Seriously? Sour Patch Kids Oreos?
You've really gotta like sour stuff to want it in cookie form . . .
Nabisco announced that Sour Patch Kids-flavored OREOS will be coming next month. They're known for overdoing it on the Oreo flavors, but this might be their weirdest yet.
They released a statement saying, "The Oreo brand is always looking for playful ways to excite our fans. What better and more unexpected way to do that?"
You can pre-order them on the Oreo website, and they hit stores nationwide on May 6th. They're a limited-edition thing . . . so even they realize there's no way anyone wants them long-term.
The whole thing actually started as a JOKE. Back in 2022, the Sour Patch Kids people tweeted a doctored photo of exactly what they're now selling.
They tagged Oreo in it and said, "What if we actually made them? That would be fun."
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A place in Japan serves a loaf of bread stuffed with French fries.
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Speaking of bread, you do NOT want to store it in the refrigerator?
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People on TikTok were noticing that Drumstick ice cream doesn't melt . . . even the actual @drumstick account got in on the fun.
Makeup artist and biomedical engineer Savannah decided to explain what the deal is with Drumstick ice cream not melting.
A wine merchant in England named Tom Gilbey ran the London Marathon while doing a wine tasting at the same time.
He sampled 25 different wines, one at each mile marker, and he was able to correctly identify a lot of them.
And Now, Chocolate Is Being Wiped Out By a Covid-Like Pandemic?
Viruses don't just target humans . . . because apparently, CHOCOLATE is facing its own COVID-19-like pandemic right now.
A viral disease is ravaging the cacao trees in West Africa, where more than half the world's chocolate originates. This is in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
It's called the "cacao swollen shoot virus disease" . . . or CSSVD . . . and it spreads thanks to the mealybugs that feed on the trees.
Once infected, the plant exhibits symptoms like . . . swelling of the stems and roots, red veins on immature leaves, and the cacao pod shrinking.
Experts estimate that CSSVD caused harvest losses of 15% to 20% in Ghana. Which may not seem like a lot, but they've lost "more than 254 MILLION cacao trees in recent years."
Fighting the virus has been tough . . . mostly because the mealybugs have become highly resistant to pesticides.
But there is hope . . . thanks to vaccines. Seriously.
Scientists have begun inoculating crops with CSSVD vaccines. They do work . . . but the problem is they're expensive, and many of these farmers are low-paid.
The main question you're probably asking is: Okay, so will this REALLY impact the availability of chocolate?
It's hard to say . . . but the "New York Post" is sounding the alarm. An expert says, "This virus is a real threat to the global supply of chocolate." And the "Post" says you might want to "stock up while you can."
This isn't the only issue: The chocolate industry has already been dealing with supply chain disruptions . . . because climate change is causing poor harvests that have jacked up prices. So, some of the companies that process cacao haven't been able to afford the beans.
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