- Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Bean Paste for Baking and Cooking, 32 Ounce Bottle

I will NEVER run out of this. This vanilla quickly became a permanent part of my kitchen. If you are used to alcohol based vanilla extract, you are in for a serious treat. And if you've been getting the cheap stuff at the grocery store, you are in for the vanilla heaven surprise of your LIFE! I bought this with one intention - I wanted to make vanilla whipped cream for pancakes and waffles (YUM!), and found that vanilla extract affected the flavor and texture of the cream with the alcohol taste. This has no alcohol and is much more concentrated in flavor and body. So . . . .after having a culinary orgasm with the vanilla whipped cream waffle . . . . I poured the rest of my mix into my fresh roasted coffee. O. M. G. To die for. Holy crap, there IS a food god and she (yes, she) blessed all of us with this amazing product. Ok, so then my wife and I both got a bit obsessed with this vanilla flavor and started experimenting and putting it in everything. Here are some other uses we didn't think of at first but turned out to be absolutely AWESOME: * Mix with cinnamon and maple syrup and spread on toast or French toast * Mix in a tablespoon into cola for the most AMAZING vanilla soda * Add some to bread or cake - it works great in a breadmaker machine without affecting the recipe * Mix with coconut oil and coffee grinds to make an amazing vanilla latte body scrub (my wife's idea) * Add to your smoothie. * Pour over ice cream * Make the most fantastic home-made ice cream - We use either raw milk cream or coconut cream with sugar and this vanilla in our Cuisinart ice cream maker So there ya have it, our best ideas for vanilla pleasure. Out of all the uses, my favorite is mixing this with cream in my coffee and laugh at how Starbucks doesn't even come close to how amazing my morning coffee is (: If you found my review helpful, please vote with a thumbs up below (

Love this and it smells so good I only use this and get a couple at the same time cause I don’t want to run out

I used this to make my own sugar-free Vanilla Syrup for coffee. Great flavor and concentrated and smells divine! Can’t wait to try it on cookies. It does have a small amount of sugar, but I make my syrup with a Monk fruit/Allulose combination.

This vanilla paste is 200% better than using any other form of vanilla in baking and cooking. This large container lasts years and is worth every penny in the pure vanilla taste you get. Yum!

So flavorful, and the smell is intoxicating!

I was introduced to this vanilla paste several years ago in our local kitchen specialty store while attending a cinnamon roll making class and loved the flavor that it brought to the food. This bottle is my 3rd or 4th purchase and it has never disappointed. I love the rich vanilla flavor that it brings to my food, something that imitation vanilla just can't match. The vanilla bean flecks are a nice touch, too, to see in the foods where they are visible. (I also use a clear vanilla for those foods where I don't want the flecks but that's a different product review -- for most foods, it either doesn't matter or enhances the final product.) I can unequivocably recommend this product! Since I was introduced to this product, there have been several other competitors pop up with what look to be comparable products; however, I like this one so much that I've not tried those competitor's products so your mileage may vary. For me, I'm sticking with this tried-and-true vanilla bean paste. Try it once and despite the higher price over artificial vanilla, you'll fall in love with the richer flavor profile and not go back to the cheaper stuff.

I am a repeat buyer for decades

Nielsen Massey vanilla.....I mean, you can't go wrong with this. The paste is FULL of those glorious little seeds that makes any vanilla bean recipe look so appealing and professional. For beginner bakers, this stuff is much stronger than the extract. It's the in between when you want a strong vanilla presence but don't want to deal with the expense and tasks of the vanilla bean. My advise, this stuff can go fast so unless you're actually trying to achieve the strong presence of vanilla in your product, do yourself a favor and switch to the extract. Also, keep in mind that the seeds ARE going to be shown in your product so if you like to flavor your fondant for example, if you use this, the seeds will be obvious. Although I kinda like how elegant that looks (maybe not for a child's cake). This comes in a pretty hefty glass jar so hopefully you're not clumsy. My only qualm that I should've thought of is that there's no easy way to get a good measurement out of this. It's an open mouth glass jar with a syrupy and expensive substance. Using a measuring spoon will only result in having to scrape it off of the spoon to get all of it. And you WANT to not waste this. I actually had to order a food syringe. Twice. I'm looking for a third one. The first one is skinny and fits in the jar but not long enough to go all the way the bottom of the jar. The second one is long but too fat to fit in the mouth of the jar. T_T. So don't do like me, look at the measurements before you order one.