Retro “Crazy Vanilla” striped 60s ice cream (1965)
treat from the 60s
crazy cool so delicious
a mind-bender too
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here’s their pitch:
Don’t let the crazy stripes fool you. They’re vanilla too!
Crazy Vanilla looks like crazy because it has red and blue stripes leaping all over the place. But it tastes like vanilla because that’s what it is — vanilla ice cream.
It’s the coolest, craziest flavor ever. And who else but Sealtest could bring you this wacky treat? Start swinging. Pick up on this wild flavor today. Man, like it’s the craziest!
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“Peace and productivity,” said the Sixties. “Let us keep things groovy.”
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 
I don’t think this was sold over here, but I’m sure it would have been popular.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I don’t remember it, but the colors are pretty. 😊
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was it made for people to think there are 3 flavors?
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I was thinking a kid’s birthday party–cupcakes with colored sprinkles and this ice cream. I always go for chocolate though. 😉
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great idea and i am the same
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😊
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“Yum” is my first thought!
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yes, and i guess that it’s as crazy as it gets)
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No ‘crazy vanilla’ ice cream in Australia, we’re not that crazy …
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maybe in the 60s –
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well, I am crazy for vanilla ice cream…
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<3
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Pretty colours. All vanilla? Just colouring then.
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right, and i wonder if is tastes like it has 3 flavors?
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Yeah. Because colours have different tastes. I noticed this when I started cake decorating
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part of that is psychological as well -)
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From the look of the fashions in the ad, I’d say it’s from, oh, 1966-67. 1968 at the latest, but in the more conservative fringes of Sixties fashion.
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good call –
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I was between three and five years old in the ’66-’68 timeframe; I don’t have total recall, of course, and my memory has perhaps been overwritten by documentaries and movies set in the era, but the “look” IS familiar. :)
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Boss, man! Totally rad!
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you got the spirit!
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And groovy, man.
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Vanilla is a passe-partout but with these colours, an extra oomph! (unless they clash with the pie ;-) )
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great point –
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😉
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it would be an interesting experiment to ask people who knew nothing about this ice cream, what flavors they tasted, based on what it looked like. I wonder how many would say they tasted flavors other than vanilla. Perception is everything!
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Red Vanilla is vanilla with additives though…… food colourings I guess. Silly really :-)
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I don’t remember this ice cream but I’m sure I would have liked it. Vanilla is always a favorite and a little food coloring wouldn’t have changed that.
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I’ve never heard of Crazy Vanilla ice cream. But how cool, far-out and groovy this ice cream must have been. I loved this trip back to the sixties. (Puns in this comment intended.)
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