Source: Ben & Jerry’s / Ben & Jerry’s Big Freedia Teams With Ben & Jerry’s For “Big Freedia’s Bouncing Beignets” Flavored Ice Cream Ben & Jerry’s recently joined forces with Queen of Bounce Big Freedia for a one-time-only epic batch of a custom flavor dubbed, “Big Freedia’s Bouncing Beignets.” The flavor was unveiled on Saturday, July 6 at Republic, one of Freedia’s favorite hot spots. The flavor consisted of sundaes made with custom flavor Bouncing Beignets, a vanilla ice cream with a bourbon caramel swirl, served atop a fresh beignet. Source: Ben & Jerry’s / Ben & Jerry’s In addition to sampling the tasty treat, fans learned more about No Kid Hungry, a non-profit organization whose goal is to feed underserved children in New Orleans and got a first-listen of Big Freedia’s newest song “Chasing Rainbows” featuring Ke$ha, set to be released in August. Stay tuned for more from our fave Louisiana bounce legend!
https://twitter.com/benandjerrys/status/784062366577225728 Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream just announced their support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement in an essay on their website. “Black lives matter. They matter because they are children, brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers. They matter because the injustices they face steal from all of us — white people and people of color alike. They steal our […]
When will the Linsation end? In a rush to hop on the Jeremy Lin bandwagon, Ben & Jerry’s released a new frozen yogurt flavor last week in honor of rising Knicks star (and Harvard grad) Jeremy Lin. The limited edition “Taste The Lin-Sanity” flavor was only sold for a few days in their Harvard Square location before controversy arose over the inclusion of “fortune cookie pieces: After initially replacing the first batches, the company has now formally and directly apologized: “We offer a heartfelt apology if anyone was offended by our handmade Lin-Sanity flavor,” they said in a statement. “We are proud and honored to have Jeremy Lin hail from one of our fine, local universities and we are huge sports fans,” Ben & Jerry’s said in the news release. “Our intention was to create a flavor to honor Jeremy Lin’s accomplishments and his meteoric rise in the NBA, and recognize that he was a local Harvard graduate. We try (to) demonstrate our commitment as a Boston-based, valued-led business and if we failed in this instance we offer our sincere apologies.” Initially, the flavor was a mix of vanilla frozen yogurt, lychee honey swirls and the fortune cookie pieces—those have since been replaced by waffle cookies, a decision which Ryan Midden, Ben & Jerry’s general manager for Boston and Cambridge, had said was only made because “a couple of [pints] got returned because the cookies got so soggy.” But in the wake of the ESPN “chink in the armor” headline controversy, the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) released a handy guide to the media advising them not to use certain kinds of language or make certain connections with Lin just for the easy puns. Do you think the flavor is racist or have people become too politically correct when it comes to all things Linsanity? Source Twitter More On Bossip! Smackdown! The Chris Brown/CM Punk Feud Is Getting Pretty Intense! “I Will Choke You” And Breezy Responds! Can’t Get It Up: 10 Foods That Might Be Choking The Life Out Of Your…Libido Tell ‘Em Why You Mad: Janet “Aunt Viv” Hubert Writes An Open Letter To Wendy Williams Blaming Her For Whitney Houston’s Downfall Cake Cake Cake Cake! The Stars With The Wildest Birthday Parties
