# Vanilla Coke - who's had it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 6, 2002, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745 "2002-06-06T22:05:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ozonebaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ozonebaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozonebaby)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/41 "2002-06-07T14:00:47Z")
ick!! I tried it a few days ago. Once you get used to it it’s ok but it’s too sweet for my tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/42 "2002-06-07T14:40:27Z")
I live in Atlanta, and work at a large corporation on North Avenue. Vanilla Coke[sup]tm[/sup] is available here. I think Vanilla Coke[sup]tm[/sup] is wonderful. I enjoy it, and I recommend it to all my friends. Vanilla Coke[sup]tm[/sup]: it’s the other Real Thing. And, I’ll be conducting an experiment soon. I hypothesize that rum and Vanilla Coke[sup]tm[/sup] will taste just like Malibu rum and Coke. I’ll post my results to the Board. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/43 "2002-06-07T15:02:16Z")
Um … **Fiver** , shouldn’t it be “the other Real Thing **™**?” Don’t worry, I won’t tell the boys upstairs. ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/44 "2002-06-07T15:03:56Z")
I used to get vanilla cokes all the time at Friendly’s. I’m not sure if they still serve them, but one can try there for a sample of the old skool taste. I would think that just about any diner would have them as well. I know I have gotten vanilla cokes at more than a few diners in NY. Not having had the new Vanilla Coke I can’t compare them, but the ones I used to get at Friendly’s were pretty tasty:) ---
**Author:** ![dcnewsman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dcnewsman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dcnewsman)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/45 "2002-06-07T15:09:20Z")
I’ve tried it here in Washington DC and think it is pretty good. Just wish they would bring out a diet version for us diabetics. ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/46 "2002-06-07T16:17:55Z")
Ehhh, it’s OK. I had one in Kitty Hawk, NC over Memorial Day weekend. I haven’t seen it at home (Harrisburg, PA) yet. Sort of tastes like cream soda. The aftertaste is different, but not too bad. It’s not a real vanilla Coke, but it’s OK. Much better than that vile furniture-polish flavored crap they’ve been shilling lately. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/47 "2002-06-07T16:48:16Z")
Why, **Fiver** , wherever in Atlanta do you work? ( 😉 ) Esprix ---
**Author:** ![grettle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@grettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grettle)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/48 "2002-06-07T16:48:42Z")
The vanilla tastes like the vanilla that Stoli ™ uses in their vodka. I think they should use a more “syrup” flavor. . . I am usually a Mountain Dew drinker, so I am patiently waiting for Pepsi to issue their version. Their “twist ™” is better IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/49 "2002-06-07T16:53:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fiver \* > \*\*I hypothesize that rum and Vanilla Coke[sup]tm[/sup] will taste just like Malibu rum and Coke. \*\* Sick! Why would you drink Malibu with Coke? Why would you drink Malibu AT ALL?! Yuck. Anyway, I had a bottle like a week and a half ago. Not too bad, not too good. Worth the $1.50, but I probably won’t make a habit of it. Never tried any “twist” sodas, but I won’t either. It just sounds wrong to me. Cherry sodas are gross, so I make my own with grenadine. That seems to work well. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/50 "2002-06-07T17:14:35Z")
**Esprix** : > [@](#): > > Why, **Fiver** , wherever in Atlanta do you work? ( 😉 ) Oh, you know. It’s just this company where they make some stuff. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/51 "2002-06-07T17:53:51Z")
Tried it. Not good. A real vanilla coke is excellent, but this won’t make the cut ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/52 "2002-06-07T18:06:21Z")
**Guinastasia.** You can find (extremely overpriced) vanilla syrup in your froo-froo coffee section, along with the other syrups used to flavor espressos, but it’s probably not quite the same article the soda jerk uses. ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/53 "2002-06-07T19:45:30Z")
I once went to a fancy hand car wash. Among the many extras they included was a choice of artificial scents that they could scent the inside of my car with after they were done. One of the choices was Vanilla, which I thought would be nice. Two weeks later, when the reek was finally getting out of my clothes, I decided that never again would I get a scented carwash. Vanilla Coke tasted exactly like that cheap rank Vanilla scent they sprayed in my car. Yuck! -lv ---
**Author:** ![Tremmie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Tremmie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tremmie)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/54 "2002-06-07T20:52:02Z")
Hmmm did anyone else think this tasted just like regular coke with captain morgan? ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/55 "2002-06-07T21:36:21Z")
**Esprix** , I usually get my vanilla coke fix at Ruby’s, a chain of diners in SoCal. Are there any down your way? They do a mean chocolate coke too. Don’t throw up until you’ve tried it! I love a real vanilla coke. I won’t be trying a factory-produced canned version anytime soon. Why bother? It won’t measure up. ---
**Author:** ![Jeffrey\_Hartnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@Jeffrey\_Hartnett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeffrey_Hartnett)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/56 "2002-06-08T03:10:48Z")
Reporting in from Seattle; Tried it. Liked it. Will, in all probability, do it again. I like the sweeter taste vis a vis regular Coke. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/57 "2002-06-08T03:57:52Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **EJsGirl** _ > > **Esprix** , I usually get my vanilla coke fix at Ruby’s, a chain of diners in SoCal. Are there any down your way? They do, and I didn’t know they had them - I’ll check it out. Other local diners will do it, although at least once I got a funny look for asking for one. I really thought it was an east coast thing for the longest time, but I’m learning more and more it’s a diner thing. > [@](#): > > They do a mean chocolate coke too. Don’t throw up until you’ve tried it! They said the same thing about the peanut butter hamburger - and they were wrong! :eek: Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/58 "2002-06-08T10:10:29Z")
[Vanilla Syrup by Torani](http://www.freshcoffee.net/torani-French-Vanilla.htm) That stuff’s the real deal. 😛 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![MattK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@MattK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattK)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/59 "2002-06-08T13:26:33Z")
I tried it when I was in San Francisco last month. Not bad at all. I wish I had taken a couple bottles back to Germany. The chances are pretty slim we’ll get that stuff anytime soon I guess. Any info about availability outside the US? Heck, Mountain Dew is illegal here because there’s some weird ingredient in it. ---
**Author:** ![bwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@bwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bwk)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745/60 "2002-06-08T17:04:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MattK \* > \*\* Heck, Mountain Dew is illegal here because there’s some weird ingredient in it. \*\* Really? That is so far out. But if you’ve ever done this, put Mountain Dew in a white styrofoam cup – it glows and reflects off of the sides and looks like radioactive waste pee. What ingredient do they dislike? Sorry for the minor hijack… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanilla-coke-whos-had-it/112745.md?page=4)