… the answer is: Haagen Dazs Caramel Cone.
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Absolutely 100% correct on this one. I believe there is even a “lite” that is just as good but not quite the calories, for those who care.
http://www.haagendazs.com/products/product.aspx?id=333
I beg to differ. I believe this is the best flavor ever:
http://www.haagendazs.com/products/product.aspx?id=210
How to you pronounce “Caramel”?
Do you say “care-a-mill” or “car-mull”?
Actually, dulce de leche (Plain Caramel http://www.haagendazs.com/products/product.aspx?id=73 ) is the best, and chocolate peanut butter is a close second (good call Trevor).
Doug: Nice. I love that the first comment is from another disciple of the Cone.
Trevor and Paul: Those are both also great flavors, and I remember almost writing a post exactly like this when I first tried Dulce De Leche, but Caramel Cone is basically like Dulce De Leche… plus frickin’ waffle cones. A taste explosion.
Tim: I pronounce it car-mull. I think it’s a regional thing.
We miss out on it all here in Australia. In fact didn’t even know about Haagen Dazs until I read this post….I seem to be missing out
You’re close, Mike, but their pineapple coconut is so good that after you’re done eating a bowl, you realize you’re actually sitting on a beach in the Caribbean.
Dove Undeniably Chocolate. Nobody does ice cream like Dove. Makes HD seem like sweatshop ice cream.
Anther great flavor that does’t seem to be on the site anymore was the Blueberry Cheesecake. Not as good as the Carmel Cone, but right up there.
Perhaps I’m just weird, but I recently tried their Coffee Flavoured Ice Cream and the next thing I knew I had finished the whole thing within a minute. It was amazing! Who’d have thought that Coffee and Ice Cream would go so well. If someone were to mix chocolate, mint and coffee together into one flavour I’ll buy as much as I can.
I totally agree with you Mike. :) Haagen Dazs is the best.
you are all crazy. ben & jerry’s kicks haagen dazs ass! but, i can’t pick a favorite… currently it’s yellow cake batter.
You guys have to try Baseball Nut – It is fantastic! Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with Cashews and a Raspberry swirl – Yum! Only out during baseball season. Best on one of those huge chocolate covered waffle cones.
You guys must be kidding… Have you never tried:
http://www.haagendazs.com/products/product.aspx?id=64
Vanilla still trumps all other flavours in sales.
Seriously? “Haagen Dazs” is fake euro-talk for “From New Jersey.” I can’t stand the stuff, but to each his own…
And I was so sure you were going to say the best flavor of ice cream was Pine Bros. Cough Drop Crunch.
i saw the picture before i read the headline, and wondered what you had to say about the best flavor of ice cream…
Dude, try the coconut and pineapple flavor too. It is kinda hard to find but it is just as good.
I see your caramel cone and raise you a Maui Mango Madness.
http://www.lappertshawaii.com/ice_cream.html
I feel compelled to agree with you on this issue Mike. Hmmm, yummy.
Gotta try it. I had high hopes for Americone Dream but it was only okay.
Sheldon
Haagen Daz coffee is truly sublime. Ben & Jerry’s Coffee Heath Bar crunch is pretty tasty as well.
Also, I suggest you try Ben & Jerry’s Strawberry Cheesecake — the graham cracker crust in ice cream is tasty tasty.
I donno Mike, I’m going to have to side with Ben and Jerry’s Americone Dream. Not only is it vanilla with chocolate and waffle cone, but I also feel patriotic when I eat it. What other ice cream can do that?
None of them, that’s right.
I’m sad, get off the couch bro and head down to the markets of ye’ ol city. Have you not tasted REAL ice cream before? It’s out there! Read about it in your towns newspaper, http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/food/366524_icecream11.html. Or if you’re too lazy to go down to the market, go to a whole foods and purchase Julies Chocolate Ice Cream. Then see if you don’t want to stand corrected.
katy: Hmm, interesting. Yellow cake batter. Never heard of that. Will have to try.
Rian: Oh god, if there was a Pine Bros cough drop flavor, I would be all over it.
Bolo: Yep, fresh, local-made ice cream is great, but at least Haagen Dazs Caramel Cone is widely available across the country so more people can benefit from hearing about it (if they haven’t already). Great article though, thanks!
Actually it’s Hudsonville French Silk. Not any other french silk, HUDSONVILLE FRENCH SILK. Try some then tell me if you weren’t wrong. Just because their site it asp … don’t judge the ice cream by the page:
http://www.hudsonvilleicecream.com/ice%20cream/3gal3.asp?icecreamID=31
Another good one:
Chocolate Overdose — but then it isn’t ice cream so it might not be kosher to include it here, even though it is kosher
http://www.shannonroadicecream.com/products/
Yeah Americone Dream is very similar. I’ve had both, and it’s a tough call. Which came first?
cookies & cream ftw!
Sorry guys – I’ve got all those other suggestions beaten! :D
Mike, if you are ever in the UK, go to Cornwall in the Summer and have genuine Cornish Vanilla Ice Cream! It is not the vanilla that will win you over, no, it will be the distinctive triple-clotted Cornish cream they use to make it! This makes it the best ice-cream on the planet.
Hell yeah it is!! Waaay better than Americone Dream. Quick bit of advice though, get the regular of this flavour, the “Light” version of Caramel Cone is terrible.
Ok, I just tried Americone Dream. Not even close. Caramel Cone whoops it…
Cherries Garcia
hands down
Wel, I recognize that this is a great ice cream flavor, no doubt about that, and I thought it was the best until a better one came around, same brand….
and that is : “the hawaiian Lehua Honey and sweet cream ice cream
http://www.haagendazs.com/reserve/hlh.aspx
Just found a new stand by. Grab a pint of the Haagen-dazs coconut sorbet and get some fresh raspberries. Combine and enjoy.
my favorite is grape.
may i know where to get this Häagen-Dazs caramel cone.
http://www.nestle.ca/Haagen_Dazs/en/Products/Extras/caramel_cone_explosion.htm
which country. Singapore dont hv it.
tried last time here but discontinue here,.
thks in advance.
Coldstone Creamery has the best ice cream EVER (though I’m not sure if it’s available everywhere, if you ever come to AZ then you’ll know what the real stuff tastes like).
Any flavor is good.