Back during the no-carb diet craze of the early 2000s, I joked that I wanted to try a diet consisting of nothing but carbs and lipids. I would call it the Fatkins Diet. Guess what? I just did exactly that. I ate ice cream, and only ice cream, for four days straight. Yes, it's the world's first Ice Cream Cleanse, and… » 3/05/14 9:55pm 3/05/14 9:55pm

Real-life ice cream superhero company Ben & Jerry's has apparently decided to use their magical powers to solve all of our problems and take us on a train to Delicioustown with their new line of Core ice creams. » 2/27/14 3:08pm 2/27/14 3:08pm

Do you like cake? Are you one of those people who never got over childhood birthday parties and the sweet, smoky smell of snuffed candles mingling with buttercream icing? If you murmured "yes" to your computer, then the next sentence you read will horrify you and quite possibly turn you into a PIE person. An old… » 2/23/14 1:00pm 2/23/14 1:00pm

Now before your stomach gets all excited about these tiny but extravagant sweets and baked goods, keep in mind that these are all clay sculptures. While that may be leave your tummy-tums jilted, it should also leave your mind a bit blown.

Ahlam Alnajdi, a Saudi photographer and artist, has dedicated her time to… » 12/09/13 1:10pm 12/09/13 1:10pm

Ever look at a picture of something so amazing and delicious-looking your gut started churning in anticipation? That's what we're talking about here. » 11/27/13 7:40pm 11/27/13 7:40pm

What are the United States' best regional foodstuffs? Its worst? These are the questions that bedevil the mind of man—but no longer! For here, we have ranked them. Rigorously scientific (not), ardently researched (nope), and scrupulously fair (not even a little bit): this is the Great American Menu! » 10/17/13 3:39pm 10/17/13 3:39pm

National Dessert Day sounds like a more important holiday than any other holiday. AAAACK, Cathy/Laura. » 10/13/13 7:00pm 10/13/13 7:00pm

On Friday we found out that Carl's Jr. had invented the Pop Tart ice cream sandwich, which is one creamy scoop of vanilla nestled between two strawberry toaster treats. YUM. Now comes the commercial, which treats the dessert like the epic creation it is. And look! It wasn't necessary to involve any scantily-clad… » 7/29/13 6:15pm 7/29/13 6:15pm

Fuck a cherry, topping parfaits with slices of cake is where it's AT. » 5/12/13 10:30pm 5/12/13 10:30pm

I haven't been able to stop singing "yum YUM yum yum YUM yum yum YUM YUM YUM" to the tune of the Game of Thrones theme since I saw the photos of this Winterfell gingerbread house, made by blogger the Liquorsnapper. While I can't imagine the Starks being too keen on sweets (they're far too austere and stoic for… » 1/04/13 5:10pm 1/04/13 5:10pm

This, friends, is an ice-cream-cake moon, with real craters, created by British design agency Doshi Levien, in association with Häagen-Dazs. Did you hear me? HÄAGEN-DAZS ICE CREAM CAKE MOON. Fly me to the moon and let me nom among the stars! » 10/04/12 6:40pm 10/04/12 6:40pm

Yum. One small step for nom, one giant leap for nomkind.

Eating ice cream for breakfast is every child's dream, and now, thanks to Pinkberry, it's about to become a reality for adults too. Well, kind of. Pinkberry is expanding its offerings to include breakfast, so it's not technically ice cream, but it's still pretty much dessert for breakfast. Only you can feel better… » 6/26/12 10:00am 6/26/12 10:00am

You've probably heard of this whole cooking genre that's sprung up around parents sneaking vegetables into otherwise delicious sounding things like cakes and cookies. Well, a new study has looked into how accepting of these sneakily nutritious snacks kids were, and it's beginning to seem like going to the trouble of… » 3/02/12 4:00pm 3/02/12 4:00pm

Holy shit. A Thin Mint in a candy bar?! This promises to take us to previously unattained levels of dessert joy. Before you rush out of your house without any pants on to go buy caseloads of these, you should know this sad fact: This mysterious temptress showed up on Reddit today, but no one can find any mention of it… » 2/27/12 11:55pm 2/27/12 11:55pm

We all joke about being addicted to dessert or salt or various other vices, but in the case of ice cream, one new study has shown that it actually does share some characteristics with drugs. It sets off the pleasure centers of our brain in the same way, but it's also now clear that when you eat a lot of ice cream, you… » 2/24/12 9:40am 2/24/12 9:40am

So many of us find ourselves sitting at our desks mid-afternoon, a little bit hungry for something sweet and a little bit bored. We put off eating the chocolate we keep in our drawer for a few minutes, telling ourselves we are virtuous and can resist, but then after staring mindlessly at yet another spreadsheet or… » 1/16/12 1:05pm 1/16/12 1:05pm

Sad news, friends: today Dippin' Dots, the company that makes those tiny balls of ice cream sold in malls as "The Ice Cream of the Future," has filed for bankruptcy. The company is asking a judge to allow it to use cash collateral to stay in business. This would be good news for people who like novelty, and forms of… » 11/04/11 4:40pm 11/04/11 4:40pm

Craving a few tasty treats that won't deter you from your pre-summer diet? We don't suggest eating these pieces of art from Ed Bing Lee's Delectable Collection — but they sure are pretty to look at! » 5/16/11 7:00pm 5/16/11 7:00pm