Vanilla beans, extract, and paste ... oh my! Here's how to choose between these three products when it comes to baking cakes ...

You can substitute vanilla bean paste for vanilla extract in 1:1 ratio. So, if a recipe calls for one teaspoon of vanilla extract, you can use one teaspoon of vanilla bean paste.

Whole milk, pearl tapioca, and vanilla bean paste cook slowly to perfection in this classic homemade tapioca pudding recipe.

Vanilla ice cream and vanilla bean paste blend together for the ultimate classic vanilla milkshake.

Vanilla extract is in nearly every baking recipe. But where does vanilla extract even come from? And what's the best type to buy?

Heilala Vanilla Bean Paste is responsibly grown, incredibly potent, and destined to improve all of your holiday cookies.

A guide to what vanilla is, the different forms it takes as an ingredient, and why you should never buy imitation vanilla extract.

From top, vanilla in its various permutations: a meringue twist in a pool of vanilla bean paste and vanilla wafer cookies beneath a whole Tahitian vanilla bean. Photograph by Melody Melamed.

Plus, just one teaspoon of this syrupy paste is equivalent in taste to one vanilla bean. You can use it in any recipe that calls for vanilla essence or extract, substituting it in the same quantities.