Chocolate ice cream vs. vanilla ice cream: Which dessert is ‘better’ for you? Here’s the cold hard truth

Chocolate ice cream vs. vanilla ice cream: Which dessert is ‘better’ for you? Here’s the cold hard truth

With summer well underway, ice cream shops all over the nation have been serving up cold and delicious treats of many flavors to customers of all ages. But can ice cream be part of a healthy diet? And does a particular ice cream flavor have a big impact on the food’s nutritional value? Fox News … Read more

People are traveling across the world to try the viral ‘millennial Willy Wonka’ chocolate bar

People are traveling across the world to try the viral ‘millennial Willy Wonka’ chocolate bar

This confection is raising the bar. Thought going all the way to the store for candy was extreme? Chocoholics are traveling across the world to get their paws on a special bar that’s only available in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. “This is worth every bit of the hype and is still getting,” gushed one satisfied … Read more

These 5 healthy desserts can boost metabolism and banish belly fat

These 5 healthy desserts can boost metabolism and banish belly fat

Summer is here, and our collective sweet tooth aches for twist cones and popsicles, funnel cake and icebox pies — at the expense of our health and waistline. For those seeking satisfaction while maintaining a healthy diet, experts recommend sweet snacks that boost metabolism and curb cravings. Rich in protein, fiber, and antioxidants, these guilt-free … Read more

This will be the dessert of the summer — and more hot trends bubbling up on Pinterest

This will be the dessert of the summer — and more hot trends bubbling up on Pinterest

The weather is warming up, and one surprising dessert trend will be keeping everyone cool this summer. According to the Pinterest Summer Trends Report, the upcoming season will see lots of bold and inventive twists on everything from summer foods to how we gather with friends. And lovers of sweet treats have a new ingredient … Read more

This classic ice cream flavor is on the outs — and diehard fans are devastated

This classic ice cream flavor is on the outs — and diehard fans are devastated

Here’s the scoop: No one’s melting for this classic ice cream flavor anymore. Chocolate chip ice cream — once a beloved freezer staple — could soon become obsolete. It didn’t even crack the top five flavors favored by consumers, falling to eighth place in a list of America’s favorite ice cream, per a 2024 survey … Read more

Dear Abby shares her favorite dessert recipe

Dear Abby shares her favorite dessert recipe

DEAR ABBY: I have read that you have a sweet tooth. I do, too. That’s why I’m interested in your recipe booklets, particularly if you have included dessert recipes. Which ones do you particularly love? — LOVES IT SWEET IN ANNAPOLIS, MD DEAR LOVES: That’s a tough question. It’s hard to choose just one recipe … Read more

NYC’s top restaurants dishing out fancy soft-serve ice cream as a cost-cutting dessert option

NYC’s top restaurants dishing out fancy soft-serve ice cream as a cost-cutting dessert option

To fight the sweltering heat of an East Coast summer — sweat sizzling on scorching pavement, commuters silently begging for a breeze on humidity-clogged train platforms — there’s nothing better than a cone of soft serve ice cream. Once the province of neighborhood kids waving dollar bills at ice cream trucks — and more recently, given … Read more

Giving my kids dessert with breakfast and dinner has been a game-changer — other moms don’t understand

Giving my kids dessert with breakfast and dinner has been a game-changer — other moms don’t understand

Cookies, brownies and cakes don’t have to wait at mom Caitlin Kiarie’s house.  Sweets get a front-row seat alongside the veggies, starches and meats she serves her brood of three each night.  “Giving my kids dessert with their dinner normalizes dessert,” Kiarie, 40, a registered dietician from Montclair, New Jersey, told The Post. “Sweets are … Read more

Ex McDonald’s chef reveals the menu items from the Worldwide Convention you might never get to try

Ex McDonald’s chef reveals the menu items from the Worldwide Convention you might never get to try

Keep McWishing. Chef Mike Haracz, known as @chefmikeharacz on TikTok, has become known on the platform for revealing the fast food chain’s biggest secrets, and this time, he’s dishing on what the corporation showcased at this week’s McDonald’s Worldwide Convention in Barcelona, Spain. Specifically, Haracz revealed the McDonald’s menu items Americans will never get the chance … Read more

Dear Abby: My wife ghosted me after 28 years of marriage to find herself

Dear Abby: My wife ghosted me after 28 years of marriage to find herself

DEAR ABBY: After 28 years, my wife left me “to find herself.” She says she doesn’t want a divorce; she just needs time and space to work on herself, but she also wants to work on our marriage. She doesn’t want to talk, text or contact me.  My question is, how are we supposed to … Read more

Is this the new Cronut? NYC bakeries selling out of ‘Crookies’ say it’s a boon for business

Is this the new Cronut? NYC bakeries selling out of ‘Crookies’ say it’s a boon for business

Later, cronuts — there’s a new must-have French pastry mash-up in town. Meet the “crookie,” the ooey, gooey croissant-cookie hybrid that might at first sound uniquely American, but actually only recently hopped across the pond straight from France. But for those with a sweet tooth, it’s no longer necessary to book a trip to Paris to … Read more

Costco yanks beloved treat from food court menu — and a replacement is receiving dismal reviews

Costco yanks beloved treat from food court menu — and a replacement is receiving dismal reviews

Costco Wholesale’s plans to drop the beloved churro from its food court menu threw fans into a deep-fried depression last month. Now, reviews for the apparent replacement snack are in, leaving the internet once again struggling to cope. Rumors that the beloved deep-fried cinnamon sugar-dusted snack, which had been selling for $1.49 at the club food … Read more

Soaring sugar costs mean dessert prices may surge up to 6% in 2024

Soaring sugar costs mean dessert prices may surge up to 6% in 2024

Your milk and cookies just got a little bit more expensive. The price of sugar and sweets could rise 5.6% in 2024 after an extreme drought in Thailand and India caused another bad crop year. This comes as US consumers already saw sweets prices rise 8.9%, which is well above historical averages, according to the … Read more

Store’s mysterious ‘yellow’ donut has dessert lovers fighting over what its actual flavor is

Store’s mysterious ‘yellow’ donut has dessert lovers fighting over what its actual flavor is

Australian grocery store Coles’ iced donuts have sparked a huge debate online over what the flavor of one of its pastries. While most of us have been sitting back and minding our own business these holidays, a Reddit post has been pinging non-stop after someone posted a question asking what the flavor of the delicious … Read more

Subway is launching footlong cookies — and you can get one for free Monday

Subway is launching footlong cookies — and you can get one for free Monday

Monday, Dec. 4, is National Cookie Day, and Subway is having a footlong celebration in honor of the holiday. The fast-food chain announced it will offer cookie lovers a first bite into the new footlong chocolate chip cookie. The footlong dessert will be launching nationwide in January, but select Subway restaurants will be giving out … Read more

NYC’s confusing, mysterious rice pudding shop expanding after 20 years

NYC’s confusing, mysterious rice pudding shop expanding after 20 years

In the past two decades, countless shops and eateries in Nolita — from Pinkberry to the 130-year-old Alleva Dairy cheese shop — have closed as the neighborhood has grown increasingly trendy and expensive. But one place has surprisingly stood the test of time: Rice to Riches, a spot devoted to numerous flavors of rice pudding, … Read more

How sweet it is: Dentist’s side hustle is selling macarons

How sweet it is: Dentist’s side hustle is selling macarons

Stephanie Tran’s day job is keeping pearly whites squeaky clean — but her side hustle is for those with a sweet tooth. The New Jersey dentist began baking macarons at the start of the pandemic, and turned her hobby into a business. She launched her company, Steph’s Macarons, in July 2020, and peddles her creative … Read more

Magnolia Bakery transforming its iconic desserts into cannabis edibles — but there’s a catch for New Yorkers

Magnolia Bakery transforming its iconic desserts into cannabis edibles — but there’s a catch for New Yorkers

Get baked with your favorite desserts from Magnolia Bakery. New York City’s world-famous bakeshop is transforming some of its fan favorites into THC-infused edibles — but it might be tough for residents of the Big Apple to get their hands on them. Magnolia’s first-ever cannabis product, presented in partnership with award-winning cannabis edibles brand Incredibles, … Read more

Oreo Red Velvet is back — fans rejoice over return of ‘most requested’ flavor

Oreo Red Velvet is back — fans rejoice over return of ‘most requested’ flavor

Oreo fans are seeing red — and that’s a good thing. After a three-year hiatus, the iconic cookie brand is bringing the red velvet flavor back — the “most requested” of Oreo’s limited edition treats, according to People. The sweet sandwich will be available beginning Sept. 12 for a limited time only. The flavor remains … Read more

Restaurant blasted for serving up chocolate dessert — in a toilet

Restaurant blasted for serving up chocolate dessert — in a toilet

Apparently this tourist dining destination never heard the old idiom about not [bleeping] where you eat. A restaurant in Israel has stirred up a crapstorm online after serving up brown ice cream in a toilet-themed vessel, as seen in a viral video eliciting gags across TikTok. In the retch-worthy clip — filmed at a restaurant … Read more