If you’re a one-woman ice cream company (chef, delivery gal, publicist, and more), there’s nothing stopping you from charging whatever you want for your product. And if there’s a 1,500-person waiting list of customers, you can probably get them for a lot of money. [More]
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Breast Milk Ice Cream Confiscated From London Shop
By 2.28.11
When we wrote about the London ice cream shop that had made a frozen treat from human breast milk, some readers wondered about the legality and/or safety of such a product. Well, they weren’t alone, as local authorities decided to confiscate the ice cream until those questions were resolved. [More]
London Ice Cream Shop To Offer Scoops Of Frozen Breast Milk
By 2.24.11
If you’ve ever wondered what ice cream made from human breast milk might taste like, a London shop will soon have the answer. [More]
We Found Teeth Marks In Our Ice Cream, Kroger Hardly Seems To Care
By 11.3.10
Bryan and his wife were about to sink their teeth into some ice cream when they opened up a container and say saw someone had already beat them to the punch. They noticed teeth marks in the product, then told a Kroger manager, whose response was alarmingly lax. [More]
Ice Cream Truck Plays Christmas Creepy Jingle
By 10.4.10
Reader Andrew snagged this phone camera video on September 29th of an ice cream truck enticing children with tinny renditions of Christmas carols. Ok, here’s one industry where it’s almost ok that they’ve been infected by the Christmas Creep. Ice cream trucks don’t really get a lot of business in the winter so if they want to play along, they have to start early. [More]
Ben & Jerry's Dropping "All Natural" From Labels
By 9.28.10
After the Center for Science in the Public Interest complained last month that “all natural” doesn’t include things like alkalized cocoa and hydrogenated oil, Ben & Jerry’s announced yesterday that it will stop using the phrase on its ice cream cartons. [More]
While The Children Ran For Ice Cream, She Reached For Her Bleach
By 9.16.10
From the disproportionate reaction file comes a Sacramento, California woman arrested for tossing bleach all over an ice cream man. Were they out of Huckleberry Fudge Swirl? Nope, she thought the ice cream man had shortchanged her a week ago. [More]
UK Bans Ice Cream Ad Featuring Pregnant Nun
By 9.15.10
It’s not surprising that some people might be a bit offended by an ad that tries to sell ice cream by using a photo of a pregnant nun. What is surprising is that the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has actually banned the ad for fear of ticking off Catholics. [More]
Giant Eagle's New Shelf Tags Target Ice Cream-Eating Diabetics
By 9.9.10
Now, it could be that Giant Eagle grocery stores plastered every shelf in their stores with tags advertising their new program which provides free diabetes medications to customers. As tipster Greg writes, “While, as a diabetic, I appreciate the free meds from Giant Eagle grocery store, did they really have to advertise it next to the Breyer’s ice cream? That really hurt.” [More]
Haggis Ice Cream & 9 Other Questionable Frozen Treats
By 7.30.10
As today is the last weekday of National Ice Cream Month, it might be the right time to look at some ice cream flavors that aren’t exactly mouth-watering. Luckily, the editors over at TheGloss.com have compiled a list of 10 bizarre flavors for your freezer. [More]
Dairy Queen Embroiled In Lawsuit Over 'Blizzard' Trademark
By 7.28.10
Having worked four summers of hard labor at the soft serve machine, the word “blizzard” will forever be primarily associated with the blended Dairy Queen treat. But the people at DQ HQ are now worried that customers could be confused by similar-ish sounding desserts being sold by a California-based frozen yogurt shop. In a not-so-shocking twist, the dispute has ended up in court. [More]
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds: We All Scream
By 7.23.10
Blah, blah, vegetables. Everyone knows that the real food of summer is ice cream. Here are eleven photos celebrating everyone’s favorite chilly treat, in all of its forms. Except there are no microwaveable milkshakes.
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Do Your Patriotic Duty And Eat Ice Cream This Month
By 7.15.10
Whatever problems a liberal jerk like me might have with Ronald Reagan, I will give the man this — In 1984, he had the vision to name July as National Ice Cream Month. And then, within National Ice Cream Month, there is National Ice Cream Day. This year, that falls on July 18. When Reagan made the declaration, he asked Americans to celebrate this glorious month with “appropriate ceremonies and activities,” which I will take to mean, “burying my face in a bucket of butter pecan.” [More]
Make Ice Cream From Bananas
By 7.14.10
This recipe will show you how to make “ice cream” from bananas, a cool and cheap summer treat. The milk is optional. Repeat: optional. [Cooklikeyourgrandmother] [More]
Target Has The Right Sticker But The Wrong Ice Cream
By 7.14.10
Ben & Jerry’s is offering some Target-exclusive ice cream flavors — Berry Voluntary and Brownie Chew Gooder — that charitable volunteers can purchase for free with special coupons. [More]
What Is Your Favorite Frozen Treat?
By 7.6.10
It’s apparently quite hot here in New York City. I wouldn’t know because I refuse to leave the igloo I’ve created around my air-conditioner. But if I were to venture out onto the sizzling streets, the first thing I’d do is get me a huge bowl of mint chip ice cream… not a cone because in this weather that’s just asking for disaster. [More]
Crazed Ice Creampreneur Keeps Inventing Horrific Flavors, People Keep Buying Them
By 7.6.10
If you were tricked into volunteering for a Big Brothers Big Sisters-style program, and you live in San Francisco, here’s an easy way to get out of the job. Take your kid to the Humphry Slocombe ice cream shop in San Francisco’s Mission District and order her some Coconut Candy Cap Caramel sorbet–the “candy cap” is mushroom! Or try the Salted Licorice, which Elizabeth Weil in the New York Times says her kids threw on the sidewalk. Or leave the kids at home and try the Secret Breakfast, which contains so much bourbon that “the scoop always runs soft.” [More]
Grocery "Embiggen" Ray Hits Safeway Ice Cream
By 6.28.10
It seems the Grocery Embiggen Ray, the antithesis of the Grocery Shrink Ray, has struck Safeway Select ice cream and they’re offering up a whole two quarts, just like ice cream makers used to all do back in the old timey days. [More]
