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Graeter’s Unleashes the Beast Feast!

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Graeter’s Ice Cream has unleashed its latest creation: Beast Feast: Cookie Dough Unleashed.

The limited-time flavor, inspired by Kings Island’s iconic wooden roller coaster, The Beast, debuts today as part of Graeter’s summer Bonus Flavors, the Bake Shop 2025 collection.

The Beast Feast is a thrill ride for your taste buds, featuring monster chunks of sugar cookie dough with colorful rainbow sprinkles swirled into a creamy cookie butter ice cream base.

The flavor is a tribute to the adrenaline-pumping fun of The Beast, which has been thrilling riders since 1979 with its record-breaking 7,361-foot track—more than 1.4 miles long—and a ride time of over four minutes. Kings Island crews recently replaced over 1,600 feet of the coaster’s track, ensuring it remains a legendary experience for years to come.

“This collaboration captures the joy of two Cincinnati icons,” Chip Graeter, fourth-generation owner of Graeter’s Ice Cream said. “It’s cookie dough unleashed, just like the roller coaster itself. You won’t want to miss this one!”

Beast Feast is available for a limited time at Graeter’s scoop shops, by the pint at Graeters.com for nationwide shipping, and by the scoop at Graeter’s location on International Street at Kings Island.

The summer Bonus Flavors lineup also includes Cinnamon Sticky Bun, Blueberry Lemon Crumble, Pineapple Passion Sorbet, Minty Brownie, and Caramel Pecan Cheesecake.

Graeter’s Reveals First Summer Bonus Flavor of 2025

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Graeter’s Ice Cream  has announced Cinnamon Sticky Bun is the first bonus flavor of the season dubbed “Bake Sale summer.”

The cinnamon ice cream is swirled with brown sugar and sticky bun dough, finished with crunchy toffee pieces. It’s only around for a limited time, so get a pint today before its too late.
Other new flavors coming to the menu this summer include Lemon Blueberry Crumble, Pineapple Passion Sorbet, Minty Brownie, and Caramel Pecan Cheesecake. Details about these flavor releases will be announced throughout the summer.

The new flavor, which is Star-D Kosher Certified, is available at Graeter’s shops by the scoop and in pints. You can also purchase the pints online at Graeters.com. 

Newest Graeter’s Flavor is Sweet as Pie

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Here’s the scoop on Graeter’s Ice Cream latest bonus flavor of the summer. Lemon Meringue Pie, is the third of five bonus flavors from the company this year.  Lemon Meringue Pie is made with tart lemon candies, crunchy pie crust pieces and lemon marshmallow ice cream.

Graeter’s also announced a new “secret menu item,” a Lemon Meringue Pie sundae. The sundae features white bundt cake, strawberry topping, Lemon Meringue Pie ice cream and marshmallow topping. It is available while supplies last.

As will all Graeters’ bonus flavors, they are a limited-time offering, and once the flavor is gone, it is retired for the year.

The other bonus flavors that debuted earlier this year were Dough’licious, a caramel brownie batter ice cream loaded with peanut butter dough, cookie dough and brownie pieces and Hot Honey Crunch which is a crunchy honeycomb with  sweet icing pieces combined with a little heat.

You can get  Lemon Meringue Pie at any of the area scoop shops or online, or by using the Graeter’s app.

Fritz & Fiona’s Sundae Fundae at the Zoo

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On Sunday, July 30th from 6 -8pm the Cincinnati Zoo is hosting  Fritz & Fiona’s Sundae Fundae Fundraiser. Tickets for this event run $30, and can be purchased online.  Zoo members get discounted tickets.

This sweet event offers a double-dip of Fritz & Fiona and delicious Graeter’s ice cream.  Fritz & Fiona’s Sundae Fundae will take you around the Zoo for an ice cream sampling where you will be able to see some of your favorite animals enjoying their outdoor habitats after hours.

As you wander through the Zoo, sample delicious Graeter’s Ice Cream at stations around the Zoo! Guests also get free train and carousel rides during this event!

 

 

 

Upon arrival, guests will receive their Graeter’s Ice Cream passport to show for a scoop at each of the 6 sampling stations.

 

Ice Cream Flavors

  • Lemon Sorbet
  • Black Raspberry Chip
  • Cotton Candy
  • Dark Chocolate Brownie
  • Oregon Strawberry
  • Seasonal Summer Flavor TBA

Limited concessions will be open during the Fiona Sundae Fundae.

Graeter’s Ice Cream Releases First Summer Bonus Flavors

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Graeter’s Ice Cream continues its tradition of bonus flavors released each summer. Today they’ve announce the first of five bonus flavors that will be available for a limited time and it’s  Dough’licious.

Graeter’s describes the flavor as “a Caramel brownie batter ice cream loaded with peanut butter dough, cookie dough and brownie pieces.”

Each bonus flavor remains a secret until the day of its release, and will only be available for a limited time. Graeter’s says, “Once the flavor is gone from scoop shops and online, the flavor is retired for the year.”

Dough’licious is available now at Graeter’s ice cream shops and graeters.com.

Cones For The Cure- Sept 8 – 18

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In 2008, in support of The Cure Starts Now, Graeter’s ice cream auctioned off a once in a lifetime chance to create your own flavor. The winners of the auction worked with Graeter’s to help develop a flavor to honor Elena Desserich, the inspiration for The Cure Starts Now. Now a Limited Edition seasonal flavor, Elena’s Blueberry Pie honors the memories of all young lives affected by pediatric cancer and supports The Cure Starts Now’s mission to find the Homerun Cure for all cancers.

Graeter’s Sweet Reward members will receive an offer for a Free single dip sugar cone of Elena’s Blueberry Pie ice cream during Cones for the Cure. See Graeter’s App for more details.

Don’t have the app?
No worries. Fill out the form here and  they’ll send you a coupon.

THE DETAILS:
  • One single dip of Elena’s Blueberry Pie ice cream in a sugar cone
  • No purchase necessary (though a donation to The Cure Starts Now would be much appreciated)
  • Offer valid only 9/8/2022 – 9/18/2022
  • No substitutions. While supplies last.
  • Limit one coupon per customer.
  • Redeemable at any Graeter’s retail location

When you stop in for your free scoop of Elena’s Blueberry Pie ice cream, be sure to pick up a Graeter’s coupon book for a $5 donation to The Cure Starts Now. All proceeds from the sales will be donated to the foundation in support of innovative cancer research.

The Newest Graeter’s Ice Cream Flavor is Here

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Graeter’s Ice Cream has release its fourth bonus flavor of the summer Candy Bar Chip.

Their description of this sweet treat is  peanut nougat ice cream with candied peanuts and milk chocolate chips.

Graeter’s has a summer tradition of releasing these bonus flavors for a limited time. Previously this summer they’ve offered Strawberry Cheesecake, Frozen Hot Chocolate  and Churro.  As with all the bonus flavors, they make one batch, release them and when they are gone they retire the flavor. We expect one more bonus flavor to come out in August.

Graeter’s LAST Bonus Flavor of the Season

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It started back on May 15, 2017 with Orange & Cream! About every few weeks over the summer Graeter’s Ice Cream released a new summer bonus flavor, available for a limited time. It started with Orange Cream, followed by Dark Chocolate Fudge Brownie. Banana Chocolate Chip, Butterscotch and Latte, Caramelized Chocolate,  Peanut Brittle, S’mores, Oatmeal Raisin Cookie and now finally this week the very last summer flavor is released.

Vanilla Malt Chocolate Chip is considered a Limited Time Only flavor, for once the flavor is gone from scoop shops and online, the flavor is retired for the year.

Please visit Graeters.com to find a location near you.  To learn more about Graeter’s Ice Cream, or to buy the bonus flavors online, visit https://www.graeters.com or visit Graeter’s on social media @GraetersIceCream.

Fiona Inspires Chunky Chunky Hippo Ice Cream

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Greater’s Ice Cream has just announced that a brand new flavor- Chunky Chunky Hippo- inspired by the public’s infatuation with Fiona, the baby hippo at the Cincinnati Zoo. Born six weeks premature at just 29 pounds in January, less than 1/2 the weight of the  lowest recorded birth weight for a hippo.  Folks immediately fell in love and tuned in for updates from the zoo.  Fiona recently weighed in at over 325 and in now on track, hitting normal hippo milestones.

“There are two things in life guaranteed to bring a smile to your face – ice cream and Fiona, the baby hippo,” said Chad Yelton, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden vice president of marketing and communications

The limited-time flavor, a toffee ice cream base with salted, roasted peanuts and milk chocolate caramel truffles, will be sold in small batches at Graeter’s shops in Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Dayton and Oxford, as well as some sales at the zoo and at graeters.com.  The best part is a portion of proceeds benefit the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.

“Fiona continues to bring people together from all over the world in so many ways,” said Chad Yelton, vice president of marketing at the zoo. “We appreciate the support of Graeter’s and are excited to share this Fiona-inspired ice cream flavor with the community that has rallied around her for the past six months.”