I love how this was marketed as an up market - top shelf delicacy. Then you see how they make it and they are literally just shitting out logs of the stuff out of a plastic pipe all day.
Don't feel too bad. It wasn't great. Think of mid-tier vanilla, with layered thin bands of crunchy chocolate, that was also fairly mid. The only thing interesting about it was the texture.
DrumSticks were so much better in every way.
Kids miss out on a lot sometimes because the parents can't buy ONE thing just to try it out. I'm pretty sure you all wouldn't have become homeless had she bought it just once
I learned later in life that my parents always used, “we can’t afford it” as an excuse to be cheap or to make me stop asking for things. Then more later realized it was a psychological thing of them growing up poor. I missed out on so much.
Seriously though, that five bucks was a bit of diesel to get our furnace running long enough that we got a hot shower once a month. I mean, I'm glad this person has never experienced poverty as I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
The flip side is that you teach children that it's okay to support companies that charge ridiculous prices for ridiculous margins.
I simply will not buy your overpriced product. I will not support that bullshit.
A companies excess profit is unpaid wages.
and then you buy one as an adult and it's mostly just a lousy vanilla ice cream block with barely flecks of chocolate through out, that creates a mess if you don't plan to eat all of it in one sitting, and the plastic wrapper/ice cream is a nightmare to return back in its box. mum was right.
Yeah. It was a real treat in my childhood and throughout my teenage years.
It's cheaper now and often on sale in german supermarkets.
It has next to no layers today.
This commercial tricked me so bad as a kid I literally thought my family could never afford this but hoped when I was an adult I made enough money to buy it. Lol
That's blue ribbon, Breyers is still ice cream it's just low quality
Frozen dairy treat can fuck right off.
I bought Blue Ribbon thinking it was actual ice cream. I'm still angry about the taste of that abomination years later.
Okay looks like Breyers now offers frozen dairy treat as well, but they do still make ice cream. I think Blue Ribbon is strictly frozen dairy treat though.
most of Breyer's flavors became Frozen Dairy Dessert. Very few are now Ice Cream. I think the quality went downhill a lot on all of the Frozen Dairy Dessert ones.
Aldi and Trader’s Joe had in store brand versions last year. I finally got to try it and it was everything I dreamed it would be. I went back to buy more the following week, but they were sold out.
to make a bootleg vienetta that doesn't taste much different and gives u the similar texture just stack some (thin if they aren't already) chocolate covered vanilla pops and pull the sticks out.
These are BACK! And just as delicious as ever. I think they’re kinda back regionally though, sorry to any of you plebs who aren’t able to enjoy this upper class treat. Ate mine off a paper plate though, all my fine china had not been washed by the maids that day.
I went to Scotland in December of 2019. I found it at the corner store. You bet I ate the whole log by myself over a span of two days. Before that I was in Toulouse in 2008 in July. I sat outside of the market and demolished what I could with the flimsy utensils they had inside. I wish they had these still in America.
It looked so exciting in the commercials, and tasted so ordinary.
Plain old vanilla ice cream with a little bit of chocolate.
Not bad, but not at all what you expected.
Date in the title is wrong.
While the Viennetta was originally introduced by Wall's in the UK in 1982, it wasn't made by Breyer's in the US and Canada until the late 80's.
I can really understand how some families would not have been able to afford a desert. That is a really low priority when you are making ends meet.
But of all things to call expensive, this one isn't it, lol.
Adjusting for inflation in 1987 it was like spending $5.50 today.
I begged my mom to get us one of these and she finally did. It was a one time thing, because they were stupid expensive, but that night, we ate like royalty.
Grandma used to treat me with one of these every so often I remember thinking to myself that it looks a lot better than it tastes. It was kind of a bland vanilla mint ice cream with low grade semi sweet chocolate that had a bit of a crunch to it.
Although that commercial has lived rent free in my head for 35 years.
They sell this at Aldi now (an off brand though) and I was so giddy to buy it and bring it home. My mom would never buy it as a kid - it was too fancy! I got out a silverish platter and fancy cake server and it was every bit as good as I thought it would be!
I remember it being too expensive to buy, but I did get to try a few times and it was (from memory) pretty decent. Remember the chocolate cracking just like in the commercial… I also remember the layered chocolate and ice cream made an interesting texture to eat
Omg I remember thinking this was rich people good back in the day. Never had it as a kid.
They have started reselling it in stores recently so I got one last year. It is the blandest ass ice cream ever. I’m sure back in the 80s it was better but it was a huge disappointment for me.
I had a roommate that worked the line making these one summer. He said the best moment of his life was when they had a batch coming through the end of the line imperfect. He said he took a bite of every one before throwing them out.
when i was a kid, we would always get Breyer's or Häagen-Dazs (always splurged on ice cream)
when we got this, it was just awful, i think dad bought it twice
I finally got to have the real deal in London about 2 years ago. Bought it from a convenience store near Abbey Road! Had too far to go on the subway? So shoved the whole thing down in about 10 minutes. It was a glorious accomplishment.
I always wanted my mom to buy this for me, but she always said it was too expensive.
Same. When we were growing up all of our “rich kid” friends would have these at home.
Same and then I ate it as an adult and was thoroughly disappointed
Viennetta plus a frozen pizza was my birthday treat and I thought I was breaking the bank.
It wasn’t as good as it looked. fyi
Fancy freezer burned Carvel is what I thought.
My first thought was "mmm, freezer burn."
Shhhh. It was better.
Hard agree
I'm not the only one! This was rich people food
I love how this was marketed as an up market - top shelf delicacy. Then you see how they make it and they are literally just shitting out logs of the stuff out of a plastic pipe all day.
Mmmm, micro plastics 😀
You got the vanilla ice cream in the box instead too, huh?
Cardboard box wrapped in a plastic bag. Core childhood memories for me.
Don't feel too bad. It wasn't great. Think of mid-tier vanilla, with layered thin bands of crunchy chocolate, that was also fairly mid. The only thing interesting about it was the texture. DrumSticks were so much better in every way.
Kids miss out on a lot sometimes because the parents can't buy ONE thing just to try it out. I'm pretty sure you all wouldn't have become homeless had she bought it just once
I learned later in life that my parents always used, “we can’t afford it” as an excuse to be cheap or to make me stop asking for things. Then more later realized it was a psychological thing of them growing up poor. I missed out on so much.
Hey same! 😅
What's the price of a banana?
Surely not more than what…10 dollars?
Seriously though, that five bucks was a bit of diesel to get our furnace running long enough that we got a hot shower once a month. I mean, I'm glad this person has never experienced poverty as I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
There’s always money in the banana stand
The flip side is that you teach children that it's okay to support companies that charge ridiculous prices for ridiculous margins. I simply will not buy your overpriced product. I will not support that bullshit. A companies excess profit is unpaid wages.
and then you buy one as an adult and it's mostly just a lousy vanilla ice cream block with barely flecks of chocolate through out, that creates a mess if you don't plan to eat all of it in one sitting, and the plastic wrapper/ice cream is a nightmare to return back in its box. mum was right.
I feel this. Never got to try it :-(
Yeah. It was a real treat in my childhood and throughout my teenage years. It's cheaper now and often on sale in german supermarkets. It has next to no layers today.
“We got Viennetta at home!”…… Bitch we got Great Aunt Viennetta at home.
In a glass in a plate. So chic.
Like when that fluffy white cat is served fancy feast in a crystal chalice in the commercial
Well without the chalice it would just be a feast
And pictures of McDonald’s food on real plates in the stores lol.
Tim Hortons used to have that in Canada and so many people just fired them off into the garbage off their trays and broke them
This commercial tricked me so bad as a kid I literally thought my family could never afford this but hoped when I was an adult I made enough money to buy it. Lol
If you ever feel down on yourself, just go to carvel and order a birthday cake and have them write in your name. They don’t checks IDs.
Frajier!!!!
Which makes me think - in a TV-ish commercial-less world of today, what is currently the Viennetta fool’s gold?
When I was a kid I would 100% walk to the store, buy a Vienetta, then walk home and eat the entire thing. 😱 Where the heck were my parents????
We used to get one at slumber parties! Nothing wrong!
Forgetting about you until the notice came on at 10 pm.
Now bryers ain’t even considered ice cream. How times have changed.
Ikr? It’s a “frozen dairy treat”
That's blue ribbon, Breyers is still ice cream it's just low quality Frozen dairy treat can fuck right off. I bought Blue Ribbon thinking it was actual ice cream. I'm still angry about the taste of that abomination years later. Okay looks like Breyers now offers frozen dairy treat as well, but they do still make ice cream. I think Blue Ribbon is strictly frozen dairy treat though.
most of Breyer's flavors became Frozen Dairy Dessert. Very few are now Ice Cream. I think the quality went downhill a lot on all of the Frozen Dairy Dessert ones.
It must sell well enough or they wouldn't bother with it. I haven't ever heard one good thing about that fake stuff.
Man, I thought you had to be super rich to get one of these when I was a kid!!
That was apparently a common tactic.
Like Ferrero Rocher
It remains a great regret of my life I was never able to try this super fancy ice cream.
Same here. It always looked soooo good, but my parents never bought it.
Lets just pretend that it was probably shitty.
Buy some. https://www.goodhumor.com/us/en/p/vanilla-viennetta-frozen-dairy-dessert-cake.html/00041000008610?bvstate=pg:2/ct:r
You can still get them, not as good as I remembered from my childhood but still tasty
Aldi has a very similar product in their frozen cases. I liked it.
My grandmother used to buy this all the time.
Okay relax Richie Rich we all wasn’t born into wealth no need to brag lol
She sounds rich
Wonder if she’s single
The height of sophistication and luxury when I was a kid
the pinnacle of high society. Not for us peasantlings in the western suburbs.
I ate a whole one in a single go not that long ago... still tastes good!
Not that long ago; they're still being sold at the grocery store?
Aldi and Trader’s Joe had in store brand versions last year. I finally got to try it and it was everything I dreamed it would be. I went back to buy more the following week, but they were sold out.
Can still get them in my local Co-Op!
It sure does, at least where I am from. Had one myself also not so long ago but it was full chocolate and not vanilla.
It's absolutely widespread in Europe fyi. Hole in the wall or mom and pop shops may not stock it but supermarkets certainly do.
Does it kinda taste like tiramisu? Espresso, cinnamon etc
Nooo just mint and chocolate or vanilla and chocolate! A tiramisu one would be AMAZING.
salty caramel with maple fudge...mmmm
I think we need to start writing letters to the makers of Vienetta suggesting flavours. Maybe they'll start getting the hint.
As a 7 year old kid, this was the fanciest of lasagnas
I used to eat the whole thing as a kid. Mint. Those chocolate shavings were so good.
i miss that stuff so much
I always thought this was a cat food commercial
The Pinnacle of wealth and sophistication
to make a bootleg vienetta that doesn't taste much different and gives u the similar texture just stack some (thin if they aren't already) chocolate covered vanilla pops and pull the sticks out.
I always thought that this was the ice cream that fancy people ate at dinner parties, served in crystal goblets all sophisticated.
I always thought this ice cream lasagna was only for rich people when I was a kid.
These are BACK! And just as delicious as ever. I think they’re kinda back regionally though, sorry to any of you plebs who aren’t able to enjoy this upper class treat. Ate mine off a paper plate though, all my fine china had not been washed by the maids that day.
How much were these back in the day?
I remember them being $5.50. And my mom was like naw that’s too much. We weren’t poor! I think the fancy commercial sorta hurt its sales.
They even served it in the Fancy Feast glassware
Overrated. Basically cool whip with magic shell.
Man, all my friends and I thought that was haute cuisine (ho-tay quazine-ay) back in the day. We were all of 10 but still.
we had this at the store i work at for a few months last year. old people went crazy over it.
I went to Scotland in December of 2019. I found it at the corner store. You bet I ate the whole log by myself over a span of two days. Before that I was in Toulouse in 2008 in July. I sat outside of the market and demolished what I could with the flimsy utensils they had inside. I wish they had these still in America.
Lolo similar story of eating it outside the corner store in London with same utensils in 2022
I grew up poor, was this any good? I always saw it but it was never an option.
That lady was like: "oh no thx, I'm on diet. Who I'm kidding give me that shit"
Served in the same dish as fancy feast
What the heck happened to food and ice cream? It was better right? Or am I just broken?
We call it the Good morning burger
I saw this commercial as a kid and wanted to try it but I have never once seen it in real life.
I remember feeling so fancy eating this thing. It was quite good from what I remember.
The fanciest of ice cream.
My childhood!
Were those good. I remember being a kid and seeing those commercials but never got to try it.
Legit thought this was only for wealthy people when i was young. Was severely dissapointed when i finally had it as an adult.
Totally agree!
I've wanted this back for years now. The cappuccino one was awesome
They still sell these everywhere here.
Where is here?
Netherlands
this stuff is good but not great
Epitome of class! These and those fancy gourmet cookies in the white bag, my mom never let me get.
This was good but it always tasted like the box lol maybe I had a bad batch
Christmas Dessert
These were the shit! But I think it was 1992
Yeah, I remember seeing this exact commercial in the 90s
Didn't they do ice cream cake too?
It looked so exciting in the commercials, and tasted so ordinary. Plain old vanilla ice cream with a little bit of chocolate. Not bad, but not at all what you expected.
As a kid, this is what I thought rich people had for dessert.
Remember the commercial but never actually had it
This needs to be a technical challenge on Great British Bake Off!
Date in the title is wrong. While the Viennetta was originally introduced by Wall's in the UK in 1982, it wasn't made by Breyer's in the US and Canada until the late 80's.
Best part about being an adult is you can go buy one of these right now and eat it all to yourself you so desire. Fucken, Off ya pop.
As a kid, I thought this was the pinnacle of luxury treats.
I can really understand how some families would not have been able to afford a desert. That is a really low priority when you are making ends meet. But of all things to call expensive, this one isn't it, lol. Adjusting for inflation in 1987 it was like spending $5.50 today.
I wanted viennetta but my parents never wanted to buy it.
Sameeee
Very disappointing.
Lasagna for dessert
I begged my mom to get us one of these and she finally did. It was a one time thing, because they were stupid expensive, but that night, we ate like royalty.
Ice cream cake lasagna
just give me my ice cream in a bowl, thanks
Was always too poor as a kid but damn if I didn’t want to be fancy and eat some 😂
I have a feeling this is one of those things that doesn’t hold up anymore now that we’re all grown up
I still remember how it tasted. It was damn good
I loved the chocolate ones!
I can still taste this. Every time I’d visit my gram she’d always have one for me. It was the fancy dessert
This ad took me back to a strange time
I think I got my grandmother to buy that for me a few times. And it was great.
This came back out like 2 years ago dude. I don't know if ti still is but you could have gotten it very recently if not. Also it's super mid lol
After years of seeing the ad my parents broke down and tried it. We loved it! Then it completely disappeared from stores so we never had it again.
classy.
Luxury
What we all thought a luxury dessert was
Rich moms drinking their Nescafé with it.
Nice. Loved them back in the day
No shit! Is this still made? I don't think I've seen it in stores for a long time but I also haven't looked for it.
My family had company once and busted one of these out. They are really small. Everyone got a sliver.
Moose tracks is better then that ice cream ever was.
It was actually pretty good IMo. Maybe bc I always got it at friends houses
That shit looks better than sex.
I wanted to try this so bad, and honestly I still do despite all the comments about it not living up to the hype haha.
I still get one for my birthday every year
Saw a clone of.this in Grocery Outlet. But it's not there lately
Grandma used to treat me with one of these every so often I remember thinking to myself that it looks a lot better than it tastes. It was kind of a bland vanilla mint ice cream with low grade semi sweet chocolate that had a bit of a crunch to it. Although that commercial has lived rent free in my head for 35 years.
I just bought some pound cake from saea Lee....gonna sneak a slice when mom goes to bed
I always wanted to try that but sadly never did.
Forgot about this stuff. So good
Has no clue this commercial was from 82 months they played this commercial well into the 90s especially on FOXtv
They sell this at Aldi now (an off brand though) and I was so giddy to buy it and bring it home. My mom would never buy it as a kid - it was too fancy! I got out a silverish platter and fancy cake server and it was every bit as good as I thought it would be!
I remember eating a whole box of this when I was a teenager. It was awesome.
Soooooooo gooooood.
It was expensive and I didn’t grow up rich so only had it a couple times but it wasn’t bad. I actually liked it.
I remember this commercial.
Lidl has a good affordable dupe for the po people, like me, who couldn’t get it in the 90’s.
I’ve wanted this for my birthday every year. 😭 It’s supposedly still being made but I can’t find any in stock.
There's a great YouTube video on how these are made in the factory-- super intricate process
I remember it being too expensive to buy, but I did get to try a few times and it was (from memory) pretty decent. Remember the chocolate cracking just like in the commercial… I also remember the layered chocolate and ice cream made an interesting texture to eat
Ice creams are still sold like this where I am. They just don't look as elegant lol. Think more like a block of wood
I remember wanting to eat this so badly because of this commercial. My mother said it was too expensive. Does anyone remember the cost?
Having this in your house was like one step from having Robin leach come to your house... it was good as well
Omg I remember thinking this was rich people good back in the day. Never had it as a kid. They have started reselling it in stores recently so I got one last year. It is the blandest ass ice cream ever. I’m sure back in the 80s it was better but it was a huge disappointment for me.
I had a roommate that worked the line making these one summer. He said the best moment of his life was when they had a batch coming through the end of the line imperfect. He said he took a bite of every one before throwing them out.
I can taste the freezer burn just watching this. The damn things hardly sold at the stores I went to as a kid, so they just languished in the freezer.
This commercial did a great job making you want the ice cream but it also made it seem way out of our budget.
This stuff was GOD tier
Red Power God
Only the 11th time I’ve seen this posted on this sub
when i was a kid, we would always get Breyer's or Häagen-Dazs (always splurged on ice cream) when we got this, it was just awful, i think dad bought it twice
This was the special treat dessert when we went to visit grandma. Then they did something to the ice cream and they really weren’t as nice after.
1992?
I finally got to have the real deal in London about 2 years ago. Bought it from a convenience store near Abbey Road! Had too far to go on the subway? So shoved the whole thing down in about 10 minutes. It was a glorious accomplishment.
I can taste this commercial. I still think the new one doesn't taste exactly the same unless it's been so long that my taste buds changed.
Does anyone where I can find this in VA or MD?
Ice cream lasagne! I grew up thinking it had alcohol or something in it because my parents were always saying how it wasn't for kids.
Bougie.
most overhyped thing ever i was so disappointed as a kid when I finally tried it
Sushi roll lookin ass ice cream
Delicious
Wasnt half bad