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Ice Cream Crisis Rocks Northeast


 Ice Cream 
 Crisis Rocks 
 Northeast 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jun 24, 2012 7:00 PM CDT

Ice Cream Crisis Rocks Northeast

Lawmaker up in arms over Good Humor shortage

(Newser) - Forget your concerns about the eurozone—we've got a real crisis on our hands. Northeasterners are grappling with a shortage of three crucial Good Humor bars: the Toasted Almond, Chocolate Eclair, and Candy Center Crunch. The company blames the problem on high demand during a hot spring. "We...

Pay Your Respects at Ben &amp; Jerry&#39;s &#39;Flavor Graveyard&#39;
 Pay Your Respects 
 at Ben & Jerry's 
 'Flavor Graveyard' 
in case you missed it
Jun 2, 2012 7:20 AM CDT

Pay Your Respects at Ben & Jerry's 'Flavor Graveyard'

Vermont site features company's past misses

(Newser) - Ever find yourself missing Rainforest Crunch? How about Fresh Georgia Peach, or Wild Maine Blueberry? Console yourself by making a pilgrimage to Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard in Waterbury, Vermont. The cemetery features gravestones for flavors dead and gone, driven off store shelves because they sold poorly, were too...

Ben & Jerry's Removes Fortune Cookies From Lin Flavor

Original recipe in honor of Knicks star sparked a 'backlash'

(Newser) - Ben & Jerry's might have been, um, Linsane, to think nobody would be offended. The ice cream company recently released a limited-edition flavor in honor of New York Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin, but promptly removed the bits of fortune cookies mixed in, reports Boston.com. Pints of "Taste...

Cage: Naked Guy Broke Into My House, Ate Fudgesicle

And no, it was not funny

(Newser) - Add this to your file of weird Nicolas Cage stories : While promoting his new movie Trespass, a home invasion thriller, Cage told the Toronto Film Festival quite a story about a home invasion he actually went through. "It was two in the morning. I was living in Orange County...

Ben &amp; Jerry&#39;s Actually Making Schweddy Balls
 Ben & Jerry's 
 Actually Making 
 Schweddy Balls 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Sep 11, 2011 1:39 PM CDT

Ben & Jerry's Actually Making Schweddy Balls

'We thought it would never happen,' notes NPR

(Newser) - It seemed like it had to be a joke , but it turns out it's just based on one: Ben & Jerry's is indeed making a flavor in tribute to Alec Baldwin's raunchy "Schweddy Balls" skit on SNL, reports NPR, which was itself skewered for its famously...

Coming Soon: Schweddy Balls Ice Cream?

Ben & Jerry's won't confirm or deny hilarious rumor

(Newser) - Ben & Jerry’s is known for its unconventional ice cream flavors , but would they really go this far? Ana Gasteyer started a rumor when she recently told NY1 , “Ben and Jerry's is coming out with a Schweddy Balls ice cream for Christmas this year,” referring to...

Missouri Health Officials Nix Cicada Ice Cream

New flavor bugs food code enforcers

(Newser) - The 13-year cicadas are out in Missouri but an ice cream parlor's attempt to turn the bugs into a seasonal treat has been thwarted. Health officials descended on Sparky's Homemade Ice Cream after its first batch of cicada ice cream sold out and told them not to make...

Breast Milk Ice Cream OK'd —Lady Gaga Isn't Happy

She may sue over 'Baby Gaga' name in London

(Newser) - Breast milk ice cream is back on sale in London: Though British authorities seized the "Baby Gaga" ice cream upon its debut a few weeks ago, a government council has approved the product after running health tests, reports NPR , which rounds up British coverage. But the confection shop The...

Jimmy Fallon Launches His Own Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Flavor, 'Late Night Snack'
It's Fallon Vs. Colbert
in Battle of the Ice Creams
late night wars?
Mar 3, 2011 12:32 PM CST

It's Fallon Vs. Colbert in Battle of the Ice Creams

'Late Night Snack' is made with fair trade ingredients

(Newser) - Watch out, Stephen Colbert: You have some late-night competition ... in the form of ice cream. Colbert launched his very own Ben & Jerry's flavor, AmeriCone Dream, in 2007, and last night fellow late show host Jimmy Fallon did the same. Ben & Jerry's Late Night Snack is vanilla ice cream...

Officials Confiscate Breast Milk Ice Cream

'Baby Gaga' intended to make people think, says shop owner

(Newser) - Ever wondered what human breast milk would taste like in a delicious frozen snack? Well, you're going to have to keep on wondering, because local government officials have confiscated a London shop's supply of "Baby Gaga" ice cream , after two complaints from the public, the AP reports. The Westminister...

On Sale in London: Breast Milk Ice Cream

It's natural and organic ... and it's called Baby Gaga

(Newser) - You know all about Lady Gaga—but how about Baby Gaga? That's the name of a new ice cream, made from human breast milk, being sold by a London restaurant. One serving costs about $23, reports the BBC . Fifteen women have signed up to donate their breast milk to the...

Ben & Jerry's Salutes Gay Marriage With 'Hubby Hubby'

Free ice cream celebrates Vermont's new law

(Newser) - What better way to celebrate gay marriage than free ice cream? Ben & Jerry’s is doing just that in its home state of Vermont, where “Chubby Hubby” will be temporarily renamed “Hubby Hubby” and handed out for free today, the Boston Herald reports. The move has its...

'Big Gay Ice Cream Truck' Roams Streets of NYC

Truck fights homophobia with weird toppings

(Newser) - This summer, there’s a new kind of ice cream truck on the streets of New York: the big, gay kind. Doug Quint, owner of the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, tells Gelf Magazine about his weirdest topping (wasabi pea dust), the definition of a choinkwich (“a freshly-made chocolate...

Coming Soon: Viagra Ice Cream
 Coming Soon: Viagra Ice Cream 
Aug 11, 2009 9:43 AM CDT

Coming Soon: Viagra Ice Cream

Libido-boosting ice cream cocktail hits London

(Newser) - The Viagra of ice cream is hitting a London department store, and as long as you’re over 18, you can try a cool scoop of the hot stuff yourself: The Sex Pistol packs in libido-boosting ingredients like arginine and guarana and comes with a shot of absinthe on the...

Greenies Freeze Out Ben & Jerry's for Water Waste

Green-friendly company admits water-wasting practice is 'not acceptable'

(Newser) - Ben & Jerry’s locations around the world are wasting nearly 300,000 gallons of water per day, a News of the World investigation finds. The whimsical ice cream maker, famous for its green ethics and environmental activism, requires employees to wash scoops in sinks under constantly running water to...

Nun-Priest Snog Gets Ice Cream Ad Banned

Image of 'forbidden Italian temptation' sparks UK furor

(Newser) - An ice-cream ad showing a priest and a nun apparently about to lock lips has been banned in the UK after readers complained, the Daily Telegraph reports. People told an advertising-standards group that the magazine image, promoting Antonio Federici gelato, demeaned those who pursued a “religious vocation.” The...

Feds Order Massive Recall of All Peanut Plant Foods

Record recall aimed at stemming deadly salmonella outbreak

(Newser) - The FDA has ordered a massive recall of every single product from ice cream to snack crackers and dog biscuits made over the last two years with peanuts processed at the Peanut Corporation of America plant in Georgia. The recall, aimed at stemming a deadly outbreak of salmonella, is one...

Big '09 Trends: Ice Cream, Cuba
 Big '09 Trends: Ice Cream, Cuba 
OPINION
Dec 21, 2008 8:00 PM CST

Big '09 Trends: Ice Cream, Cuba

Goats, yogurt, and ecologically friendly travel also expected to surge

(Newser) - Closing the wallet and opening the palate are set to be big in 2009, says Gourmet, which has served up its predictions of next year's hottest food and travel trends:
  • With the economic slump, home cooking is hot, hot, hot. Learn to cook a casserole and take mom’s advice—
...

Aussie Feces Fracas Drags Bacon's Name Down Under

Squabble falls within 6 degrees of culprit

(Newser) - No, actor Kevin Bacon did not poop in anyone’s ice cream, reports Australia's Age. That we know of. But Stephen and Jessica Whyte insist someone put human feces in the gelato they were served at a Sydney hotel. Newspapers noticed that the Whytes have ties to a rival pub,...

Anti-Bubba: Is Obama's Bod Un-American?

Maybe the typical American will have trouble identifying with a 'beanpole'

(Newser) - No matter how long the 2008 campaign drags on, we'll never see Barack Obama as we did Bill Clinton in 1992: drenched in sweat and jogging into a McDonald's. Obama's fit—skinny, even—and a bit of a gym rat. The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the notion...

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