What is going on with Blue Bunny? ("Frozen Dairy Dessert" takeover)

[packattack425]

Can we get some We Will ice cream?

 

[JP4CY]

Something we do frequently is buy the 4 pints at Culver's for like $11. That's good stuff.

 

[exCYtable]

Rarely buy Blue Bunny any more. The brand Kwik Star sells is really good.

 

[FDWxMan]

Blue Bunny has been dead to me ever since they quit making chocolate milk like 25 years ago or whenever that liquid gold disappeared. (Somewhere between when I aged out of actively seeking out chocolate milk 24/7 as a child, and several years ago when it randomly popped into my head and I noticed it doesn't exist anymore)

 

[JP4CY]

Rarely buy Blue Bunny any more. The brand Kwik Star sells is really good.

That is pretty decent.

 

[cowgirl836]

There are some specific rules about what you can call "ice cream". I think a lot of it is the fat content has to be at least a certain amount

Also no more than 100% overrun (air whipped in).

Edited to correct. Final product can't be more than 50% air to be ice cream.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

I think Private Selection ice cream from Kroger's is good

 

[Marcelason78]

Also no more than 50% overrun (air whipped in).

Depends on the formulation, but many ice cream brands are well over 50% overrun.

 

[alarson]

Ive become a fan of the tillamook ice cream

 

[mywayorcyway]

Also no more than 50% overrun (air whipped in).

This is what I taste with the "dairy dessert". It's like half ice cream, half cool whip.

 

[cowgirl836]

Depends on the formulation, but many ice cream brands are well over 50% overrun.

My bad, the max is 100%, my brain was thinking the final product which is then max of 50% air.

 

[Freebird]

Rarely buy Blue Bunny any more. The brand Kwik Star sells is really good.

We switched to Kwik Star last year. Very creamy

 

[tman24]

Ugh.. I guess they did in 2022. No wonder it seems like it has gone to ****.

Iowa's Wells Enterprises, maker of Blue Bunny ice cream, sold to Italian company

The multinational Ferrero Group, which owns Nutella, Tic Tac and many other major food brands, now has added Iowa's Blue Bunny.

www.desmoinesregister.com

Same company that bought butter finger and made it taste like ass. Haven't had one in since

 

[Freebird]

Same company that bought butter finger and made it taste like ass. Haven't had one in since

Heartbreaking for me. That was my favorite as a kid. Had one and I thought I was misremembering or something

 

[tman24]

Heartbreaking for me. That was my favorite as a kid. Had one and I thought I was misremembering or something

Butterfinger blizzards was my jam

 

[JP4CY]

Same company that bought butter finger and made it taste like ass. Haven't had one in since

Will someone out there tell me if Snickers ice cream bars are no longer good? Haven't had one in years.

 

[Dopey]

I buy whichever ice cream brand has the least amount of ingredients I can find.

There's some relatively big brand name that has a "simple" lineup that legit has 4 or 5 ingredients. Milk, cream, sugar, etc.

Breyers maybe?

 

[NorthCyd]

I buy whichever ice cream brand has the least amount of ingredients I can find.

There's some relatively big brand name that has a "simple" lineup that legit has 4 or 5 ingredients. Milk, cream, sugar, etc.

Breyers maybe?

I make my own quite a bit. 2 cups heavy cream, 2 cups whole milk, cup of sugar, 2 tsp pure vanilla, and a pinch of salt. Delicious and better than anything you'll buy in a store.

 

[Dgilbertson]

That is interesting.

Also, what a random ass fact for someone to know. Lol

This happens a lot. Best value, and all the other non marketed brands don’t have all their own facilities. Sometimes minor differences produced at larger barbs facilities sometimes it’s a 1:1

 

[clone4life82]

Something we do frequently is buy the 4 pints at Culver's for like $11. That's good stuff.

Not to pick nits but isn’t what Culver’s sells, frozen custard and not ice cream?