The best thousand island dressing is super creamy, tangy, and a little bit sweet. Really good thousand island isn’t just a dressing. It should work on salads as well as sandwiches, burgers, and as a vegetable dip.
I love thousand island dressing and think it’s really underrated. In my opinion, it’s up there with ranch dressing. It’s so versatile and delicious. I was thrilled to try every thousand island dressing I could get my hands on (10 different brands!) to find out the best. This was one of my tastiest taste tests in a while. Scroll and enjoy the dressing so nice they named it after a thousand islands.
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- Follow Your Heart Thousand Island
I’ve liked a lot of the Follow Your Heart vegan salad dressings and this one is no different. It’s so tasty! Just like the non-vegan thousand island dressings, this is creamy, zesty, and has a hint of sweetness. To be honest, I don’t even know if I’d be able to tell this was plant-based in a blind taste test. I’m absolutely begging you to make a vegan Reuben sandwich with this vegan thousand island dressing. Begging!
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- Bob’s Famous Thousand Island
Bob’s Thousand Island Dressing & Dip is definitely more of a dip or spread than a dressing and I love that. It’s thick. This is the kind of sauce that you slather onto something. This would be a great sandwich spread or vegetable dip. I’m going to be real with you: I dipped pizza into this. It was delicious and I will do it again. If you need salad dressing, Bob’s will always be a safe bet.
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- Kroger Thousand Island
Okay, Kroger! Good job! This thousand island dressing was one of the best store bought thousand island dressing brands we tried. It’s sweet, tangy, and thin enough to drizzle over a salad. This big bottle is less than $3 and will last you for a while. We tried tons of store-brand thousand island dressings and this blew the others out of the water. Next time you’re at Kroger, grab a bottle of this and give it a shot. You will like it. I promise!
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- Wish-Bone Thousand Island
I had literally zero expectations for Wish-Bone salad dressing since most Wish-Bone salad dressings I have tried have been underwhelming in general. This one, on the other hand, is great! It’s so good that it’s our second best thousand island dressing we tried in this entire taste test. And may I remind you that this was a very delicious taste test. This thousand island salad dressing is smoother and more liquidy than some of the other versions we tried, but that’s one of the things we loved about it. If you’re not looking for big chunks of pickle in your salad dressing, buy this!
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- Ken’s Steak House Thousand Island
There’s not much to say other than it’s perfect. This is thousand island dressing. It’s thin enough to still be considered dressing but thick enough that you could use it as a burger sauce (which I already have). The taste is perfectly (again, perfect) balanced. It’s tangy, sweet, creamy, and salty. Ken’s thousand island dressing dances on every taste bud on my tongue and that’s why it’s the best thousand island dressing brand we tasted.
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Best Vegan
Best Thick
Best Store Brand
Most Surprising
Best of the Best
Other Products We Tried: Kraft with Bacon, Kraft Fat Free, Market Pantry, Litehouse, 365, Annie’s, Kraft
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Thanks. I have tried many for my Rubens I make and I almost gave up. The last time I used a Russian dressing out of desperation. I’ll try the Kens next.
I’ve never been disappointed with any Ken’s product. Side note: The best ketchup for me? Sir Kensington’s Classic.