Latest Desserts Stories
Just in time for summer, ice cream achieves star dessert status CHICAGO, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Food Channel(R) (foodchannel.com) has released its Top Ten Dessert Trends for 2009. Yesterday's dessert was molten lava cake. Today it's cupcakes and donuts. Tomorrow? Bring on the ice cream, new star of the dessert menu and leading comfort food in the U.S. for 2009. Ice cream is number one of ten dessert trends identified by The Food Channel based on research conducted in conjunction with...
A North Carolina Web designer angered the Girl Scouts when he set up an online order form for his daughter's cookie sales. The YouTube cookie pitch for 8-year-old Wild Freeborn does not include mail order, the Asheville Citizen reported. Brian Freeborn advertises for sales that he and his daughter can deliver in person. The Girl Scouts of Western North Carolina Pisgah Council, however, said that even the order form violates policy. Susie Mamola, the membership and marketing director, said...
Authorities in Rome said a law to take effect in March bans ice cream, pizza and sandwich vendors from operating after 1 a.m. Officials said the city council measure was designed to bring the city's nightlife to a close at an earlier hour, ANSA reported Thursday. This applies to croissant makers, ice cream makers, cake shops, yogurt shops, sandwich shops, take-aways and rotisseries, city councilor Davide Bordoni said. One in the morning seems to us a reasonable hour that is satisfactory for...
CHICAGO, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- This Valentine's Day, Berry Chill is offering a sweet deal for any and all couples -- with any chilled yogurt order, they'll receive a free Valentine's Day Chill: five ounces of Pink Guava flavor chilled yogurt topped with fresh strawberries, pomegranate and chocolate chips. This two-for-one indulgence is available in-store only and the pair must place the order together. Subtractions from the toppings combination will be allowed, but no...
For a select group of U.S. Navy enlistees, learning new skills includes mastering the art of creating rosebuds and otherwise putting the icing on the cake. Many of them get their training from AnnaBelle Eversole, owner of Wine & Cake Hobbies in Norfolk, Va., The Virginian-Pilot reports. At the moment, many of Eversole's students for a three-day crash course in decorating -- a sort of basic training for bakers -- are culinary specialists from the George H.W. Bush, the Navy's newest...
Inventors of the original Cookie Cake launch innovative new Facebook application ATLANTA, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- As social networking sites continue to reinvent how people around the globe meet and communicate, iconic brand Great American Cookies has created a new way for friends a world apart to share an electronic message through a virtual version of one company's signature Cookie Cakes. Thanks to the just-launched "Cookie Cake Creator" application on Facebook (www.facebook.com),...
HOLLAND, Mich., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Hudsonville Ice Cream today voluntarily recalled the 64 oz. containers of its Candy Bar Whirl Ice Cream (UPC# 70438 10250 8), which is available in Michigan grocers such as Meijer, Family Fare, D&W, Harding's Market, L&L Food centers and others. This product contains pieces of candy bars that contain nuts that were processed in the Blakeley, Ga. plant of Peanut Corporation of America, which has just announced an expansion of a...
Fans of Girl Scout cookies in cities like Los Angeles will find smaller cookies in each box despite the price staying the same, a Girl Scout official says. Carol Dedrich, a Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles spokeswoman, said the organization decided to shrink their cookies instead of increasing the cost of their traditional product, The Los Angeles Daily News said Friday. Dedrich said the cookie boxes themselves will also be smaller this year, but their cost will remain at $4 despite the...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of Hannaford-brand chocolate chip ice cream due to a labeling error. The FDA said the House of Flavors Ice Cream Co. of Ludington, Mich., is recalling 64-ounce square packages of the ice cream with lot No. SR L1 26-426 08319 because of the presence of undeclared walnuts, posing a risk to people allergic to the nuts. This product was distributed to Sweetbay supermarkets in Florida. The problem resulted when cartons of Hannaford...
CHICAGO, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of Inauguration Day, Berry Chill is offering free Berry Obama chilled yogurt to customers all day on Tuesday, Jan. 20. The Berry Obama is five ounces of Original chilled yogurt that was previously topped with blueberries, blue candy-covered almonds, and blue sprinkles to reflect the Democrat's trademark color. Now in the spirit of patriotism, the special combination will be topped with fresh pomegranate, coconut and...
