There are so so so so many varieties of ice creams out there. When you go to the grocery store, it can sometimes be overwhelming on what to get. But today, we decided to single out a single brand, Ben & Jerry’s to see if their top 5 selling flavors are really up to snuff.
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Which Ice Creams are we trying today?
Half Baked
Cherry Garcia
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Strawberry Cheesecake
Chocolate Fudge Brownie
Who is on this summery quest?
Kris, aka Howard Dean.
Hannah, needs another bowl.
Matt, letting his mom down.
Amy,
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The History of Ben & Jerry’s
1978: After taking a $5.00 correspondence course in ice cream-making from Penn State and using a $12,000 investment, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield opened their first ice cream scoop shop in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont.
1979: One year later, Ben and Jerry would be celebrating their shop’s anniversary and success by holding the first-ever Free Cone Day. Free scoops all day long.
Their business continued to grow and in 1980 Ben and Jerry rented a space in an old mill to begin packing their ice cream into pints so they could distribute to grocery stores and Mom & Pop stores.
In 1981 the first franchised scoop shop opened in Shelburne, Vermont.
In 1987 Ben and Jerry’s introduced Cherry Garcia ice cream, named for Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, becoming the first ice cream to be named for a rock legend.
1988 Ben and Jerry are named “U.S. Small Business Persons of the Year” by President Reagan.
In 1991 Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough is released.
In 1994 pints of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream begin to appear in the United Kingdom.
In 1997, Vermont-based musical group Phish have the honor of inspiring the flavor Phish Food.
In 2002 Dave Matthews Band and Ice Cream fans rejoice as One Sweet Whirled is released along with an environmental campaign to fight global warming.
2008 saw the introduction of Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road in recognition of Elton John’s first concert in Vermont.
In 2016 Ben & Jerry’s went Vegan with an almond milk, 100% Certified Vegan line of flavors.
Those are some of the highlights without getting into the political side of things. Ben & Jerry’s does have quite a liberal leaning stance on things, like it or leave it. They have come out with some controversial flavors and have said some controversial things that I just don’t want to really get into. But I will have some links in the show notes!
The top ten selling flavors of Ben & Jerry’s
Half Baked
Cherry Garcia
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Strawberry Cheesecake
Chocolate Fudge Brownie
The Tonight Dough
Phish Food
Americone Dream
Chunky Monkey
Milk & Cookies
The Results
**SPOILER ALERT!**
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5th Place: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Amy - 6
Hannah - 4
Kris - 5
Matt - 4
4th Place: Cherry Garcia
Amy - 6
Hannah - 5
Kris - 5
Matt - 4
3rd Place: Strawberry Cheesecake
Amy - 7
Hannah - 4
Kris - 6
Matt - 5
2nd Place: Chocolate Fudge Brownie
Amy - 6
Hannah - 7
Kris - 7
Matt - 8
1st Place: Half Baked
Amy - 7
Hannah - 8
Kris - 7
Matt - 7
There you have it. Half Baked receives the Quest for the Best seal of approval.
Thank you all for joining us on this episode of Quest for the Best. Let us know what you thought. Which is your favorite Ben & Jerry’s? We would love to hear your rating!
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Show Notes:
https://www.benjerry.com/about-us?through-the-decades=tab-1970s
Episode 133: Ben & Jerry's