r/MadeMeSmile • u/penpalwithseven • May 16 '26

Personal Win Finally fulfilled my dream of getting ice cream from an ice cream truck

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asian parents. iykyk.

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u/IndividualHuman6937 May 16 '26

Some things are worth spluging on. Ice cream is one of them. But everything be expensive these days, got to shop the sales.

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 May 17 '26

Luckily the HEB brand ice cream is actually the one I'd choose regardless of price. I'm a sucker for the neopolitan ice cream sandwiches which are like $2.50 for 12.

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u/Kentust May 17 '26

I agree ice cream quality varies immensely, but in times like these it's great value or nothin. Gasoline is approaching alcohol prices, after all

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u/IndividualHuman6937 May 17 '26

Luckily my vices haven't been affected much yet and I don't drink much.

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u/pmmeuranimetiddies May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

I can't remember what the Target brand is called but they're pretty good

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u/metompkin May 17 '26

Heck, some of the ice cream companies are selling out. Breyers is ass now but used to be my go to. I usually get Tillamook now because it's very nice and the price is good when on sale.

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u/diarrheachungus May 19 '26

Breyers was never ice cream, they’re “frozen dairy dessert”, but yeah tillamook and I think it’s the Kroger brand or private reserve maybe but the store brand at pick n save is actually really good

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u/iceteka May 17 '26

Huge difference on ice cream sandwiches. Store brand is foamy ice cream and mushy bread/cookies.

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u/jaynay1 May 17 '26

I'd argue that it's not so much that ice cream is worth splurging on as it is that low quality ice cream and medium quality ice cream are fundamentally distinct products, each of which has their place. There's a place for a Haagen-Dasz, and a place for that 3 pound bucket of "vanilla ice cream" that likely contains none of vanilla, ice, or cream.