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Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Baskin-Robbins Released a New Flavor With This Candy Brand for Its First-Ever Ice Cream
Baskin-Robbins is collaborating with an iconic candy for its new Flavor of the Month. This is the candy brand's first-ever ice cream. The flavor is only available for cream doesn't officially have a season, but when summer hits, we eat it by the bowl, cone, sundae, sandwich, and even cake. So what if it melts quickly in the heat? Ice cream is the ultimate cool-down treat. A little mess is worth it. Many ice cream lovers turn to Baskin-Robbins to beat the heat by enjoying one or more of its dozens of flavors, such as a new menu item that fans say "was made for them" or its blink-and-you-miss-it flavor of the month. We couldn't wait to try this month's fruity, creamy twist. For June, the ice cream shop has a candy-focused, limited-time collaboration. And we definitely weren't expecting this sweet-and-sour combo. June's Flavor of the Month is Trolli Sour Blast, the iconic candy brand's first-ever ice cream collaboration. Available starting June 1, this frozen treat is inspired by the sweet-and-sour candy, Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers. It's a swirl of Trolli lime-flavored ice cream and orange-flavored sherbet, finished with lime-flavored swirls. That's quite the combination! Baskin-Robbins is taking that flavor-packed combo and using it in two limited-time creations that create even more Trolli magic: Trolli Sour Blast Fizz: A bubbly, sour Fizz that blends the Trolli Sour Blast frozen treat with Starry Lemon-Lime soda. Trolli Dirt 'n Worms Sundae: A throwback treat with chocolate ice cream, hot fudge, and Oreo cookie crumbles, topped with Trolli Crawlers Minis. This ice cream-and-sherbet mashup, along with the two new Trolli-inspired treats, will be around only for the month of June, so get yourself, or your kids, to Baskin-Robbins before it's gone. Read the original article on ALLRECIPES
Yahoo
6 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
The Mystery Explained: Why Hot Dogs Come in 10-Packs but Buns in 8
Have you ever bought hot dogs and buns for a cookout, only to realize you're either two buns short or two wieners over? You'd think that, by now, the makers of America's favorite ballpark snack would have solved this weird puzzle. Think again. Now, this might sound like a silly conversation to have at a time when many folks are facing much more prescient problems. And you're right—but hear me out because sometimes solving little mysteries gives us the courage to solve the bigger ones. Baby steps. Come with me on this curious and historic journey to find out why we can't get our hot dog to bun ratio sorted. Before about 1940, hot dogs were bought and sold from local butcher shops and were not packaged as they are today. Shoppers would simply ask the butcher for the amount of sausages they needed and would be charged by the pound. This brings us up to modern day meat packaging, wherein meat is still typically sold by the pound. One standard American hot dog is approximately 1.6 ounces. If you do the math, that means that it takes 10 hotdogs to get you to one pound. It simply makes sense, from a meat-packing and butchering perspective, to sell them by the pound, not by the piece. Similarly, modern bakehouses are optimized for efficiency with standards and systems set firmly in place. Buns are typically baked in clusters of four in pans designed to produce eight rolls apiece. It simply doesn't make sense for most bakeries to completely upend their production systems and pan designs to accommodate the average number of hot dogs in a pack. The light at the end of the tunnel: In 2022, Heinz and Wonder Bread partnered to solve this very issue in Canada by brokering a partnership to create 10-packs of buns. Maybe a similar deal is on the horizon for the United States. In the meantime, though, we Americans will just have to find a use for those two extra sausages. My suggestion? Cut those suckers up and make a small batch of pigs in blankets for brunch the next day. Everybody wins! Read the original article on ALLRECIPES
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Aldi Is Finally Opening Stores in This Popular U.S. City
Aldi is finally coming to Nevada, with three news stores opening in the Southwestern state. Two locations are already open and the third store will open later this true Aldi fan will tell you, the store is absolutely worth the hype it gets. Behind its minimalist digs and quirks lie unbeatable prices on everyday essentials—not to mention all the limited-time goodies that catch our eyes in the Aisle of Shame. Plus, Aldi is packed with copycat products that are often even better than the original brand names themselves. Need we say more? While 38 states have at least one Aldi location, the bulk of these stores are concentrated in a few specific states such as Florida, Illinois, and Ohio. Other areas of the country, like the Pacific Northwest or pockets of the Southwest, are still patiently waiting for Aldi to arrive. But for shoppers in Nevada, the wait is over, as Aldi's expansion into new uncharted territory includes The Silver State. Last month, Aldi opened its first two stores in Las Vegas, hosting grand opening events for the new locations in North Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada. And instead of quarters, the celebration featured Aldi-branded poker chips to insert into those famous shopping cart handles. With soaring food prices still a major concern for shoppers, these openings are a big deal for the Nevada market. According to the 2025 ALDI Price Leadership Report, the company claims that shoppers can save up to 36 percent on their average grocery run, and that the savings for a family of four adds up to about $4,000 a year compared to other grocery stores. Now, families in the Las Vegas area can reap those benefits, too. On Facebook, fans said the latest openings in the area are 'a long time coming' and that they are 'surprised it took this long for Vegas to get Aldi,' especially when other markets like 'Phoenix has had them for a while.' The new locations in Henderson, Nevada and North Las Vegas are just the start of what's to come in the area. A third location will open on May 15 in Las Vegas and in a press release, Aldi hinted that a fourth Las Vegas location is expected by the end of the year. These Nevada locations are part of Aldi's 5-year national growth strategy, which has the store set to open more than 225 new locations this year and 800 stores by the end of 2028. So, if you're still waiting for an Aldi store in your neighborhood, it could be coming very soon! Read the original article on ALLRECIPES
Yahoo
13-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
A New Banana Is Coming to Stores—and Scientists Claim It Doesn't Brown
A UK-based company has engineered a banana that doesn't brown and stays fresh for longer. This is when you can expect to see the banana in grocery stores, including those in the United States. There's nothing like the disappointment of coming home with a haul of fresh fruit, only to discover half of it has browned or rotten within a couple of days. Now, thanks to science, those days of tossing out fruit preemptively may soon be a thing of the past. A UK-based biotech company called Tropic has successfully engineered a banana that remains fresher for longer—12 hours after it's been peeled, to be exact. How is this possible? They used a gene editing technique called CRISPR to disable the enzyme responsible for making bananas turn brown. Similar to how apples and potatoes change colors once cut, the browning we see in bananas is due to oxidation, and is not a reliable indicator of a banana's ripeness. Gilad Gershon, co-founder of Tropic, told AgFunderNews, "The bananas have the same taste, smell, sweetness profile, the same everything, except that the flesh doesn't go brown as quickly, which means you can add them to fruit salads and cut fruit products, opening up a huge new market.' While genetically modified non-browning apples have been around for a decade, bananas present a unique challenge. Nearly all the bananas consumed in the United States belong to the Cavendish subgroup, which is seedless and can only reproduce through cloning. Yes, that means the bananas from today are essentially genetically identical to the ones from the 1960s. As a result, selecting genes for desirable traits is nearly impossible since all the bananas are virtually the same. This discovery not only opens up more possibilities for modifying bananas to improve disease resistance and extend shelf-life (which Tropic is already working on), but it may also make a huge impact in reducing food waste and lowering global greenhouse gas emissions. Nearly 33% of the world's harvested agriculture goes to waste—including almost 60% of banana biomass after harvesting. Tropic believes its non-browning bananas "have the potential to significantly reduce food waste and CO2 emissions along the supply chain by more than 25%," which the company suggests is "a reduction in CO2 emissions equivalent to removing 2 million passenger vehicles from the road each year." The new non-browning bananas have already been approved for commercial sale in the Philippines, Colombia, Honduras, the United States, and Canada, so we can expect to see them in stores before the end of the year. I know, I know—browned bananas are the secret workhorse of some of our favorite treats like banana bread, banana cream pie, and more. But now, we can have perfectly ripe bananas that aren't mushy and brown. This is more than a win for our kitchens, it's a win for our food systems and planet, too. Read the original article on ALLRECIPES
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Panda Express Is Bringing Back a Menu Favorite—This Time With a Fiery Upgrade
When we crave gourmet-style Chinese food fast, Panda Express delivers. Everything from the classic go-to Orange Chicken to those new super hearty Balanced Protein Plates, this chain helps feed those needing comfort food ASAP. While all the options on the expansive menu are full of flavor, there is a special dish we go back to time and time again whenever it is re-released. Luckily for us, it's back right now and has even more to delight our tastebuds and bellies. Panda Express fans, get ready. Your favorite Firecracker Shrimp is back—but with a meatier twist this time around. Say hello to your next must-try: Firecracker Steak and Shrimp. Made similar to the version we've previously enjoyed, the offering comes packed with stir-fried shrimp tossed in a wok with red and yellow bell peppers, onions, and string beans, all smothered in the chain's own signature Firecracker sauce. However, this upgraded version of the beloved menu item also adds sirloin steak bites into the mix, along with whole dry chili peppers and fermented black beans to pack even more heat and bold kick. Firecracker Shrimp first appeared on the menu at Panda Express back in 2020 and has been on and off since as a special, limited-time item. Last year, when it made its comeback, we couldn't get to our nearest restaurant fast enough before it left again. Just like before, this latest takeout favorite won't last long on the menu. Starting now, you can try the new Firecracker Steak and Shrimp until May 27, while supplies last. We know where we are heading for our lunch break. Read the original article on ALLRECIPES
