The Best Ice Cream In NYC | Best Of The Best
Herrine Ro and Alana Yzola visit four ice cream shops in New York City in search of the best of the best. They visit Oddfellows, Ample Hills, Van Leeuwen, and Chinatown Ice Cream Factory.
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The Best Ice Cream In NYC | Best Of The Best
“Oh my god it melts in your mouth “. Bishhh its ice cream😂😭
Mable B have you ever tried buttery chocolate? You know how it melts in your mouth? Well chocolate also melts in your mouth but it takes a longer time
Tiqonn OW i knoww😂 but its funny cause its ice cream so it’ll melt quickly
Mable B that’s not what they meant They meant like as soon as it goes in your mouth it melts in lots of delicious flavours Not like what your thinking
WHEEZ
That's what I said 😂
“It melts in your mouth!” Next thing you know she be talking about how water freezes into ice
The E that girl said that the first one cuts like butter. That made me think that you get half molten icecream. Edit : yeah look at 2:47 and you already see it dripping.. 2:52 way too soft for icecream Even the second one, I mean.. 5:14 I want to eat icecream, not yoghurt.
LMAO😂😂
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO-
Next video: Best Ice in San Fransisco,, wowww this ice melts in my mouth
😂😂😂😂😂
I love how their trying so hard to explain the ice cream taste in different ways
I mean, I don't really blame them, they were tasting the same flavoured ice cream each time, but I do think that it would be better if they rated the ice cream on a 1 to 10 scale to make it more precise.
@Sedona Martin Exactly!!
"amateurs"
Lies again? Institute College Bob Porn
Imagine dating anyone who runs an ice cream shop tho
Diabetes
Getting free icecream tho
Imagine marrying ice cream 🍦 🍨
That would be a death wish for me
I read that as "Imagine dating ice cream" lol 😂
that melts in your mouth😩😩 MA'AM IT'S ICE CREAM LMAOO
😂😂😂
LMAOOO right like what else did she expect 😭
I read this as soon as she said it hahaha
I thought the same 😂
Charlotte i was thinking " well it is supposed to melt, not solidify inside your mouth"
Oddfellows: creamy Amplehills: creamy Van leeuwen: creamy Chinatown ice cream: icy creamy
Well duh, all ice cream is creamy. It's ICE CREAM
Maybe they mean there are some icey bits in one ice cream thats why they said icy creamy
@@tammybeboso4968 Yeah making ice cream with “watery fruits” always leads to some icy bits. That’s why they’re usually used in sorbets.
Sometimes I feel like they don't know what they're talking about.
@Sanny SO LUCKY OFFICIAL dude stop spaming
They really don't know what they're talking about. She like no specks it was made with extract not real beans or vanilla paste. They should have had smaller scoops in cups not cones compare chocolate maybe fruit favor. Yes most ice cream is creamy but varying amounts of butterfat create not only different flavor as well as textures especially 'mouth feel'. That Herrine eats at lots of great spots. I always wonder how much they actually eat they shared 8 scoops. KZheadrs that do those food and buffet 'reviews' are the funniest some don't know how to pronounce or never had their reviews are hilarious eventhough some have horrendous manners and eat this huge bites and consume mad plates of food. Its funny and sad
Yea. I'm pretty sure that a litmus test is to test the pH level in a water sample.
That’s because they don’t.
those ice creams are so expensive that they have to share over one cone 🤣
They are pricey
6$-10$ for a cone is overpriced.
Yeah it’s New York City. Everything is practically going to cost you a kidney there. It’s 4 hours and 45 minutes away from me and the prices are sky high.
Lmfao frls.
@@hk8728 This is normal for ice cream in New York.
"Ohh it melts in your mouth" Honey did you forget what your eating
What she means by that is if u eat it the flavors explode in the mouth
@@Noahsaltys Well she didn't do a very good job explaining what she meant by _"melts in your mouth"_
@@Noahsaltys if she meant that then she'd day that. There's no clip of her reacting to what she said too.
I guess you'd really only understand it if you've experienced or could detect a difference in the first place. Everything that melts does not do so at the same rate nor have the same textural consistency when it does. Like describing a wine as being jammy. "Well its made of grapes so duh" is a naive response if you think all wine tastes the same.
I guess she means the texture is super creamy and soft(?) like, imagine eating an icecream that melted and you refroze compared to one you just bought. First one a lot of unpleasant texture and yeah it melts but it’s not smooth
“Cuts like butter” yeah maybe because that’s literally the consistency of ice cream 😂
Free Vbux not always dumb ass
Youtubr • throwing a tantrum?
Mars no probably on their period
Madi Hsu that’s rich coming from you
lovin this string of replies tbh
1:11 - Oddfellows🍦 4:01 - Ample Hills🍨 6:22 - Van Leeuwen🍦 8:50 - Chinatown Ice Cream Factory🍨
The Food Insider video comment sections are legit the most savage/brutal in the game
“I like how they make all their ice cream in house” “All of our ice cream is made in a factory”
its there own factory
That's simple, silly! They live in an ice cream factory! 😂
I feel like what they meant is they make the ice cream base in a factory (cause they have to make so much of it) and add the final touches in house (or they just own the factory so it’s technically made in house)
Maybe like they thought or originated the flavor of the ice cream in their house. And they start making a lot in the factory. Idk this is just what I think.
The factory is their house
Me who lives in NY: Ight, ima head out
Me who lives in Chicago: Ight i'ma sit back down:(
Me who lives in Asia: Aight, I'mma sit down and cry
Me Lives in California me want ice cream
Chris Wehadababyitsanalien ikr
@A Potato. Let's go together
i've been to all these places, i liked ample hills the best bc of the variety in their flavors, tons of unique flavors, but i personally love the butter pound cake one.
Butter pound cake I'll bet its incredible. Not only great pizza spots Brooklyn is ice cream capital of NYC.
One time I got 12 pints delivered from Ample Hills. The Ooey Gooey Butter Cake was incredible. I also really liked the Snap Mallow Pop and Nonna D’s Oatmeal Lace flavors too. Was probably the best I’ve cream I’ve ever had. The crunchy chewy ness of the ooey gooey butter cake was so incredible, I remember it to this day - over two years later. Going to have to do another order soon, if only it wasn’t so expensive...
“iT kiNdA jUsT cOatS yOuR pALetT iN A wAy tHAts sO rEfreShInG” idk why that statement bothered me so much
Why would you even want your palett coated like bro
cover my palet daddy
FoodReact 💀💀💀💀
I like how there's three comments with the word all spelt differently, and not one of them managed to spell palate correctly.
~tHaT StAteMeNT jUsT boThEreD mE So mUcH~
Don’t care how good it is , Ain’t no way I’m paying 9.75 for a dam ice cream cone 🍦
Y’all wanna come with me to get 2$ dip cones
傷つけるJuly yeah lets go
I was gonna comment this rn LOL
Lmaoo
That's what I said
That bothered me how the finger touched the tub of ice cream when the person scooped it
Ample Hills - The one the critics chose as their favorite. Also, it seemed like every location didn't use gloves... I'll stick to the freezer aisle in a grocery store
@@Kneewrote sorry just because a business uses gloves doesn't make them clean or sanitary. Alot more cross contamination happens when people use gloves than you think.
@KneeWrote as someone with food safety training, I feel the need to tell you that it’s actually far better to use your hands than wear gloves. Not only is there cross contamination, but there is also far more bacteria which can result in food-born illnesses. But of course, most people don’t actually know that, so I can’t fault you.
Right. And at the end, during the recap, pretty much every scoop she did had her finger running through it.
you'll be aight i promise
For these prices it better be the best. There better be tears of joy dripping down my face.
This comment made my night
I miss the British dude and the British lady, they’re so chill and down to earth
Harry and Ju
@@zayed123 Love them
"Oh my god it melts in your mouth" Wow! what a surprising fact.
They act like they’ve never eaten ice cream 😂😂😂
you don't get icecream like that everywhere
Its good ice cream tho
"It melts in your mouth!" *no way, i thought u had to chew it*
Lmao
😂😂
Love Alana's commentary, she actually talks about the good and the bad instead of using hype words to portray everything as "out of this world"
the prices aren’t that outrageous when you consider that a soft serve cone from an ice cream truck in nyc will run you $4 & it’s just basic flavors.
Littleathquakes my icecream truck is 2.50 for vanilla with sprinkles maybe $4 in Manhattan
At my local ice cream shop it’s $3.00 for a dip cone
Mr. softee is $2 for the basic ice creams 😂. But maybe you’re talking about manhattan
In India it's around 20 cents(15 rupees)for vanilla soft serve from places like McD and BK
Nearly 90% of the time, I've never seen ice cream that cost less than $ 4 for a Scoop & cone and I've lived in FL, CT, NY and TX. The other 10% would be icecream trucks, which is expected to be cheaper lol
I went to the big gay ice cream shop and there was a fight between a worker but my nuttela milkshake was amazing
Linus Bertling Hahaha
Arul Gk I am being serious. Someone was mad about there milkshake and threw it at the worker then he worker threw the trashcan
Arul Gk And the ice cream flavor names were funny
Lmao
😂
"SWEET MOTHER MARY THAT'S SO GOOD" Sis i-calm down it's just i c e c r e a m
Ahahahahahahahha
I read that as soon as she said it lol
13:32 being in COVID for so long, I just noticed someones nasty ass fingers were touching the ice cream....
Omg ewwww 😱
EWWWW
It adds flavor
Also 0:45
shouldnt they wear gloves or something?
“We don’t let people see how we make our ice creams” 🤣🤣
daniel_A WHY? WHAT’S GOIN’ ON THERE!? ;-;
my channel will make any ice cream request
@@rolledicecream6777 can you make matcha ice cream rolls???
@@rotting8028 will do what we can!
...and we want it to keep secret and special ( duh ), and not copied by that many people.. sheeesh, who wants to copy that either, grandpa??? 😳 he acted like he invented ice cream, srsly?
These woman drinking literal cream: oh em gee, it’s so creamy 😱😩
Katers1343 some ice cream be watery
@@Udontkno7 yeah they can be very dense sometimes
oh em gee😭 you mean omg?
Maddy hannah they said it like that on purpose
I like watching these videos, they're relaxing and light hearted. :) good after a stressful day. I can understand the disdain for the dialogue but it's probably not actually their idea- that aside, I can see the nuance of it. Some icecream melts in your mouth faster than others- not all icecream cuts like butter because density differs, etc. It's hard to describe something.
They are literally grabbing everything like 🤏 💅👌
“It melts in your mouth” Two seconds before- “Let’s dig in to this before IT MELTS”
Not the smartest chicks out there.
@Sanny SO LUCKY durian ice cream propaganda bot
ME: OH THAT GYM MEMBERSHIP WILL COME IN HANDY SoOn
😂😂😂...for em?
@Neel after eating all dat ice cream, people get fat
LOL
@@minzh.09 I mean they only took a bite or 2 from each one
I had Ample Hills ice cream when I was in New York in March, and it was SO GOOD! So many cool flavor options and so yummy. I had the ooey gooey butter cake and a rice Krispy marshmallow one. So good!!
i'm surprised the Chinatown one was the most expensive
Everything is more expensive in manhattan lol its refreshing to shop and eat in other boroughs most of the time
Chinatown is a tourist trap
@@lalabest1aj lool its bc u just dont know how to find the good deals
I'll answer as a cook in a restaurant: They use plenty of exotic ingredients and fresh fruit, and it takes more time to process fresh fruit (washing, peeling, cutting, grinding, making syrups and concentrats) than cream and chocolate. Time is money in the food business. Also, the fruit precentage in asian ice creams (and of course, sorbets) is very high, and low in sugar. Sugar is cheap, fruit are expensive. Also, it depends on the amount of ice cream they make. The bigger amounts an ice cream factory makes, the cheaper it will be. They make plenty of special flavors in small amounts - which, of course, bumps up the price. The overall cost of their process makes the plain ice creams, such as vanilla, more expensive.
@Ernst Kahn I was speaking in general terms.
7:31 does anyone else see the 'smoke' from the ice cream like how cold was it
Dry ice is sometimes used to make the ice cream cold
hana day now that u say it i can see it now
its not smoke lol
yess
@@a.b.5473 it's like smoke
When I was kid I used to dream of robbing an icecream shop😅
Oooh and I dreamed of marrying a chocolate factory owner😍😝
@@reemaw4003 oooh! I thought I was the only one 😂｡◕‿◕｡
@@nehachundury975 I have farm and I grow so much sugarcane so if your focus sifts from chocolate to sugarcane let me know 😆😆
Makes your dream come true!!!
I wanted an older sibling that owns a sweets shop so I could stop by anytime, take some stuff, and leave~
Who else is here for the ice cream.
Ice cream is the perfect buffer, because you can do things in a somewhat lighthearted way. Plus, people have an emotional response to ice cream; it's more than just food. So I think when you combine caring, and eating wonderful food, it's a very powerful combination. Love from Korea🇰🇷💕
One of the great things about living in Italy is just how GOOD the ice cream is here, and it’s not expensive at all.
Like i get my ice cream in a pastry shop near my house that makes it in home with local products and two scoops is €2,50 which is really inexpensive. I think it’s probably because of the quality of italian product.
I've had italian gelato when I visited Italy and they were really good and the price is cheaper than these ones. Simple flavors, amazing taste.
It's pretty mid
That's some of the most expensive ice cream I've ever seen compared to a regular shop
I mean, I don't see the problem. No one is going there every day. Of course, I'm saying this as someone who wouldn't take a kid into one of these. Just me and myself.
It's NY.
it's New York no surprise there.
Godiva ice cream costs 6 usd in Hong Kong
They are small businesses so it isn’t going to be that cheap. Also some of them were in Downtown Brooklyn (maybe Park Slope). The people who live there can afford to pay that.
Ample Hills thinking up pretzel cone is a great idea. When I order ice cream, I usually get it in a cup because the cones are so boring. But I'd definitely chose their cone.
One of the best ice creams I've ever had was in Berlin, the shop only had one flavor but it was like a cloud of heaven 🤤
Would you tell me the name of the shop? I live in Berlin now, so I wanna try there while I stay.😁
What flavor was it
Oh I remember having green tea and sea salt caramel in a cone when I was in Berlin, it was absolutely delicious
Sweet mother mary i need some dairy 🍨😂
Eniyahlee’s TRANSformations I read the comments☺️I like this channel, too💕
Me too sister
she needs some milk
Women aren’t funny
Iamhappythingy some almond milk
I’m not trying to be a hater, but these aren’t my favorite people..💀 They’re very extra
Sofia Campusano actually the black lady said that 5:11 😭😭
Hater. You just jelly cuz you can't eat that many delicious ice creams 😊
@@sofiacampusano5459 the Asian said nothing
lmao they act like those typical gossipers in college movies.
Sofia Campusano you must be tripping
The only good thing about any of Insider’s videos are the comments saying how bad these videos are.
Then don’t watch it and be a troll.
Excellent video, really helps me understand what unique characteristics each shop values as their strengths and how different greats find meaningfully different ways to be great.
0:36 y’all ever think about how they’re sitting on the stairs of other people’s homes..
CreaAmm
Catelyn Vans it’s a New York thing we just sit on ppl stairs
I heard people say you can do that in New York.
@So No I only heard you can sit on the steps of people's houses there.
@So No Ok.
They just say mmmhhh, so creamy, OMG. Saved u da vid np
😋
3rd guys voice is so relaxing like he’s talking so gently aaah
the fact that they are happily sharing such delicious ice creams!! 😩
When she said omg it melts in your mouth I knew she was finna get flamed 🔥
9$ for 2 scoops ?! Am I the only one shocked ??
I've been to a few of these places already and their scoops are no where as big as they are in the video lol. The ice cream really does taste amazing though, but it sucks cause they charge a lot for pretty small servings..
i was thinking that it would be more expensive
Welcome to New York.
If you lived in NY,especially NYC...as a local I gotta say it painfully"not shocking at all,milk is too expensive here!"
@@gissneric exactly....
They guy gave us a lot of information, ate a lot of ice creams and now both of them are having loose motions, they did this sacrifice for all of us Respect them 👍🏻💯
Not one said their vanilla was fair trade even the preachy ‘I’m perfect and pure hail me 💁♂️’ guy
Why did they have to share a ice cream cone? I wouldn’t want to bite the same cone as somebody else but maybe that’s jus me 😂
Kayla J'Nae has its becoz they don’t want to waste money.
They didn’t bite it like bruh they used a spoon
They’re on a budget.
They broke af.
Lausha Adil lol fax
Scooping the icecream with the scooper is the most satisfying thing ever
The honeycomb ice cream looks SO good 🤤
"oh sweet mother of mary that is SOOO GOOD" girl no way it THAT good
I actually tried it and i have to say it was that good
What type of comment is this bruh you literally never tried it
@@lleah2839 ikr like why make it a big deal,unless you tried it it’s probably THAT GOOD
The asian girl is so descriptive* and so precise about defining everything, as a viewer I appreciate it so much. She allows me to have the experience of tasting through the screen.
ana louisa She did say her name in the beginning.
But why did they get cones?! Giving me so much anxiety every time they go for a spoonful that the scoop will roll right off
Right, they can't afford 2 cups with the waffle cone?
Same it s so like irritating it givin meh ocd
Nobody: Insider: Babe do you wanna watch this after 1 year
Imagine being bad at reviewing icecream
Imagine being bad at reviewing icecream
Imagine being bad at reviewing icecream
Imagine being bad at reviewing icecream
Imagine being bad at reviewing icecream
Imagine being bad at reviewing icecream
The one who scoops the ice, her finger really touches the ic cream. Like hey you dont do that.
Yeah i saw that
Yep, I wanted to puke.
They probably wash their hands and stuff, still gross
ikr
4:47 is it just me or do those mini cupcakes look EXACTLY like the cupcakes from ‘Baked by Melissa’🤔
Lmao yeah
Richa Patel THEY ARE ! I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT!
They are
Oh yeah, it looks familiar.
I started watching Food Insider for food. But nowadays I am watching just for Alana!! She's one beautiful lady 😍❤️
Holy Sh*t the ice cream is so expensive😂 I live in germany and we complain if we have to pay 1,50€🍦
True, I remember a scoop being 0,80€ a few years ago. You'll get sundaes for less than what they paid for one scoop.
I’m American and I was blown away by those prices. It’s not that expensive where I live. It must just be in big cities like New York.
It’s the location too! New York has more expensive everything. Any other state or city it will be cheaper
In the Netherlands too
I live in NYC and i was also surprised by the prices- Im N O T paying 9.75$ for ice cream
3:42 Blonde gurl in her mind:**Lemme just complete all the food real quick before she starts eating** 😂😂😂
😂i thought about it...
“true fan following” = cult
An icecream cult? Im finna join right now
“Its like icy..” Hmm... my mind was blown up :O
Me watching this at 2am with period cravings 👁👄👁
Best Poutine in Montreal! Like so they can see this!
yesssss
Yes pls
“it melts in your mouth” it’s ice cream?? what do u want it to do
stolen comment
Them: eating an ice cream on a cone. Me: *visible confusion*
These ice cream places look so good! I'll have to go to them next time I'm in the city. I hope the one in Chinatown didn't shut down like so many other places there.
"it' just so creamy..." - that was the cream "it covers your taste palette so refreshingly" - that was the ice it's what ice cream basically has to do
Since they didnt eat the cone, couldn't they just bought the ice cream in a cup?
A cone is more biodegradable though. And who knows maybe they did finish it after.
@@Punk3rGirl since you put it this way, that made a lot of more sense!
Sharing ice cream. This is definitely before covid 19.
I dont even live in NYC I dont even live in the US yet I still watched the whole series.....
I love this series and The ice cream looked so delicious I have to try them one day.
This video was really well put together!
There are all sorts of fantastical hard ice creams in this country, with delicious textures and thousands of flavors, but I maintain: when it comes to soft serve, nothing beats Carvel.
It’s so satisfying when they scoop the ice cream in to a ball
these r some gorls with taste, bc they're correct ample hills and their ooey gooey butter cake truly is the best
Best ice creams I’ve had 1 maccas 2 Ben and Jerry’s 3 ice cream van 4 licks ice cream I KNOW THEY ARE SO HIGH QUALITY
Nic C if you ever get a chance to go to Jamaica you have to try Devon house ice cream and buckingham palace ...the rum and raisin is beyond good.
Filled to the brim with different types of Toppings
Waaaow looking super Gorgeous it must be very delicious 💜😍😍💜
Next time I visit New York I’m gonna binge on food 😂
Ha!.....you'll need to get a loan and pawn your valuables.
You guys are making me want to visit NYC like NOW!!!
One of the best icecreams I have had was roasted vanilla I had when I went to Mall of America few years ago.
People in corona virus watching them eat that cone together be like- XD
Glad to see Chinatown Ice Cream Factory featured.
$9.75 for a coneeee!!!
so expensive
NYC for you lol
well it had a double scoop so a single is probably 5 - 6 dollars
Everything in NYC is expensive.
😱😱😱😱 expensive
I'm watching this while eating Blue Bell ice cream. That's the best ice I've ever tried so far
Why is everyone giving them so much hate... like guys they were fine
"SWEET MOTHER MARY IT'S SO GOOD....." What a beautiful starting clip
Oh wow the Vanilla Icecream is “extremely Vanillary” 😳
Yeah like whaaaatttt?!!! I hate when certain words are made up unnecessarily.
Coats your palate in a way that is so refreshing
I’m from the south and that corn bread situation is just making my mouth water