Blue Bell - best ice cream in the world

On our way home from Austin, TX recently we stopped by the original Blue Bell ice cream plant in Brenham, TX for a tour and sampling.


The first time we ever had Blue Bell ice cream was in the 80's when we were visiting Ron and family in Tyler, TX. I thought it was the best ice cream I had ever tasted. I had banana pudding and Jim ate homemade vanilla. You could only buy Blue Bell in an area in southeast Texas. People would purchase ice cream and take it home with them on the airplane, packed in dry ice (it was definitely worth it). Today you can have 2 half-gal. cartons shipped to us for $99. And people love it so much they will order it for special occasions. We have a plant in Ala. and can find it in most grocery stores in our area.


I'm standing by the original refrigerated truck used to deliver ice cream to the stores nearby. In 2007 Blue Bell celebrated 100 years and had a special ice cream for the century of service, "Century Cordial". It is like an ice cream sundae. I sampled some on our tour. At the end of the tour you can stop at the country store in the building and sample any of the flavors posted that day. I copied the list of flavors below from the website.
Homemade vanilla is our favorite.

List of Year Round Flavors: Banana Split, Buttered Pecan, Chocolate Chip, Cookies 'n Cream, Dutch Chocolate, French Vanilla, Homemade Vanilla, Milk Chocolate, Mint Chocolate Chip, Moo-llennium Crunch, Natural Vanilla Bean, Orange Swirl, Pecan Pralines 'n Cream, Rocky Road, Strawberry, Strawberries & Homemade Vanilla, The Great DivideList of Current Seasonal Flavors: Banana Pudding, Birthday Cake, Buttered Almond, Caramel Sundae Crunch, Caramel Turtle Fudge, Century Sundae, Cherry Vanilla, Chocolate Almond Marshmallow, Chocolate Brownie Overload, Chocolate Covered Cherries, Chocolate Covered Strawberries, Coffee, Fudge Brownie Nut, Hot Chocolate, Hot Fudge Sundae, Key Lime Pie, Lemon Ice Box Pie, Mango, Mocha Almond Fudge, Peaches & Homemade Vanilla, Peppermint, Pistachio Almond, Strawberry Cheesecake, Tin Roof, Triple Chocolate, Ultimate Neapolitan, White Chocolate Almond


This is a statue of the little girl and the cow that was created in the 1970's as a trademark for Blue Bell ice cream.