Our Favorite Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream Flavors, Ranked

Jeni’s is no ordinary ice cream brand. Founded by James Beard award winner Jeni Britton in 2002, this brand uses fresh milk from family dairy farms and Fair Trade ingredients to create some of the tastiest and most unique flavors. Jeni’s has only grown in the 22 years they’ve been in business and you can now find these delicious and creamy flavors across the country.

Jeni’s Ice Creams ships nationwide but their ice cream is also available in thousands of grocery stores. No matter which flavor you choose, each one is made with tasty, fresh ingredients. If you’re ready to grab a bowl of Jeni’s ice cream but don’t know which flavor to pick, we’ve ranked 10 of Jeni’s best-selling ice cream flavors. Check out the top Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream flavors below.

10. Buttercream Birthday Cake

• Includes buttercream frosting, golden cake, and rainbow sprinkles

If you’re a fan of birthday cake, look no further than Jeni’s Buttercream Birthday Cake ice cream. This popular flavor from Jeni’s includes everything you love about birthday cake. It’s made with sweet buttercream frosting, golden cake pieces, and rainbow sprinkles. The yellow cake pieces included are also gluten-free.

9. Green Mint Chip

• Includes peppermint cream and bittersweet chocolate

Jeni’s take on mint chocolate ice cream is refreshing and sweet. This flavor includes peppermint cream and crunchy dark chocolate chips. Instead of adding unnecessary food coloring, Jeni’s uses natural ingredients to create a beautiful mint color for their peppermint ice cream. The flavor of Green Mint Chip comes from peppermint essential oils and the color comes from spirulina and juice from fruits and vegetables.

8. Cookies In Cream

• Includes dark chocolate cookies, white chocolate, and vanilla-scented ice cream

Cookies and cream is a classic ice cream flavor that’s a staple in every ice cream shop. Jeni’s Cookies In Cream is their take on this flavor and includes tasty dark chocolate cookies and white chocolate flecks mixed with vanilla-scented cream. Compared to your typical cookies and cream flavor, it’s more chocolatey, especially with the addition of dark chocolate cookies made with Fair Trade cocoa powder.

7. Gooey Butter Cake

• Includes cream cheese ice cream, vanilla cake, and caramel-butterscotch sauce

Jeni’s Gooey Butter Cake flavor is the ice cream version of the delicious cake Jeni Britton grew up on. This ice cream flavor has cream cheese ice cream and delicious layers of vanilla cake. To complete the Gooey Butter Cake flavor, caramel-butterscotch sauce is swirled into every bite. If you love gooey butter cake, you’ll love this deliciously sweet ice cream flavor.

6. High Five Candy Bar

• Includes peanut butter, caramel, chocolate, and pretzels

Jeni’s High Five Candy Bar ice cream is exactly like eating a candy bar in ice cream form. This popular flavor includes peanut butter, caramel, chocolate pieces, and chocolate-covered pretzels. The flavor wouldn’t be complete without the honey added for extra sweetness. Every bite of this ice cream flavor tastes like you’re enjoying your favorite chocolate candy bar.

5. Salty Caramel

• Includes fire-toasted sugar, sea salt, and vanilla

Salty caramel is Jeni’s signature flavor and is still one of the most popular flavors they have. Jeni’s experimentation with salted caramel ice cream began when she worked in a French bakery as a teenager. Jeni’s creates this tasty treat with caramelized sugar, fresh cream, and grass-grazed milk.

4. Darkest Chocolate

• Includes Fair Trade cocoa

Chocolate is a classic flavor but the Darkest Chocolate ice cream from Jeni’s is not your average chocolate ice cream. This flavor includes Fair Trade cocoa mixed with cane sugar and real cream. If chocolate ice cream is your favorite, you’re in for a treat when you taste Jeni’s Darkest Chocolate ice cream and it could easily become your new favorite flavor.

3. Brown Butter Almond Brittle

• Includes brown butter almond candy and buttercream ice cream

The tasty Brown Butter Almond Brittle flavor from Jeni’s is modeled after krokan, a traditional Norwegian dessert made from caramelized sugar and almonds. Roald Dahl, the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was a huge fan of krokan and krokan ice cream. The Brown Butter Almond Brittle is an ice cream version of krokan with tasty buttercream ice cream and almond brittle.

2. Salted Peanut Butter with Chocolate Flecks

• Includes roasted peanuts and dark chocolate flecks

The Salted Peanut Butter with Chocolate Flecks flavor is a nod to Ohio’s favorite sweet treat: Buckeye candies. Buckeyes are dark chocolate candies filled with creamy peanut butter. Since Jeni’s headquarters is in Ohio, they created a delicious ice cream flavor modeled after the state’s favorite candy. The Salted Peanut Butter flavor is both salty and sweet, made with salted peanuts and dark chocolate flecks.

1. Brambleberry Crisp

• Includes oven-toasted oat streusel and brambleberry jam

Brambleberry Crisp is not only one of the oldest flavors from Jeni’s, it’s also one of the best-selling flavors. With 4.9 stars based on 236 customer reviews, fans of Jeni’s ice cream describe this flavor as addictive, delicious, and truly exquisite. The Brambleberry Crisp ice cream is swirled with their signature brown sugar oat streusel and balanced with the tartness of fresh berries.

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