Our Family came to Betty Raeâs Saturday evening. Our experience was NOT good. We expected a line as thatâs pretty typical. While standing in line, we saw a girl with an ice cream cone go to the trash can and dump her ice cream off of the cone into the trash. I commented to my son, âwhy would she waste perfectly good ice cream? If she wanted just the cone I wonder why she didnât just order that?â Well. Fast forward to us getting our ice cream and I COMPLETELY understood why. There were 4 of us. My son ordered the Creme BruleĂ© , my husband ordered the Peanut Butter, I ordered the Butter Pecan, my daughter in law ordered mint chip. Out of 4 of us, two of those ice creams were absolutely inedible. Like SO bad. When my son said he could not eat his I thought he was just being dramatic. Then I tasted it. Vile. So bitter. It didnât taste anything like crĂšme BrĂ»lĂ©e - all you could taste was bitter. My husband takes a bite of his and says his was awful too. I take them inside and am tell the worker politely that I need to switch these flavors out because theyâre not edible. I explain something must be wrong with them like maybe theyâre rancid or something. He remarks, âWere they like really bitter?â I am like YES, you knew they were?! He explains theyâve changed suppliers and that several of the flavors had that issue. WHY ARE YOU GUYS SELLING ICE CREAM YOU KNOW IS BITTER AND TASTES TERRIBLE?!! We paid $24 plus tip for half of us to have this experience and to stand in a long line to get this. I donât mind a line if itâs quality food but I definitely do when itâs garbage and you know that youâre serving that to people. In this economy when so many have cut back on extras like dining out, etc. Ice Cream shouldnât be one of those cuts and ice cream should never be bitter.
The gluten free vegan cones are the only plus worth mentioning here.
Betty Raeâs used to be good once upon a time. Guess quality went out the window when their business grew.