Plain vanilla

Plain vanilla is an adjective describing the simplest version of something, without any optional extras, basic or ordinary,^[1] in analogy with the common ice cream flavour vanilla, which became widely and cheaply available with the development of artificial vanillin flavour.^[2] Certain financial instruments, such as put options or call options, are often described as plain vanilla options. The opposite of plain vanilla options are exotic options.^[3]

See also

• Vanilla software, computer software which is not customized.
• Vanilla sex, sexual behavior which a culture regards as standard or conventional.