I have to admit that other than seeing Shanon and visiting Grafton, visiting the Ben & Jerry’s factory was one of my main reasons for wanting to visit Vermont. I mean, I love ice cream, and Ben & Jerry’s is such a cool, fun-loving company, I was dying to see this place in person. Also, I have always wanted to attempt and hopefully conquer the Vermonster ice cream sundae. (More on this below…) One day we made the trip up to Burlington, Vermont where the factory is located. From the moment we walked up the hill, we knew it was going to be a ton of fun.
Every inch of this place was in line with the fun and kooky ice cream-loving philosophy of this company. It puts an instant smile on your face.
As luck would have it, a tour of the factory was starting just a few minutes after we arrived so we bought tickets (very cheap, something like $5) and got ready to go. While we were waiting, we took a peek at this fun display case with all the different Ben & Jerry’s flavors.
There were no photos allowed for most of the tour itself, but it was way cool. It starts out with a brief and very funny video about how Ben & Jerry started the company, how it grew, and what they are working towards today. Some things I already knew, like the fact that they first learned about ice cream making through a correspondence course on the topic. Some information was new to me, like the fact that their traveling ice cream van caught on fire (!) in Ohio in what turned out to be a happy accident thanks to the publicity they received from it. I also really enjoyed learning about their social mission and what they are doing to achieve those goals. As if I didn’t already love them enough, this took it to another level. After the video, we were escorted to a viewing area where we were able to watch the factory’s inner workings where the ice cream is made, packaged, and stored. All of the equipment for the large scale production of ice cream was explained in a clear and interesting way. It was fascinating to see it in action, and to see the amazing rate at which the pints are produced. Finally we made our way into the flavor room where we were able to sample the day’s flavor, which was triple caramel. I only took one taste because I was hoping to save room for what I was about to attempt…
So, as I mentioned, it has been a goal of mine to eat the Vermonster sundae. I know this seems crazy to, well, almost everyone I talk to, but hey, it’s always been a dream of mine. I didn’t want to attempt the full sized Vermonster on this trip, mainly because I psyched myself out of it, but also because I’m waiting to do it with my best friend Amanda since we share this goal. (We can DO IT!) Instead I decided to try the mini Vermonster but as you can see, it isn’t really mini at all. Four scoops of ice cream, a brownie, a cookie, and two kinds of toppings. For my ice cream scoops I chose half coffee (fine) and half double fudge brownie (really bad decision). Here I am at the beginning, happy and confident.
Here I’m pretending I’m happy, but I’m starting to crack. I had a lot of factors going against me here. First of all, we were sitting outside and it was really cold. We could have gone inside but I didn’t want other people watching this go down and that giant bowl attracts a lot of attention. (Amanda, I will feel better when you’re with me and we can be fools together!) Second, I ate way too much for breakfast that morning. Third, and what I think was my undoing, was choosing the double fudge brownie ice cream. It was so heavy, so rich, and I just couldn’t stomach it. Also, because of the cold and to avoid people watching me, I tried to go way too fast. I really should have paced myself.
We made a last ditch attempt to salvage my quest and moved to the car where it was a little bit warmer. But, this is where I stopped. So close! I probably could have eaten even more but at that point I knew I wasn’t going to make it so I figured it made more sense to stop before I felt horribly sick.
Sadness. (By the way, I was not crying or anything, but had a lovely raging red eyeball after catching pink eye from the kids a few weeks before. I actually still have it. Dislike.)
But, instead of leaving on that sad note, we decided to get out of the car and walk around some more because there was a bit more to see. We walked up the hill and were able to see the factory from behind, with their cute tanks labeled “milk”, “cream” and “sugar”.
Up at the top of the hill was the Flavor Graveyard where, as they put it, they pay respects to some of their dearly departed flavors.
The headstones included the names of the flavors, sometimes a description, and usually the reason that the flavor failed (cost, ingredients, popularity). It was so funny!
And that was it. I am sad I wasn’t able to beat even the mini Vermonster, but I’m glad I had this practice run so I’ll be prepared for next time. And there definitely will be a next time.
I didn’t mention it before, but their gift shop was killer. So much fun stuff, I could have easily browsed for an hour. I got some things for you! You can win a copy of the Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Cookbook, this fun “pint cozy” (which could probably also serve as another type of cozy), and a container of chocolate fudge brownie lip balm! (To be perfectly honest, I have no idea if this stuff is any good or not but I still haven’t gotten my stomach around to the idea of trying the one I bought for myself.)
To enter the giveaway, please leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite flavor of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. If you’ve never tried it (gasp!), take a peek at their offerings and tell me what you’d most like to try.
The Rules: One entry per person, U.S. residents only. Commenting will close on Saturday, November 19 at 10:00 am. One winner will be selected at random and announced next week.
Full disclosure: This giveaway is sponsored by yours truly.
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I love Chunky Monkey!!
I have too many favorites to pick just one, maybe……Cherry Garcia. The book is great and very entertaining to read.
Strawberry cheesecake!!!
Wow, I would have loved to have been there. I can see why you didn’t manage to finish that huge tub, but boy did it look good. The flavour graveyard was so funny.
We went to Ben and Jerry’s once. My favorite flavor is the Red Velvet Cake one. :)
Susie
That looks like so much fun! I really want to go there now. My favorite flavor changes drastically depending on my mood, but my latest favorite is their Strawberry Cheesecake. I love the graham cracker crumbs in it. YUM!
What a fun trip! I briefly worked at a Ben & Jerry’s shop, so I definitely want to make it to the factory at some point. (And I’m in New England so this is a no-brainer.) Thanks for sharing your visit!
If Ben & Jerry’s ever got rid of Phish Food, I would cry. I tend to like a variety of other brand flavors, but at Ben & Jerry’s I always go for Phish Food. So chocolate-y and fun. Mmm…is it okay to have ice cream for breakfast?
I’ve visited there and it’s a lot of fun. My fav flavor has got to be Cherry Garcia.
I LOVE Ben & Jerry’s, but if I had to pick a favorite it would be Coffee Heathbar. That’s if I had to pick a favorite today, tomorrow might be a different answer! <3
My current fave flavor is Clusterfluff! Although I think it’s going by What a Cluster now… Why they changed it’s name, who knows?!?
Wow! ok! One flavor…. I might have to post two… Schweddy Balls (Ben & Jerry watch SNL!) and Bonnaroo Buzz. So yummy…
Coffee Heath bar crunch!! Yum!
I love Cherry Garcia!!! It’s the best.
Phish Food of course! :)
I have several “go-to” flavors… New York Super Fudge Chunk, Coffee Heath Bar, and Mint Oreo Cookie.
That sounds so fun! My favorite flavor is chubby hubby!
That looks like SO much fun! I always get Ben & Jerry’s Half Baked frozen yogurt! I only allow myself a half of a pint in one sitting, but I always sneak a little bit more! ; )
I’d love to know where you stayed in Vermont! There’s a chance we might be visiting, and I love bed & breakfast suggestions!
Cherry Garcia… it just feels right for the Vermont ice cream hippies to celebrate Jerry… and somehow the cherries are so delicious in that sweet vanilla cream!
Holy crap. All that Ben and Jerry’s looks freaking unreal!
Mmmmm….I love their Pistachio Pistachio flavor. I’m loving these posts and hoping to travel to Vermont soon!
Haven’t had any B&J’s in a long time. I would love to try Creme Brulee!
I used to love black and tan but I think it might be in the flavor graveyard now!
my favorite has always been chunky monkey. we went to the factory too but it was a really busy summer day and there was a 4 hour wait for the tour. i really wish we could have done it. oh well, maybe someday….
Phish Food, yum!
Phish Food!
Two years ago on New Years Eve, my friends and I decided to tackle the Vermonster at our local Ben and Jerry’s in hopes of finishing it before midnight. Much to our chagrin, we gathered quite the crowd of gawkers (much like the attention you didn’t want!..understood!). We played it safe by going half and half with our flavors- half vanilla, half chocolate- but went all out with toppings- every one they offered. The four of us had our tactics and put together quite the game plan where I ended up being the one to eat all the bananas that were present in this lactose nightmare. With 20 minutes left before midnight, we finished this beast, but were certainly not in the mood for kissing at midnight, or moving for that matter!
Fossil Fuel…perfect combination of creamy ice cream and chocolate!
Coffee is my fav.
I love chubby hubby. The sweet and salty combo is always satisfying!
I’ve always loved Cherry Garcia!
I’ve never tried Ben & Jerry’s; but anything chocolatey is good to me.
Mmmm, I’d probably go with Cherry Garcia. Or strawberry cheesecake!!
Thanks for the giveaway! I’d have to go with cherry Garcia.
I adore Ben and Jerry’s, pretty much any and every flavor, but if I had to choose here an now, I would say Half Baked. YUM.
New York Super Fudge Chunk!
Strawberry Cheesecake is definitely my favorite! I admit that I could totally eat a pint all by myself. LOL :)
I love Half Baked!
Coffee heath bar crunch!
Limited Edition Key Lime Pie
I haven’t had Ben and Jerry’s ice cream in ages! But I think my favorite kind was Karamel Sutra or cookie dough :)
I love the half-baked with cookie dough and brownies, yum!
My go-to favorite is Phish Food…it has just the right mix of everything to make me happy!
Love, Love, LOVE Ben & Jerry’s Caramel Sutra. A.m.a.z.i.n.g! :) There is a caramel core…it just doesn’t get any better!
My favorite ice cream flavor (B&J or otherwise) is and always will be STRAWBERRY!! It’s so classic and so delicious and fruity!
Karamel Sutra is my ultimate favorite Ben & Jerry’s treat. So delicious. Ben & Jerry are geniuses.
YUM! I love the Ben & Jerry’s factory! I think it’s in Waterbury, VT though – not Burlington? Anyway, glad you had such a great time! My all-time favorite flavor is definitely One Sweet Whirled. :)
Caramel sutra is my fave, but we’ve been loving cinnamon bun lately!
Visiting the factory is SO fun! We toured the factory during our honeymoon. My favorite flavor is a new one, Bonnaroo Buzz. YUM!
RIP … One Sweet Whirled … Dave Matthews teamed up with Ben & Jerrys in 2002. A mix of caramel and coffee ice creams with coffee-fudge chips, caramel sauce, and marshmallows. I actually volunteered to scoop ice cream on Earth Day that year and thats how I came to love this flavor!
Went to the B&J factory as a girl scout when I was a kid! So much fun and so delicious! I love chunky monkey!
House favorite is Cherry Garcia…….have not tried the double caramel but that would likely out pace Garcia in my book if not tha t of my husband!
My favorite flavor is pumpkin cheesecake, and lucky for me, ’tis the season for it!
Half Baked!!! Yum!
Love Ben & Jerry’s!! My favorite is NY Super Fudge Chunk.
Half Baked!! The FroYo version :)
How fun!! My favorite flavor is either Chubby Hubby or Mint Chocolate Cookie.
Chunky Monkey! Love the walnuts :)
my favorite WAS the oatmeal chocolate chunk – but i can’t seem to find it ANYWHERE!! makes me wonder if there is a headstone for it!
My favorite is Chubby Hubby!
B&Js is on my bucket list! I can’t wait to go. My favorite flavor is Chubby Hubby.
Sweet giveaway! My favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavor is Oatmeal Cookie Chunk, but I can also go crazy over S’mores or Mint Cookie!
cinnamon bun!!! so delicious
Definitely Cherry Garcia!
Just pick one! I don’t know if that is possible. I am a huge ice cream addict (thanks to my dad). Oh gosh, I’m going to have to say Half Baked. I used to walk to the corner store with my best friend in 7th grade in the dead of winter (which, in the Pacific Northwest where I grew up, meant rain and not snow luckily) to buy Half Baked. Everyone thought we were crazy for eating ice cream in the winter, but we knew that they were wrong. Ice cream is good during any season!
mmmm, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough! Delicious! What a fun give-away!
Now I’m curious, Annie, what your favorite flavor is!
I’m a sucker for chunks of waffle cone in my ice cream, so my current favorite is Americone Dream. (although, triple caramel is a very close second)
Loooove Half Baked…been eating it ever since middle school when we used to walk to Ben & Jerry’s down the street.
Cherry Garcia! And, I usually hide it waaaay in the back of the freezer. :)
Chunky Monkey! I would eat it by the pint in college :)
My favorites (off the top of my head) are Chubby Hubby and Mint Chocolate Cookie! I have been eye-balling the new Red Velvet Cake flavor recently…
Half Baked is my all time fave!
I’ve only tried a couple of flavors but Cherry Garcia was very good.
My favorite Ben and Jerry’s ice cream is the one called Brownie Cheesecake. It is amazing! I am craving it now…… :)
Thanks for sharing! My favorite is coffee or vanilla. Sounds silly to like plain vanilla but it is sooo good!!
Phish Food!!!!!
I love your blog! My favorite is Everthing But…how can you resist all that goodness? Thanks for the giveaway!
Right now my favorite is Creme Brulee. Tomorrow it may be Phish Food or Americone Dream, but not today.
I love the Chocolate Fudge Brownie flavor. Yum!
Chubby Hubby is my alltime favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavor! I haven’t bought it in YEARS because I will seriously eat the entire container in 10 minutes.
cookie dough!
It’s gotta be chunky monkey! Yummy!
LOVE LOVE LOVE Ben and Jerrys. I’ve never been to the factory, but it’s on my bucket list.
My favorite flavor…probably Phish Food. But there is (was?) another flavor once that reminded me of Phish food in that it had chocolate animals floating around in it – in this case, chocolate and white chocolate cows. It was seriously tasty.
I love Cherry Garcia!! My college roommate and I would share a pint of supper many night…oh the memories!
Oh my gosh, how fun!! I was just telling my husband the other day how I wanted to take a vacation there! Haha They used to have an apple pie flavored one that was my favorite, but I don’t think they make it anymore. I just tried the Bonnards Buzz, which was good – whiskey flavored ice cream!!
Looks like an awesome place to visit, I love Ben and Jerry’s, my favorite flavor is Phish Food!
Chunky Monkey!!!! The banana ice cream, huge chocolate chunks and crunchy walnuts. Oh, I would really enjoy a bowl of it right now!!!
What a fun place! My favorite is Mint Chocolate Cookie :-)
I love New York Super Fudge Chunk, among others!
My favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavor would have to be Imagine Whirled Peace. It’s the perfect blend of caramel and sweet cream ice creams with huge chunks of peace sign-shaped fudge and not just any cookie pieces, but toffee cookie pieces! It has definitely been a favorite of mine for a while!!
I *think* my favorite flavor is Boston Cream Pie. I love the custard swirled in.
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie is sooooo yummy!
My favorite is half-baked. Hands down!
Cherry Garcia all the way!
Cherry Garcia, hands down!
Chunky Monkey is definitely my favorite – tried others, but always come back to the Chunky Monkey!
Definitely Phish food!
“Everything but the twist” is my absolute favorite. I love the mystery in every bite! :)
I loved visiting Ben and Jerry’s, as for my favorite… the cookie dough!!!
I love the marsha marsha marshmallow. I think its because I love smores and this icecream has all my favorites of the creamy, sticky marshmallow, chocolate chunks and that gritty graham cracker swirl that adds so much texture to the finished product. I could eat a whole pint right now.
Sweet cream cookies and cream!
I love Strawberry Cheesecake!
My favorite is Phish food & the Red Velvet Cake, can’t choose just one!!
I love Cherry Garcia! It’s so yummy! I’ve been to Ben and Jerry’s but it’s been probably 10 years ago. It’s such a fun place! So glad you enjoyed the visit.
Oh, this is a tough one, but I will have to go with Phish Food (although Wavy Gravy is a very close second).
My favorite is phish food, mmmmmm yummy! It to would be a bad choice for the “Vermonster” I think.
I LOVED Vermonty Python, but I haven’t seen it for quite a while. How can you get any better than chocolate cows? Oatmeal Cookie Chunk is pretty good, too.
I love the Vermonty Python! Not sure if they even make it any more but it is my definite favorite :)
Creme Brulee!! I could eat pint after pint….after pint…
My favorite flavor would have to be cherry Garcia…or half baked…they are all just so delicious!
~Liz
Definitely Chubby Hubby!
Kudos on the sundae, that was impressive! My favorite is Cherry Garcia.
So, this is gonna sound super boring…but my favorite? Their vanilla. Hands down the BEST BEST BEST vanilla I have ever had, anywhere. I love all their kooky flavors, but the vanilla is truly delightful and a classic can’t be beat!
My favorite flavor is Late Night Snack by Jimmy Fallon!!! So yummy!!
Everything but the kitchen sink!
Chunky money! I miss living in New England and visiting Ben & Jerry’s…great place.
Chubby Hubby, most definitely, though they are all wonderful!
I’m jealous, I wanna go! The only tours I’ve been on are the Miller Brewing plant in Milwaukee (I really don’t like mass-produced beer but it was FUN and the beer, it was free) and the best, Cadbury World in Bourneville, England. AWESOME!!
I like Everything But The… But I’m looking at the flavor list, now, and wow, there are some flavors I’ve never seen! Better make an ice cream run soon!
I don’t even think they make it anymore, but I used to be *obsessed* with Brownie Batter. (I think they stopped carrying it around my first or second year of college–and my college’s convenience store sold just about every kind of Ben & Jerry’s, so this was almost a good thing.) As for current flavors, I’m always a sucker for Milk & Cookies. So surprisingly delicious!
My favorite flavor is Half-Baked!! I can eat the entire pint in about 5 minutes…and then I’m sad because it’s all gone…
Oh they have so many that are good! I think I currently like the Milk and Cookies flavor best right now…but I do love Oatmeal cookie and anything with heath bar, too! :-)
When I was in college, I was on a Chunky Monkey kick, and during summer breaks, a pint of that was my fee for going grocery shopping for my mom. Now that I have “matured”, I like the Brownie and Cake batter ice creams.
I love oatmeal cookie chunk. I also loved chocolate peanut butter cookie dough and was so sad to see it go to the graveyard!
Half-baked has been one of my favorites for a long time…cookie dough and brownie batter together? mmmm
The strawberry cheesecake is by far my favorite! I can only buy them though in the tiny sizes because I have no self control when it comes to the chunks of strawberries and graham cracker bits. It’s heaven, I tell ya.
Chunky Monkey is my favorite!! :)
My favorite is definitely Half Baked. But I also like the “Fro Yo” version of it- woo hoo!
In our family we each have a favorite. For me Chunky Monkey has got to be one of their best with Cherry Garcia as a very close 2nd! My husband loves New York Super Fudge Chunk and my son’s fav is Half Baked. This is great because we can each have our own and not have to share…..lol
Mmmm, I love Phish Food. It’s so rich, and so intense, yet so incredibly perfect.
It is so hard to pick one, but I would say Phish Food or Half Baked. Yum!
I love the sad face. Best part of the post. I know how you wanted to finish that so badly. :)
I love Phish Food!
My favorite is Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl. Swoon. We have a shop within walking distance (dangerous!!) and my daughter and I made it a second home when my husband was deployed this summer. She thinks the store is a playplace with ice cream! I think I have to make it up to Vermont sometime soon to check out the headquarters!
Chubby Hubby
Chunky Monkey…. When we visited for the first time in SEP I must say the graveyard was our favorite.
It’s a tough choice, but I would have to say Cinnamon Bun is my all time favorite.
My favorite is Half- Baked, but I would love to try their Schweddy Balls :D
Phish Food
I love half baked!
My favorite is and always has been, Cherry Garcia. However, having said that, I occasionally have a fling with Heath Bar Crunch or Chunky Monkey. As an aside, there sure are a lot of Annies around now. Growing up in Indiana (Ft. Wayne) many years ago I hardly ever met another one. I love, love, love your blog and have tried a lot of your recipes and have many more on my “want to try list.” I really don’t know how you do everything you do, but you sure do it well.
My fav is coffee flavor!
Phish Food is my favorite! It’s sooo good! :)
I Love Sweat Cream and Cookies….just the name alone makes my mouth water!!!
Phish Food!!! I used to look forward to the free Ben and Jerry’s cone day every year…then all the stores around Indy closed darn it.
oatmeal cookie chunk–so jealous you got to visit the factory!
I’m originally from Vermont, so I loved this post! One of my best friends in high school worked there and used to bring home 3 pints of factory seconds every time she worked…we loved her! My favorite by far is Cherry Garcia, so yummy.
Anericone dream. That stuff is amazing!!! When I was pregnant I had to have it way to often!
My favorite flavor is Phish Food! However, I truly miss Dave Matthews’ One Sweet Whirled – coffee, sweet cream, marshmallow, caramel, yum! I was looking for it in your graveyard photo!
Americone Dream, what’s not to love? Waffle cones covered in chocolate, with a caramel swirl and Steven Colbert! (though he’s not IN the ice cream he did help design it)
Mint chocolate cookie is the bestest! I also love Mission to Marzipan, but haven’t seen it in forever so I’m afraid it’s in the graveyard now too. :(
This looks like such a fun trip! I’ll have to try and make it there one day. Who can go wrong with a giant tub of ice cream? My favorite is an old flavor, To Russia, With Buzz. I tried it for the first time on my senior trip in high school (won’t say how long ago THAT was!). It was amazing and I’ve been craving it ever since, but I’m afraid they stopped making it.
Phish Food would have to be my current favorite. We went to the Ben & Jerry’s factory a LONG time ago and they had “seconds” pints at the time. The “seconds” had either too many goodies or not quite enough. I ate almost an entire pint of Rainforest Crunch with some help from my family.
Ok, I grew up in Vermont and the B &J’s factory was my FAVORITE field trip :)
Also, Chubby Hubby hands down. Delish!
Yummm….Phish Food is my favorite!
Phish Food!
Chunky Monkey :)
Mmmm I’d say half baked. Usually the yogurt kind, you know, so I can trick myself into not feeling as guilty when I eat an entire pint… :-)
My absolutely favorite is Coffee Heath Bar Crunch! Yum!!
Another one for Phish Food… SO GOOD.
Coffee Heath Bar Crunch!
It used to be Rainforest Crunch before it was retired to the Graveyard.
It’s been so fun seeing you tour my state – I am just about 90 minutes away from Ben & Jerrys and STILL haven’t been able to go there!
For years Chunky Monkey was my favorite, then last year I tried Karmel Sutra and fell in love! YUM!
Very fun trip! Favorite flavor (though it’s been a long time): chocolate fudge brownie.
I’d love to make a trip to Ben & Jerry’s…super cool! I love Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough…yum!
My favorite flavor is ‘Imagine Whirled Peace’ :)
Mint Chocolate Cookie. I did a report on Ben & Jerry’s in 8th grade and have wanted to visit them in Vermont ever since! I was even right nearby on a tour bus once, and we were going to go on the tour, but there were too many of us for the tour, since we hadn’t bought tickets ahead and had limited time. :(
It’s a tie between Half Baked and Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream. So maybe one scoop of both? Yum!
Yum! I love several, but I have the most fondness for the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, because it was my first Ben and Jerry’s flavor and my big brother bought it for me.
Ooooo, this looks so great! I am a huge fan of the peanut butter cup ice cream. Their peanut butter-flavored base is amazing!
Man, you need to go on vacation more often–these giveaways are great! I love Phish Food :)
I absolutely love the Cake Batter ice-cream! Yum, so delicious! Looks like you had a fun time!
Bonaroo Buzz is my new favorite! That Vermonster looks amazing.
My favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavor is Coconut Seven Layer Bar. SO good!
This sounds like such a fun day! I’ve always wanted to visit the B&J factory but after this post I want to even more! I loved that you tried the Mini Vermonster.
OHhhhh! My absolute Fav by B&J’s is KARAMEL SUTRA! I swear, I could live on this. I have to control my cholesterol, so it’s a good thing the grocery store doesn’t always have it in stock. Annie, You know how to live happily!
I love the new Milk and Cookies but I may have to stick with my long time favorite Half Baked. Deliciousss!
Chunky Monkey!
Phish Food!
Phish food!
I love Ben&Jerry’s! Their brownie batter is delicious!
Phish Food all the way! It’s like Rocky Road minus the nuts. Chocolate fudge fish, chocolate ice cream and an AMAZING ribbon of marshmallow fluff?! Yes, please!! PS….We are totally going back to Vermont one day soon and we will conquer the Vermonster together (I think me being absent was the REAL reason why it was a Vermonster fail!).
my husband worked at our local ben and jerry’s when we were in college. love their ice cream…would love to tour their factory. how fun!!
My all-time fave for many, many years has been Chocolate Fudge Brownie. I just ordered an ice cream maker for my birthday and the B&J cookbook was one of the books I got to go along with it. Can’t wait to try and recreate some of their yummy flavors!
Cherry Garcia! YUM.
Chunky Monkey is my absolute favorite!!
My favorite is “Everything But The”. Has a little bit of everything! So yummy! My regular grocery store doesn’t carry it which is probably a good thing :)
Definitely Brownie Batter – so delish! And reading about your tour makes me want to go there — you are great advertisement!
Chunky Monkey all the way! mmmmmmmmmm
I’m a double fudge brownie girl… and you’re right, it’s very rich!
This looks like an awesome time I would love to go there someday. As for my favorite Ben and Jerry’s…I recently had pumpkin cheesecake by them it was delicious!
choosing a favorite flavor is TOUGH! i’d have to go with the coffee heath bar crunch.
Wow — what a fun experience. I would definitely use that cozy just as it’s intended on my One and Only Love — Chunk Monkey!
Yum! I have lots of favorites but probably the best would be Brownie Cheesecake, my fiance brought me a pint of it on our first date :)
I have to pick ONE B&J flavor?? Mint Chocolate Cookie, Peanut Butter Cup, and Chubby Hubby are all tied for my favorites!! The pint cozy is adorable! I usually wrap a kitchen towel around the pint when I eat it. (And let’s face it – I can pound down a pint in one sitting. It’s my claim to fame).
Oh mercy! I will eat any Ben and Jerry’s…anytime, anywhere. Bring it on! I don’t have a favorite…it’s all awesome!
Hands down … Chunky Monkey!!
I would like to try Brownie Batter!
My favorite flavor is “Chubby Hubby,” but I’m starting to think its made its way to the Flavor Graveyard because I never see it anymore.
One of my favorites is definitely Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz Buzz!
Strawberry Cheesecake by far! It’s soooo good!
I can’t decide between Pistachio!Pistachio! or Chunky Monkey.
CHUBBY HUBBY. Its ooey gooey, sweet and salty, creamy and crunchy fun!
I love HalfBaked. All time favorite flavor.
Cherry Garcia! Oh I hope I win this one…the pint cozy would be a PERFECT gift for my ice cream loving dad for Christmas! :o)
LOVE LOVE LOVE the Strawberry Cheesecake!! My husband absolutley loves the Karamel Sutra flavor as well!!
I had no idea such a fun place existed!!! I should have known better. I will now add this to the bucket list!!! My favorite flavor is Peach Cobbler. It is TO.DIE.FOR!!!! My husband is going to be in heaven when I tell him where we are going for summer vacation next year ;) He is the ultimate ice cream LOVER
That looks like so much fun! I will have to put that trip on my “Trips to Take” list. I can’t believe the sundae you had was the minnie version!
I love Ben and Jerry’s fun flavors, but I have to go with a classic: Cherry Garcia.
This post gave me a good chuckle. You are too cute Annie. :) I just know with your determination you’ll conquer that behemoth yet! And I can’t wait to see how ginormous the full size is. Yikes! :)
I don’t know if they still make it, but I love their Turtle Soup flavor.
What a fun trip! My favorite flavor is currently Half Baked.
Triple Caramel Chunk or Karamel Sutra. Tough call.
I have a goal to visit this place one day too!! Yum. I love chunky monkey!!! Great post :-)
Any of the chocolate flavors are my favorite!
Love, love, love Karmel Sutra!
I love chubby hubby…it has chocolate covered peanut butter filled pretzels…come on, that just begs to be devoured!
LOVE Chunky Monkey, but would love to try some of the new flavors including Red Velvet Cake!
I <3 Chunky Monkey!!
Chubby Hubby and Phish Food are a tie with me…neither one seems to be able to pull ahead of the other! So jealous you got to go to B&J’s!!
hand’s down – phish food. man, now my pregnant self will crave it until i have some. :)
Digging their Dulce Delish ice cream right now.
Coffee Heath Bar Crunch!!!
chubby hubby! yum! i think i need to tour this place!!
Phish Food! I don’t really like Phish (or fish for that matter), but this has been my favorite flavor since I was a kid.
We went to Burlington to ski one January but I only skied a few days so I took the tour one day! Fun place!
The Bonnaroo Buzz is AMAZING!
Mmmmm….coffee! I’m not really a coffee drinker, but for some reason I love coffee flavored ice cream.
So hard to pick just one – guess I’ll go with Half Baked.
My favorite was a seasonal flavor. Key Lime Pie!!!! Yum!!! So sad that I can’t get it anymore.
My FAVORITE Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is Phish Food. I really haven’t met one I didn’t like! The caramel and chocolate fudge goldfish are wonderful together.
I like Chunky Monkey and my husband loves Phish Food. One time we put them together and it wasn’t too bad!!
Phish Food is my most favorite! I really haven’t met one that I didn’t like! The caramel and chocolate fudge goldfish are delicious!
I love Half-baked! But talk about a stomach ache….richest ice cream ever!
Red Velvet Cake! It’s the best!!
My all-time favorite Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor is Half Baked. I do not care if it is the normal ice cream or the frozen yogurt, I will eat the entire pint!!
I love Half Baked. It’s the closest anyone comes to making chocoalte ice cream with cookie dough.
Definitely the vanilla Heathbar!
Cherry Garcia!
Tough choice, but I probably would have to say the Coffee Heath Bar Crunch is my favorite. However, I really want to try the new Schweddy Balls flavor (based on the SNL skit with Alec Baldwin), but I can’t find it in my local grocery stores!
It’s the Coffee Heath bar Crunch for me, too!
I love Cherry Garcia!! I’m so jealous that you got to go! My husband went to Burlington for work a few years ago, and didn’t get to go to Ben & Jerry’s to bring me back anything! :(
This looks like so much fun. One of the goals on my 30 before 30 list is to try all of the Ben and Jerry flavors, which is complicated since I didn’t make a plan for all of the delicious limited edition ones. My hands down favorite flavor is cinnamon buns but chubby hubby is up there too. I can’t wait to visit Ben and Jerry’s in Vermont sometime!
I love their ice cream! I always loved Half Baked.
phish food
Looks like so much fun! I love Fossil Fuel!!
Hands down favorite, Chubby Hubby, peanut butter filled chocolate covered pretzels, are you kidding me? Also the factory is in Waterbury, VT not burlington, did you have a chance to visit Burlington and Church St? I am New Yorker turned Vermonter and I have been really enjoying all your Vermont posts.
cherry garcia, hands down!
I just added this to my list of places i’d like to go someday. your visit looked like a ton o’fun. thanks for sharing. I like cherry garcia.
Oatmeal cookie chunk, no question – but surprisingly hard to find :/
My former favorite is now in the graveyard. Bovinity Divinity. It had chocolate cows…..mmmm. But now I would say when I want to splurge I go for Phish food. Chocolate fish and caramel….YUMMY! I went on that tour a few years ago, and thought it was interesting how much ice cream they give their employees and how often they make them get their cholesterol checked! Fun place!
My favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavor is CHUNKY MONKEY. It was the first flavor I ever tried and immediately fell in love. That ice cream cozy is too cute!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough! Ben and Jerry’s would have to be my all time favorite ice cream. They’ve gotten me through many a tough study nights in college, and lets be honest many a tough break ups! :)
I love Dave Matthew’s Band’s Ice Cream: Magic Brownies. “Black Raspberry Ice Cream Swirled with Sweet Cream Ice Cream & Fudgy Brownies.” Thank you for this post, it prompted me to look up my favorite flavor that I thought was discontinued, but is actually being carried now at a different grocery chain in my area!
Mine WAS Wavy Gravy, but that may be in the flavor graveyard now:(
My favorite is Magic Brownies but it isn’t available any more. I check every single time I’m in a grocery store though just to be sure!
Chocolate Fudge Brownie Yogurt was always my favorite until I recently tried Bonnaroo Buzz! It’s SO GOOD!
Strangely the vanilla. I hosted a taste test for my bookclub of local premium brands and a bunch of grocery store picks and B&J far and away had the best vanilla ice cream. Not usually my first choice but theirs is excellent!
Also, I have now added visit Ben and Jerry’s headquarters to my life list.
Chubby hubby or Maple blondie…or you know, ever flavor possible if it’s one of those days. Glad you enjoyed your trip!
CHOCOLATE FUDGE BROWNIE FOR SURE! :-D
The dave matthews band magic brownies flavor is the best!
Love Half Baked. :)
And oh my goodness I generally dislike “food challenges” but I think I have to make an exception for the Vermonster.. or atleast the mini Vermonster!
Chocolate Fudge Brownie is my favorite – a small amount of it goes a long way :)
Always and forever “Phish Food”….got me through both of my pregnancies :)
Half Baked is sooo good!
What a fun trip!
Phish Food!!
I love love love their Coffee Heath Bar Crunch–perfect combination of some of my favorite things!
My favorite flavor is definitely Chubby Hubby. Although it’s hard to find for some reason, it’s so worth the hunt!
Classic Cherry Garcia but really there isn’t anything they make that isn’t good!!
My favorite is the Coconut Seven Layer Bar. OH YUM.
My favorite is Half Baked :) DELISH!
My favorite flavor is Phish food. It’s the perfect blend of chocolate, fudge, and marshmallows… mmm!
Phish Food is my favorite but I do like the Heath Bar, it’s a close second
My all-time favorite is Mission to Marzipan but I can’t seem to find it anymore! :( After that would be Pistachio Pistachio. So many to choose from and they’re all yummy!
That looks like the neatest & funnest place to visit!!! :)
Cherry Garcia is the best they got! mmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!! :)))
This is great! I had no idea that B&J had a small version of the Vermonster. A few years ago, I had a bunch of friends come up and visit, taking a trip to B&J to tackle the Vermonster.
8 of us tackled the absurd ice cream creation, and it was A LOT to say the least. We sat outside (in October, FREEZING!) at a round table and passed the bucket around, 1 scoop at a time.
It wasn’t easy. For starters, the first 20 minutes or so was us just tackling the toppings, a couple of bananas, a couple of giant brownies, a couple of giant cookies, a ton of nuts, whipped cream, hot fudge, sprinkles, etc… Then it was onto the ice cream. We had them put in 1 scoop of every flavor. Surprisingly it tasted pretty good, with the exception of the last two flavors…coffee and coconut. They were just TOO MUCH TO HANDLE after all of the other ice cream.
If I ever go back again, I’ll be sure to bring my own spoon, because those plastic flimsy ones really slowed us down. HAHA!
Glad you had a good time! Here is the link to my B&J post if interested. (Back in my just-starting-to-blog days) http://www.kaceyskitchen.com/2009/04/peace-love-icecream-and-bellyaches.html
I LOVE Everything But The. It’s amazing and contains everything I love in one delicious treat. Now to figure out how to not eat the entire pint….
P.S.- Your blog is terrific!
This is such a fun post!! My favorite is half baked. I love that they don’t make me pick between cookie dough and fudge brownie!
Ben & Jerry’s is so fun because there are so many flavors! I usually like to try a different one every time. The other weekend I was so close to trying the new “Schweddy Balls” flavor, but then I saw the Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Swirls. It was delish:)
I love Chunky Monkey!
Chocolate peanut butter cup, right at the moment, but I think I’m still being influenced by those great cookies you just posted about that I made a few days back – yum! :)
You’re REALLY making me want to go to Vermont.
My absolute favorite is New York Super Fudge Chunk…always!
Phish Food, I guess. But I’ve only had a few flavors, so it’s hard to really pick a favorite.
I love Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. Thanks for sharing pictures of your trip.
Only 1 favorite?!? I’m not sure that’s possible! I made it through both of my pregnancies thanks to a steady diet of Ben and Jerry’s, LOL. But I think (today) my favorite is S’mores!
I love Americone Dream and the Red Velvet Flavor.
Cherry Garcia is my very favorite but Coffee Heath Bar Crunch comes in a close second. That cookbook has to be awesome. I love the pictures, you are too funny!
If I had to choose only one, it would be Cheesecake Brownie! Your vacation seemed so fun. :)
So many… you pick hard questions. Perhaps Phish Food? Strawberry? Triple Caramel? I love your blog – thanks!
Half Baked!!! YUMMMMMMMMM! And now I want to plan a field trip to Vermont.
My favorite flavor is unfortunately in the graveyard… It was called Cool Britannia. It was sweet cream ice cream with strawberries and chocolate-covered shortbread. :)
Ok. My love affair with Ben & Jerrys began with Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and moved to Phish Food. My new fascination is Chocolate Therapy and definately Late Night Snack. Someday maybe I will taste them.
Thanks for your Blog and sharing your wisdom.
I’ve been to the factory a few times, and I <3 it soo much! Favorite flavor is definitly Phish Food!
Chunky Monkey or Voluntiramisu!!! Or Phish Food! Or the Irish one… Too many favorites!!
I might have to go out and get a ben and jerry’s today! My favorite flavors are a toss up between Peach Cobbler and Phish Food… drooling!
Chocolate Fudge Brownie!
I absoultely ADORE their “Bonarooo Buzz!” It’s so good! Awwwh, now I want some. Thanks alot, Annie! :p
Phish Food is my favorite (at least for now!)– what a fun giveaway! Good try on the mini-Vermonster. I briefly worked at B&J in college and loved watching people try!
Mud Pie!
I don’t know if I can choose just one flavor… I’m with (Another)Annie in that Phish Food is amazing and I would join her in crying if they ever got rid of it. Karamel Sutra is another personal favorite – that ribbon/column of caramel right in the middle is sheer perfection. Half Baked is also REALLY good…yeah, it’s impossible to choose just one!
Ahh, everything just has such a fun, whimsical look to it there, how exciting! I really like “Everything but the…”, but once I saw a flavor called “Bohemian Raspberry” which looked phenomenal, but I have never seen it since. I wonder if it died :(
You did you did! You did get to go to Ben and Jerry’s – groan – how great is that!
My husband and I look for castles to visit – there was one listed for Vermont – but it was more of a mansion than castle – did you find it? – GREAT interior – and the driveway to the house across the street was HEATED (that’s right – no shoveling in a Vermont winter!)
One of our many faves is Dublin Mudslide –
Didn’t they used to do a Gobfather? –
I looovee the red velvet ice cream!
Bonaroo Buzz all the way! Love it!
Peanut Butter Cup!
My favorite is Carrot Cake (so delicious with its swirl of cream cheese frosting!) and a very close second is Cherry Garcia.
Chocolate fudge brownie! I love ben and jerry”s!
My favorite is Sweet Cream & Cookies which you can apparently only get at their scoop shops. I remember having it a lot at the location off of Thayer Street in Providence where I used to hang out in high school :o)
Yum!! My favorite flavor is Phish food!!
CHERRY GARCIA is my ultimate favorite, but I never tire of trying their new flavors. And, I LOVE Mint Chocolate Chunk. Yum, yum, yum!
I’m pretty sure that double brownie chocolate kind is my favorite. YUM!
What a fun factory tour! I love all of them, my favorite was the caramel cashew (can’t remember the official name).
I just tweeted my love of Ben & Jerry’s yesterday:) I think my favorite is Chubby Hubby…the saltiness of the pretzels is so yummy with the chocolate & pb!
I love Ben & Jerry’s, and have many many go-to flavors. However, I’d have to say that Chocolate Chip cookie dough is my alltime favorite, because it reminds me of being in 9th grade. My best friend and I would often go to the convenience store across the street from our highschool and get a pint to share for lunch. Such a horrible diet for a teen, but such a fond memory! I wonder why I haven’t had that flavor in awhile though? Hoping they still make it!
Chubby hubby, double fudge brownie, chunky monkey, banana split…. OK I love them all!
My two favorite flavors are Phish Food and Half Baked! Yumyumyum! I wish I had some now. Too bad too much dairy makes my stomach hurt :( so I haven’t eaten icecream in quite a long while!!
Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food tops my chart! Thanks for sharing your wonderful experience :)
My favorite flavor is Karamel Sutra. Mmmm!
I don’t think I can choose just one flavor of Ben and Jerry’s as my favorite!
Colbert’s Americone Dream! But it’s really hard to choose just one. Each year at my college there is a Vermonster eating contest (full size) but there are usually teams of at least four people! You are very ambitious. Some of my friends would “train” by eating lots of lettuce or something light in hopes of expanding their stomachs…
Definitely have to go with Half Baked Cookie Dough and Brownie!
Double Fudge Brownie is definitely the best! I LOVE the B&J’s Factory–I wish I lived closer to Vermont!
dublin mudslide! yuuuum!!!!!! annie you planned such a fun vacation, i want to go!!!
I love Coffee Heathbar Crunch, although it’s pretty stiff competition, as all their flavors are great!
I love half-baked!
I can’t say I’ve ever not liked an ice cream flavor (except maybe the Wasabi at Coldstone – yuck!) – but my favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavor is New York Super Fudge Chunk!
Bonaroo Buzz! and I totally need that pint cozy. I usually wrap a dish cloth around my pints (yes, I eat it out of the container. who doesn’t?!)
My long time favorite was Half Baked, but the newcomer Clusterfluff has almost certainly surpassed it.
You are brave to attempt even that not so mini Vermonster by yourself! I couldn’t handle that thing.
My favorite flavor of Ben & Jerry’s is a tie between Dublin Mudslide and Milk and Cookies!
Oatmeal Cookie Chunk… amazing!!!
I love Cherry Garcia Frozen Yogurt, It’s delish, and less fat & calories that the regular Cherry Garcia, so I don’t feel as bad eating the whole pint. :)
My favorite flavor changes weekly- this week it’s Cluster Fluff! :)
Cherry Garcia! YUM!
I know mint isn’t your thing but I LOVE their Mint Chocolate Cookie and Half Baked. It’s pretty much a tie for me! And I wish Vermont wasn’t so far from California. It looks like such a fun place to visit!
Half-baked is really good. Once the freezers broke at the convenience store in my town and the owner gave my sister and I a few free pints :D
I just had their version of Cookies & Cream last week and it was SO good. Creamy and wonderful – YUM! I can’t find the exact name of it on the site…???
My favorite is definitely Cinnamon Buns!!! So so good!
Chubby Hubby all the way!!! :-) Mmmm goodness!!
:-)
I love Chubby Hubby! Yum….might go get some now!
very admirable run on the vermonster! :) im goin with half baked as the all time favorite mmmm cookies AND brownies can’t beat it
I feel exactly the same way but for me, the Vermonster is a definite exception :)
My favorite flavor forever and ever has been coffee heath bar crunch. LOVE IT!!! It helped me through a couple of tough pregnancies!! :) I love their ice cream but even more I love their commitment to a greater social mission.
Ben and I have decided to plan on one vacation per year, just us, so hopefully you’ll get your wish!
I know, I had to include it (despite my scary eyeball).
I LOVE Late Night Snack! Im a sweet and salty girl – so love the salty caramel & fudge with potato chips!! YUMMMM
Half Baked with Brownies & Cookie Dough
I love Phish food ice cream. My fiance knows this and any time I’m even a little bit down or in a crummy mood (or if we are celebrating something) I can always count on him to bring me Ben & Jerry’s Phish food ice cream. Even when we started dating 7 years ago, in the summer nights we’d share a pint and look at the stars.
I must admit, I haven’t eaten Ben & Jerry’s since I got my own ice cream maker almost five years ago. But, I did eat a lot of Phish Food in college so I’ll probably go with that :)
so many good flavors but can’t go wrong with good ol’ cookie dough. Yum
Thanks
It is too hard to decide. Oatmeal Cookie Dough or Cinnamon Buns!
That is awesome! Love hearing stories from others as crazy as me :)
I’m planning to talk about that in my last Vermont post, whenever I get around it (probably after Thanksgiving), but we stayed at Inn Victoria in Chester. Highly recommend!
Half Baked frozen yogurt if I’m feeling healthy, but otherwise, Fossil Fuel is the best.
Anything where Chocolate and Peanut Butter are involved, I also love Cookie Dough :P
That looks like so much fun! I want to go to Vermont now!
I love the Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz Buzz Ice Cream. Nom Nom Nom! :)
Chubby Hubby, no doubt is my favorite!
LOVE Americone Dream! So Good
I would have to say Half-Baked is probably my favorite!
By the way, I was curious what month you went to Vermont and how many days you spent. Everything looks so pretty during the time you were there, and I was just wondering a good amount of time to stay in order to see everything. Thanks!
You can never go wrong with Phish Food! Although, I am waiting to try their new Red Velvet Cake!
I would have to say strawberry cheesecake… I could easily eat a pint! We visited the Ben and Jerry’s factory when I was a kid, and my souvenir was an acid washed jean jacket with cows on the back. Probably not the best fashion decision I’ve ever made….
Cinnamon buns is really delicious!
Cherry Garcia! I just love cherry ice cream.
Mint Chocolate Cookie
I cannot wait to go there myself one day!!!
Half Baked! My two favorite things in one: brownies and cookie dough!
Mint Chocolate Cookie
I cannot wait to go there one day!!!
My favorite is Half Baked. I ate WAY too much of that in college!
Half Baked FOR SURE! Yummmmm! :)
For years it was New York Super Fudge chunk, but I just tried Chubby Hubby for the first time and OH YEAH, new favorite flavor :)
mmmmmm! i want ice cream now!! at least it is almost lunch time here in California!!! my fav would have to be COOKIE DOUGH!!! mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
ahh i’ve flipped through the book and i would love to own it!!
chubby hubby is my fave!!
oh for sure–cherry garcia!!
I love Everything But The…. So many delicious mix-ins! Do you get a prize for finishing the whole Vermontster??
There’s too many to choose from! I think I could eat Ben & Jerry’s every day! Right now my favorite is Dublin Mudslide. My mouth is watering just thinking about it!
My favorite B&J’s flavor is Coconut Seven Layer Bar!
I LOVE Half-Baked, but I am also loving the new flavor, Late Night Snack! It’s delicious! Ben & Jerry’s has and always will be my favorite ice cream!
Wow all of the ice cream sounds so good… I think I would like to try the Peanut Brittle the most though!
I hope one of things they are working toward is making Fossil Fuel more widely available. That stuff is awesomesauce.
I absolutely LOVE the Phish Food flavor of Ben & Jerrys. I know Cherry Garcia is a fan favorite, but I can hardly resist the marshmallow and caramel with chocolate…not to mention the little fudge fishes! So much fun :)
A toss up between Milk&Cookies and Dublin Mudslide! On a quest to find Dave Matthews Band Magic Brownies – I check every grocery store and gas station I enter!
I lived in western Mass. for about 3 years and I never got around to making the 3 hour drive to Ben & Jerry’s. It is one of my biggest life regrets. That said I think Cherry Garcia is probably my favorite flavor.
I love this post!! Their chocolate fudge brownie has always been my favorite.
Phish food!
What an awesome trip! I’m so jealous.
My favorite Ben & Jerry’s Flavor is “Everything but the…”
Best. Flavor. Ever.
My favorite flavor is Strawberry Cheesecake. I’m loving these posts about your trip to Vermont, I never knew there were so many fun things to do there! Now I want to go!
Pumpkin cheesecake is my all time favorite but they did no have it this fall :(
Phish Food. Always and forever we will be BFF (don’t tell my husband that though).
phish food and i had a nice relationship back in college :)
Chocolate Fudge Brownie…but I would probably think different if I had to eat too much of it!!!!!
In my house there is usually a pint of Americone Dream (my husband’s favorite) and Peanut Butter Cup (for me, of course) hanging out in the freezer.
My favorite flavor is the coffee heath bar crunch. It’s addicting!
Americone Dream all the way. You just can’t beat the fudge covered waffle cone bits.
I like the chocolate fudge brownie ice cream. Although, I’m sure I would love many others also.
Chunky Monkey all the way.
Haha! That is awesome. I’m sure I would have chosen the same thing as a child of the 80s-early 90s :)
Oh, that’s a hard choice… Dublin Mudslide is great, anything with cookie dough, but definitely half baked!
We were there in October, 15-21. Normally that is the tail end of their foliage season but this year things were a bit delayed so it worked out perfectly. I wouldn’t go any later than that though. The week after we were there they got quite a bit of snow!
As a little kid, I loved Half-Baked, of course. My dad would always rave about Cherry Garcia, but I was so against even trying it (child’s resistant palate, you see). But in high school, my dad finally convinced me to try it, and now, it is my absolute favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavor ever!
Phish Food, or Oatmeal Cookie Chunk!
My favorite flavor is Dublin Mudslide! Before that it was Half Baked and if I’m eating at a scoop shop, I ALWAYS get Chocolate Therapy, which is only available at scoop shops–and I don’t even normally go for chocolate ice cream!
Oh man, oh man, I could eat their Cherry Garcia all day long, be it ice cream or their frozen yogurt (blasphemy! I know!). I like chocolate, but I don’t care for chocolate ice cream. But this, with the vanilla, and the little chunks of chocolate, and teh sweet bits of cherries, mmmmmm
My all time favorite is Karamel Sutra – it is half caramel ice cream (like literally one half of the container) and the other half is chocolate with chocolate pieces and then down the middle to separate the 2 is a ribbon (thick thick thick) of caramel. Oh boy… it is so delish!
If I ever get up to Vermont, I will tackle the Vermonster. I did something similar to that at a local place, but I think there were only 12 scoops in that one.
As for my favorite flavor, Cherry Garcia has been a staple for years of I get B&Js. The Pistachio Pistachio looks very tasty too.
I love the flavor B&Js has, but I’ve always wished that had a “no stuff” option and just sold the smooth ice cream. Mainly so I could eat more of it xD Those giant chocolate fudge chunks are soo filling.
Clusterfluff! I actually think it’s called What a Cluster, but it’s delicious either way!
Thanks!
After trying out quite a variety of flavors, my favorite has to be Chunky Monkey. I am usually not a fan of banana-flavored foods or candy. However, this isn’t the sickening sweet, fake banana flavor that I remember from when I was a kid. It tastes VERY light and fresh. The chocolate chunks are a fantastic pairing and the crunch from the chunks of walnuts make one of the best ice-cream combinations I’ve ever had!
Americone Dream….amazing with the gooey caramel & the choc. covered waffle bits. Makes my mouth water just thinking about it! :)
That’s tough!! I’d probably pick Half Baked as my favorite.
You can’t beat coffee heath bar crunch!!!
Half Baked!
Americone Dream Yummmy :)
My favorite is in the flavor graveyard–Cool Brittania!
Chunky Monkey! Yum!
Hard to pick just one but Caramel Sutra is one of the best!
I love Ben and Jerry’s Creme Brulee…it’s good in a pint, but even better when you get it in a cone at one of their ice cream shops!
Karamel Sutra ~ although it’s so rich, I can’t eat much at once!
My favorite is Half-Baked…it’s the best of both worlds (chocolate fudge brownie/chocolate chip cookie dough)!
My favorite non-chocolate flavor is Strawberry Cheesecake, and my favorite with-chocolate flavor is Coffee Heath Bar Crunch <3
My favorite is half baked! :)
Any flavor with raspberries and chocolate! Yum!!
In college my friends and I used to split a pint of Half Baked every Friday night. My current favorite is Double Fudge Brownie.
I have some Americone Dream and Strawberry Cheesecake in my freezer right now, but all-time favorite would have to be Chubby Hubby.
Karamel Sutra!
I love Everything but the Kitchen Sink!
My favorite (because it’s out right now) is the Pumpkin Cheesecake. mmmmm.
OMG, Annie, you’ve opened my eyes. I had no idea that place even existed, and now I’m ready to hop on a plane! That place looks flipping CUTE! The graveyard alone! Sounds like a really fun time. And I can’t believe that was the mini. lol! That’s insane. No shame, you did it proud.
My fav flavor is definitely chubby hubby, though I haven’t tried many flavors. That one is the perfect mix of salt, sweet, creamy, and crunchy! I even made my own crazy ice cream flavor once that my Husband dubbed “Because Chubby Hubby is already taken”. Hehe.
I love reading about your Vermont trip because I went to the exact same places over the summer! I absolutely love Vermont, it’s so gorgeous.
I’m impressed you were able to eat so much of the mini Vermonster! I’m done after having 2 scoops on a cone there, haha. My favorite flavor is Chocolate Therapy… I wish they sold it in pints and not just at Scoop Shops.
Everything, but the…kind of girl here. :)
I love Half Baked! By the way, that pint cozie is the greatest idea! Another place to visit that is super fun is the Jelly Belly factory in CA!
Imagine Whirled Peace
Cherry Garcia!
Oatmeal Cookie Chunk! I am so jealous that you got to go to the factory! I have always wanted to – maybe that will be on next years to-do list!
My favorite flavor is Americone dream!
Cherry Garcia or Half Baked. In the summer there is nothing better than Mint Chocolate cookie!
I love AmeriCone Dream. Colbert is my favorite. :-)
So jealous of this trip!! I have GOT to get there sometime. Maybe next summer. The kids would love it. I hope your pink eye clears up soon!! My favorite flavor is mint chocolate cookie mmmm SO good.
My absolute favorite is the Dearly Departed Bovinity Divinity. However Fossil Fuel and plain old delicious Vanilla fill the void in my stomach. Flavor I’d most like to try? Chocolate Macadamia!
My favorite B&J flavor has got to be Phish Food. My sister introduced me to it. Now she lives in England and whenever I am missing her I pick up a pint and go to town.
My first instinct was to answer ‘Chunky Monkey’ since that was my first taste of B&J, but my all time favorite alas, rests in the Flavor Graveyard – Cool Brittania. I can almost taste the chocolate covered shortbread pieces. Yum.
Love some Schweddy Balls! It actually is very yummy! And we love Saturday night Live!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. One of the offices I used to work for order me the Vermonster for my birthday. Of course they made me share. :( It was delicious!!! :)
Half Baked. Who doesn’t love cookie dougn and brownies!
I recently tried the Dulce Delish flavor and haven’t been able to go back to any other flavor. It’s so perfect!!!
Love love LOVE Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream! I love Americone Dream and Half Baked….sorry, couldn’t limit myself to just one! :)
Definitely Phish Food! I also liked one they had for a brief time… something with Dinosaur in the title.
I love the salty and sweet goodness of Late Night Snack!
My favorite is the oatmeal cookie chunk… i love oatmeal…my second would have to be chocolate fudge brownie…who can resist :-)
Oatmeal cookie chunk. It’s a rare find, but OMG.
My favorite flavor has to be Americone Dream.
I have a serious weakness for the flavor designed by Stephen Colbert with the waffle cone pieces in it!
My favorite flavor is Chocolate Fudge Brownie! YUMMY! A close second would be Cherry Garcia, love that one too. Now I want to go there but its sooo far away. Maybe one day!
I love American Dreamz!!!! And basically all the others. Haha
Phish Phood is definitely my favorite. Soooo good.
Definitely Coconut Seven Layer Bar–but you can only get it at a scoop shop!
Thanks to a little ctrl+f action, I see that I’m the only one who chose bananas on the rum as their favorite! It’s amazing – and made even more delicious by the fact that it’s only sold in B&J stores so we have to seek it out when we go on vacation.
I actually haven’t eaten a ton of Ben & Jerry’s, but my roommates and I used to walk down the hill from our dorm room our freshman year and get a pint of Half Baked. SO GOOD.
My favorite is mint chocolate cookie. I love the mint chocolate combo!
I absolutely LOVE half-baked. It’s a mix of chocolate chip cookie dough and chocolate fudge brownie in a pint :) Love it! I’ve visited the factory, too – the flavor graveyard was fun to look at!
Americone Dream or the new-ish jimmy fallon one with chocolate covered potato chips. Mmm.
this post makes me want to visit vermont, just to see the factory! thanks for sharing the stories and pictures (: AND for the giveaway!
my fave is half baked…YUMMY!
never had Ben & Jerry’s ice cream…would LOVE to visit the factory & try the chocolate therapy ice cream.
Cherry Garcia!
I love Chunky Monkey !!!!
Peach Cobbler is my favorite flavor!
It’s a tie – Chocoloate Chip Cookie Dough or Chunky Monkey. Cookie Dough is sentimental – before it was a hugely popular flavor, I would go w/ my friends in college to a small place and we would buy hand packed pints of Ben & Jerry’s. They didn’t sell Cookie Dough pre-packed at that point in time. (they were the only ones I knew making that flavor.)It was a splurge for a collge budget.But worth it!
My favorite Ben and Jerry’s flavor is definitely Chocolate Fudge Brownie :)
All of them:)
My husband and I went there a few years ago (before kids) – so much fun! I’d love to take my kids there some day – and maybe try the Vermonster. Hope your eye feels better! :) Oh, and to answer your question… I haven’t met a flavor I haven’t loved, but Half-Baked saw me through most of my pregnancies, so we’ll go with that.
My favorite flavor is probably Cherry garcia.
When I visited my son we went to the Blue Bell factory and it was a blast-ice cream making is so neat! They didn’t have any cozies or I would have bought some for stocking stuffers!
Haha, I really want to try Schweddy Balls. Yup.
Annie, I have just recently started reading your blog and I have to thank you for these Vermont posts! My husband and I are both from small towns about a half hour from Ben and Jerry’s. I am in veterinary school in the Carribean now and it has been hard not being in New England for my favorite time of year! You have hit some really great spots, and have some wonderful pictures of the fall colors!
I would have to say my favorite flavor is Half Baked, I can’t wait to go home for Christmas and have some!
Red Velvet! SO good!!!
I love Americone Dream!
ahhh it’s definitely a tie between vanilla heath bar crunch (which is very hard to find in Texas!) and Chocolate Fudge Brownie!!!
I have to admit that I haven’t tried many favors, but the one I keep going back to is the chocolate fudge brownie frozen yogurt.
i have been eating so much B & J’s lately! my husband and i are slowly trying each one on our movie nights to figure out our faves. we were both surprised that the s’more’s flavor is REALLY GREAT and one of the best we’ve had so far.
i totally want to visit!
I love all different Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors but my all time, hands-down favorite is Cherry Garccia.
My favorite is Cherry Garcia… a classic!
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH ! AHH IT’S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! after reading your post I want to take a trip up to Vermont and take on the challenge! I can do it! haha
Cherries Garcia, hands down!
I love Bonnaroo Buzz!!!!
Without a doubt, Coffee Heath Bar Crunch!
My favorite …. Triple Caramel Chunk!!
I love your blog so much!! My favorite B&J ice cream is Chunky Monkey! Amazing! =)
Chunky Monkey!
Phish Food!
I think the chocolate fudge brownie is my favorite!
Americone Dream is my favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavor…it was limited edition make by Steven Colbert….delish!!!
I am a chocoholic, so I’d have to say Phish Food!… AAAaaand thanks to this post, now I really want some, and am determined to pick up a pint for dessert tonight (like a well oiled machine, i am). :)
the Mini Vermontster looked smaller than it looks in the picture you posted on FB, but now I see that thing is a BEAST! You did an awesome job, and I am impressed!
I like Cherry Garcia or anything with caramel! Thanks for asking!
Half Baked! So good!
My favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavor is Phish Food. Amazing mix of flavors, textures, and fun shapes.
I really liked when they had the cinnamon ice cream with the oatmeal cookies. I can’t remember what it was called.
I LOVE halfed baked!
My favorite flavor is definitely oatmeal cookie.
I LOVE the chocolate chip cookie dough. Unfortunately, I am lactose intolerant so I really can’t eat too much of it at all! I used to eat it all the time before I found out about my condition. I miss ice cream!!!
My favorite flavor is cookie dough. I love to dig all the dough out. YUM!
Oh my goodness, the Creme Brulee flavor is one of my faves. My mom introduced me to it when I visited home one day. It has a delightful crunchy sugar coating, just like actual creme brulee and also has the crispy delights throughout the ice cream.
We love it so much that every time one of us notices that Ben and Jerry’s is bogo at Publix, we call each other up to let the other know!
Half Baked! :)
I’ve loved seeing all of your New England pics! I’m a fourth year in med school, and I’m looking forward to driving from Virginia to Connecticut for a residency interview in a couple of weeks. I would have been sooo happy to have had the excuse to visit while the leaves were still on the trees…now I’m simply hoping that the roads aren’t covered in snow! :)
Brownie Chew Gooder for sure!!! And OMG I SOOOOOO want that cozy to give my husband for xmas! He is an Ice cream freak! I did a search and can’t find it! :(
My FAVORITE Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is Phish Food!!!
Half Baked is by far the best flavor out there! :)
I’ve only tried a few of their flavors because it’s expensive, but my favorite was Peach Cobbler. I took a spoonful of my freshman year roommate’s, thinking that she wouldn’t notice one spoonful, but after realizing how incredible it was, one spoonful turned to half of the pint!! Oops. She never said anything, but we didn’t have the best relationship… Maybe that was the cause? Guess I’ll never know!
phish food fro yo!
Half Baked FroYo :-)
I love Ben and Jerry’s coffee flavors!! YUM!
Chunky Monkey!!!
Cherry Garcia!
I’ve only had Ben & Jerry’s a few times (expensive!) but I think I remember them having a pistachio that I really liked.
I’ll go with the cherry garcia!
schweddy balls, yummy and rummy!
Looks like fun! I have to try the Vermonster now… My favorite has to be either half baked or the oatmeal cookie kind. Delicious!
My favorite is one I just tried for the first time last week.. It’s late night snack, jimmy Fallon’s new flavor. It’s such a strange yet delicious combination!
They don’t make it anymore, but my all time favorite is Holy Canolli!!!! Heath bar crunch is a close second though :)
They are all good to me! But if I had to pick a favorite….. No wait I can’t… An old favorite is chubby Hubby though
Ooooh, so many good flavors to choose from! My all-time fave is coffee heathbar crunch. Yummy! I know you will oonquer the Vermonster someday! :)
I am a big fan of Half Baked, because who wants to have to pick between brownie and cookie dough? Close seconds are Dublin Mudslide, Chocolate Therapy, Phish Food, and Imagine Whirled Peace :-)
Looks like you had a lot of fun! My favorite flavor is Chocolate Fudge Brownie.
I absolutely love Ben & Jerry’s! My favorite is definitely Chubby Hubby :-)
The cinnamon bun is my all time favorite ice cream. In fact, I’ve hardly tried any of their other flavors, because I can never convince myself it’ll be better than Cinnamon Bun.
My absolute favorite Ben and Jerry’s is the half baked! Whenever I am having a bad day that is my go to ice cream!! :)
NEW YORK SUPER FUDGE CHUNK ALL THE WAY!! YUM YUM YUM
I love “half baked”. It’s chocolate chip cookie dough, vanilla ice cream, chocolate ice cream, and finished off with brownie pieces! It’s like the best of both worlds! I have a hard time finding it so when I do, I get three pints of it! The cashier probably thinks I’m crazy!
I absolutely LOVE the Cream Cheese Brownie :) It’s like chocolate cheesecake in a pint!
I love the Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream and Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night Snack! They are so good :D
My favorite flavor is phish food…I love it!
coffee heath bar crunch (brings me back to my college days)
Half-baked!!
Americone Dream! So fantastic!
Oh my gosh… my roommates and I in college ate so many pints of “Everything But The….” So. Darn. Good. Since my college days, I have taken quite a liking to “Oatmeal Cookie Chunk.” Yummmmmmm.
My all time favorite is Mint Chocolate Cookie – it’s hard to stop once I start eating it :)
STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE!!!! That thing is addicting, there is a tiny store right across from my campus apartment and I buy it religiously!
I really love chunky monkey!
chunky monkey is still my favorite
Phish food!! I’ve been in love with it for years!! :)
My favorite flavor is Oatmeal Cookie Chunk!
Gosh, I don’t think i could pick one. Which basically means i NEED that pint cozy!
coffee heath bar crunch
It might be boring, but I love the cookie dough the most!
Of the flavors that I have tried, Half Baked is my favorite. The next one I am going to try is their Creme Brulee flavor. Yum!
Chunky Monkey all the way! This post made me giggle…you gotta love a good food challenge, especially if it involves ice cream!
My favorite is one that combines a few different flavors called “Everything but the…” as in the kitchen sink. I’d love to win so I could use the cozy to cover up how many serving sizes are really in a pint :)
Half Baked!!! YUM!!!
Aww! This looks like so much fun! I love Stephen Colbert’s “Americone Dream.”
Phish Food!
This was too funny! What a valiant effort at eating the sunday! I love phish food and strawberry cheescake but I haven’t had ben and jerry’s in a long time!
This post really makes me want to go to that factory! It looks so awesome! And I would definitely dominate the Vermonster with you!
Americone Dream and Brownie Cheesecake are where it’s at for me! I can polish off one pint after another! :o)
Cherry Garcia!
My favorite flavor of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream is Half Baked! Cherry Garcia is a very close second!
PHISH FOOD!!
I go to school right outside of Burlington! (Right across the lake.) It’s actually in Waterbury, VT, which is about an hour outside, but still awesome. Did you get to go into Burlington during your trip though? They have fabulous restaurants!
I love Phish Food!!
I’d love to try every flavor of Ben and Jerry’s! They’re just so fun! My favorite is Karamel Sutra, that caramel core is just SO good!
My favorite was discontinued!! :( Major sad face! It was called Bovinity Divinity- dark and white chocolate ice cream with dark and white chocolate cows mixed in! It was fantastic!!!!!
Mint Chocolate Chunk! Yum!
Oh man, I want to go there so so badly! My favorite is most definitely Oatmeal Cookie Chunk, which I rarely see in stores anymore (super lame). In fact, I have a standing rule for myself: if I see that flavor, I have to buy it. It’s a good thing I don’t see it often though, because I usually can’t bring myself to put a partially-eaten pint back in the freezer. I always finish it in one sitting. My new downfall is my kitchenaid ice cream maker… basically I need that b&j’s ice cream recipe book!)
CHUNKY MONKEY!
Cherry Garcia, hands down. It’s original & delicious and no one has been able to copy it. Yum! ;) <3
Half baked 100%!!
Just finished off a pint of Red Velvet Cake last week. It was AMAZING! New fave :)
I live in Northern California, of course it’s Cherry Garcia! You make me want to travel allllllll the way to Vermont and visit the factory!
mmmmmmm, strawberry shortcake…or triple caramel chunk…or americone dream
I love love loove coffee Heath bar crunch!
Cherry garcia! It’s really hard to pick one since they have soooo many great flavors!
Peanut Butter Cup – for ever and always.
Love Ben & Jerry’s! Am coveting that cozy…! :)
Ok….I have had everything chocolatey and brownie’ish that B & J has to offer….but I have to say, I would LOVE to try the “Imagine Whirled Peace”, truly. Whew, good thing the grocery stores run 24 hours! :) And great job on that Sundae, that was impressive…and I’m only mildly jealous! :)
We don’t have a very wide selection in Mississippi, but I really like Phish Food. I’m not even sure if they still sell it.
bovinity divinity! i think it’s a retired flavor?
My favorite is Coffee Heath Bar Crunch, mmmmm!
I remember having the cookie dough ice cream years ago, and it was fantastic! I think I ate the entire pint!
Cherry Garcia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mint chocolate cookie
phish food! the first one i ever tried and the best one they make for sure :)
Cookies & Milk!
Peanut butter cup :) Pint-sized Ben & Jerry’s forever remind of Miss Congeniality, I love it!
Chubby Hubby forever! When I was in high school, I worked at a grocery store, and there were many days where I ate nothing but Chubby Hubby on my lunch breaks!
Phish food is my favorite; though, I haven’t bought any in ages since getting an ice cream maker.
They have so many amazing flavors! I wish I could try them all. But my favorite that I’ve had is the Phish food. So AMAZING!!
chunky monkey!!
Fair Goodness Cake!
Loving me some Bonoroo Buzz right now!
CHEESECAKE BROWNIE!!!
Chocolate fudge brownie of course!!
One of my favorite posts. It is a toss up between Chunky Monkey and Milk & Cookies. :) Yum!
One Sweet Whirled is my absolute favorite, but sadly I don’t think they make it anymore :(
My favorite now and forever is the Chocolate Fudge Brownie Overload! I’ve always wanted to go Ben and Jerry’s home base!
Phish food all the way!!! I looove Burlington, VT. Did you get to go anywhere else?
I love the brownie batter flavor, but I think the s’mores one would be tasty to try as well! :)
I have never tried Ben and Jerrys before, but the double fudge brownie sounds wonderful to me!!!
I’ve always wanted to try Ben&Jerry’s but the closest store is about 30 miles from where I live :( and the supermarket sells pints for about $7 each! But, were I to gather up my courage I would try Chunky Monkey first because it’s the one I’ve heard the most about.
I absolutely love creme brulee. Yum!
Too many to choose from! I can narrow it down to Bonnaroo Buzz, Coffee Heathbar Crunch, Phish Food, and Late Night Snack. Yum.
I love chocolate chip cookie dough!
Mint chocolate cookie! Ate way too much of the stuff as a freshman in college!!
My favorite flavor of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is undoubtedly “Everything but the…”! I love the vanilla and chocolate swirled ice cream and all of the giant chunks of peanut butter cups, white chocolate chunks, chocolate covered almonds and Heath bar! I will dig through rows of Ben & Jerry’s in the freezer section to find it because a lot of times there is just one hidden in the back (as if someone else is hiding it and saving it for their next grocery visit!). Hey wait…that’s a good idea for my next grocery visit…
Thanks, Heather Hausler
Phish Food!
Sooo delicious<3
I love all Ben & Jerry’s ice cream; however, my favorite has to be Chunky Monkey – sweet banana ice cream, chunks of chocolate and big walnuts….satisfies every taste bud.
I love Phish Food.
Cherry Garcia is my favorite, but I have to that Phish Food runs a very close second! Thanks, Annie!
I LOVE B&J’s!! Chocolate Fudge Brownie is my fav!!
I love coconut seven layer bar and sad you can only get it in the actual store. I also love pumpkin cheesecake that is only available this time of year.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough is the BOMB!
We were just in Stowe two weeks ago, and also visited Ben N’ Jerry’s. Love that place! Kids had a great time on the playground. My new favorite is Late Night Snack! Yum-O!
Chubby hubby. Can’t wait to try your cupcakes too!
Chubby Hubby. My hubby’s favorite, too.
Most definitely Cherry Garcia!
We visited Ben & Jerry’s on our trip to Burlington, VT for our 10th anniversary. Love it! My favorite flavor is phish food! YUM! I haven’t seen their triple caramel! Going to have to give that a try soon!
Chunky Monkey is my favorite!
I love Cherry Garcia or the Pistachio, Pistachio, but I really want to try the Marzipan one (can’t remember the official name) since I love anything almond!
Chocolate Fudge Brownie is my fave…..chocolate, chocolate, and oh yummy more chocolate!
My fav is Maple Blondie. So yummy!
Phish Food! But Cherry Garcia is a close second.
Phish Food! It’s my crack!! :) I’ve tried lots of other flavors but, NOTHING compares to Phish Food.
I don’t know that I could choose a favorite but if I had to I would choose right now I would choose cake batter!
Oatmeal Cookie is my absolute favorite flavor!
Strawberry cheesecake! Yum!
I love the southern pecan pie flavor!!!
Everything but the …
Oh, if we only lived closer to Vermont! :-) My favorite flavor is “Boston Cream Pie.”
My favorite is Dublin Mudslide. However, I just had Schwety Balls and that is DELICIOUS!!!! I may have found a new favorite:)
I was just at the Ben & Jerry’s factory back in August! I absolutely LOVED it there! I wish I lived closer so I could go there frequently. I also was obsessed with everything in the gift shop but only allowed myself to buy a tshirt and a mug!
It is so hard to pick just one favorite flavor of Ben & Jerry’s -I love so many! But if I had to I would probably go with Phish Food!!
My favorite ice cream is New York Super Fudge Chunk. So good!
My favorite is Half Baked. Yummm, it is so good!!!
Pints of Ben & Jerry’s Half Baked got me through college! LOVE IT! That’s definitely my all time favorite.
Oh…the cinnamon ice cream with the oatmeal cookie dough…be still my heart!
My favorite is often influenced by what I’m eating at the time, but I’m going to go with Americone Dream as my flavor of the moment.
I love Americone Dream…it’s got the cone already in the ice cream, and I LOVE ice cream cones almost as much as I love ice cream!
I thought I was the only one crazy enough to want to conquer the Vermonster! I didn’t even know there was a mini-monster. That’s much more reasonable.
My favorite Ben & Jerry flavor of all time is in the flavor graveyard – From Russia with Buzz. I haven’t tried it yet, but the new flavor Bonnaroo Buzz looks yummy! (Obviously, I have a thing for coffee ice cream!)
Love their Cherry Garcia!
I love Late Night Snack. It’s sweet and salty and creamy and crunchy. It’s perfect! I really want to go to Vermont after seeing all your pictures!
I think it is called Caramel Sutra. I love there stuff!
I love Ben and Jerry’s and after reading your post, I’ve added “attempting the Vermonster” to my bucket list. A worthy addition, I think :).
My favorite flavor is Maple Blondie. So so so good!
I love the cookie dough and brownie chunk flavor,but really want to try midnight snack.
We LOVE Ben and Jerrys and our goal is to one day get out to Vermont and tour the factory. Our favorite flavor is Phish Food, do yummy!!
Cherry Garcia!
Phish Food! I can’t get enough of it!
My new favorite is the Late Night Snack, but they are all SO delicious!
My favorite flavor by far is Half Baked. It doesn’t get much better than that!
I would love to visit Ben and Jerry’s! I am an ice cream fanatic and love the way Ben and Jerry’s themes the ice cream after events in the 60s as well as current issues. My favorite flavor will always be half baked, chocolate chip cookie dough and double fudge brownie! It can’t get much better than that!
B&J Peanut Butter Cup
I have this cookbook and it is fantastic. Sorry, David Lebovitz, but Ben and Jerry’s are the only ice cream recipes I bother with. I think the Vermonster is a fun goal. :)
Phish Food is my favorite!
I really like the new Red Velvet. I can’t wait to try the Bonnarroo Buzz.
I want that coozie! That way I can eat a whole pint of Dublin Mudslide (my favoorite) without my fingers getting frost bitten! Not that those would be the only thing in pain after downing a whole pint…
I’m such a cookie monster…I love ‘Milk and Cookies’! It definitely hits the spot. My husband is obsessed with Steven Colbert’s Americone Dream — he attempts to get other flavors but always goes back to this one.
Cherry garcia! yum! the factory looks so fun!
Chunky Monkey, yum!
My favorite is Cherry Garcia – Phish Food is probably a close second.
My favorite flavor changes constantly, but right now it’s the pumpkin cheesecake. So yummy!!
Cherry Garcia! If I ever visit Vermont again (went as a child), I’ll be crazy enough to go and try the mini Vermonster too!!! Thanks for sharing your photos and stories with us. I love reading them!!!
Phish Food is my favorite. I dream about it. The marshmallow swirls and carmelly goodness are absolutely divine.
Half baked is my favorite!
Hands down Half Baked is the best ever – cookie dough and brownie batter with chocolate ice cream? Yes please!
I’ve been wanting their ice cream book; it’s on my wish list! My favorite flavor is Chubby Hubby! Yum!
My favorite B&J flavor is Phish Food! I started getting it in college, and it has always been my fave :)
Chunky Monkey!! Yummy!!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough is definitely my MOST favorite, by far. The cookie pieces are delish! Btw I’m sorry you didn’t finish the Vermonster Sundae but I can’t blame you; that’s a TON of ice cream to have to eat in one sitting! I doubt I’d have been able to get as far as you did!
My favorite hands-down is Pistachio Pistachio. I could live off of it. In fact, I may go buy some right now.
I love the Unbaked flavor usually. I would love to win this and give it to my mom. She absolutely loves ben and jerrys ice cream!
Its a tie between Dublin Mudslide and the Peanut Brittle.
That looks like soooooo much fun!
Ben &jerrys if my absolute favorite thing ever.
I love all the flavors
My favorite however is coffee heath bar crunch! Anything with toffee and coffee has to be amazing :)
Chunky Monkey is my favorite…the cozy would come in very handy as I (I am afraid to admit) ate a whole pint of it in one sitting the other day!
Cherry Garcia!
their version of Cookie dough ice cream
Favorite flavor by far is Monkey Wrench… Its been discontinued and I havent had it in years but I still remember its awesomeness…..
Half baked. It’s pure heaven.
I love Ben and Jerry’s, but my mom never wants to buy it for me :(. Haha, if I have some money left I always buy a big bucket! And even thought I work in an icecream shop, i just love ben en jerry’s more then everything in the world!
I die for Cherry Garcia – however I recently tried the Red Velvet and that might be a new fav in the future……..
Cherry Garcia is my favorite!!!
Oh my goodness! I would love to go there!! LOVE ice cream, especially Ben & Jerry’s! A favorite? They are all delicious, but Chunky Monkey wins! :)
I’m dying to try the red velvet cake flavor. YUM!! I love the creative names for most of the flavors, and of course the ice cream is always divine!
Bonnaroo buzz… Sooo good!!!
half baked fro-yo. so indulgent but you don’t have to feel as guilty bc it’s frozen yogurt, not ice cream!!
Definitely Phish Food!!
I’ve never had Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, but if I could try it I would probably try the Cherry Garcia. That one sounds so delicious! Who doesn’t love cherries and fudge flakes?
Phish food has always been my favorite!
Cherry Garcia. I can’t imagine I will ever have a new favorite other than this!
CHERRY GARCIA FROZEN YOGURT….hands down. Okay….the pistachio second. I crave this stuff….C.R.A.V.E. it…my husband and i used to go through 6 pints a week of this stuff during the summer. now that it’s colder…i’m going through withdrawal. i would love to go to their store in vermont. my sister’s been there and she loved it! i’m full-on ready for one of those vermonsters….just with cherry garcia…nothing else!
I am a Cherry Garcia girl!!! YUMMO!
I recently had a raspberry cheesecake flavor that was very good, but my standby is cookie dough.
My favorite is Cinnamon Buns. I think I could eat a pint of that in one sitting any time…
I want to try the Mini Vermonster. It sounds easy, but I’m sure it’s still quite a feat to finish it!
Double fudge brownie.
coffee heath bar. Did they tell you the story of how each of their employees is entitled to three pints a day of icecream that isn’t good enough to make the cut to market (too much (!) candy or too little or something else not quite right…) What a great perk!!
Too many flavors to choose from, but I’ll stick with Cookies and Milk and Half Baked. :)
Oh yes they did. So awesome!
Ooo, definitely Karmel Sutra!
Mint Oreo Cookie is a family favorite. :o)
I love Dublin Mudslide!
Currently my favorite is Schweddy Balls. …with extra Rum.
I don’t think I have just one favourite flavour but I love Coffee Heath Bar ice cream.
Definitely half-baked!
I love the red velvet ice cream!
“Coffee Heathbar Crunch” which you barely ever see in the stores anymore. Cruncy, chocolate, coffee!! Everything you need
Steph
I absolutely LOVE Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, but it is definitely a ‘special occasion only dessert’. However, when I get it I always look for their oatmeal cookie dough ice cream…SO AMAZING!
My fave flavor is Chunky Monkey. Something about the banana ice cream with the walnuts and chocolate chunks… YUM! Thank you, Annie, for offering up a fun give away!
I LOVE Ben and Jerry’s Magic Brownies ice cream. Raspberry and vanilla ice cream with brownie chunks? Heaven in a carton.
Coffee Heathbar! Yum! Pregnancy cravings don’t stop in cold weather….
Chunky Monkey is by far my favorite!
I loved their half baked. And yes, once I did eat too much and get sick.
Chubby Hubby has always been my absolute favorite ! I can remeber eating it straight from the pint with my mom
Half Baked!! It’s a perfect combination of brownies, cookie dough, chocolate and vanilla! Yum!
I’ve never had Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, but I would like to try Americone Dream :)
Hooray – it’s been YEARS since I went to the Ben & Jerry’s homestead and I MUST go back. My favorite flavor is Chubby Hubby. And the Vanilla Caramel Fudge. AND the Cherry Garcia. Do I have to select one?
Cherry Garcia, it makes me so happy:)
I like the S’mores!…..
Oatmeal Cookie Chunk!
Ben & Jerry’s Cinnamon Buns! It’s my guilty pleasure :)
My favorite flavor by far is Half Baked. YUM!
And just for fun: whenever me or my friends would have a bad day in college we’d always get a pint of Ben and Jerry’s and a spoon. Because the two men you can always count on to make a bad day better are Ben and Jerry. :-)
We didn’t make it there during our trip to Burlington, but it looks like fun! I have a hard time choosing a favorite…hmmm. Phish Food is always delicious!
Strawberry Cheesecake or Cherry Garcia, yum yum!
How to choose just one favorite?! My current is Late Night Snack- vanilla bean ice cream, salted caramel swirl and potato chip chunks covered in chocolate?!! Who could resist? :o)
Oh Phish Food for sure. Every time I try something else I always wish I had gotten Phish Food instead =)
Mint Oreo Cookie
Good jobs for trying to devour the mini Vermonster. Of all the times I’ve been to Vermont, we haven’t made it to Ben and Jerry’s yet. My favorite of all time Ben & Jerry’s ice cream would the Rain Forest Crunch but it is now in the Graveyard! My next would be Cookie Dough or Vanilla Heath Bar..see how hard it is to pick just one!
I have always loved Chubby Hubby, but there are so many wonderful flavors, I always try a new one when I get a chance. Cinnamon Buns or Boston Cream Pie or Willie Nelson’s Country Peach Cobbler may be next.
My favoriteis New York Super Fudge Chunk.
I can only pick one flavor? Making me choose my favorite Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is like making me choose which of my dogs I love most – impossible. My top three are probably Coffee Heath Bar Crunch, Cherry Garcia, and Late Night Snack. Thanks for an inside look at Ben & Jerry’s. I can’t wait until I can visit ice cream heaven.
Word.
Pistachio Pistachio!! It’s such and underrated and forgotten flavor. I fortunately and unfortunately live a few blocks for TWO Ben & Jerry’s locations here in D.C! They are so many amazing flavors and I don’t mind the cost because of their awesome mission statement. Ben and Jerry recently came to D.C and handed out free scoops of ice cream at the Occupy DC camp! Such a wonderful company and you’re vacation photos make me want to see their factory. Thanks for sharing your lovely photos!
Currently my favorite flavor is AmeriCone Dream.
My favorite Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor is Creme Brulee. It is so rich and decadent. I treat myself to it once in a blue moon and when I do get it, I hide it away in a corner of the freezer to make sure that my boys or my husband don’t find it. It’s my one guilty pleasure! The creamy custard is so rich and then there are these glorious ribbons of caramelized sugar swirled throughout that are crunchy and taste exactly like the crunchy top of a creme brulee. It is magic in a pint!
Chubby Hubby is my favorite. The Ben and Jerry’s factory is actually in Waterbury, Vermont which is about 30 minutes from Burlington. I grew up in Burlington and remember when Ben and Jerry’s first opened in a small converted gas station. Yum!
The Strawberry Cheesecake is the one I usually return to.
I would love to visit the Ben & Jerry’s factory, it looks like so much fun. My favorite flavor is Chunky Monkey.
I LOVE Ben & Jerry’s key lime pie ice cream! It’s only available in the summer and hard to find in the grocery store, so the search for it is half the fun. It tastes just like a homemade key lime pie and even includes chunks of shortbread for the crust. Just thinking about it makes me sad that it’s winter and that I’ll have to wait several more months to have it again!
My favorite is S’mores! I don’t buy it very often because every time I do it’s gone within hours!!!!!
I have never eaten Ben & Jerry’s, but after reading your blog, I would love to visit!! What fun, the pictures made me smile. I did look at all the flavors – WOW! I think the coffee heath bar would be a good choice.
Phish Food.But I love basically all their flavors. Your trip looks awesome and I love that you attempted the Vermonster.
definatly chubby hubby…..wait, maybe cherry garcia…..but what about karmel sutra. well, one of those three! LOL
It’s a toss up between Chubby Hubby and Chunky Monkey!
Mmm…Chubby Hubby but of course! Can’t wait to make your Chubby Hubby cupcakes!
I love the Caramel Sutra and the Cinnabun. So yum!!
Half-Baked!
Chunky monkey or cherry garcia! Both are great! :o)
mmm.. Ben & Jerry’s! I love Half Baked – which is half chocolate with brownies and half vanilla with cookie dough – I also enjoy Everything But the…
I love Vermonty Python the best!
Half Baked and Strawberry Cheesecake!
It’s a tie! I love Chunky Monkey and Coffee Heath Bar Crunch.
Hail to the Chunky Monkey!
Years ago, we had my husband’s birthday party at B&J and he loved the Vermonster. Glad to see the legend lives on.
Great post! Makes me want to take a trip up there and check it out. My favorite flavor has always been Phish Food.
My favorite is Cherry Garcia. Yum.
Ben and Jerry’s is the best. I do have to correct you though…the factory is actually in Waterbury. My favourite is Coffee Coffee BuzzBuzzBuzz…it’s dreamy….
It would have to be Half Baked! Ice cream + brownie + cookies= WOW… seriously!!
Gosh a favorite flavor?! That’s tough. I’m pretty equal opportunity when it comes to ice cream, especially Ben & Jerry’s, but I do always love Cherry Garcia :)
Phish food, always!
Karmel Sutra
I do think they make the best chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. However, my favorite flavor would have to be the Phish Food. So super dense and loaded with chocolate, caramel and marshmallow!
Phishfood is sooooo good! I love the little fish-shaped chocolates!
How fun! I haven’t found one I didn’t like yet, but my absolute favorite is Mint Chocolate Cookie.
I know this post is an older one, but I was wondering if you would mind sharing where you got that necklace? I’m obsessed with it and would love to find something like it! Thanks!
It’s from J.Crew. I got it a few years ago.