Uncle Dan’s, Creamy Ranch | Singles Case – 12 Count (Pack of 1)

So we were at my parents' house and I was plowing through my second bowl of salad when I said "Mom, this salad is sooo good! This ranch is really good. Is this the same old ranch?" And she said "No, it's Uncle Dan's, I've been buying it since you were a kid?" And I'm like "Mom, I'm 47 years old and I've never even HEARD of Uncle Dan's, how is this possible?" But, I digress.... This ranch is so delicious. And, as a chronic sufferer of ORD (Obsessive Ranch Disorder), I would donate a kidney to keep this yummy ranch in my kitchen for everything from salads to pizza to chicken to saltine crackers. Maybe that explains my extra 10 pounds?!

Theeeee best ranch.

This has a lot of chemicals but I am addicted!

We got used to Uncle Dans when we lived on the west coast. Moved to Georgia and couldn’t buy it here. Finally found it on Amazon! And my whole family loves it! 5 households eat it! I use it for Christmas stockings and birthdays!!

I'm especially pleased that using this brand & variation 'Creamy Ranch' with light mayo, yogurt & buttermilk produced a dressing that didn't get runny as buttermilk ones tend to. The flavor was excellent & mild - which I prefer. I'd never heard of the Uncle Dan brand before. Glad I tried it! Also pleased the cost was more affordable than the sharp increase in Hidden Valley packets.

Original Uncle Dans is the best. Been ordering it from Ohio sine I moved here from Washington!!

I've been trying to reduce waste and packaging, so started making my own ranch dressing with mixes vs buying in single use plastic bottles. I started out with Hidden Valley Ranch mix packs (we are all creatures of habit), but when the store was out, I saw this and bought it instead. What a serendipitous moment! I've never gone back. Dan's has so much of a 'cleaner' flavor than Hidden Valley mixes, and 10 times more than their bottled variety. In fact, a few months ago I ran out of Dan's packs to make my own, so bought a bottle of H.V. to get by for a bit, and was surprised that it totally grossed me out when I used it. It was a gloppy meh, with an aftertaste of chemical wastewater. That's when I started buying Uncle Dan's *CREAMY ranch mix in bulk, and have never gone back. *Which comes to the word to the wise, and reason for my 4 instead of 5 stars. I once accidentally bought their 'classic' ranch, which required buttermilk, which is nearly impossible to find in my area, and despite several attempts at substitutions, I could never get it quite right. Uncle Dan's doesn't show instructions on how to make when purchasing on Amazon, so just be aware of that if you also may not be able to easily find buttermilk. As one other tip, make sure you have a mixing bowl, a whisk, a funnel of sorts, and a storage bottle that has a wide enough opening to be cleaned, and a wide enough tip to not clog when serving. (Seems like a lot, but actually the money you will save by mixing your own will make up for it). After some trial and error, the bottles below ended up being perfect. They hold exactly one mixed packet, and with a rinse of hot water (sometimes a tiny drop of dish soap) they clean up well in the top rack of a dishwasher. Anchor the cap by simply putting the 'spout' of it over one of the prongs of the top rack. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DSVPD4Z/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

This our favorite ranch dressing....Our favorite for 25+ years