How Ben and Jerry Built Their Ice Cream Empire

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  • Опубликовано: 25 окт 2024

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  • @weirdhistoryfood
    @weirdhistoryfood  Год назад +26

    What is your favorite Ben & Jerry's flavor?

    • @SkylarTrahan
      @SkylarTrahan Год назад +3

      What’s your favorite? I’ve never had any of their ice cream so I don’t have one

    • @btetschner
      @btetschner Год назад +6

      For now, Phish Food.

    • @allisonalfieri8413
      @allisonalfieri8413 Год назад +2

      My favorite is non dairy chocolate fudge brownie

    • @cashmoney8464
      @cashmoney8464 Год назад +3

      Vatnick Cherry RED

    • @leslietonn3181
      @leslietonn3181 Год назад +4

      I would like to know the History behind Coldstone Creamery please!🍨

  • @Quanic2000
    @Quanic2000 Год назад +51

    From a $5 college elective to a billion dollar company 🤯

  • @raggedyanarchist
    @raggedyanarchist Год назад +22

    Whoa. Honey Orange? I wish that was still a flavor -- that sounds unreal.

  • @gamemasteranthony2756
    @gamemasteranthony2756 Год назад +5

    I got an ad for Blue Bunny Ice Cream in the middle of this video. IRONIC!!!

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад +9

    @6:16 "Resisting the urge to roll on the doughboy.." - Hahaha!
    But seriously, great line!

  • @sharennyberg7795
    @sharennyberg7795 Год назад +24

    I went to their ice cream factory when i was in Vermont, it was really interesting. At the time they gave each employee 5 gallons of ice cream per week so the employees wouldn't "steal" any. I thought that was a novel idea. Thanks for the video, they are always really interesting

  • @JeevanNewhaven
    @JeevanNewhaven 17 дней назад

    Man ! Hats off . Forever honoured for your greatness and not giving up, I will remember.

  • @MegaOrwell1984
    @MegaOrwell1984 Год назад +55

    There was one flavor I absolutely loved, it was called peanut butter fudge core, but I sadly can't seem to find it anymore.

    • @R-Lee-
      @R-Lee- Год назад +3

      My favorite was the apple pie. Can't find it either.

    • @kirbyculp3449
      @kirbyculp3449 Год назад +2

      Vanilla Chocolate Chunk... alas.

    • @vulpix0r
      @vulpix0r Год назад +3

      It's in the flavour graveyard sadly.

    • @rohnbanks6501
      @rohnbanks6501 Год назад +2

      Bc it's in Germany!!! Delicious ❤

    • @mn7486
      @mn7486 6 месяцев назад

      Heath Bar Crunch.
      Late 80’s early 90’s in Boston, MA, that’s what I always got.

  • @bensalemme9000
    @bensalemme9000 Год назад +18

    I would love to see a video on the history of Buc-ee’s, it is so strange to see a gas station to have so many ready made hot foods as they do

  • @kinggoku56
    @kinggoku56 Год назад +17

    They need to bring back the original line as a special promo

    • @djtrankilo231
      @djtrankilo231 Год назад +1

      They should try Day of the Dead for that, even if it's cooler by then

  • @tyneishalewis9917
    @tyneishalewis9917 Год назад +27

    Whenever its available, I like Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Therapy ice cream. Thanks as always for new content, Weird History Food!
    I would love to see a video about the history of Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes, if you can!

  • @peggywoods4327
    @peggywoods4327 Год назад +13

    I bought a Ben & Jerry's recipe book years ago, so I can make my own at home 😊

  • @joinmarch76
    @joinmarch76 Год назад +5

    I'm partial to their Americone Dream myself, I get it whenever Ben & Jerry's is on sale.

  • @maryaltshuller885
    @maryaltshuller885 Год назад +12

    Never tried Ben & Jerry's nor Haagen Dasz. But this is interesting. While on the subject of ice cream, how about filling us in on Dairy Queen's history.

    • @greywater3186
      @greywater3186 Год назад

      HD is garbage compared with B&Js.
      It’s full of artificial flavors and chemicals. Don’t know why anyone would choose it over the many premium brands available.

    • @darthnowlan
      @darthnowlan 5 месяцев назад

      I've had both, Haagen Dasz is the better of the two.

  • @michaelturner2806
    @michaelturner2806 Год назад +15

    I never knew they had their own public ice cream store or had deals to serve it in restaurants. I've only ever seen it in grocery stores.

  • @marisad292
    @marisad292 Год назад +6

    Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ROCKS!

  • @adilsongoliveira
    @adilsongoliveira Год назад +21

    The ice cream is OK (I really like Cherry Garcia) but *very* expensive here in Brazil and we have better ones locally.

    • @peaceful3250
      @peaceful3250 Год назад +5

      It's ridiculously expensive in Australia too.

    • @WastedTalent-
      @WastedTalent- Год назад +2

      @@peaceful3250 It's gotten to $8 in NY.

    • @cashmoney8464
      @cashmoney8464 Год назад +1

      Try Vatnic red!

    • @cassieoz1702
      @cassieoz1702 Год назад

      ​@peaceful3250 yes, and Australians don't 'get' the American obsession with sugar-laden peanut butter 🤢

    • @peaceful3250
      @peaceful3250 Год назад

      @@WastedTalent- $13 for a pint in Australia. I bought a Ninja Creami and make my own ice cream.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад +1

    @7:24 "Cold War" - Hahaha!
    Those are some dramatic headlines!

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage Год назад +12

    This channel is single-handedly responsible for ruining my diet ...
    every damn week.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад +6

    @3:42 -The first waffle-rolled ice cream cornucopia (cone) was presented at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904 by Ernest A. Hamwi.
    He later founded the Cornucopia Waffle Company.

  • @LostHope84
    @LostHope84 Год назад +109

    I’m happy that Ben and Jerry’s is able to offer their headquarters’ stolen land back to the Abenaki tribe.

    • @OfficialRickHarrison
      @OfficialRickHarrison Год назад

      You’re gay for reparations😂😂😂

    • @lisapop5219
      @lisapop5219 Год назад +8

      😂 I said the same thing

    • @toddyoung569
      @toddyoung569 Год назад +12

      LOL, love their ice cream, their politics suck.

    • @benmac1089
      @benmac1089 Год назад +4

      ​@@toddyoung569 If you do not like their politics, do not buy from them.

    • @killercaos123
      @killercaos123 Год назад +1

      Arguably that decisions isn’t up to them anymore. It’s a good tag line for print, but it is strictly something they have zero, zilch, kaput control over

  • @maicrowsoft8867
    @maicrowsoft8867 Год назад +3

    I think an episode on the McVitie's Biscuit company would be a great topic.

  • @ImAMassiveBender
    @ImAMassiveBender Год назад +30

    Their 2023 new flavors include: 'Banana-Split Republic' and '10% for the Fig Pie'.

  • @davidgerow
    @davidgerow Год назад +3

    I can’t remember if I have ever tried Ben&Jerry’s ice cream? Lol

  • @abbadondivi
    @abbadondivi 8 месяцев назад +1

    suddenly i wanna buy a pint of b n j ice cream after watchin this🤣

  • @Fitjazpooh
    @Fitjazpooh Год назад +20

    Please please do the history of instant tea, like Lipton! 🙏🏾

  • @Chris-df1or
    @Chris-df1or 12 дней назад

    I dont care what nobody says, there ice cream is delicious American made, and ben and jerry actually helped alot of people!

  • @cygnia
    @cygnia Год назад +3

    Flavor-wise, I still miss Cool Britannia and Mission to Marzipan.

  • @lunamoon301
    @lunamoon301 Год назад +3

    Chunky Monkey is my favorite.
    But I think it was discontinued, I haven't been able to find it for years now.

  • @ramenandgyoza702
    @ramenandgyoza702 Год назад +1

    New York Super Fudge Chunk is my fav Ben and Jerry's ice cream! 😊

  • @dqreps
    @dqreps Год назад +4

    Bring back Rainforest crunch!!!!

  • @gracekim25
    @gracekim25 Год назад +4

    Yay Ice cream history!

  • @azizkash286
    @azizkash286 Год назад

    One of the best ice cream makers around

  • @RafaelGarcia-fm3ov
    @RafaelGarcia-fm3ov Год назад +2

    I want them to bring back the raspberry core backkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just really liked it lol

  • @euniceloy7120
    @euniceloy7120 Год назад +3

    Could you do a video on the Tillamook company? I grew up eating there cheese, the only thing they sold nation wide for years, before they started making there ice cream, yogurt and other dairy products. I had the opportunity to visit there factory years ago, and had the pleasure of my first room mate in the 1980's, being born and raised in Tillamook, got to visit the unique and small town for the 1980s, and her own family were farmers who raised the cattle that provided the milk to the Tillamook company to make the Tillamook cheese. Thank you.

    • @greywater3186
      @greywater3186 Год назад

      *their
      I lived in Oregon for a while. I remember the Tillamook commercials, and my OH and I made up a Tillamook song. I’ve sung it at least once a week for the past 27 years (whenever I eat something from the company, usually cheese).
      Tillamook is the bee’s knees

  • @janicelewis3744
    @janicelewis3744 Год назад +1

    Wavey Gravey & Coconut Fudge Chunk were my absolute favorites. Karmel Sutra is another.

  • @whymihere86
    @whymihere86 Год назад +12

    I really wish the stores near me would have sold the Schweddy Balls one when that was available. If you dont know the sketch, I highly recommend looking it up

    • @btetschner
      @btetschner Год назад

      Just looked it up, will watch the video later tonight. Thank you for the recommendation.

    • @btetschner
      @btetschner Год назад

      Just watched it, awesome skit! Hahaha!

    • @andytang04
      @andytang04 Год назад +1

      I searched high and low in every store during that time lol when it came out as a real flavor lol

  • @superspak
    @superspak Год назад +12

    Another amazing video. I was unaware of the Pillsbury fiasco, but loved that the non-violent protest seemed to help get it resolved. Cool that even though they did sell out too, they put in a clause to unilever to advance their vision. Such an amazing company.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад +2

    @0:06 - The band Phish is from Burlington, Vermont, the same city Ben & Jerry's was founded.
    Ben & Jerry's is headquartered in South Burlington, Vermont, in the Burlington Metropolitan area.

  • @comradeinternet467
    @comradeinternet467 11 месяцев назад

    The non-food channel should do a series on the history of personal computers, perhaps starting with kit computers like the Altair 8800 in the early 70's.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад +3

    @1:18 William Colgate, the soap industrialist who founded what would late become the Colgate-Palmolive Company, was part of the board of trustees for Colgate University.
    Because of the Colgate family's long-term involvement in the Madison University and Theological Seminary, it was later renamed Colgate University.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад

    @5:49 That is very interesting, I have never heard that term before.

  • @HeyItsCookie
    @HeyItsCookie Год назад +3

    I'm shocked you didn't mention the vermonster!

    • @gingerfoxx1476
      @gingerfoxx1476 Год назад

      I live on NH and I have a B&J's scoop shop in town where I live. The Vermonster BUCKETS are a sight to behold but I've never has an occasion to indulge in/share one

  • @aymenliberta7351
    @aymenliberta7351 10 месяцев назад

    I ❤ Ben & Jerry's icecream

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад

    @2:12 That's a great idea to rennovate a gas station for a business, ghost town-style gas stations are scattered everywhere.
    My step-grandmother's son used to live at a gas station, it was one of the 60's-styled ones.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад

    @3:35 - Very cool Ice Creamer!

  • @1057shelley
    @1057shelley Год назад +2

    Their Chunky Monkey is my favorite!

  • @QueenNYC113
    @QueenNYC113 Год назад +1

    very interesting content .❤

  • @greywater3186
    @greywater3186 Год назад +1

    Oreo mint is still a thing - it has a different name (Mint Chocolate Cookie) and is absolutely amazing. If you grew up in a snowy location I highly recommend it to bring on feelings of nostalgia.
    If you like cookies & cream as well as mint chocolate chip, this is your new favorite. The mint isn’t overpowering and isn’t fake, the “Oreos” are plentiful - usually at least 5 whole cookies per pint (not to mention the broken up cookies).

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад

    @4:30 I am so glad Bane was in the Christopher Nolan's Batman Trilogy, he was one of my favorite characters in Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995).
    Tom Hardy played Bane spectacularly.

  • @JaimeLeighArt
    @JaimeLeighArt Год назад

    My favorite Ben & Jerry’s has been Phish Food since I first had it in college 20 years ago!

  • @valeriorodrigues3351
    @valeriorodrigues3351 Год назад

    hooray for ben and jerry flavor lovers!

  • @JessieCarty
    @JessieCarty Год назад

    The apple pie frozen yogurt was AMAZING

  • @advancetotabletop5328
    @advancetotabletop5328 Год назад

    Back in the days when you *could* combine business and activism. Of course, you *started* with these core values as part of your business, not change it midstream (hi BUD) or hide it from the public. Anyone up for some Chik-N-Fil-A (sp) and some Ben and Jerry‘s? Thanks for the videos!

  • @HFC786
    @HFC786 Год назад +3

    Should be fascinating

  • @solweiser
    @solweiser Год назад +1

    grownup in Burlington, VT in summer and went to the converted gas station.

  • @killercaos123
    @killercaos123 Год назад +1

    Fuck I could use some right now as I watch this video late into the night NOM

  • @tastingthroughtime
    @tastingthroughtime Год назад +5

    Another great video. Phish Food is my favorite Ben and Jerry's flavor!

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад

    @7:48 Legendary basketball coach Phil Jackson, often said to be "the greatest NBA coach in history" is a Grateful Dead fan AKA Deadhead.
    One of his prized possessions is an autographed cymbal from the band. (New York Post).

  • @TheOddMindofSamBo
    @TheOddMindofSamBo Год назад

    Thought for sure this would be the video where this narrator finally acknowledges his vocal doppelgänger, Stephen Colbert:

  • @Toolsquatch
    @Toolsquatch Год назад +2

    I'm still not entirely sure this channel isn't voiced by Americone Dream's inspiration, Stephen Colbert.

  • @quincee3376
    @quincee3376 10 месяцев назад

    Penn State has an awesome creamery and course.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад

    @6:25 Calling out the doughboy hahaha!

  • @CwL-1984
    @CwL-1984 Год назад +9

    I have never had a Ben and Jerry's ice cream

    • @j_p_jr.487
      @j_p_jr.487 Год назад +5

      It's overrated.

    • @CwL-1984
      @CwL-1984 Год назад +1

      @@j_p_jr.487 I'm from Oklahoma we have Brauns

  • @SoftBank47
    @SoftBank47 Год назад +1

    A New England institution, and, along with the Long Trail Brewing Company, a Vermont culinary legacy. It’s the New England state you probably hear about the least, but Vermont has a lot to offer. 😁

    • @kirbyculp3449
      @kirbyculp3449 Год назад

      Is Red Hook brewing still in operation?

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад

    @2:48 Awesome image!

  • @nauticalsandwich9003
    @nauticalsandwich9003 11 месяцев назад

    i wish i had this video when i did a report in ben and jerrys in school

  • @Kittysniffer
    @Kittysniffer Год назад +3

    They should make a flavor called The anarchist's cookbook LOL.

  • @sethsanchez5267
    @sethsanchez5267 Год назад +1

    Tell us about the history of Olive Garden! 🙏🏼

  • @RetroJ77
    @RetroJ77 Год назад +1

    New York Super Fudge Chunk. Enough said!

  • @Annafeliciano19
    @Annafeliciano19 Год назад

    My favorite flavor is the Phish food and everything but the kitchen sink

  • @arnellamahoney317
    @arnellamahoney317 Год назад +2

    I like Ben & Jerry’s Pistachio ice cream. What ever happened to Frusen Gladje ice cream?

  • @heslertatjana9063
    @heslertatjana9063 6 месяцев назад

    Eating Ben and Jerry’s while watching this

  • @MrGabeanator
    @MrGabeanator Год назад +7

    I’m a blue bell guy myself but that said I’ve always wanted to try Ben and Jerry’s chunky monkey

    • @jewel65
      @jewel65 Год назад +3

      It's good. But really pricey.

    • @larrylaffer3246
      @larrylaffer3246 Год назад

      I'd buy Blue Bell but they don't distribute past the Mason Dixon Line "Missouri". Guess I'll have to settle for Kemp's or Blue Bunny.

    • @kirbyculp3449
      @kirbyculp3449 Год назад

      That was a one my favorites...

    • @MrGabeanator
      @MrGabeanator Год назад

      @@kirbyculp3449 oh good

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад +2

    A+ video!
    Very unique and interesting history of the ice creamers!

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад +2

    0:55 They were probably lapped by the faster students.

  • @jovanweismiller7114
    @jovanweismiller7114 Год назад +2

    I'm a fan of Chunky Monkey, which might be because I have anosmia, just like Ben.

  • @Kim-xg9lg
    @Kim-xg9lg Год назад +1

    Very tasty yum yum

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад

    @5:54 Legendary director and screenwriter John Huston reportedly called the the film McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) the greatest western ever made. (Rolling Stone).

  • @stanford-nf4jk
    @stanford-nf4jk Год назад

    My favorite was a Limited Edition one with ‘Bourbon’ in the name. I didn’t do much internet digging since the specific name isn’t important. What WAS important is that I had a chance to buy one get one half off and my brain said ‘yes’ but my waistline said, “NO” so I only bought the one pint.

  • @johnmarchetti3815
    @johnmarchetti3815 Год назад +2

    PHISH FOOD is my favorite 😊

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад

    @5:09 My grandparents used to run a dairy and have cow art and collectibles all over.

  • @williamdavid3933
    @williamdavid3933 Год назад +2

    One of the most underrated love stories of the 20th century.

    • @cashmoney8464
      @cashmoney8464 Год назад

      They sold out to a British conglomerate AND Support personally the Russian federations invasion of a democratic neighbor kys!

  • @Pkilla80
    @Pkilla80 Год назад +1

    Wavey gravey was far and away rhe best. I read when sold to Unilever they decided some flavors "cost too much" to produce and eliminated them

  • @kimbrey65
    @kimbrey65 Год назад +4

    I've never had the opportunity to try Ben & Jerry's ice cream. I've wanted to though.

    • @jacobbundy3012
      @jacobbundy3012 Год назад +2

      Cherry Garcia is so good if you can find it

  • @BuildinWings
    @BuildinWings Год назад +16

    Boycotting Ben & Jerry's no longer tells me anything about your politics. Except that you might not know the company was bought by Unilever ages ago, and Ben isn't involved.

    • @JazminAlvarez-kj4mq
      @JazminAlvarez-kj4mq 2 месяца назад

      8:50

    • @madreep
      @madreep 14 дней назад +1

      The company still pays their employees a living wage so....

  • @Main_Jail_Yard
    @Main_Jail_Yard Год назад

    Moving to Burlington VT was a huge mistake. We absolutely hate it here.

  • @ryanr7423
    @ryanr7423 Год назад +1

    History of wine!!

  • @NASCARFAN93100
    @NASCARFAN93100 Год назад +4

    Please do The History of Blue Bunny Ice Cream

  • @theCozyErudite
    @theCozyErudite Год назад

    Can we get the history of Haagen Dazs. I would absolutely love that

  • @raeperonneau4941
    @raeperonneau4941 Год назад

    Coffee Buzz Buzz is my absolute favorite ice cream, although, Häagen-Dazs’ original vanilla, not the new recipe, was probably the best ice cream ever. (IMO)

  • @dcastleb69
    @dcastleb69 Год назад

    I'm 54 years old and have yet to try Ben & Jerry's. Or Haagen-Daz. Have always been either poor or too cheap to pay for it.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад

    @7:48 "The Grateful Dead was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area amid the rise of the counterculture of the 1960s." (wikipedia).
    Fans are known as "Deadheads."
    In the song "The Boys of Summer" by Don Henley (1984), he says "Out on the road today. I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac."

  • @benmac1089
    @benmac1089 Год назад +126

    You should only buy Ben and Jerry's if you agree with their July 4th 2023 tweet that the land should be returned to the Native Americans. An actual chief from Vermont took up the idea for the company to give up their land and of course there was silence.

    • @monkeygraborange
      @monkeygraborange Год назад +6

      B&J are a credit to their race.

    • @misterhat5823
      @misterhat5823 Год назад +5

      I'll quit buying it when you quit buying Bud Light.

    • @TheMarkGoudy
      @TheMarkGoudy Год назад +4

      Yeah, I do agree with it.

    • @misterhat5823
      @misterhat5823 Год назад +10

      @@C-Mack When are you returning your land, troll?

    • @benmac1089
      @benmac1089 Год назад +2

      ​@@misterhat5823 I never bought it in my life.

  • @WastedTalent-
    @WastedTalent- Год назад +2

    Chocoloate Fudge Brownie.

  • @chipskylark172
    @chipskylark172 Год назад +7

    Ben and Jerrys got rid of the oatmeal raisin cookie ice cream they are dead to me 😂😂

    • @RadicalAntifa
      @RadicalAntifa Год назад +2

      Cry

    • @chipskylark172
      @chipskylark172 Год назад

      @@RadicalAntifathey aren’t really dead I couldn’t care less I was joking 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @boardcertifiable
    @boardcertifiable Год назад +2

    "What your favorite Ben & Jerry's flavor?"
    I'm lactose intolerant. 😢

    • @MeMe-zf8bg
      @MeMe-zf8bg Год назад +2

      So buy the vegan ones :)

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Год назад

    @0:42 I saw footage of Vermont from Nick Johnson's RUclips channel, and it looks like a very pretty state.

  • @cuanarcher3850
    @cuanarcher3850 5 месяцев назад +1

    Now I can’t eat Ben and Jerrys ice cream

    • @SuperGGnoRE
      @SuperGGnoRE Месяц назад

      Too busy getting offended?

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 Год назад +1

    My favorite flavor? Strawberry Cheesecake.