Blue Bell debuting new flavor, Cookies โn Cream Cone, thatโs perfect for chocolate fans
Blue Bell will debut its newest flavor, Cookies โn Creme Cone, in stores starting on Thursday. Blue Bell will debut its newest flavor, Cookies โn Cream Cone, in stores starting on Thursday. The flavor is a mix of vanilla ice cream, chocolate crรจme-filled cookie crumbles, chocolate cone pieces covered in dark chocolate and a chocolate fudge sauce. โImagine our Cookies โn Cream Ice Cream, then add in cone pieces and a fudgy swirl.โโItโs an ice cream with all of the delicious ingredients of a Cookie Cone. Itโs your favorite cone, but in a carton.โCookies โn Cream Cone will be available in half-gallon and pint sizes for a limited time.
Christmas came early: Blue Bell ice cream holiday flavors in stores now
SAN ANTONIO โ Itโs the most wonderful time of the year at Blue Bell Creameries - the Texas ice cream chain announced the return of two favorite holiday flavors. Christmas Cookies and Peppermint ice cream are back in stores for a little holiday cheer in October. Blue Bellโs Christmas Cookies flavor is a chocolate chip, snickerdoodle and sugar cookie combination in a tasty sugar cookie ice cream with red sprinkles and a green icing swirl throughout. Peppermint flavor is a refreshing peppermint ice cream sprinkled with peppermint candy pieces. The holiday flavors will be available for a limited time, while supplies last.
Ex-Blue Bell Creameries CEO charged in deadly listeria case
A federal grand jury in Austin returned a seven-count indictment Tuesday charging Paul Kruse with six counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, according to a Justice Department statement. Health officials notified Blue Bell in February 2015 that two ice cream products from the companyโs flagship factory in the central Texas city of Brenham and its Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, plant tested positive for listeria. Blue Bell recalled products after its ice cream was linked to 10 listeria cases in four states, including three deaths in Kansas. Prosecutors allege that Kruse schemed to deceive Blue Bell customers by directing employees to remove potentially contaminated products from store freezers without alerting grocers and consumers as to why. Kruse was initially charged May 1, the same day that Blue Bell Creameries pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing contaminated goods.
Blue Bell ordered to pay $17.25M in criminal penalties for distributing listeria-contaminated products in 2015
Blue Bell Creameries L.P. was ordered by a federal court to pay $17.25 million in criminal penalties for sending out contaminated products linked to a 2015 listeria outbreak, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. The DOJ said Blue Bell pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of distributing adulterated ice cream products in May 2020. The FDA, CDC and Blue Bell issued public recalls on March 13, 2015. A second recall was announced 10 days later after tests confirmed listeria contamination at a Blue Bell facility in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Blue Bell temporarily closed down all of its facilities in late April 2015 to clean and update equipment.
Blue Bell brings back Milk & Cookies flavor for National Ice Cream Month
SAN ANTONIO This summer is like no other in Texas, but Blue Bell is making things a little sweeter by bringing back a beloved, yet rare, flavor. Blue Bell will return the Milk & Cookies Ice Cream flavor to stores in July in honor of National Ice Cream Month. The flavor is a blend of ice cream and chocolate chip cookies, and has not been sold in several years, company officials said. The flavor has not been available in stores for several years, Jimmy Lawhorn, Blue Bells vice president of sales and marketing, said in a news release. Returning flavors are as exciting as a new flavor because so many of our fans contact us every day with requests asking to bring back their favorite.Every National Ice Cream Month, Blue Bell either takes one flavor out of retirement or creates a new flavor, officials said.