Haagen-Dazs or Ben & Jerry's ?
I notice that for Memorial Day These Ice Cream's are on sale (in L.A.) 2 for 6.00. Which one do you like better, and are they worth the price?
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22 Comments:
Haggen-Daz....and YES!
I am not a big Ben and Jerry's fan at all...but I LOVE HD!
I love those 2 for 6 sales..we get them here too and I sometimes let myself have the yumminess.
sadiepix at 7:42PM on 05/23/08
Häagen-Dazs - hands down no contest.
feriorrenna at 7:51PM on 05/23/08
HD wins hands down! Years ago when B&J introduced Chunky Monkey, I thought it was better than sex. Then I read the ingredients and the chunks are not real chocolate. Kind of freaked me out and I haven't had it since. I am an HD devotee all the way.
izatryt at 8:01PM on 05/23/08
Both - and most definitely.
I think Haagen-Daz Dulce de Leche ice cream is current my crowning favorite, as it goes well with the fresh fruit that's available now. Generally, though, I end up with cookies & cream, mint chocolate chip, or Ben and Jerry's Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz Buzz (when I can find it). I like Haagen-Daz better for ice cream without additions, Ben & Jerry's for ice cream with additions.
jenilowrance at 8:02PM on 05/23/08
Haagen-Dazs. Mmm. Peach sorbet. Perfect cure for a headache
paris221966 at 11:21PM on 05/23/08
B&J's Cherry Garcia
PerkyMac at 11:53PM on 05/23/08
Haagen-Daz is more delicious, but Ben and Jerry's has a bigger variety. Ben and Jerry's is for more experimental people.
The Gastronomic Gamer at 11:54PM on 05/23/08
Blue Bell is the best in the world.
Though, my favorite ice cream is Ben & Jerry's New York Super Fudge Crunch.
eatorama at 12:12AM on 05/24/08
Haagen-Daz, no doubt. I've tried to like B&J's, but it never happened. Now, Haagen-Daz, on the other hand, was love at first lick. Dulce de Leche, Baileys, creme brulee, black walnut, pistachio, green tea, white chocolate raspberry truffle, not to mention fleur de sel caramel and pomegranate chip - I honestly don't need more variety than that, and I don't care if this qualifies me as a not-so-experimental person:-).
brooke29 at 12:18AM on 05/24/08
@myself - all that love, and I go and misspell Haagen-Dazs! Twice, no less:-)
brooke29 at 12:45AM on 05/24/08
Ben & Jerry's Phish Food is the only ice cream product that I would send my husband out at midnight to go get me more of. Well, before we were living in Germany, that is.
Schnauzer_Mama at 4:48AM on 05/24/08
Taste-wise, Ben & Jerrys is dreadful ice cream with a good marketing campaign, regarding its add-ins. For awhile, when it was the only somewhat low-cal ice cream stuff available, I ate the reduced calorie toffee flavored stuff they had for a bit.
But for pure decadence, I liked Haagen Daas vanilla peanut butter swirl.
Frozen salty pb and good sweet vanilla hit the spot.
I've found as I've grown older I don't like ice cream that much--I think I got fro-yo-ed and Tasti-d-lited out in my 20s.
HeartofGlass at 7:27AM on 05/24/08
HD wins for superior taste and ingredient quality. Even at age 20, I'm still a sucker for their strawberry ice cream with rainbow sprinkles! A few years ago, I noticed that B&J started adding gum to their ice cream. Now it's practically chewy and not smooth or velvety, as ice cream should be. I do love B&J flavors though (particularly mint chocolate cookie and coffee-heath bar crunch).
emmab at 10:13AM on 05/24/08
I went to the B&J festivals as a kid, so even though both HD and B&J would now have me dashing for a bathroom (yay lactose intolerance!), I bought into the B&J branding very young and will remain forever loyal.
KarynMC at 10:38AM on 05/24/08
Haagen Daaz because they love the honeybees :)
Plus I find they tend to use actual chocolate instead of that weird "chocolate - flavored" stuff.
jazzinx at 11:21AM on 05/24/08
Well, I like both, but I do count B&J as two of my favorite men in the world! Especially at certain times of the month.
SayWhat at 7:37PM on 05/24/08
HD (coffee toffee crunch, can only find it their shops now) Really love their vanilla now. Never wanted vanilla when I was younger, but now I love vanilla ice cream with or without homemade hot fudge sauce.
Had a love affair with Ben&Jerry's for awhile in college (heath bar crunch, routinely eating the entire pint in one sitting. ah college! ah, youthful metablolism!)
Still enjoy the Phish Food and Wavy Gravy.
wookie at 8:14PM on 05/24/08
B&J is just too sweet for me, period. I really love their Chocolate Fudge Brownie (chocoholic, much?), but I can only have a nibble of that at a time or my tongue would shrivel up and fall out of my mouth for having been so assaulted by the sugar.
HD is much better for pure enjoyment.
fuuchan at 10:59PM on 05/24/08
We live near the great place in Newark DE that has gelato, and I go and pick it up every now and then. Teh we have local dairies that make home style ice cream (no outrageous flavors and made local) But mostly I make our ice cream. It is so easy I do not know why people do not make a batch seperate it into containers and eat it when you care to.
I hardly ever buy ice cream anymore in a supermarket. If we are having cobbler and I do not have time I buy Ben and Jerrys Vanilla.
I weaned Husband off supermarket ice cream about 7 years ago.
JerzeeTomato at 5:11AM on 05/25/08
HD light ice creams are freaking to do for. How they make vanilla that rich with only 7 grams of fat per serving is beyond me, but power to them.
africanchocolate at 3:38PM on 05/27/08
I'm pretty sure HD Dolce de Leche was sent down by God Himself, because there's no way human hands could craft such a delicacy.
embolini9 at 3:44PM on 05/27/08
Ben & Jerry's all the way! The Half-Baked is so delicious! It's the Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream mixed with their Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream---swooning now!!
jlew911 at 2:28AM on 06/26/09