibn_martin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-tried-this-new-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/149894/47 "2003-01-22T06:30:54Z")
I’m still stuck on Honey, I’m Home. Honey Vanilla ice cream with fudge covered honeycomb candy nuggets. I seem to recall some kind of honey swirl, as well. The honey vanilla as a flavor by itself has been discontinued, and I understand the honeycomb candy covered in chockey is quite popular as a bar in England. I long for the old Cherry Garcia. The world was so much better when the fat old groovey man was still alive. If only for the Ice cream. Martin ---
**Author:** ![martin\_ibn\_martin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@martin\_ibn\_martin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martin_ibn_martin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-tried-this-new-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/149894/48 "2003-01-22T06:41:28Z")
B&J was bought by Unilever Bestfoods UK, which also owns Hellman’s, Birdseye, Coleman’s Mustard, Knorr, MARMITE, and Vaseline, to name just a few. MARMITE! Yum!..Kinda…not really ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Doris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Sir\_Doris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Doris)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-tried-this-new-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/149894/49 "2003-01-22T09:21:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by martin\_ibn\_martin \* > \*\*B&J was bought by Unilever Bestfoods UK, which also owns Hellman’s, Birdseye, Coleman’s Mustard, Knorr, MARMITE, and Vaseline, to name just a few. > > MARMITE! Yum!..Kinda…not really \*\* What kind of hellish concocotion could they make with that ? Chocolate malt- mustard icecream, with a Marmite swirl :eek: Checked the supermarket yesterday, no sign of Oatmeal Cookie Chunk. I don’t think much of the range makes it over here. There seem to be the same flavours in all the stores (Phish Food/From Russia with Buzz/One Sweet Whirled/Hi Honey I’m Home). I’ll keep checking, though. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-tried-this-new-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/149894/50 "2003-01-22T12:11:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by raisinbread \* > \*\*What are their causes anyway? \*\* Liberal, pretty much without exception, leaning towards the Green side of the liberal spectrum. And from a quickie survey, mostly pouring their money into lobbying groups. (In other words, they’re not building job rehab centers, they’re paying lobbyists to try to get _US_ to pay for job rehab centers.) See [here](http://www.benandjerrys.com/foundation/grl.html) for a listing of all the stuff they’ve funded. You’ll see that they pour a _ton_ of money into lobbying groups who don’t actually _do_ anything. Lots of phrases like “grassroots level to engage in direct action campaigns designed to bring about longterm, systemic change.” (aka Lobbying), or “grassroots environmental activists with free corporate research and strategic assistance” (aka _helping_ lobbyists). Which is fine, they have every right to do this, but I refuse to support it. Especially not for gunky, slightly grainy ice-cream (albiet with good stuff in it) Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-tried-this-new-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/149894/51 "2003-01-22T12:13:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by martin\_ibn\_martin \* > I’m still stuck on Honey, I’m Home. Honey Vanilla ice cream with fudge covered honeycomb candy nuggets. I seem to recall some kind of honey swirl, as well. > > The honey vanilla as a flavor by itself has been discontinued, and **I understand the honeycomb candy covered in chockey is quite popular as a bar in England.** > > I long for the old Cherry Garcia. The world was so much better when the fat old groovey man was still alive. If only for the Ice cream. > > Martin bolding mine… **Martin** , these are called _Crunchie_. They’re fabulous! You can also get Crunchie nuggets - bite sized pieces - which are okay, but the bar is better. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-tried-this-new-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/149894/52 "2003-01-22T22:45:07Z")
Don’t we Yanks have the same thing marketed as Violet Crumble? ---
**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-tried-this-new-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/149894/53 "2003-01-23T00:32:07Z")
The “grassroots” stuff really seems a lot like astroturf. Now if only someone would make an annoying commercial like “This is the pint that raisinbread bought that paid the lobbyist who got the murderer off death row so he could kill more people” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-tried-this-new-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/149894.md?page=2)