French vanilla

Egg-enriched vanilla flavor

French vanilla refers to a style of vanilla flavoring characterized by a rich, custard-like taste.

The "French" indicates the base typically includes egg yolks, as in French-style ice cream, giving it a creamier, more complex flavor than plain vanilla: French vanilla coffee creamer, a scoop of French vanilla.

The term now appears on products regardless of whether eggs are actually involved.

Related

soft serve · latte · sweet · bean · extract · coffee creamer · smooth · rich · Parisian · pastry · baked goods · crème brûlée · buttercream · frosting · milkshake · pudding · scented · candle

Categories
Opposites
flavor complexity/elaboration

French vanillaplain vanilla

Completely standard or ordinary

unflavored · plain · basic · vanilla · unsweetened

flavor type

French vanillachocolate

Sweet from cacao seeds

dark chocolate · strawberry · mint chocolate chip · coffee · salted caramel

metaphorical blandness/excitement

French vanillaexotic

Strikingly unusual, foreign-seeming

adventurous · unconventional · wild · edgy · avant-garde

Family

French, vanilla, Frenchman, Frenchmen, Frenchwoman, Frenchwomen, France, franc, francs

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G