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Heathen Explains How to Handle Your Schweddy Balls [AUDIO]

Wes Nessman — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:05:39 +0000

Of course there is controversy over the new “Schweddy Balls” flavor of ice cream. The flavor, named after a skit on Saturday Night Live, recently hit stores and now one million moms are mad. Ben and Jerry’s jumped on the Saturday Night Live’s hit (now many years old) and introduced the ice cream flavor. At [...]

Group Calls for Boycott of Ben & Jerry's Schweddy Balls Ice Cream

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:12:30 +0000

The advocacy group One Million Moms aren’t big fans of a new Ben & Jerry’s flavor dubbed “Schweddy Balls.”

In fact, they’re calling for a boycott of the ice cream, whose name pays tribute to a ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch in which Alec Baldwin plays Pete Schweddy, a man who makes popcorn, rum and cheese balls.

One Million Moms’ statement, released Wednesday, states:

Ben & Jerry's Schweddy Balls Ice Cream Inspired by Alec Baldwin's 'SNL' Skit [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:03:12 +0000

For its latest flavor, ice cream purveyors Ben & Jerry’s drew from history. Comedic history.

Months after Alec Baldwin dropped hints that a flavor named “Schweddy Balls” was on the horizon, B&J have made it a reality. The concoction, made of vanilla ice cream with fudge-covered rum and malt balls, got its name from an old ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch win which Molly Shannon and Ana Gasteyer play low-key NPR hosts who delight in holiday confections made by eatery-owner Pete Schweddy (Baldwin).