Sugar Savvy

Summer is here with its 100-degree heat beating the sweat out of my body. Every time I think of summer and go into the swimming pool, I think about how my mom used to give my friends and I an ice cream treat. Ah, to be a kid again. Oh wait… my husband and I […]

On Tuesday May 13th, participating Haagen-Dazs Scoop Shops offered a free scoop of their Limited Edition Vanilla Honey Bee Flavor Ice Cream. This flavor will be available through December; however, the company has also recently released Vanilla Honey and Granola Frozen Yogurt as part of its permanent frozen yogurt line.
The release of these two honey-flavored ice […]

Let me state right from the beginning that I am a big fan of ice-cream cake. To me, the only drawback to the typical ice-cream cake is that it is simply too big and too expensive to buy for an “anytime” dessert, and my birthday comes but once a year.
This being the case, when I heard that […]

Have you ever heard a new word only to hear it time and time again within the next few days? Unless it was gibberish or your attempt at creating a new word, most likely it’s not that the word came into being the moment you heard it. More so the word, or even thing, was […]

If my hands get on a bag of one of the best chocolate creations, known as plain M&M’s, there is no stopping me. All over my mother and stepfather’s house there are a variety of the adorable M&M candy men riding in a car, in a fire truck, and sitting on a sofa chair. If […]

I’m spreading the word — Ben & Jerry’s annual Free Cone Day is next Tuesday, April 29th. You can get your free scoop between noon and 8 pm. To find a participating location near you, use the Scoop Shop Locator and select shops that participate in Free Cone Day.
I know where I’ll be next Tuesday!
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I have long maintained that ice cream knows no season. Alicia, in her recent review of Ben and Jerry’s new items, agrees. If you can drink an ice-cold soda or beer year-round, why should ice cream be relegated to the sunnier months? (Alleged) Fact: Portland, Oregon leads the country in ice cream consumption per-capita. Fact: […]

With a weather forecast of clear, sunny, and 80 degrees, I can only think one thing: ice cream season is fast approaching, my friends (not that ice cream is ever out of season).
Ben & Jerry’s, one of my favorite out-of-the-freezer brands, has introduced three new flavors to their line. First up is Cake Batter, a […]

If it wasn’t for a recent article in CNN, I’m not sure I ever would have thought to connect vanishing US bee colonies with having fewer ice cream flavors and higher prices, but believe it.  The folks at Haagen-Dazs say it’s so. 
For some reason, bee colonies are fast disappearing, and it’s got ice cream makers […]

Valentine’s Day might be over, but there is still room for love and hearts.
Last-minute gifts are truly the norm for Valentine’s Day, especially when it comes to edible offerings. Being something of a cynic, this simple fact just validates my belief that this is one useless holiday, not worth remembering until the date itself even […]