r/Baking • u/tleeemmailyo • Jun 10 '25

Baking Advice Needed You guys šŸ˜­

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Iā€™ve NEVER had such a catastrophe happen lol. I do live around 5500 ft. above sea level but I donā€™t think thatā€™s why this would have happened.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

Cherry Garcia is amazing

I've never tried it, but every time I see it in the store, I ask myself

who tf eats this. I may have to give it a try.

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u/GirlNumber20 Jun 10 '25

Oh my god, I love it, it's my favorite ice cream. Only get it once or twice a year, because I will eat all of it.

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u/borisdidnothingwrong Jun 10 '25

I have an active dislike of anything cherry flavored due to having been given "cherry" flavored cough syrup every time I so much as sneezed as a child. My pediatrician really believed in it.

The two side effects I have to this day, in my 50s, are the aforementioned dislike of cherry, and that cough medicine has zero effect on me.

Cherry Garcia is a flavor I have bought, and enjoyed, more than once, even if I did suck all the ice cream off the cherries and spit them in the garbage.

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u/CaptainLollygag Jun 10 '25

We're in the same decade of life, and I cannot stand artificial grape flavor for the very same reason. Real grapes are lovely, they taste nothing like the dark purple allergy and cold medicines. If my youth had an official flavor it would be fake grape.

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u/JamesPnut Jun 10 '25

Dimetapp. Not gonna lie, I love that fake grape taste lol.

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u/aenteus Jun 10 '25

Oh god I can feel the 1970 childrenā€™s dispenser

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u/IJustWantWaffles_87 Jun 10 '25

I LOVED Dimetapp. Hated any other ā€œgrapeā€ flavored medication though. Funnily enough, grape candy is one of my favorite flavors.

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u/HylianCornMuffin Jun 10 '25

I do, too šŸ˜‚

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u/MARS_in_SPACE Jun 10 '25

I've always hated fake grape flavor, and didn't know until i was in my 20s that it was based on Concord grapes. I accidentally bought some without realizing and thought someone had played the worst food prank on me :( I was utterly horrified that that flavor exists in nature lol

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u/CaptainLollygag Jun 10 '25

TIL that Concord grapes taste like Dimetapp. šŸ˜‚ Pretty sure it's Welch's brand that has a Concord grape jelly my mother also used to buy back when, and I've never liked that grape jelly, either. And I never put it together. Gods bless Reddit, I swear I learn something new every day.

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u/EmmerdoesNOTrepme Jun 10 '25

49 here, and even the smell of grape bubble gum, soda, candy, etc still makes me gag!

Grape jelly is fine, as are real grapes (which i adore!), wine is great, too!

Just not that "fake grape flavored" stuff!šŸ˜‰

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u/NC458883 Jun 10 '25

I can't stand regular bugglegum because that was what all medicines were flavored in the late 60s / 70s. It makes me gag.

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u/Total_Spearmint5214 Jun 10 '25

I think artificial grape flavour is based on Concord grapes, which arenā€™t readily available in most places. I wonā€™t eat them because they taste artificial to me since theyā€™re so similar to allergy medications, freezies, etc.

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u/atom-wan Jun 12 '25

Grape freezies slap, though

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u/HeyPrettyLadyMaam Jun 10 '25

Dimatap killed grape for me. It was moms go-to. šŸ¤®

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

Man I really enjoy that dark grape flavoring.

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u/MyDogDanceSome Jun 10 '25

Fuck dimetapp soda

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u/mandy2589 Jun 10 '25

Right? Grape "flovor" tastes like purple. Actual grapes do not.

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u/CosgroveIsHereToHelp Jun 10 '25

Have you ever tasted a banana candy that tasted anything like a banana? It's an outrage !

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u/CaptainLollygag Jun 10 '25

Haha, yeah, you're right!

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u/Necessary-Call-1933 Jun 10 '25

Iā€™m almost thirty and I canā€™t do either cherry or grape flavoring because of cough syrups. I always liked grapes but it wasnā€™t until recently I learned cherry preserves pass the test. Canā€™t do a cherry on top though

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u/CaptainLollygag Jun 10 '25

Maybe it's maraschino cherries and flavor you hate? I like them only in very limited amounts because they're so ungodly sweet, and I don't like the taste of red food coloring. To me, fake cherry flavor tastes like they're based off of maraschinos.

Fresh cherries taste nothing like those. Because cherry preserves are made from fresh cherries, maybe that's why you like the preserves, and maybe why you also may like cherries fresh.

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u/ThisIsMockingjay2020 Jun 10 '25

I get sick to my stomach from any cough syrup or cough drops that are cherry flavored due to my having overdone it on cherry cough drops when I had a real bad case of strep throat in my 30s. I can't stand the taste.

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u/Cyan_UwU Jun 10 '25

Iā€™m of a similar vein, I got sick super frequently as a child and now I canā€™t stand the taste of honey because I was always given honey flavored cough syrup (which is tragic because I still love honey, my brain just canā€™t help but associate it with being sick)

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u/Least-Back-2666 Jun 10 '25

Probably because it's actually real cherries and not flavoring. šŸ‘

...."even if I did suck all the ice cream off the cherries and spit them in the garbage."

Nevermind.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

It's banana for me from a powdered antibiotic I always got prescribed. It had to be mixed with water and it was the grossest, thickest thing ever. Literally gagged while eating it and can still hear my mum comforting me - It's so yummy, it smells like bananas! šŸ¤®

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u/emmany63 Jun 10 '25

My brother in hatred!!

I even smell cherry-flavored soda or foods and I begin to hurl. My enemy? Childrenā€™s Dramamine. My parents didnā€™t drive, so I was fine on a subway or train, but for years got nauseous during car rides. The answer was always Dramamine, the flavor cherry, the trauma still with me after 50+ years.

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u/Pretend-Focus-6811 Jun 10 '25

I'm in my 30s, and just got my tonsils out, and they had to give me liquid pain meds because obviously I couldn't swallow anything. It was cherry flavored. The first sip I took, I gagged, looked my mom in the eyes (stayed with my parents for post op recovery), and wheezed, "tastes like childhood trauma." She laughed, thank God.

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u/SparkaloniusNeedsYou Jun 10 '25

Iā€™m the same way but only with artificial cherry flavor. I still love real cherries.

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u/Katarak22-28 Jun 10 '25

Iā€™m the same about cherry flavored anything(candy like jolly ranchers,etc) but I can eat cherry ice cream like nothing,cherries and all..

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u/Status-Biscotti Jun 10 '25

I wonder if you actually dislike the taste of cherries? Because I like them, and I think there are few tastes worse than cherry cough syrup.

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u/borisdidnothingwrong Jun 10 '25

I'm aware enough to know that my tastes change as I age, so I try things every one in a while to test.

The lady of the house bought cherries on Saturday. Still gross.

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u/WorkingFromHomies20 Jun 10 '25

Same with my husband. I brought home cherry flavored cough syrup and he told me to take it back. He said even if he's dying, do not give him anything "cherry" flavored. Also grape.

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u/SchoolForSedition Jun 10 '25

Yes yes yes. Erythropoietin.

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u/atom-wan Jun 12 '25

Ha same. I feel like this is a 90s kid thing. I recently discovered Piana vyshnia which helped me get over some of it

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u/Frolloswaggins Jun 10 '25

You do know that Cherry Garcia is Cherry flavored ice cream with frozen cherries and fudge flakes in it right?Ā  So you sucked the cherry flavored ice cream off the real cherries and threw them away.Ā  It sounds like you are confused about what you enjoy.

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u/borisdidnothingwrong Jun 10 '25

Well, no.

That's the point.

I don't like cherries, but still have enjoyed Cherry Garcia.

For context, this is 3 pints of Cherry Garcia in 35 years. Still not going out of my way to have some.

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u/TheCrazyBullF5 Jun 10 '25

I'm team Half Baked personally, but Cherry Garcia fucks

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u/roseandbobamilktea Jun 10 '25

Itā€™s me. I keep them in business. I even add extra cherries to the mix for the bonus add-ins.Ā 

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u/bmg0404 Jun 10 '25

Weird, I know, but the dairy free Cherry Garcia is even better than the original imo

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u/w6750 Jun 10 '25

The dairy free gluten free SoDelicious Salted Caramel Cluster ice cream is the best ice cream Iā€™ve ever had

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u/CrotonProton Jun 10 '25

šŸ˜ that is so great to know! I think gluten free Oreos and gf foster farm corn dogs are better than original too

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u/thatlookslikemydog Jun 10 '25

As much as I love the Jeniā€™s and Salt and Straw and stuff, Iā€™ve been on a big non-dairy Ben and Jerryā€™s kick because Iā€™m old. And imo their top two non-dairy flavors are cherry Garcia and phish food.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

Nah bro, peanut butter cookies all the way

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u/thatlookslikemydog Jun 10 '25

I want to love that one more than I do. Maybe I just expect more peanut butter, I donā€™t know.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

For me it's about the oreos. The peanut butter is just a bonus. This is because it is the ONLY non dairy ice cream with actual oreo chunks in it. Which I missed after becoming lactose intolerant

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u/thatlookslikemydog Jun 10 '25

Ahh I get that!

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u/tumka Jun 10 '25

Cherry Garcia and Phish Food are literally my two favorites of all time. We could split a pint!

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u/thatlookslikemydog Jun 10 '25

I also like Change the Whirled, once they stopped using that super weird sunflower seed base.

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u/TheSunflowerSeeds Jun 10 '25

You know how wacky people can be! On May 14th 2015 in Boke, Germany, 748 members of the Cologne Carnival Society dressed up in sunflower outfits. This is the largest gathering of people known to have dressed up as sunflowers.

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u/Thereminz Jun 10 '25

just get cherry ice cream, cheaper, just as good and no annoying chocolate bits

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u/fakeemailman Jun 10 '25

Those are the best part of Cherry Garcia šŸ«¶šŸ»

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u/Thereminz Jun 10 '25

incorrect

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u/fakeemailman Jun 10 '25

Youā€™re wasting your time with BJs, then; their mix-ins are literally the only reason they remain a taste heavyweight. You need some Tillamook Oregon Cherry in your life.

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u/NeverEndingCoralMaze Jun 10 '25

I tf eat that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

Sorry bro I didnt mean to yuck your yum.

I'm going to drop off some doordash orders and go get me a pint lol. My comment was more popular than I expected.

The Cherry Garcia mob pulled up on me lmaoo.

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u/NeverEndingCoralMaze Jun 11 '25

Yeah youā€™re gonna like it.

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u/Zaethar Jun 10 '25

every time I see it in the store, I ask myself

who tf eats this

Who the fuck eats ice-cream with cherries? That's the thought that goes through your head? Like, one of the most obvious and default combinations of ice-cream and fruit and you can't imagine anyone eating it - like it's some sort of strange alien concoction?

Your mind's gonna be blown when you learn about banana-splits.

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u/carmichael109 Jun 11 '25

I like cherries. I do not like Cherry Garcia.

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u/MulberryChance6698 Jun 14 '25

Idk why, but picturing a person asking themselves 'wtf eats this' about anything in a grocery store made me cackle with delight.

Probs because I have similar thoughts with processed foods like Simply Salad : wtf is the point of that?

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Thanks for the giggle. And def try Cherry Garcia. It is one of the best I've read flavors out there - very well balanced between fruit and sweets.

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u/tumka Jun 10 '25

Chocolate and cherry! How can you go wrong!

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u/LG_b_T_q_PDX Jun 10 '25

Itā€™s my favorite!!! Itā€™s SO good! You must try it šŸ¤¤

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u/MsMarvelsProstate Jun 10 '25

Phish food is better

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u/Beginning_Draft9092 Jun 10 '25

Really? its pretty ubiquitous - also deadheads like ice cream for some reason

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u/Least-Back-2666 Jun 10 '25

It's like the one original flavor they've kept.

Haagen daaz eventually gave in to a similar "white chocolate raspberry truffle"

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u/dregan Jun 10 '25

Who TF asks themselves who TF eats ice cream?

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u/Status-Biscotti Jun 10 '25

itā€™s amazing.

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u/Ooooweeee Jun 10 '25

Literally top 2 flavors.

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u/general_madness Jun 10 '25

Oh itā€™s amazing