Customer Reviews

Nielsen-Massey Vanillas 8-oz. Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract

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this is hands down the best vanilla I have ever tasted! the flavor is intense too, so you don't really have to use as much - it is well worth the price and will make all your baking that much better! The grocery store vanillas, even the pure one's, leave a weird aftertaste and have an odd flavor whereas this has a true rich wonderful vanilla aroma and taste because of the cold processing.

It would be difficult to find a better pure extract than this Nielsen-Massey offering. Like several other reviewers here, I use a lot of this product in baking. Over the years I have used quite a number of different brands, some out of necessity, and some out of curiosity. I have yet to find a better one than this! I do not want to sound like a snob, but the few dollars extra you pay for the real thing is worth it. I cringe when I see the imitation vanilla on the shelves of grocery stores, as I know how much difference the flavor of the final product will be when using it.

Quite often, even with the better grocery store brands, you get a strange and rather unpleasant after taste. Not so with this stuff! It should also be noted that the flavor here is extremely intense, so slightly smaller amounts are called for in some recipes.

It always seems a shame to me to got to all the trouble of making a cake, or any dish for that matter, and not strive for perfection, giving it up for a relatively few saved cents.

In addition to cooking needs, I have found that if you moisten the tip of your finger just slightly with this product, and rub just a small amount in a small area on the bulb of your bedside lamp, you get the most marvelous and sensual aroma...not overwhelming, but just slightly lingering. Wow!

I really cannot see how you can go wrong here. The price is equivalent to what I have been paying locally and an 8 oz bottle will last quite some time with reasonable use.

I have used the Nielsen Massey pure vanilla extract for years - do a lot of cake baking - and it is absolutely the very best to be bought. It is pricey but I can assure you, it is worth the money. The cheaper stuff won't do a fine home baked cake justice.

This is nice vanilla but the price is a bit shocking. I bought the exact same vanilla at Cost Plus for about $7.00 a few years ago. I would check with them first before buying here.

I've tried others, even making my own. This was a superior products for all my baking projects.

Really worth the extra, can always tell when I am out of this item, really makes the baked product stand out.

Awesome flavor and strength. One of the best. The only vanilla that compares would be a Tahitian vanilla, and that only if made with the same quality.
I was surprised by the price, but purchased this product anyway... and was even MORE surprised when TWO bottles arrived. I am fairly certain this isn't a mistake, but rather that the product description fails to mention that the price is for 2 bottles, not just one.

Best vanilla I've ever found. Wegman's used to carry it but stopped, so I searched online. It is worth it.

This is my favorite vanilla. I haven't tried any other brand of real vanilla, though. i'm only comparing this to anything I've bought at the grocery store. Real vanilla makes all the difference in your baking & cooking. Chocolate chip cookies went from ok to phenomenal. Whipped cream made from real cream, sugar & real vanilla....absolutely divine. You won't regret it!

Using high quality Vanilla extract makes a difference in baking. Nielsen-Massey is well worth the extra expense for the extraordinary depth of flavor it provides to cakes, cookies, custards, whipped cream, etcetera.