Cone-a-versary and a Giveaway!

There are many stories about the invention of the ice cream cone, but we like the one that causes the 108th anniversary to be today!

From the Library of Congress Today in History: On "July 23, 1904, according to some accounts, Charles E. Menches conceived the idea of filling a pastry cone with two scoops of ice-cream and thereby invented the ice-cream cone."

As you know, I love the smell (and taste!) of Ben & Jerry's cones. To celebrate this anniversary and such a great cone, we are giving away a copy of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book as well as a coupon for a free pint of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream! (Although you'll have to forgive the fact that the book does not actually share Ben & Jerry's recipe for their cones!)

Leave a comment about your favorite cone by Friday, July 27 for a chance to win! Email MUST be included with your comment (in the comment field) -- otherwise we will be unable to contact you!

77¢ Cones to Celebrate 77 Years of Friendly's

Friendly's is celebrating it's 77th Anniversary with 77¢ cones today! Not a bad deal!

I love this photo they posted on their Facebook page!

Happy 77th, Friendly's!

I love that I read about the deal on a sign at the Friendly's in my hometown. I'm hoping to be able to celebrate tomorrow at the Friendly's I grew up going to!

Happy Blogiversary to Us Winner!

Congrats to Janelle for winning in our Happy Blogiversary to Us post! I am glad she won because it brought me to her site with some fabulous looking Whole Wheat Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies -- wait -- this looks very similar to my mom's recipe except with whole wheat flour instead of regular. And yes, I have tried pumpkin chocolate chip ice cream, but I will for sure have to revisit it, because I wasn't thrilled with it the first time I made it -- but there is always room for improvement, yes?

Happy Blogiversary to Us!

Today marks the one year anniversary of Scoopalicious!

On January 2, 2008, Tina wrote the first post...little did she know that over those first days of January 2008, Bethany too was contemplating starting an ice cream blog! So we joined forces on January 8, 2008, and Scoopalicious as you know it today was born!

Tell us what your favorite post was over the past year and enter to win some coupons for free ice cream! Deadline is Monday, January 12th. Please be sure to include an email address at which we can contact you.

The image at left is one of the last days of work together and I was so sad to leave Tina. Luckily, Scoopalicious has kept us in touch more than I could have imagined. The photo was Poladorided! (Have fun with Poladroid, but warning, it is addictive!)