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The Untold Truth About Vanilla Flavor Shutterstock
By Maria Scinto/Feb. 5, 2021 7:40 pm EDT
Surely you remember Vanilla Flavor? That 90s rap supergroup born from an unlikely collaboration between Vanilla Ice, Milli Vanilli, and Flavor Flav? Oh, wait, that never happened, which must mean we re talking about the actual flavor, vanilla. As in, the ice cream that is supposedly America s favorite flavor (via the Frozen Dessert Supplies blog), although you generally don t see too many people over the age of 6 ordering plain vanilla cone. Vanilla, however, is far more than just an ice cream flavor, as anyone who s ever done much baking knows.