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10 Best Ice Cream Brands and Flavors to Eat for Dessert Tonight
Get the scoop on our favorite ice cream flavors, including the best gelatos and top frozen yogurts.
By Becca Miller
There’s nothing like a scoop of the best ice cream to round out the evening (or, let’s be honest, to treat yourself in the middle of the day). Creamy, sweet, and packed with flavor, these top pints prove you don’t need to pull out your ice cream maker to enjoy the best ice cream flavors.
We tried over 50 pints (it's a hard job, we know!) from brands like Ben & Jerry's and Talenti to gather the best ice creams in supermarkets. If you’re on the hunt for a classic scoop of vanilla to top off a homemade pie recipe, we’ve picked a store-bought ice cream with serious vanilla flavor and a short ingredient list (no fillers here!). If you're hungry for a a pint full of fudgy swirls and chunks of cookies, chocolate, or fruit, we've picked our fave flavorful pints. We’ve also chosen the best gelato, best chocolate ice cream, a top-notch dairy-free pint, and so much more to satisfy all of your frozen treat cravings. All you need now is a spoon. Get scooping!
Jeni's Darkest Chocolate Ice Cream
Calling all chocolate lovers. Midwestern ice cream queen Jeni Britton Bauer and her team have mastered the intense chocolate flavor without any of the bitterness of dark cocoa powder. This sophisticated pint is perfect on its own.
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Stonyfield Organic Whole Milk Vanilla Frozen Yogurt
Stonyfield Organic Whole Milk Vanilla Frozen Yogurt
Frozen yogurts can be light and icy, but we love Stonyfield's carton for its thick, rich, and custardy texture and intense vanilla flavor.
Talenti Roman Raspberry Sorbetto
If you're looking for a tart and refreshing frozen treat that tastes like legit fruit, grab a spoon and dig into this pint from Talenti. It's full of decadent raspberry flavor (berries are the first ingredient!) and a squeeze of lemon juice.
Ben & Jerry's Mint Chocolate Cookie Ice Cream
Ben & Jerry's Mint Chocolate Cookie Ice Cream
We loved this mashup of Cookies 'n' Cream and Mint Chocolate Chip for its spoonfuls loaded with Oreos in each bite. The minty flavor is refreshing but definitely doesn't overpower the crumbs and big pieces of cookies. We'll take a scoop please!
Haagen-Dazs Coffee Ice Cream
Made with only five ingredients, Haagen-Dazs has mastered the decadent coffee flavor and smooth texture of this elegant ice cream. One taster said, "this is the best coffee ice cream I've ever had."
Ben & Jerry's Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Core
Ben & Jerry's Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Core
No need to dig! With this addition to the core lineup, you can find all the chewy cookie goodness at the center of the pint of this seriously nostalgic ice cream.
Graeter's Graeter's Handcrafted French Pot Ice Cream Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip
Graeter's Graeter's Handcrafted French Pot Ice Cream Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip
Of all the black raspberry ice creams we've had, this pint perfectly balances super rich dark chocolate chip bitterness with some seriously fruity flavor. Each bite is sweet, creamy, and oh, so delicious.
Talenti Talenti Gelato Caramel Cookie Crunch
A simple vanilla base is the perfect canvas for thick and sweet caramel swirls and plenty of cookie pieces. We loved the über-creamy texture of the ice cream. And it's an iconic partner to a warm slice of apple pie.
The iconic NYC restaurant packed its signature desserts (like their peanut butter pie) into pints. Rich peanut butter ice cream, swirled with peanut butter and dotted with big chocolate chunks and graham cracker pieces, this carton is an epic dessert all on its own.
Coolhaus Coolhaus Ice Cream, Awesome, Street Cart Churro Dough
This women-owned business makes the most creative concoctions we've ever tasted, and we're here for it. Our tasters love this fun combo of rich brown butter ice cream with spiced cookie dough and a bitter chocolate swirled through the pint.
Becca Miller (she/her) has been working in the Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen since 2018, where she researches and writes about tasty recipes, food trends and top cooking tools. She graduated from NYU with a liberal arts degree focusing on creative writing. She makes killer scrambled eggs, enjoys a glass of un-oaked chardonnay and takes pride in her love of reality television.
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