The best vanilla ice cream is creamy, rich, and actually tastes like vanilla. Real vanilla. It shouldn’t have the mild alcohol taste of vanilla extract. It shouldn’t taste like cake batter.

Turkey Hill is also vanilla with swirls, but it's slightly icy. Three Twins has a cooked dairy flavor with a caramelized taste of brown sugar. Häagen-Dazs is best. It's dense white ice cream with ...