# MMmmmm... Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676 "2000-01-09T19:39:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/1 "2000-01-09T19:39:00Z")
I am indulging in Super Fudge Chunk and I have to say it rates right up there with Cherry Garcia. What is your favorite flavor or brand of ice cream? * * * I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature! ---
**Author:** ![JBENZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@JBENZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBENZ)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2000, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/2 "2000-01-09T20:07:00Z")
Rum Raisan. Yum. * * * JB Lex Non Favet Delicatorum Votis ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/3 "2000-01-09T20:30:00Z")
Bovinity Divinity. Chocolate swirled with white chocolate cows, mixed with white chocolate ice cream swirled with chocolate cows. Heaven… * * * Yer pal, Satan _ **First Place** Most Popular Poster of the 20th Century Competition As overseen by Coldfire_ ---
**Author:** ![Studi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Studi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Studi)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/4 "2000-01-09T20:30:00Z")
Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz Buzz!! * * * “I may not be smart, but I can tell chicken shit from chicken salad.” - Lyndon Johnson ---
**Author:** ![Amazingrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Amazingrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazingrace)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/5 "2000-01-09T20:53:00Z")
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough is my absolute favorite! There’s another one that I really like too. I think it’s called New York Fudge Brownie, or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2000, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/6 "2000-01-09T20:58:00Z")
Phish Food and their lowfat Chocolate Fudge Brownie Frozen Yogurt - nummy! * * * “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2000, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/7 "2000-01-09T20:59:00Z")
heh! Need you ask… Double Double Chocolate! * * * We are, each of us angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracing one another ---
**Author:** ![dwtno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dwtno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwtno)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2000, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/8 "2000-01-09T23:49:00Z")
I visited the B&J factory in October. Nothing like prime stuff straight from the source. You may touch me now. Favorite flavor? Cherry Garcia is a strong contender, though Chubby Hubby is the sentimental favorite. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/9 "2000-01-10T00:10:00Z")
Heath Bar Crunch! (During the summer months, our local Safeway carries in addition to their usual line of Safeway Select ice cream flavors: Oakland A’s Triple Play Toffee and a flavor named for the Giants with a name that escapes me – both are outstanding!) * * * Marge: “You know, Homer, it’s very easy to criticize.” Homer: “Fun, too!” ---
**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/10 "2000-01-10T00:14:00Z")
It’s been awhile since I bought any Ben & Jerry’s, but I do remember loving Rainforest Crunch. Gotta love those Brazil nuts! =P ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/11 "2000-01-10T00:28:00Z")
mmmmm chunky monkey! ---
**Author:** ![TBone2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@TBone2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBone2)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/12 "2000-01-10T00:37:00Z")
Ben & Jerry’s is an example of a corporate entity that uses its wealth to promote a political agenda. Ben and Jerry are, basically, extreme liberals, and use (a small part of) their money to spread their views. The ice cream is OK – but far from the best I ever tasted – but their activism, their use of their corporate muscle to advance their views is a thing I find distasteful. ## I’ll stick with the Kroger brand, since I have no need for ice cream to transport me to new heights of awareness. I don’t know why fortune smiles on some and lets the rest go free… T ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/13 "2000-01-10T00:39:00Z")
Vanilla! I don’t really eat B&Js cause of the fat content. It’s the highest fat content of any ice cream there is, I think. Isn’t it 25% per serving? The fat must be why its tasty. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/14 "2000-01-10T02:32:00Z")
Cherry Garcia, Phish Food and Heath Bar Crunch. Though Edy’s has a wonderful Mad About Malt; chocolate malt with swirls of chocoate and chocolate covered nuts. I am a slave to nutrition. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/15 "2000-01-10T02:39:00Z")
tbone2: Well, my guess is you use a lot of products and things whose corporate dollars either directly or indirectly go towards things you may or may not agree with. The difference with B&J is, they tell you about it. * * * Yer pal, Satan _ **First Place** Most Popular Poster of the 20th Century Competition As overseen by Coldfire_ ---
**Author:** ![GuyShyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@GuyShyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuyShyGirl)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/16 "2000-01-10T03:48:00Z")
Phish Food, Chunky Monkey, and Pistachio Pistachio (which I’m savoring at this very moment). Those are my three favorites, but it’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/17 "2000-01-10T03:56:00Z")
My favorite ice cream is from that gelataria I stopped in on the way to the Spanish Steps in Rome. Wow, I love that place. Or maybe that place across the street from my hostel in Florence… Good ice cream in America is Portofino. My fave B&J’s is Bovinity Divinity, because of the cows. It’s good ice cream, but the cows make it _excellent._ But seriously, for true ice cream bliss, one must go to Italy. Or Paris…there’s happiness to be found on the Ile d’St. Louis. * * * ~Kyla “Anger is what makes America great.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/18 "2000-01-10T04:13:00Z")
Lighten up, T-Bone, it’s just ice cream. The fact is that most corporations routinely donate to political candidates for favorable treatment. And because they’re more interested in favorable treatment than in a particular idealogy, corporations routinely donate to both candidates. So brace yourself T-Bone because undoubtedly the majority of the products you buy are made by corporations that donated to Bill Clinton’s presidential campaigns. And my choices are Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia, Steve’s Cinnamon Bun, and Haagen-Das Pina Colada or Caramel. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/19 "2000-01-10T06:02:00Z")
Mmmmm Kyla I have to agree with you on Parisienne ice cream…C’est magnifique! * * * I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature! ---
**Author:** ![Toonces](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@Toonces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toonces)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676/20 "2000-01-10T07:11:00Z")
What happened to B&J’s mint chocolate chip ice cream? _sniff_ That was the real stuff- no stupid chocolate shavings, but real chunks! Otherwise, I like NY Super Fudge Chunk…but my all-time fave is Haagen Daaz Deep Chocolate Peanut Butter (also no longer made- sigh). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-ben-jerrys-ice-cream/12676.md?page=2)