Ben and Jerry's icecream

Hi everyone,

I was most excited to hear about there being a Ben and Jerry's retailer in Munich! Here's the deal :

Ben 'n Jerry's im Flughafen München
Adresse: Am "Airbräu", zwischen Terminal 1 und 2

Fresh Bagels & Muffins Coffee Shop
Adresse: Barerstraße 72, 80799 München-Schwabing

On the same thread - there's actually a Haagen-Dazs cafe in Munich too :

Leopoldstr. 19
80802 München

Tel.: +49 (0)89 38 88 72 78

Not been to these places yet. Also it's probably not new information, just new for me.

If any Americans are reading this, there's also a grocery store on Baaderstrasse (corner Fraunhoferstrasse / on top of the U-Bahn exit) run by Karl who's fluent in German and American :

Schmankerlnische Dreyfus Francesco
Baaderstr. 65, 80469 München
(089) 2017031, (089) 20239342

He has all kinds of American things like Pam (some kind of butter spray - ugh!) and cake packets, icing (i think you call it 'frosting'?), drinks like root beer, chocolates, sweets, all kinds of stuff plus fresh muffins, brownies, bagels ...

Did you say root beer?!? I've heard many rumors about root beer in Munich, some on this site, and they have all proved groundless. THAT is worth making a special trip for.

As for icing (we call it icing too, more often, I'd say, than frosting), brownies, cakes and pam, they seem to be the standard "American" food in Munich shops for some reason. One thing I'll never understand is why they seem to think that jars of marshmallow fluff are some kind of traditional American food, just because that's where they come from...

Theres a new hagen daaz cafe just opened on Tal as well, just as you get off marianeplatz.

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Oops I forgot to mention that Karl's shop, Schmankerl Nische, also has Ben and Jerry's!

Also, it doesn't just have that typical sweet stuff like marshmallows, it has other stuff too, but I have a huge sweet tooth, so that's the stuff that catches my eye every time I go in there

The root beer is A&W I think, or some random letters...

Thanks for the tip about the Tal cafe! Will look into it ASAP mmm After this Cherry Garcia has settled down...

Oh Urban Angel, you're killing me with the Ben 'n Jerry's references. Having grown up in Vermont and experienced the original Ben and Jerry's(corner of Church Street in Burlington VT), I've been waiting for it for so long. I hope they have my favorite, New York Super Fudge Chunk!!! Yum, yum.

Mmm, Cherry Garcia...Phish Food...

I think I saw Ben & Jerry's in a supermarket somewhere in Munich, and can't remember where. Does anyone know if there is a supermarket that carries it as well?

not sure, but I think Walmart should have it.

There is a Ben & Jerry's stand in Hbf on the 1st underground level right by the entrance to the S-Bahn. Not sure if it is usually there but it was as of 1100 today.

Mmm, Phish Food - my favorite ice cream and my favorite band! Not sure if they've ever had that in large volumes though. I think they just sell pints of it.

There's a small Ben & Jerry's supplier downstairs from my flat on the corner of Barerstrasse and Theriesenstrasse. They also have a W-LAN, coffee, smoothies, and various munchies... It's probably one of my fav hangout spots in town.

Can i just say (as i always JUST say)
I love hagen dazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

i need it

i want it

*walking out the office to get mi some*

...

See I used to love cookies and cream from HD, but now I prefer cookie dough from B&J MUCH better, ooooh, and the fudge one!

For basically my entire life I thought Häagen-Dazs was Swedish or Danish or something. I had to move here to learn that it is actually American. Weird.

"Reuben Mattus, a young entrepreneur with a passion for quality and a vision for creating the finest ice cream, worked in his mother's ice cream business selling fruit ice and ice cream pops from a horse drawn wagon in the bustling streets of the Bronx, New York. To produce the finest ice cream available, he insisted on using only the finest, purest ingredients.

The family business grew and prospered throughout the 1930's, 40's and 50's, and by 1961 Mr. Mattus decided to form a new company dedicated to his ice cream vision. He called his new brand Häagen-Dazs, to convey an aura of the old-world traditions and craftsmanship to which he remained dedicated."

The question remains; does Häagen-Dazs actually mean anything?

which is more expensive here, HD or Ben & Jerry's ??

The Haagen-Dazs story, as I was told in one of my classes in college, was that during the ... '70s (?) there was a really big health and fitness trend going on, and all the ice cream was low fat etc. And these two guys started a small ice-cream shop in new york called haagen daaz, which sold "real" ice-cream. Originally there was a small hand drawn map of Antwerp (I think it was) on top to make it look foreign and traditional. I don't think the name actually means anything.

The funny thing is, the way it began is very much the way Ben & Jerrys started off years later.

http://www.mattusicecream.com/pages/history.html

Ben & Jerrys is actualy non-American these days, it was bought by Unilever (e.g. Dutch) a couple of years ago.

But it's still made in the US though, right? I don't think they'd stop producing it Vermont, since that's one of their big marketing points.

Here's the list of all Ben & Jerry's providers in Munich:

http://www.benjerry.de/?scope=shops&sub=show&ort=7

I don't know the details, but I guess it's produced in multiple factories around the world nowadays. Hard to imagine that they would ship the ice from America to stores in Europe. The "Vermon's finest Ice Cream" slogan is just marketing.

You gotta read the history of B&J. Very funny and these guys are exceptionally cool too:

Chocolate Fudge Brownie !!! That's the one.

One of the cool things these guys used to do, at least, was that the CEO could only earn 9 times that of the lowest paid employee of the company. I'm sure it's changed now that they belong to Unilever.

Okay, that does it. You guys have driven me over the edge. I must now have some ice cream. Back in 5 minutes with some flavour.

from today on, there will be a ben&jerry stand at the hauptbahnhof!

right now, they are giving out samples for free scopes!!
yummy , just had one with phish food and piece of cake, sooo goooood

I had some ben&jerry ice cream when I was in Canada last week, and was really quite disappointed - I found it very bland. Maybe I'd just got my hopes up too much after having heard everyone saying how delicious it was...but my favourite is still Häagen-Dazs.

Where at Hauptbahnhof? I gotta get over there after work!

Ben and Jerry's costs € 5.49 for 500mL at the coffee shop on the corner of Theresienstr. and Barerstr. I picked up the flavour "Half Baked". It's ice cream alright, but it's not one of those "Omigod, I can die happy right now" type of ice creams.

it's at the middle entrance to the s-bahn on the lower level. if you are coming from the train station you can't miss it!

They have a crap load of flavors. Some will surely suit.

Exactly, there are so many flavours, some more simple than others. Actually, compared to HD, B&J have more variety and are sweeter.

@ Arwen, ok I know exactly where that is, thanks!

The cafe I was at (Betty Baristas, I remembered the name) had a list of flavours. There weren't so many, imo, and they don't stock them all at once. The ones with an * are the ones I saw in stock.

*Cookie Dough
New York Super Fudge Chunk
Chocolate Fudge Brownie
*Chunky Monkey
*Cherry Garcia
*Half Baked
Phish Food
Caramel Chew Chew
*Peace of Cake
Karamel Sutra
*The Full VerMonty
*Vanilla Caramel Fudge

Mmmm, vanilla caramel fudge sounds yummy!

I want coffee coffee buzz buzz buzz

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(time to go hunting in ams me thinks...)

yup, saw the b&j stand @ the hbf s-bahn stop on monday. didn't know guys were jonesin for some good ice cream! you'll get a scoop for the same price of a mövenpick scoop, so expensive. happy lickins.

God! I just tried ben & Jerry's, chunky monkey... now I'm a believer!

If anyone ever sees Chubby Hubby you HAVE to let me know! Great flavor!

I've looked at the Bagels & Muffins shop (which, by the way, is a great place for a bagel!) but they don't have it.

I'm sorry, but that description of Chubby Hubby sounds so disgusting!! But then again, so did Spezi before I tried it

Yes, I would agree that the description sounds bad BEFORE you try it. Now I read that description and crave it

The pretzels in it are darn good ... unfortunately if you ever look at any of the B&J's nutritional labels, even in comparison to other ice creams, then you'll see why it really does turn you into a chubby hubby.

phish food? YUCK!

I was at Hauptbahnhof today and though, oh yummy, I remember reading that they sell B&J here.. but I couldn't find the stand! I went frm the UBahn to DB (where I saw HD) to the SBahn to go home.. no joy!! *cries*

hem, normally when you go out the east entrance of the bahnhof, down to the s-bahns, the stand is right there next to the tchibo croissant stand. maybe they had a day off.
there is also the coffee & muffins shop on barerstr. (68 maybe) and they have a large sortimentof b&j. a pint was EUR 5,35!
i had my fix of cherry garcia on saturday and the girl there asked me, is it also so expensive in the u.s. (i mean EUR 2 for a small cup) and i said, yeah, but it's worth it! also movenpick ice cream cost the same.

forgot to mention this awhile back, but i chatted with the asian girl who runa the stand and she says during the week they/she are/is located at the s-bahn entrance at the train station. on the weekends, they/she are/is located at track 28 of the train station. she says on the weekends there ain't so much going on that they can put their wagon upstairs.
happy lickins!

My question is does the Ben & Jerry's here do the free Ice Cream day with the ones in the US... Free Cone day at B&J's always makes for a good day

I've got me some Ben & Jerry's "Peace of Cake" ice-cream right now. Not bad, not bad at all.

Well, did you bring enough to share with the rest of the class young man...

I don't play well with others. It's mine mine mine!

All gone

I hope badger beats you with that ice scream spoon. ahhh nevermind you'd probably like

@jml

Screw Ben and Jerry (yankee crap), go to marienpaltz and get yourself a Schubecks. Its open until 4 am. If I were you I would share it with me

Yeah, we were there on Friday. Special Oktoberfest ice cream flavours, beer, radler, chocolate banana, gebrannte mandel and Wiesn Herzen flavours. The beer ice cream was interesting, it tasted like sweet beer foam. The guy said it was made with Hofbräu beer, and it certainly had a malty/hoppy aftertaste. Not for everyone, but worth a go once, just to say you have eaten it. Right on Platzl near the HBhaus.

Ben & jerrys can now be found in most Aral and Esso "Tankstellen"..and a few Pizza places.
Here is a list of the places in Munich..

Having Ben & jerry's delivered to you door from the pizza guy, sounds just great to me...