The key to a good vanilla anything (be it cake, ice cream, or, as is the case here, frosting) is getting the vanilla notes ...

But options from popular brands are certainly not one and the same. To find the best store-bought vanilla frosting, I headed to the grocery store and prepared to put some popular brands to the test.

Dunkin's apple-crumb doughnut was too sweet for me. Between the vanilla icing, crumbs, and gooey apple filling, Dunkin's apple-crumb doughnut was too sweet for me. I also thought the filling was ...