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Best shop bought ice cream

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SunnySangria · 05/07/2026 18:07

I've just finished the last of the tub in freezer, Mackie's Raspberry Ripple.
I'd give it 7/10.

What is your favourite please?

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GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 06/07/2026 09:07

I usually only buy it for the Gdcs, but always Mackies traditional.

SunnySangria · 06/07/2026 09:30

Making a list here!
Thanks all.

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JackieFancy · 06/07/2026 09:50

Ahwig · 06/07/2026 09:01

Apparently only around Scotland

Odeon have it in the B&J kiosks

familyissues12345 · 06/07/2026 16:14

ItalianChineseIndianMexican · 05/07/2026 19:09

This is my current favourite from Aldi!

YES!! This stuff is amazing!!

SunnySangria · 24/07/2026 20:11

Just bought waitrose Peach melba , looking forward to eating the whole tub

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Cantspeakwontspeak · 24/07/2026 20:35

Co-op cherry and mascarpone and M&S fully loaded trifle

AuraBora · 24/07/2026 20:40

bugalugs45 · 05/07/2026 18:39

Ben and jerrys chocolate fudge brownie , or Haagen daaz strawberry shortcake , depending on my mood .
B&J cookie dough is a close second or alternative is chocolate fudge not available .
I love the coconut one from M&S , but obviously coconut is an acquired taste .

I recently tried the m&s coconut one and absolutely love it (wouldn't normally have coconut but fancy trying it after reading abiut it somewhere).
It's expensive at £4.50 for a.smallish tub but to get decent ice cream now you have to pay a lot! I expect the other flavours in same range are good too.

M&s also do bigger tubs of cornish clotted cream ice cream in flavours such as chocolate - really good and my kids love.

Waitrose Santo Domingo chocolate is one of the best I've had!

MustTryHarderAndHarder · 24/07/2026 20:42

Häagen-Dazs strawberries and cream is the only one that isn't ultra processed I think and is my favourite no
.

AuraBora · 24/07/2026 20:51

Ophy83 · 05/07/2026 22:57

Their fiestas are also amazing.. like a feast but the centre bit is so much better

They have recently changed the Feast (or at least in 2 places I bought it, it was different. Choc.ice cream replaced white some bland white ice cream and the beat but - the hard choc centre - replaced by some awful Nutella like substance.
A total travesty!

AuraBora · 24/07/2026 20:52

*best bit - not 'beat but'!

TheChosenTwo · 24/07/2026 20:56

I also used to love green and blacks chocolate orange - is it just not for sale anymore? I don’t eat ice cream often so rarely wander down that aisle.
Having said that, I do like Crosta and mollica cherry and mascarpone ice cream and for chocolate I’d go Hagen dazs Belgian chocolate.

LeapyearLoser · 24/07/2026 21:11

SunnySangria · 24/07/2026 20:11

Just bought waitrose Peach melba , looking forward to eating the whole tub

Oooooo needed to read this! Thank you xxxx

goingtotown · 24/07/2026 21:17

Sainsbury’s Cornish.

hahabahbag · 24/07/2026 21:20

The pistachio kulfi they sell in some Indian grocery stores, really yummy

SunnySangria · 24/07/2026 21:39

LeapyearLoser · 24/07/2026 21:11

Oooooo needed to read this! Thank you xxxx

I'm going in... 😁

Best shop bought ice cream
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mooshkymoo · 24/07/2026 21:57

Mackies

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 25/07/2026 10:30

Kelly’s clotted cream
co op salted caramel

PrincessHoneysuckle · 25/07/2026 10:50

Kelly's raspberry ripple

TemporarilyCantDoMyself · 25/07/2026 13:08

SunnySangria · 24/07/2026 21:39

I'm going in... 😁

How was it? Any left? Death by ice cream? Post peach melba dreams? 😂

cupfinalchaos · 25/07/2026 13:13

Hackney Gelato (Pistachio). Wish I’d never found it.

SunnySangria · 25/07/2026 15:27

TemporarilyCantDoMyself · 25/07/2026 13:08

How was it? Any left? Death by ice cream? Post peach melba dreams? 😂

Oh sorry, I was at the pub 😂

It was really good actually, ice cream was really creamy and there were actual decent pieces of peach in it.
I've got half the tub left for later 😄
I want to try their dark chocolate and sour cherry next, it was out of stock yesterday!

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Grumpynan · 25/07/2026 15:41

I always go for Kelly’s clotted cream if buying, though I tend to make mostly my own.

i always remember a dessert I had as a child, an aunts house I think, she took a bag of frozen berries and defrosted them, then tipped a tub of icecream into a mixer with the berries and mixed almost smooth well mixed anyway, back into the freezer to firm up. It was absolutely delicious and I keep saying I’m going to make it see if it’s as good as I remember. I’m worried she might have added sugar or something?

TemporarilyCantDoMyself · 25/07/2026 15:55

SunnySangria · 25/07/2026 15:27

Oh sorry, I was at the pub 😂

It was really good actually, ice cream was really creamy and there were actual decent pieces of peach in it.
I've got half the tub left for later 😄
I want to try their dark chocolate and sour cherry next, it was out of stock yesterday!

The choc and cherry is very good.
I need to try the peach melba now.
Good to know. Ice cream has taken on a monumental significance in this hot year. 😂

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