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 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.

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.

These beans are juicy and lots of fat ones. I have purchased them at least 4 times now and they are always great! I'm about to order another pound of them. I put 16 ounces into a gallon jar filled with 80 proof alcohol. This makes the BEST Vanilla Extract!

These are great, we made our own vanilla. I just wish you could choose to get a pack with a bunch (50) thin beans, or way less (25) fat beans. Because not knowing makes it hard to estimate prices to split with friends.

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

I've never bought vanilla beans online so I was a bit worried. I was very pleased with the product. It came vacuum sealed and the beans were exactly as described. Plump, rich perfect vanilla beans. The smell was amazing. I'm definitely going to order from this source again. (Oh, and I double checked the weight. It was exactly what I should get. I appreciate that level of precision. The kind of care that creates that level of precision implies care in other aspects as well.)

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

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