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[KatieB]

Thought this was interesting:

Taste of Home wanted to help. Our team took on the challenge to find the best tasting chocolate ice cream among common supermarket brands. (Selfless, we know.)

The brands

To find the best of the best, we went to our local grocer and scooped up 10 of the most popular brands of ice cream. We decided that the best way to compare brands would be to test them by the quality of the most classic ice cream flavor: chocolate. Yep, plain-Jane chocolate. That means there were no swirls, cookie chunks, fluffy mallows or extra mix-ins. Just pure cocoa flavor. Here's our lineup:

• Target Market Pantry Chocolate Ice Cream: $2.99
• Meijer Purple Cow Chocolate Ice Cream: $2.99
• Kemps Old Fashioned Chocolate Ice Cream:$3.39
• Breyers Chocolate Ice Cream: $3.49
• Blue Bunny Chocolate Ice Cream: $4.19
• Dean's Country Fresh Classic Chocolate Ice Cream: $4.39
• Edy's Chocolate Ice Cream: $4.39
• Cedar Crest Chocolate Ice Cream: $4.79
• Haagen-Dazs Chocolate Ice Cream: $4.75 (per pint, ½ quart) $11 per tub
• Halo Top Chocolate Ice Cream: $5.99 (per pint) $15 per tub

(Prices based on our Milwaukee stores. They might be higher or lower by you.)

[QVCkitty1]

My vote, 

Turkey Hill Belgian Chocolate

Perrys Dark Chocolate

[PinkyPetunia]

My favorite is Friendly's Forbidden Chocolate.

[ValuSkr]

What was the result of their taste test?

[Greeneyedlady21]

Plain Jane chocolate is my absolute favorite, nothing in it. 

I used to love Kemps but I never see it anywhere. Häagen-Dazs is sinfully good. Ben and Jerry's is too, but my local grocery store never has the plain chocolate. 

I went to the Ben and Jerry's headquarters in Vermont many years ago, I just wanted to eat everything😁

[IMissSuperPoke]

Edy's is Dryers on the west side of the states. Just in case some haven't heard of it. I want to try the Haagen Dass now! Yum

[KatieB]

@ValuSkr  The first one listed is the winner.

Edited 06/02/2017:

@ValuSkr   Sorry about my reply from yesterday, Edy's is #1.  I was not able to read the entire article until today.

http://www.tasteofhome.com/lifestyle/we-taste-tested-10-common-chocolate-ice-cream-brands-to-find-th...

[Scooby Doo]

I prefer Tillamook over all those.

[lovinglife]

#1: Edy's

The winner here was clear. Edy's chocolate delight was a standout among the bunch. The flavor and texture were so good that a few judges went back for seconds.

Flavor: This ice cream was rich, creamy and packed with strong, dark-chocolate notes. The intense flavor hit all the marks on our cocoa radar.

Texture: The scoop stayed firm on your spoon but melted ever-so-softly in your mouth. Some called it the smoothest ice cream by far.

Comments: "Super rich with dark chocolate notes." "I ate it ALL." "Really creamy."

Average Rating: 8.9

http://www.tasteofhome.com/lifestyle/we-taste-tested-10-common-chocolate-ice-cream-brands-to-find-th...

[ValuSkr]

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@KatieB wrote:

@ValuSkr  The first one listed is the winner.

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Interesting that the Target store brand was the winner!  I'll have to give it a try.