FITNCLEAN HERBS AND SPICES Certified USDA Organic Madagascar Vanilla Beans Grade B. 10 count

This is my third time purchasing these vanilla beans and I have not been disappointed. They are great quality and they taste amazing! I use them to make my own vanilla extract and have gifted many bottles and always get rave reviews. The price for them is great and they last. They were vacuumed sealed upon arrival and the size and quantity received was exactly as described.

I tried Tahitian beans to make vanilla extract using various spirits: Rum, Bourbon, Vodka, and Vodka plus grain alcohol. I did a similar test with these beans from Madagascar (i.e., Malagasy beans). I let the mixtures age for eight months. The results, in all cases, were that these Malagasy beans were far superior in color, aroma, and taste; hence, the reason I gave these Malagasy beans five stars. So, if you are buying vanilla beans for making your own vanilla extract, I would strongly recommend avoiding the Tahitian beans. Next, for spirits, the best one (so far) is bourbon. It generates a great color, great aroma, and great flavor. I've tried both Evans Black and Evans Bonded with these Malagasy beans (some Grade B, some Grade A), and they produce excellent vanilla extract. Remember, you have to let them age for at least 30 days, and I would say a minimum of 90 days. I have one bottle that I've been aging since Sep 1, 2020, and it is awesome! In short, I pretty much go for the Grade A Malagasy beans and put about six of these in an 8.5-ounce, square-glass, sealable bottle and fill it with Evans Black or Evans Bonded. Then just let them age! I hope the above helps. If you've done some experiments yourself, please add your comments. I would enjoy reading them.

Love it! I wanted it to make my own vanilla extract for cooking and to make vanilla syrup for my coffee and turns out works good to make cream soda pop. Plan to order more soon!!

For the price, I think these were a very good deal! They were $12.99 (Prime free shipping) when I purchase them in Oct 2023. I see from some of the other reviews that these might be hit or miss. But for me, I was happy with what I received. They smell amazing, the strong vanilla scent wafted right through the packaging! I'd say they are 'medium plump'. They're definitely not skinny and dried up, but they are also not the most plump largest vanilla beans I've ever had either. They fall somewhere in the middle. Again, I think for the price point they are perfect. Especially when you consider how much one single vanilla bean costs in most grocery stores! So far I used 1 vanilla bean to make some vanilla simple syrup. It turned out terrific. Then I cut it up & put the used vanilla bean in a small jar of natural sugar. It's been sitting there for about 2 weeks, whenever I open the jar, it smells amazing. It's a great way to reuse vanilla beans.

Got these to make vanilla custard and the smell is so lovely. The beans were long and had a good amount of seeds. Definitely recommend it to buy in bulk rather than individual if you bake a lot. You can also make infused vanilla buttercream, vanilla extract, vanilla sugar cookies, custard for fruit tart, etc..

I absolutely love these for making homemade vanilla. They come well packaged and fresh. The size of the beans are perfect and they smell so good. They are awesome for making homemade icecream or anything that takes fresh vanilla. I definitely will be ordering more. Great seller, packaged good and fast shipping.

The thickness of each bean pod varied but all had plenty of seeds. I used my recent order to make vanilla extract. Worked beautifully. Rich vanilla flavor.

These were awesome!!! I made two types of homemade vanilla extract, one with vodka, the other makers mark whiskey, these beans worked very well for both, since it was my first attempt, having the ingredients work THE FIRST TIME mattered. Upon arrival they were vacume sealed, when I cut the pkg. as well as the beans, the vanilla smell was AMAZING and they were moist. I REALLY APPRECIATE the product being as described, pkged well, and delivered promptly. I would recommend this item and the seller.

these vanilla beans are fresh, plump and full of vanilla seeds. I will say though that if you are making vanilla extract in 8oz bottles, you have to trim some of them to fit, but not by much. Overall, a great purchase and I'm excited to see how the extract turns out a year or so from now (I used spiced rum for one batch and weisers special blend for the other)

I made my own and have extract so much better than the store by I bought a 26 zero vodka and I bought two packages of beans in there and it works perfectly. I didn’t sit for two years. It’s awesome stuff.

I bought these Madagascar Vanilla Beans to continue or extend my vanilla extract but I've been making since March of 2019. Because vanilla is perpetual you can keep adding your alcohol of choice and vanilla beans and it'll go on forever. I haven't opened up the package yet but I can literally smell the vanilla beans through the package so I know that they're pretty potent with their flavor in aroma and the package (although sealed) is pliable which indicates that they are not dried out. They seem quite meaty so they're full of the caviar.

Made vanilla cottage cheese ice cream and the taste is fantastic!

The beans are about 6" long, oily and somewhat soft. That's about where the goodness ends. I have had beans with the paste removed that had much more flavour and smell than these. They are cheap for a reason. I don't know how but they've been stripped.