A few weeks ago, TIB reader Tommy and I were lamenting on how Ben & Jerry’s should bring back discontinued flavors in the comments for the post about Ben & Jerry’s new Sundae flavors. And that got me wondering which flavor would I want to be dug out of the company’s Flavor Graveyard. Is it a flavor I never got the change to try or one that I did try and miss dearly?

So I went down the rabbit hole known as The Impulsive Buy’s Ben & Jerry’s reviews, along with taking a detour to the Flavor Graveyard page on Ben & Jerry’s website and the Contact Us page on the site that allows you to request a flavor to come back via a loooooooooooong drop down list. After all that, I’ve narrowed it down to one flavor — Bob Marley’s One Love.

It debuted in 2017 and it featured banana ice cream with caramel and graham cracker swirls and fudge peace signs. Although, it was a limited batch, I could’ve sworn it was on shelves for over a year. If Ben & Jerry’s invented a time machine and went back to the year 2025, it could’ve released it for Bob Marley’s 80th birthday. Or, although it would be morbid, the company could re-release it this year for the 45th anniversary of his death. You know what? It doesn’t matter when. I just want it to happen.

Here’s what I wrote in my review of it:

Because I like to scrape away the top layer with my spoon after first opening a pint, I got only the ice cream and swirls for my first few spoonfuls. Just those three ingredients created a combination that made me sing, “We’re jammin’, we’re jammin’, and I hope you like jammin’ too.”

Being a fan of banana-flavored anything, I love the ice cream base. Its flavor is mild and it works well with the buttery caramel and graham cracker swirls. Actually, the gooey caramel, gritty graham cracker swirl, and creamy banana ice cream brought back memories of Magnolia Bakery’s Banana Pudding.

If you follow this site closely, you probably know I love banana-flavored products as much as four-year-olds love their stuffies, and I have said there needs to be more banana ice cream varieties in the freezer aisle. So Ben & Jerry’s One Love is the flavor that I want back.

I also asked a few others what flavors they think should make a comeback.

Dubba at On Second Scoop

(On Second Scoop – Instagram)

“I think I’d want to bring back the epicness that was Clusterfluff (aka What a Cluster). Peanut butter ice cream with caramel cluster pieces, marshmallow swirls, & peanut butter swirls. Texture, flavor, sweetness. It had it all and I loved every bite. It’s sad that we’ve gone over a decade without this great flavor.”

CandyHunting

(Instagram)

“The Ben & Jerry’s flavor I would bring back is Cinnamon Buns. It had caramel ice cream with cinnamon bun dough and a cinnamon streusel swirl. The flavor ran from 2008 to 2023, when it was replaced by Churray for Churros.

Cinnamon Buns was a perfect harmony of the ice cream, chewy dough pieces, and sticky swirl. It was one of the few Ben & Jerry’s flavors I bought on repeat, and I’m sure I’ve polished off a pint in one sitting by digging for more cinnamon bun dough and then hitting the bottom.

Its successor is good, but not stellar like Cinnamon Buns.”

Sean at Sean’s Skillet

(Sean’s Skillet – Sean’s TIB reviews – Instagram)

“While 90% of my Ben & Jerry’s fandom has been spent firmly in the full fat full dairy part of its lineup, the elusive discontinued pint I think about the most comes from the early years of B&J’s Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert offerings: Caramel Almond Brittle. I’m not sure exactly when this came out but I first tried and reviewed it on my blog in 2018. It had an almond flavored almond milk base with salted caramel swirls and pieces of almond brittle.

There is no doubt that the B&J non-dairy base has improved over the years, but this one, which leaned into the nutty almond notes with a hefty dose of floral almond extract, really worked. The texture always seemed exceptionally smooth and the pints were always loaded with crunchy, buttery brittle and sticky salty sweet swirls of caramel.

It was one of those experiences where each time I would say out loud ‘I can’t believe this is vegan.’ I bought it whenever I came across it at the grocery store. It’s not a flavor for everyone but it was for me, and I miss it dearly. Especially when I would pop off the lid and get greeted by a huge pool of caramel akin to a premium $13 pint from Salt & Straw, which happened multiple times during its short-lived run.”

So what flavor(s) would you like to see Ben & Jerry’s bring back.

As many of you know, another Lay’s Do Us a Flavor contest is here, and there are three finalists for the $1,000,000 prize — Bacon Grilled Cheese, Korean-Style Fried Chicken, and Valentina & Lime — and we’ve reviewed all three. But I want to know, for those of you who have tried all three (or two of them), how would you rank them?

I reviewed only the Bacon Grilled Cheese on the site, but I have tried the other two as well. Here’s how I would rank them, from least favorite to favorite.

There’s something about the Korean-Style Fried Chicken flavor that tastes familiar. I’ve tried several Lay’s potato chip flavors from Asian countries, and that’s what kept popping into my head as I ate this Do Us a Flavor finalist. I’m not sure what specific chip it was because I’ve had a lot of different international chip flavors. While this reminded me of other chip flavors, it didn’t evoke Korean Fried Chicken in my mind, and its flavor didn’t put a taste trance on me that caused me to eat half the bag without realizing it, which often happens with other chip flavors, like the ones below.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Bacon Grilled Cheese is the safe flavor among the three and will probably win the $1,000,000 prize. But, as you can see, it’s not my favorite. Here’s some of what I wrote in my review:

“Lay’s Do Us a Flavor Bacon Grilled Cheese is a fine finalist, which is surprising because I believe Lay’s Bacon Potato Chips are mediocre. The addition of cheese to the smokiness makes a tremendous difference. However, while these chips are good, they don’t excite my taste buds as much as cheddar & sour cream or sour cream & onion. I wouldn’t be sad if I never got to try these again.”

My favorite ended up being the Valentina & Lime flavor. Prior to these chips, I had no idea Valentina Hot Sauce existed. I guess I should be more observant in the hot sauce section and not be so entranced by the wooden caps on Cholula bottles. But now I know about the hot sauce, and maybe I should add it to my kitchen to make the Taco Bell hot sauce packets in my fridge jealous. While I liked the peppery flavor, I wish the lime was a bit more punchy. Also, I’m not sure if this is a good or bad thing, but these chips have a low level of spiciness. However, I suppose I could appreciate the flavor more due to the absence of heat.

So, what are your thoughts on these chips? Share your rankings in the comments. Also, don’t forget you have until June 13th to vote for your favorite at the Do Us a Flavor website.

I recently wasted two free Taco Bell rewards AGAIN. It was the third time it had happened.

While I’m careless with my Taco Bell points, that’s not the case with my McDonald’s and Jack in the Box rewards, which I redeem regularly, mostly on iced coffee from the former and Jumbo Jacks from the latter.

But besides McDonald’s, I’m not very good at keeping track of all the reward points I have from the fast food chains I visit. So, I did a fast food point audit to determine if I was missing out on free food. Here’s what I found as of April 4, 2025:

Restaurant	Points	Can I Get Free Food?
Burger King	332 crowns	Yes
Dairy Queen	65 points	No
Dunkin’	50 points	No
Jack in the Box	15 points	No
KFC	188 points	No
McDonald’s	2277 points	Yes
Panda Express	728 points	Yes
Papa Johns	$4 Papa Dough	Discount, so kinda
Pizza Hut	320 points	Yes
Popeyes	748 points	Yes
Starbucks	21 stars	No
Subway	63 points	No
Wendy’s	411 points	Yes

Are you as bad as me when it comes to redeeming rewards points? How many fast food rewards points to you have? Share your numbers in the comments below.

The results are in for our How Many Taco Bell Sauce Packets Do You Have in Your Home? Unscientific Poll and almost 50 percent of you who participated said you don’t have any Taco Bell packets at home. That’s surprising to see from the readers of a junk food blog. I thought that number was going to be much lower.

A few notes about the results, which you can see in the table below.

• There were 1,268 votes.
• I’m an idiot because “50-100 packets” should’ve said “51-100 packets.”
• I had 19 packets when the poll started, but now I have 27. So I’ve moved up a packet bracket.

Thank you to everyone who participated!

Number of Packets	Votes	Percent
Zero	443	34.94%
Zero because I think Taco Bell is disgusting	177	13.96%
1-10 packets	256	20.19%
11-25 packets	175	13.8%
26-50 packets	134	10.57%
50-100 packets	44	3.47%
More than 100	20	1.58%
More than 100 because I live in a Taco Bell	19	1.5%

Every other year, I do a Taco Bell sauce packet purge.

That’s when I toss out ALL the packets I can find in our fridge’s middle drawer. By the way, what is that middle drawer in our fridge for? Beverages? Yogurt? I’m pretty sure it’s not meant to be used as a fast food condiment drawer.

Although some are fairly new, I get rid of them because they’re thrown in the drawer haphazardly. This makes it hard to tell the difference between those that have been in there for two years and those that just got there. When I do a purge, I throw out about 50-75 packets.

How do I accumulate so many packets?

Most of the time it’s a generous Taco Bell employee who dumps a handful of sauces into my bag that’s four times more than what I need. Other times, at locations that have the sauces out in the open, my hand becomes a broken arcade claw game machine that causes everyone to win a prize and it picks up more than what I need. And, sometimes, I pick up sauce packets, but end up not using them because what I bought didn’t need any.

Recently, I did a purge, so I don’t have many packets right now, just 19.

But I feel I’m not alone when it comes to accumulating Taco Bell sauce packet, hence this Unscientific Poll. So Impulsive Buy readers, how many Taco Bell sauce packets do you have in your home right now?

The poll will close on Thursday, September 7 at 11:59 p.m. HST.