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Side by side of chocolate cone from cold stone creamery and cone from Baskin Robbins
I decided to compare the same ice-cream order from Cold Stone Creamery and Baskin-Robbins.
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Vanilla is so valuable that it's been called "green gold." At its peak in 2017, prices reached nearly $600 per kilo, making it the second-most expensive spice in the world. But by 2024, prices had crashed to roughly $50 per kilo.

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A three-way split image of hot-fudge sundaes from Coldstone, Dairy Queen, and Carvel.
I got the same ice-cream sundae from Cold Stone Creamery, Dairy Queen, and Carvel.
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Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield
Ben & Jerry's co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield in Burlington, Vermont
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The author outside a Cold Stone Creamery wearing a hat and holding one of the cups of ice cream.
I tried 26 of Cold Stone Creamery's Signature Creations and ranked them from worst to best.
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oddfellows wafer ice cream
Yup, I did.
  • Baby goods company Frida and OddFellows Ice Cream launched a breast milk-flavored ice cream.
  • Of course, I had to try it.
  • It was … surprisingly good?

Have you ever tried breast milk, not even a sip?

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Sign of the Ben & Jerry's ice cream brand in London, United Kingdom, on November 6, 2024.
Ben & Jerry's filed a lawsuit against Unilever, claiming its parent company silenced it when it tried publicly speaking out to support peace and human rights.
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Stephanie Claytor enjoying dairy-free ice cream at an ice cream shop.
Stephanie Claytor has found dairy-free alternatives to foods like ice cream.
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A gray counter holding a purple box with illustrations of ice-cream bars, a white box with a red, blue, green, and orange design and images of ice-cream bars, and a red-and-white box with an ice-cream bar on it sitting next to blue, green, and purple plates holding ice-cream bars
I tried ice-cream bars from Wegmans, Whole Foods, and Costco.