Blue Bunny® Introduces New Ice Cream Treats

Milk chocolaty Cadbury™ Ice Cream Bars, Sweet Freedom® low sugar 

and low calorie treats, and new flavors inspired by Chef Duff Goldman

Le Mars, Iowa, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — After tasting, refining, and more tasting, Blue Bunny® will unveil new ice cream treats in March 2012! Made with care in the Ice Cream Capital of the World, these new treats showcase the finest flavors and the best options for enjoying ice cream. From Sweet Freedom® to decadent flavor blends inspired by Chef Duff Goldman, experience these newest ice cream delights from Blue Bunny®.

Blue Bunny® is the first national brand to offer an extensive selection of no sugar added ice cream options. It’s not just the no sugar added, all Sweet Freedom® treats have 150 calories or less, eight grams of fat or less, and 30 grams of carbs or less. With new cones, snack size treats, ice cream flavors and a fudge bar and ice cream flavors, Sweet Freedom® offers indulgent treats for every taste. These decadent new flavors with less sugar, carbs and calories are the Sweet Freedom® Snack Size Ice Cream Bars in Raspberry & Vanilla, Caramel & Vanilla, and Chocolate & Vanilla, the Sweet Freedom® Fudge Bar, the Sweet Freedom® Vanilla Ice Cream Cones and 10 flavors of Sweet Freedom® Ice Cream.

Blue Bunny® ice cream has teamed up with Cadbury® chocolate in the creation of four new premium ice cream bars. The Cadbury™ Ice Cream Bar features creamy Blue Bunny® ice cream dipped in thick, rich, Cadbury chocolaty coating. It’s snack size indulgence at a price and size the whole family can enjoy. Look for Cadbury™ Caramello™, Cadbury™ Double Chocolate, Cadbury™ Vanilla Chocolate, and Cadbury™ Chocolate Almond in the freezer aisle of your local grocery store.

Blue Bunny® and master cake baker, celebrity Chef Duff Goldman, have teamed up again in the creation of two new cake-and-ice-cream flavors, featuring real cake pieces swirled in creamy ice cream. 24 Karat Carrot Cake® mixes the spiced flavor of carrot cake and the smooth, creamy decadence of cream cheese frosting. In Cup O’ Coffee Cake®, the real taste of coffee in coffee flavored ice cream is mixed with the sweet elements of coffee cake like sweetened cinnamon and the crunchy texture of the traditional coffee shop coffee cake.

All six Blue Bunny® Chef Duff Goldman-inspired ice cream flavors are now available in pints!

Bring the ice cream parlor experience home—-in a snack size! The new Champ!® Snack Size Ice Cream Cones, miniature versions of the Champ!® Cone, feature a chocolate-coated sugar cone filled with homemade vanilla or chocolate ice cream dipped in chocolate and topped with crunchy peanuts. This fun afternoon snack may be small in size but is sure to satisfy your hunger and craving. With both chocolate and vanilla flavors in one box everyone gets their favorite flavor!

Look for these and other Blue Bunny® ice cream treats at your local grocer. Follow us on Facebook at Facebook.com/BlueBunnyIceCream and on Twitter at @Blue_Bunny.

About Wells Enterprises, Inc. and Blue Bunny®
Blue Bunny®, founded in 1913, is a brand of Wells Enterprises, Inc.—the largest family-owned and managed ice cream manufacturer in the United States. Today, more than 500 Blue Bunny®-branded products, including ice cream and frozen novelties, can be found across the US. Always committed to quality, Blue Bunny® products are made with only real ice cream. Wells Enterprises, Inc. is headquartered in Le Mars, Iowa, the Ice Cream Capital of the World.

Dubba's Note: You have to love a company that realizes some of us appreciate the ability to search by "new product" http://www.bluebunny.com/Search/Products/q/New_Products

New Baskin-Robbins 3-Point Chocolate Flavor Is A Slam Dunk For Ice Cream Lovers

March Flavor of the Month is Sure to Attract Fans 

with its Delicious Sweet and Salty Flavor Combination

CANTON, Mass., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Baskin-Robbins, the world's largest chain of ice cream specialty shops, today announced 3-Point Chocolate as its March Flavor of the Month. A triple threat of chocolate flavored ice cream with a salty caramel ribbon and orange-colored caramel pretzel balls, this sweet indulgence is the newest addition to Baskin-Robbins' flavor library and will debut in Baskin-Robbins stores nationwide this March.

March is an exciting time for college basketball fans, and 3-Point Chocolate is a slam dunk flavor for ice cream lovers everywhere looking to celebrate the return of their favorite, annual athletic tournament. The 3-Point Chocolate Sundae is also available all month long as a decadent combination of 3-Point Chocolate ice cream, hot fudge, Reese's® Peanut Butter Sauce, crushed Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and whipped cream.

"We love creating innovative new ice cream flavors that build excitement among our guests, and 3-Point Chocolate is no exception," said Stan Frankenthaler, Baskin-Robbins Executive Chef and Vice President of Innovation at Dunkin' Brands. "3-Point Chocolate combines some of America's favorite flavors – chocolate and caramel with salty pretzel bites – and is a fun way for our guests to get into the college basketball spirit and celebrate one of America's favorite pastimes."

In participating Baskin-Robbins stores nationwide during the month of March, 3-Point Chocolate is available by the scoop – in a cup or cone – or as a sundae. Also available in fresh-packed pints and quarts, ice cream lovers can bring 3-Point Chocolate home to enjoy with family and friends or to create their own specialty ice cream desserts.*

In addition to celebrating college basketball season with 3-Point Chocolate, Baskin-Robbins stores are offering customizable ice cream cakes for select college basketball teams. Custom cakes can be ordered in advance at participating Baskin-Robbins shops.

*In California, Baskin-Robbins offers fresh-packed ice cream in two sizes: small (12 oz) and regular (1 lb., 8 oz).

About Baskin-Robbins
Named the top ice cream and frozen dessert franchise in the United States by Entrepreneur magazine's 31st annual Franchise 500® ranking, Baskin-Robbins is the world's largest chain of ice cream specialty shops. Baskin-Robbins creates and markets innovative, premium ice cream, specialty frozen desserts and beverages, providing quality and value to consumers at more than 6,700 retail shops in nearly 50 countries. Baskin-Robbins was founded in 1945 by two ice cream enthusiasts whose passion led to the creation of more than 1,000 ice cream flavors and a wide variety of delicious treats. Headquartered in Canton, Mass., Baskin-Robbins is part of the Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DNKN) family of companies. For further information, visit www.BaskinRobbins.com.

Yolato introduces Blueberrato to its award winning line of Frozen Yogurt Gelato Bars

Blueberrato - Frozen Yogurt Gelato Swirled with Blueberry Acai Sorbet 

Only 80 calories per bar All Natural, Gluten Free

PRLog (Press Release) - Feb 23, 2012 - For the last four years, Yolato has become known for its proprietary soft serve yogurt and its award winning novel frozen yogurt gelato bars. Blueberrato is the newest addition to the product line. It is a blend of our proprietary frozen yogurt gelato and blueberry acai sorbet.

As with our Naturalato and Pomegranato Bars, the Blueberrato bar has only 80 calories! They are all-natural, kosher, gluten free and rbst free!

Yolato has garnered national press with several industry and media leaders (New York Times, NY Post, AM New York, On Campus Hospitality, Allure Magazine, Self Magazine)

In 2009, its Pomegranato bar was voted "Best Pop" by Self Magazine.

We look forward to providing consumers with an even wider distribution at the retail, wholesale and cafes in 2012. Please feel free to contact us with any questions about the Yolato brand, product offerings and distribution opportunities.

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Yolato sells its proprietary frozen yogurt desserts to consumers via food service management companies, universities and grocery stores. Its product line consists of unparalleled novelty frozen yogurt gelato bars and unique soft serve frozen yogurt.

Website: www.yolato.com

NEWS FLASHBACK 2006 : Ben & Jerry's Milkshakes

Doing a little vacation time internet surfing, I stumbled across these.

photo courtesy of brightestyoungthings.com

Apparently, life made me totally miss these in 2006. According to USA Today, these Ben & Jerry's milkshakes were made by Pepsi and sold in Cherry Garcia, Chocolate Fudge Brownie, and Chunky Monkey.

Oh to enjoy 8 fluid ounces of "a euphoric milk beverage".

Despite unending praise, the flavors didn't survive long.... It's a shame, especially after reading Marvo's comments on flickr. Ok, sorry to make everyone hungry/thirsty for a shake.

Mooresville Ice Cream launches new Front Porch : Carolina Churned Ice Cream

Mooresville Ice Cream Company, located in North Carolina and maker of Deluxe Ice Cream has launched a new product line to embody the spirit of the Carolinas in a handy dandy premium pint container. I've gone over their new flavor selection and I like what I see. That me show you their most unique flavor.

This is Sweetie Tea. 

It's sweet tea vanilla ice cream with chunks of tea cake.

Looking up teacake on Wikipedia : a tea cake is a traditional dense large cookie, made with sugar, butter, eggs, flour, milk, and flavoring. Yeah, that just makes this ice cream sound even cooler.

So, they've got some good sounding flavors and some fairly catchy design work going on, so they should be just fine. Here's wishing these guys the best of luck.

Oh, and as a side note, they also had the most excellent Damien Lewis at their Mooresville plant filming scenes for Homeland. You can see a few pictures up on their facebook page.

Family-Favorite Ice Cream Icon Gets "Friendly" with Burger King

The first "Friendly's Scoop" location set to serve up ice cream treats 

at local Burger King restaurant

Wilbraham, MA (Grassroots Newswire) December 28, 2011 - Friendly's, whose family-oriented, full-service restaurants are famous for their delicious ice cream desserts and treats, announces a new concept - Friendly's Scoop Shop! The new Friendly's Scoop Shop concept will make the company's iconic ice cream treats, including milk shakes, Fribbles®, Friend-z's®, ice cream cones, and ice cream sundaes. The first of the new Friendly's Scoop locations will be in the Burger King restaurant located at Cooks Landing in Jackson, N.J., on West County Line Road and Cooks Bridge Road, opening on December 28, 2011.

The new Friendly's Scoop Shop and Burger King are owned by Georgetowne Ventures in Freehold, NJ. Joe Anghelone, Managing Owner, said, "We're proud to be the first Burger King restaurant to welcome a Friendly's Scoop Shop. As a franchisee of both Burger King and Friendly's, we are using the brands together to maximize the efficiencies of the building. The world-class ice cream treats that Friendly's Scoop offers will give Jackson area families - loyal clients and new friends - another reason to visit our restaurant."

Friendly's plans to roll out at least one other Friendly's Scoop in 2012 with its Burger King host restaurant. Customers will be able to choose from a wide variety of ice cream flavors and toppings to enjoy on-the-spot, or take home familiar Friendly's frozen treats like cup cakes, 40-ounce ice-cream cakes, and Sundae To-Go® cups. The Friendly's Scoop location will feature white tile and bright colors, including brightly colored wall menus.

"We are excited to roll-out our new Friendly's Scoop concept," said Jim Sullivan, Chief Development Officer for Friendly Ice Cream Corporation. "Our company's focus has always been to take the Friendly's brand and our delicious ice cream products out to the consumer and this concept is a way to expand on that. We are happy that we could bring our delicious ice cream products to the people of Jackson. "

About Friendly Ice Cream Corporation
Friendly Ice Cream Corporation is a vertically integrated restaurant company serving signature sandwiches, entrees and ice cream desserts in a friendly, family environment with system-wide sales of $700 million and distribution through more than 7,500 retail locations. With a 76-year operating history, Friendly's enjoys strong brand recognition and is currently revitalizing its restaurants and introducing new products to grow its customer base. For additional information please visit www.friendlys.com.

Become a fan of Friendly's on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/friendlys.

Follow Friendly's on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/friendlys.

Dubba's Note: I'm not real sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, Friendly's food menu is terrible, but on the other hand, can you imagine kicking back a big Friendly's sundae after a 1000 calorie BK meal?

Blue Bell releases popular Rocky Mountain Road Ice Cream

The flavor made a limited debut last year 

for the company’s successful Colorado expansion

BRENHAM, TX - When something tastes this good, you have to share it with everyone. Blue Bell Ice Cream is beginning the year with the release of Rocky Mountain Road Ice Cream, a flavor previously available only in Colorado.

Rocky Mountain Road is a rich, dark chocolate ice cream combined with dark chocolate-coated peanuts, milk chocolate-coated pecans, white chocolate-coated almonds, and roasted walnuts, all surrounded by a flavorful marshmallow sauce swirl.

This ice cream flavor was introduced last year, but only in Colorado to commemorate the company’s entry into Colorful Colorado and to honor the magnificent Rocky Mountain scenery.

“This is the perfect flavor to help us kick-off 2012,” said Paul Kruse, Blue Bell CEO and president. “The residents of Colorado fell in love with this ice cream last year and I think it’s a great flavor to share with all of our Blue Bell fans. One spoonful and you’ll agree that we did not skimp on taste or ingredients. The peanuts, pecans and almonds each coated in a different flavor of chocolate are what make this flavor unique. ”

Blue Bell has created several market specific flavors over the years which are only available in a select area, and like Rocky Mountain Road, several of those have gone on to become available company-wide. “When we introduced Key Lime Pie Ice Cream in Florida, even though it was made in Brenham, the employees couldn’t even sneak out a half gallon,” Kruse said. “And just like Rocky Mountain Road, it soon became available to everyone.”

Look for Rocky Mountain Road in stores this month. The ice cream is packaged in a unique dark blue half gallon with snow-capped mountains and the company’s signature cow and girl logo in gold.