Ice Creamocracy

Ben and Jerry's has officially released their latest pun flavored promotion! Do The World A Flavor and come up with a new flavor of ice cream to add to their cold & creamy collection! Props to the cute Flash animation!





I created "Birthday Everyday" because I used every single cake or brownie related thing that they had. I mean you eat cake and ice cream every year anyways so why not just combine them? Yea I know Baskin Robbins has been doing it forever but this is in pint form. Just take off the top and stick in a few candles. Done!

I've had an unsatisfied craving for some B&J's since Nick's ice cream comedy on Monday...

Yummy Bubbies

I discovered these at Whole Foods a couple weeks ago. They are hella expensive, probably because they have to stay frozen all the way from Hawaii to here.



Bubbies are basically ice cream surrounded by a soft, chewy shell made from rice. My friend Aiden said these things originated in Asia (like one of my other favorite treats, Bubble/Boba Tea!). I've tried the vanilla and lychee flavors and they are both fantastic.



If you are ever in Honolulu, you can check out one of their yummy boutiques, which have very creative names for their frozen treats.

Nuts for Change

Really? Ben and Jerry's came out with a new flavor called "Yes Pecan?"


It seems that B&J's is some sort of new advertising medium for charitable causes (I posted about their ONE Cheesecake Brownie flavor a few months back). I guess its a noble endeavor and Lord knows our education system can always use the help. Their main promotion channel is through Facebook.
Hmmm... I wonder who old Ben and Jerry voted for last November...

At least it supports my opinion that the pronunciation is "pee-can" rather than "peh-kahn."

one...for what?

last night was stay-in-to-watch-movies-and-eat-ice cream-night. at the movie rental place, i discovered this new flavor of ben & jerry's called 'one cheesecake brownie.' sounded/looked good so i decided to try it (and i am glad i did - sooooo good).
on the 30% recycled pint-size package, B & J themselves tell you that they've teamed up with google to "spread the word about ONE, the organization commited to making poverty history." the website is also all over the rim of the lid. so, i decided to check it out.

i added my name and email to the list. i don't really know what that accomplished. apparently i am supporting "a new effort for Americans to fight the emergency of global aids and extreme poverty."
one way you can do this is to buy white wristbands that say 'one' on them, but the minimum amount you can purchase is a pack of 10 for $10 (didn't i used to have one of these in yellow?). you can also buy all white tshirts that say 'one' on them. am i having deja vus, or wasn't this attempted a few years ago with another color (red)? i guess it counts as a new campaign if you simply change the color.
from what i can gather, their main goal is to spread awareness about global aids and poverty, and unless you are living under a rock in one of those poor, third world countries i am pretty you know these problems exist. a valiant attempt at a noble cause, but i feel like it's mostly talk and they haven't really accomplished anything yet.