Halo Top to give free sample cups of new ice cream flavors at Detroit Riverwalk
In time for summer's ice cream season, the Halo Top ice cream brand is introducing new flavors and showcasing them at pop-ups across the country, including Detroit.
Known for its ice cream with fewer calories and sugar and more protein than traditional ice cream, Halo Top has three new flavors that also have mix-ins.
For three days starting Friday, June 13, the Halo Top Jackpot Pop-Up will be at Detroit's RiverWalk, dishing out sample cups of these new ice cream flavors:
Chocolate chip cookie dough: Chewy cookie dough pieces and chocolate chunks.
Chocolate fudge brownie: Dense, chewy fudge brownies and swirls of brownie batter.
Cherry chocolate chunk: Chewy Bordeaux cherry pieces and chocolate chunks.
The Halo Top Jackpot Pop-Up, in addition to free sample cups of ice cream, features an ice cream pint-shaped slot machine where people can pull the gold spoon lever and win swag and more ice cream.
Halo Top says its new flavors, sold in pints, are 'half the calories of other leading brands.'
Contact Detroit Free Press food and restaurant writer Susan Selasky and send food and restaurant news and tips to: sselasky@freepress.com. Follow @SusanMariecooks on Twitter.
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