41 Best Ben & Jerry's Flavors Ranked in 2025

Pretty much everyone already thinks they know what the best Ben and Jerry’s flavor is. To some, it’s the simplicity of classic vanilla while others gravitate towards the brand’s countless combinations of mix-ins. And it makes sense: Ben & Jerry’s is known for its huge variety of flavor options, and opinions are just as varied.

So naturally, our ranking of Ben and Jerry’s flavors is the objectively and ontologically correct one. We’re kidding, of course (what does “ontologically” even mean?), but we stand by this Ben and Jerry’s flavors list, ranked from bottom to top.

We’ve taken into account the taste, texture, popularity, appeal and execution of the concept for each flavor to come up with this ultimate list of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors ranked.

Will it look like yours? Probably not. But we think this guide to the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors (and which to skip) is a pretty good place to start. 

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How Many Ben and Jerry’s Flavors Are There? 

You can’t start a list of the best Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavors without establishing the facts. How many Ben and Jerry’s flavors are on the market? What kinds? Are there different lines of products? So, before we dive into our Ben and Jerry’s flavors list, let’s start there.

The answer? There are currently a whopping 97 Ben and Jerry’s flavors on the market. This includes traditional pints of ice cream, the “Cores” and “Topped” lines and various types of non-dairy frozen desserts. The lion’s share of those flavors (and of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors in general) come from the standard ice cream line, and many popular flavors are available in both traditional and dairy-free pints. 

But this isn’t even the full list of Ben and Jerry’s flavors: countless more have been introduced seasonally or discontinued. Currently, the newest flavor is Chocolate-Covered Strawberry, and new additions to the lineup aren’t at all uncommon. Be on the lookout for new releases and seasonal flavors, as well as the Ben and Jerry’s flavors on this list. 

The 41 Best Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Flavors 

41. Dublin Mudslide  

This is the only entry on this list of the best Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavors where you’ll see any booze-inspired flavors, so enjoy it while it lasts. An Irish cream-flavored base ice cream with fudge and chocolate cookies makes this one of the most unique flavors in B&J’s catalog, if an acquired taste. If nothing else, it stands out.

Available in Non-Dairy: No

40. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Core  

You would think a cookie-dough core would turn into an icy, impassable mass of frozen-solid dough within a few hours. It avoids that fate, but it’s hard to see what you gain by making the dough a core instead of a mix-in. 

There’s nothing wrong with this flavor, per se, but some of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors have much greater success with the mix-in method, so we recommend those instead. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No

39. Chocolate Caramel Cookie Dough Topped 

This flavor is pretty much what it says on the label, and it pulls it off. The only problem is that it’s unclear what the ganache topping of these “Topped” flavors adds to the ice cream. There are very similar flavors further down the list, among the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors, that use the same flavors to better effect.

Available in Non-Dairy: No (Try Chocolate Caramel Brownie Non-Dairy)

38. Bossin Cream Pie Topped 

Some of the Topped flavors can get pretty wild. Boston cream pie as an ice cream flavor sounds nuts, doesn’t it? Cake pieces, fudge topping, something called “pastry cream swirl” in vanilla custard…it’s so rich it’s almost hard to believe it’s real.

But it has its small legion of fans, insistent that it’s one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors. See for yourself if you’re one of them. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No

37. Cannoli  

This is literally cannoli in a pint: mascarpone ice cream, fudge chunks and pastry shell pieces. It was a creative decision to attempt a cannoli ice cream, and we salute B&J’s for that. That said, in such an extensive catalog, it doesn’t do enough to stand out as one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No

36. Dirt Cake Topped  

This Topped flavor is supposed to taste like that dirt-and-worms snack you ate in kindergarten, minus the gummy worms. If that’s something you’ve been craving lately, you might be one of the fans who thinks this cult-favorite sleeper hit is among the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors. Otherwise, you might find yourself pleasantly underwhelmed.

If you’re on the fence about this one, why not throw in some gummy worms and see if the nostalgia factor helps move it up your list of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors?

Available in Non-Dairy: No

35. Tiramisù Topped  

This one gets points for being super creative: mascarpone ice cream base is a first for Ben & Jerry’s, and it faithfully deconstructs all the elements of a tiramisù to create a pretty solid Topped flavor.

That said, the brand is still getting the hang of the Topped line. It might be a while before it gets a representative anywhere near the upper echelon of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No

34. Everything But The… 

Think about a Ben and Jerry’s flavor. Now think about another one. Think about every single one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors, and then combine them into a single jam-packed pint.

Is the result, as intended, the ultimate, best Ben and Jerry’s flavor? Nope! 

There’s just way too much going on here. Is it fun? Yes, definitely. But less is sometimes more, and this is a perfect example of that. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No

33. Glampfire Trail Mix  

Think s’mores with almonds and pretzels added to the mix. It’s a valiant effort to get more crunchy mix-ins in Ben & Jerry’s catalog, but ultimately, this attempt to tinker with one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors falls short of the original. Still, a good bet for fans of sweet-and-savory flavors.

Available in Non-Dairy: No

32. Caramel Chocolate Cheesecake 

Cheesecake isn’t one of the mix-ins Ben & Jerry’s does best, so it’s hard for a cheesecake flavor to break into the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors. This one makes a valiant attempt, though. Caramel and chocolate go with everything, pretty much, and even if it’s not the best Ben and Jerry’s flavor to use them, it turns out pretty well.

Available in Non-Dairy: No

31. New York Super Fudge Chunk  

We’re not sure what makes this nut-rich chocolate-based ice cream flavor New York-y. Doesn’t matter, though — a name is just a name, and if you like nuts, you’ll be delighted by this flavor’s use of pecans, walnuts and fudge-covered almonds.

It’s not an overall standout, but it remains one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors to try if you like nuts in your ice cream. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No

30. Minter Wonderland 

Mint chocolate, cookie swirls, marshmallow ribbon: this isn’t your ordinary mint flavor. Mint lovers accustomed to simple mint chocolate chip might find it busy. But it’s an interesting and effective use of mint, so it might be worth trying out if you’re into that.

Given the relative dearth of mint in the catalog of flavors, this ends up as one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors for mint lovers, almost without trying. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No

29. Coffee Coffee BuzzBuzzBuzz!

No, the exclamation point isn’t a typo. That’s part of the name of this flavor, intended to communicate its potential to keep you awake all night during finals week, or if you have a newborn, or…the list goes on.

Its combination of espresso beans and fudge will definitely keep your eyes open all night. Good? If you like coffee, absolutely. 

But one of the best Ben & Jerry’s flavors? Only as a last-ditch effort to stay awake. Otherwise, you’ll be needlessly twitching for an hour after indulging in a scoop.

Available in Non-Dairy: No (Try Cold Brew Coffee Fudge Chip Non-Dairy)

28. Cinnamon Bun  

Cinnamon and ice cream just don’t seem like a compelling combination. We get it. But it mostly works, and if you enjoy cinnamon already, this will be one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors in your personal ranking.

It recreates the cinnamon roll flavor surprisingly well, so it gets a lot of points for that. That said, the cinnamon-averse will absolutely not be on board. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No

27. Mint Chocolate Cookie  

Instead of mint chocolate chip, Ben & Jerry’s does a cookies and cream-like combination of peppermint ice cream and knockoff Oreos. It’s not what mint chip fans might be looking for, or one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors, but it’s delicious if you enjoy mint. 

Available in Non-Dairy: Yes

26. Triple Caramel Chunk  

If you buy those giant tubs of chocolate-covered caramels at Costco, rejoice: Ben & Jerry’s turned those things into an ice cream flavor. It’s absolutely delicious, no matter how often it gets panned for being “basic.”

Triple Caramel Chunk naysayers, we’d like a word out back. This is to say, ‘boring’ as you may find it, this is one of the best Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavors for caramel lovers. Which is us. And hopefully also you. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No

25. Topped Salted Caramel Brownie  

You won’t see a lot of Topped flavors ranking high on this list. They don’t tend to be among the very best Ben & Jerry’s flavors when all the options are considered: too much going on will do that to a flavor.

But this one does a decent job of pulling it off. Brownies and caramel in a vanilla base get an indulgent cap-off of ganache and caramel cups. It’s busy, but it works better than most. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No

24. Vanilla Caramel Fudge 

People have the audacity to say that this flavor is boring, and we take umbrage with that. A whole lot of umbrage. There’s a conversation to be had here about how we as a society have lost the ability to appreciate the beauty of simplicity.

And we could get into that, but we don’t have time and neither do you. So all you need to know is that this simple combination of well-loved ice cream flavors is one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors. Justice for Vanilla Caramel Fudge. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No

23. Brownie Batter Core

Core flavors can get to be a little bit much — not many are really among the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors. But B&J’s does brownies very well, so this one gets a pass. 

Is it all a bit much? With chocolate, vanilla, brownie chunks and the core…yeah, it definitely is. But the good stuff is all there. One of the better Core flavors. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No (Try Boom Chocolatta! Non-Dairy Core)

22. PB S’more  

S’mores doesn’t need any help to be one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors, but a bit of peanut butter never hurts. While you may question the need to improve on something that’s already so good, peanut butter lovers will love this twist on a classic. The flavor combo may even encourage you to add peanut butter to your next round of actual campfire s’mores!

Available in Non-Dairy: No

21. Pistachio Pistachio  

You may hate pistachios. It’s not a flavor everybody is ever going to love. But like many of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors, there is an unexpected pleasure in this very simple flavor. 

There are no mix-ins (other than lightly roasted pistachios), no gimmicks — just quality ice cream permeated with heady, aromatic pistachio flavor. It’s not what you’d expect from the company that pioneered the idea of a pint of ice cream with a liquid core of hot fudge, but it’s easily one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors anyway. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No

20. Netflix & Chill’d  

Peanut Butter, pretzels and brownies: this is a kitchen-sink sort of flavor. And it works out better than it usually does when B&J’s attempts this kind of thing. As the name suggests, it’s one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors to pair with your Netflix marathon. 

Available in Non-Dairy: Yes

19. Karamel Sutra Core

Look, we’ve made our stance on “Core” flavors clear, but this one turns out okay. Why? Because outside of the caramel core, there’s not that much going on. Its base ice creams are vanilla and chocolate with fudge chunks, and for this company, that’s remarkably plain. It’s definitely one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors in the Cores line. 

Available in Non-Dairy: Yes

18. Peanut Butter Fudge Core 

The best Ben & Jerry’s Core flavor. What can we say? Peanut butter and chocolate are a stellar combination, no matter how you slice it. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No

17. Strawberry Cheesecake 

Look, we know we said that B&J’s isn’t great at cheesecake flavors. And usually, it’s not. But this is the most quintessential cheesecake flavor there is, and they kinda nail it. It’s really in contention for one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors in spite of the brand’s general weakness on the cheesecake front. Just a classic flavor done pretty darn well. 

Available in Non-Dairy: Yes

16. Milk & Cookies  

Think of this flavor as cookie dough, but if the cookies were crunchy. The chewy version ranks much higher on the list of best Ben and Jerry’s flavors, but there’s no question that this is a worthy flavor in its own right. 

Available in Non-Dairy: Yes

15. Americone Dream  

Is this an objectively good flavor? Yes. Is its ranking artificially low because the author once caught a stomach bug right after eating it as a kid (for unrelated reasons) and can’t undo her traumatic associations with the flavor? Also yes. 

Ice cream cone pieces, fudge and caramel are a great combination, and this is one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors — but old memories die hard. Sorry, Americone Dream. 

Available in Non-Dairy: Yes

14. Peanut Butter World 

Peanut butter and chocolate are always a good combination, and this delightful chocolate vessel for chocolate cookies and peanut butter swirl is no exception. Other, more interesting peanut butter flavors rank higher up the list of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors, but this is no slouch. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No (Try P.B. & Cookies Non-Dairy)

13. Chocolate Therapy  

This flavor dares to ask, “How much chocolate is too much?” and to answer: “None.” We salute it for that. Chocolate cookies and chocolate pudding swirls in chocolate ice cream manage, somehow, not to feel like too much chocolate — and to be one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors while they’re at it. Not bad at all. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No

12. Peanut Butter Half-Baked  

We’ll get to Half-Baked later: we’d have riots on our hands if we placed it outside of the top five. For now, let’s look at its cousin, which is still one of the best Ben & Jerry’s flavors in its own right. 

Is Peanut Butter Half-Baked as great as the original? Not quite. But that’s not really its own fault. Peanut butter cookie dough and brownies in chocolate ice cream are a pretty compelling combination, and it tastes as good as it sounds. 

But you can’t improve on perfection. Slapping the “Half-Baked” label on anything prompts a comparison game that almost no flavor can win. We’re being totally up-front with you when we say that this would have ranked several spots higher if it were called something else. 

However, if a flavor goes out of its way to remind you that you’re not eating Half-Baked, its ranking among the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors takes a bit of a hit. Sorry, peanut butter fans. 

Available in Non-Dairy: Yes

11. Gimme S’more!  

Honestly, marshmallow ribbons in ice cream can be pretty bad. Oftentimes, they’re sticky, sickly-sweet and don’t add much to the flavor, whether by way of taste or texture. But, like many others, this is an unexpected area in which Ben & Jerry’s excels. 

And that perfectly sticky marshmallow ribbon is what enables Ben & Jerry’s to perfect what is so often a disappointing flavor. Like marshmallow ribbons, s’mores ice cream flavors are often underwhelming, barely resembling the popular dessert that inspired them. 

This one dodges that bullet with a rich chocolate base, graham crackers and the best marshmallow ribbon on the market. There is no other brand you should be turning to for marshmallow-based flavors.

Available in Non-Dairy: No

10. Chubby Hubby 

Hubby isn’t the only person to be tempted off a diet by this perennially popular Ben and Jerry’s flavor. Chocolate-covered pretzels, fudge swirls and peanut butter in a vanilla base have proven to be one of the company’s most stable flavors, remaining popular for decades. And for good reason. 

Mix-ins are the name of the game with Ben & Jerry’s, but there aren’t a whole lot of truly crunchy ones. Nor do many flavors try to create that sweet-savory contrast we all love. With its generous use of pretzels, Chubby Hubby does both, creating a flavor that’s wholly unique in the brand’s catalog. 

That’s what makes it one of our top picks, kicking off the hotly-contested top 10 Ben and Jerry’s flavors. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No

9. The Tonight Dough  

There is entirely too much going on in this flavor, and it absolutely shouldn’t work. Chocolate and caramel ice creams, two kinds of cookie dough, cookie swirl — The Tonight Dough seems like it’s trying to do way too much at once. And when it works, it sort of automatically becomes one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors.

While this is undeniably a busy flavor, it pulls its disparate elements together in the end. It manages to turn multiple concepts into a coherent whole in a way that almost shouldn’t be possible. It’s that audacity and the delicious payoff that makes it one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors. 

Available in Non-Dairy: Yes

8. Vanilla

You might think it’s absurd to rate the most basic ice cream flavor on earth so high, but Ben & Jerry’s would be nothing without vanilla. Think about how many of the company’s creations start with a vanilla base — where would they be without this humblest of flavors?

Nowhere, probably. Languishing in the dank basement of development hell for lack of a proper starting point. Your favorite flavor owes an enormous debt to this basic but splendidly executed Vanilla. It’s good enough to stand on its own, but it’s the sheer importance of Vanilla to the brand’s success that truly makes it one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No

7. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough  

One of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors just had to be its top seller, and it’s this one. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough is not creative, original or new, but everybody knows it, and no self-respecting ice cream company could fail to include it in its lineup of flavors. And because it’s Ben & Jerry’s, it’s a pretty stellar attempt.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough doesn’t do anything new with the flavor. Countless other dough-based flavors fill that niche. But does it need to? We don’t think it does. A solid vanilla base and deliciously chewy dough are all you need, and this pick among the best of Ben and Jerry’s flavors has both. 

Available in Non-Dairy: Yes

6. Peanut Butter Cup  

Entries five to eight on this list are simple, well-tread classics, and this one is no different. It’s a double-dose of peanut butter, adding peanut butter cups to a peanut butter ice cream base. 

Ben & Jerry’s has a handful of peanut butter flavors on the market, but it’s only the simplest and most unambitious of those that crack the top 10 best Ben and Jerry’s flavors. Why? Because you don’t always need a lot to create a delicious ice cream experience. 

This flavor allows the peanut butter flavor to shine without burying it in a hundred other mix-ins. And in a catalog full of ambitious flavors that often put novelty above flavor, that’s a powerful sales pitch. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No 

5. Chocolate Fudge Brownie 

Chocolate Fudge Brownie has its detractors, but not because of anything it actually did. In a sea of flavors with much more abundant and eye-catching mix-ins, this Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavor can easily seem a little bit dull. Only at Ben & Jerry’s would this be the “bland” flavor, but it’s a simple idea: just dense, fudgy brownies in a chocolate base. 

But there’s beauty in simplicity. We wholeheartedly believe that Chocolate Fudge Brownie deserves a spot in the top five Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavors because it doesn’t need anything flashy to be delicious. 

The chocolate base is rich and decadent, the texture of the brownies is perfect and the whole experience is as chewy and fudgy as it ought to be. Try to find someone who doesn’t love it and you’ll quickly realize why we think it’s one of the best Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavors. 

Available in Non-Dairy: Yes

4. Cherry Garcia 

Think of Cherry Garcia as cognitive behavioral therapy for your cherry cough syrup-related childhood trauma. In order to overcome your aversion to all things cherry, you’ve got to replace the original offender (medicine) with a better cherry-related stimulus (Cherry Garcia). The process of healing has never been more delicious. 

Admittedly, cherry isn’t one of the most common ice cream flavors. But that just means that Ben & Jerry’s corners the market. Dried cherries and chocolate in cherry ice cream make for one of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors ever conceived, an ingenious deconstruction of the chocolate-covered cherry.  

Available in Non-Dairy: Yes

3. Chunky Monkey  

Okay, so not everyone will agree that this belongs among the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors. Banana and walnuts, two of its core mix-ins, are a bit more polarizing than some of B&J’s other standbys. But its enduring popularity speaks to a wide fanbase that absolutely goes for it. 

Look, if you hate banana already, you’re obviously not going to rate Chunky Monkey among the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors. But if you don’t, this banana bread loaf of an ice cream flavor is one of the company’s all-time best creations. 

It’s interesting, it hadn’t been done before, it’s unique but not so much that it’s risky, and it’s absurdly delicious. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No (Try Bananas Foster Core Non-Dairy)

2. Half-Baked  

Half-Baked begins with a simple but genius strategy: take a bunch of the best Ben and Jerry’s flavors and throw them together in a single carton, with the aim of creating the single best Ben & Jerry’s flavor. And it almost works. Many fans who’d gladly put this flavor at the top of their personal ranking would tell you that it did. 

Half-Baked is great precisely because the only new thing it tries to do is combine the tried-and-true elements of other flavors. It isn’t offering anything novel except a two-in-one special. But when you’re starting with two of the best Ben & Jerry’s flavors in the lineup, that’s a pretty sweet deal. 

Available in Non-Dairy: No

1. Phish Food  

Let’s be real here: competition at the top is stiff, and this could have gone any number of ways. We could’ve easily given the nod to the chewy delight that is Half-Baked, the fruity sass of Cherry Garcia or the ever-welcome Chunky Monkey. These and half a dozen other flavors readily deserve the title of best Ben and Jerry’s flavor. But today, personal bias wins out.

We love caramel around here — and chocolate and marshmallow, for that matter. We love a well-executed ribbon, be that caramel or marshmallow or anything else. We love a rich chocolate base and a good texture contrast, and there is nothing quite so pleasing in all the Ben & Jerry’s canon than a crunchy chocolate fish buried like hidden treasure beneath a luscious ribbon of marshmallow. 

Phish Food is simply the best Ben and Jerry’s flavor on the market. We dare you to try to change our minds. 

Available in Non-Dairy: Yes

What Is Ben and Jerry’s Most Popular Flavor​? 

The best Ben and Jerry’s flavor (in our not-so-humble opinion) is not the best-selling. When asking “What is the most popular Ben and Jerry's flavor​?” in terms of highest sales, that honor instead goes to one of many runners-up: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.

However, that’s just in terms of sales statistics. Popular flavors vary regionally and seasonally. And, of course, what’s popular isn’t always what’s best, so don’t take anyone else’s word for it. 

So, there you have it: the 41 best Ben and Jerry’s flavors, ranked. It’s been a wild ride, and if we left you feeling a little salty by snubbing your favorite flavor, we’re sorry — but only a little. The magic of Ben & Jerry’s is that it comes in such a variety of flavors, so there will always be new discoveries to make. But that makes ranking hard.

If you think we got this Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavor list all wrong, we get it — but you better get your ranking out into the world soon to stake your claim. Then try some of these best Ben and Jerry’s flavors. It’s always a great idea. 

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