At this point in our blog's existence there aren't many Blue Bell flavors that we haven't been able to track down. A few weeks ago though, one of our local supermarkets started to carry some of their less known flavors like Lemon, Mango and the carton shown above: Pineapples & Homemade Vanilla. We've already covered Blue Bell's classic Homemade Vanilla flavor in another review, where it scored very well for a premium base-only vanilla. One of Homemade Vanilla's best attributes is how easily it can be enhanced with just a little help from home. In this case, Blue Bell does the work for you by adding just one key ingredient.
Some fruit additives could have left consumers with a mouth full of overly frozen mix-ins that didn't mesh well with the vanilla base, but that's not the case here. Blue Bell's decision to add in pineapples was a wise one. These small slivers of the sweet tropical fruit fail to fully freeze and give them the unique ability to actually add to a flavor's effectiveness instead of compromising it like strawberries for instance. This minor detail gives Pineapples & Homemade Vanilla the edge over Blue Bell's popular base flavor by itself.
Where I Found It: Ingles Markets
Grade: B
