Cake Fail

Had to post this one...

Is this racist or is this racist?

Available only at their Harvard Square location, Ben & Jerry's is offering a limited edition flavored inspired by LINsanity.

"Taste The LINsanity," features vanilla frozen yogurt with lychee honey swirls and includes delicious little crumbles of fortune cookie.

I feel like this is racist for two reasons.

1) Besides being Asian, there is no real connection between Lin and fortune cookies
2) Lychees are native to Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia is not where Jeremy Lin is from. He is from Northern California.

#inbadtaste

After a bit of backlash, Ben & Jerry's is rumored to be replacing the fortune cookies with bits of waffle cone - although they claim its because the fortune cookies were getting too soggy.

Again, this flavor is only available in the Harvard Square location, presumably since Lin attended Harvard University.

He want that cake cake cake cake....

On March 6th, Oreo cookies will celebrating their 100th year. To mark the occasion, Nabisco has debuted a limited edition Oreo flavor: Birthday Cake Oreos. The cookies look like standard Oreos, except the white frosting has flecks of rainbow sprinkles inside (think Funfetti).

Birthday cake Oreos started rolling out nationally last week, and will likely be on shelves for about six to eight weeks.

This shit is bananas!

No calories obvi :)

Red gut, White paint, Red Velvet cake

Red velvet is one of the more popular flavors at Cupcakes Gourmet, a Philadelphia-based cupcake store. So popular that the bakery is releasing a new version of the treat just in time for Valentine's Day.

The Sparkling Red Velvet Cupcake is now available for $55,000.

While some luxe desserts call for edible gold leaf, white truffles or another expensive ingredient that restaurants use to create astronomically priced food items, Cupcakes Gourmet merely sticks an 8 carat engagement ring from Warwick Jewelers in the frosting.

It suits the store's slogan, 'Love Tastes Like This.'"

For My Peeps

I've done my best to avoid the "seasonal" aisle in drug stores - now filled with heart-shaped boxes of chocolate and dancing gorillas that proclaim "I'm Wild for You." But I couldn't seem to walk past these little cuties!

Peeps has released their new flavor just in time for the most loved/hated holiday of the year. These candies combine strawberry-creme flavored marshmallow with chocolate - available in both creamy milk chocolate and rich dark chocolate.

Bitches eat me up like my name is Russell Stover

Nestle recently launched Maison Cailler in Switzerland and Liechentstein - and these chocolates are pretty cool. Maison Cailler allows customers to discover their "chocolate personality" by first ordering a box of "tasting chocolates." According to the ad, these tasting boxes will then help you build "stronger relationships through chocolate."

These tasting chocolates are an innovative idea that allows the consumer to feel like he/she is making a choice based on his/her personality.

I don't know if I can buy into this one -- taste is a tough thing to personify. Also absent from the website is any information about what ingredients actually make up the chocolates.

I keep the hood with me like Obi-Wan Kenobi

Amanda Oakleaf Cakes created this Life-Size Stormtrooper Cake for the Arisia Sci-Fi Convention in Boston, MA.

The Star Wars-inspired dessert stood 6′ 4″ tall, weighed 300 lbs and fed approximately 600 conventioneers. Amanda Oakleaf Cakes team (10 people) spent two full weeks to putting the Trooper together (cake wasn’t added until 2 days before it was to be served).

more photos here

I did it all for the COOKIE!

The latest addition to Cold Stone Creamery‘s “Warm & Delicious Hot Stone Dessert Line,” the ice cream shop is introducing a "temperature contrasted" menu piece called Hot for Cookie.

Ready? The dessert features a WARM chocolate chip cookie base, a layer of WARM cookie dough and a topping of French Vanilla Ice Cream, Whipped Topping and Shaved Chocolate.

#yesplease