1 LB Organic Madagascar Vanilla Beans Whole Grade A Vanilla Pods for Homemade Vanilla Extract and Baking - 16 Ounces

These vanilla beans were amazing! They came shipped to me in a air tight package. When I opened them, they smelled of heavenly vanilla. None of my beans were dried or damaged in any way. I bought my beans to make homemade vanilla extract. I cut some of them open and they had plenty of the vanilla bean paste inside. They were large and of perfect quality. I think these would be a great addition to any person looking to use vanilla beans for their cooking or craft time. I have heard that beans do not keep well for a prolonged period of time after opened, so you will want to use them fairly quickly so they do not dry out and lessen in quality. There are so many uses for vanilla beans in cooking including making homemade ice cream, vanilla bean scones, cupcakes, cheesecake...Using real vanilla and the real paste from inside a vanilla bean can add so much flavor especially compared to a store bought vanilla extract (especially when compared to imitation vanilla!) Plus then you can feel pretty fancy, hehe. Making your own homemade vanilla extract is a great way to use up beans. Get a jug of vodka (the cheap stuff will work great) and put your beans inside and let them sit for up to 6 months. I bought a half gallon and used all the beans in the purchase for that purpose. Shake the bottle around every couple days, then tada! You can take the beans out and then cut the insides and use the paste for recipes. Heres another idea to use up extra beans for some stovetop potpourri, especially with the fall months coming up. Put cranberries, cinnamon sticks, sliced oranges or tangerines, whole cloves, pine sprigs, a little bit of apple cider or cranberry juice, a vanilla bean or two, and cover with water and simmer. Your house will smell like delicious fall/Christmasy wonderfulness.

I’ve purchased vanilla beans from Vanilla Bean Kings several times from both Amazon and from the VBK website and my order has been perfect every time. I primarily order grade A beans every time but recently I tried grade B beans just to see what the different was and it wasn’t significant. The grade A beans are plumper but the grade B beans were still tender and fragrant. I use a ratio of 8oz of beans to 8oz of vodka and usually wait 12 months to use my extract, although it’s probably very usable at six months. The extract is sweet, spicy, warm, and very fragrant and I’ll never go back to store bought extract. I’ve used both vodka and bourbon and both turn out well but vodka is my personal preference. I’ll continue to shop for my beans from Vanilla Bean Kings because I know I can expect top quality for the price.

I ordered the 16 oz. package of vanilla pods. The bean pods were 7 inches in length, fairly plump, and moist. The pod count was 108. I had them in vodka within 2 hours of receiving them. Shrink wrap was tight to the pods, keeping in the moisture. The wrap and fast shipping probably kept the condition so good, but certainly made this shopper happy. I've ordered smaller quantities from this vendor before and have always been pleased with the products. The resulting extract is flavorful and richly scented.

I've ordered from Vanilla Bean Kings several times as well as some other distributers but have always received a better quality bean from Vanilla Bean Kings and will continue ordering from them. I took a leap and ordered the 1/4 pound package this time and am very pleased I did, my package came as usual packaged very well, beans in a vacuum sealed package and in excellent condition, I weighed the beans after removing them from vacuum pack and they weighed exactly 4 ounces, I received 42 beans that were between 5 1/2" to 6 1/4" in length with good moisture content and were nice and flexible with great fragrance and color. I've attached a photo to my review with the beans on my small 9 1/2" X 13" cutting board showing the beans were of good length and color. I've always been very satisfied with my beans from Vanilla Bean Kings and will continue ordering from them in the future.

I can't say I have a dislike, this is the first time using beans for anything. I am using them for vanilla and after a week the color is changing however it must sit for 18 months I will know better then how things turn out.

Very fresh. Lots in the package and good customer service. I made gifts from the vanilla beans.

This was my first 1/2 lb Madagascar Vanilla purchase. The Vanilla beans were fresh, rich in color, plump, lengthy and had a wonderful fragrance. I scraped the inside of the pods and will be using the seeds for cooking and baking. I am using the scraped pods for making homemade DIY Vanilla extract for the holidays. I am ‘estimating’ approximately 75 +\- Vanilla beans were inside the package. I would definitely recommend and will rebuy this product.

Great price , great looking beans

Excelente!!!! 💓💓💓💓💓Muy bien empacado y las vainas de calidad suprema!

El producto es de muy buena calidad.Calidad A, orgánicabuen precio.Muy recomendable.