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Batman Fans Need To Know About These Limited-Edition Oreos inkanya Anankitrojana/Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 6:53 am EST Remember when Oreo made a “Game of Thrones” promo video? Well, the famous cookie brand may just have one-upped itself with yet another dramatic crossover video featuring Oreos and pop culture. This time, it’s in a launch film for the new limited-edition “The Batman”-themed Oreos. In the ad, available on YouTube, “two icons unite” as action-movie music plays and the camera pans over a spread of Oreos, Batman’s silhouette etched into the cookies’ surfaces....

Best Pumpkin Snickerdoodles Recipe Kristen Carli/Mashed By Kristen Carli AND Mashed Staff/Oct. 29, 2021 10:55 am EST There are plenty of different cookies to make to satisfy your craving for sweets, and we’re not going to lie — we don’t think we’ve ever met a cookie that we didn’t like. While chocolate chip cookies may be the most popular kind of cookie that you can buy or make, there are many other options that are just as good and highly underrated....

Blast From The Past: The Origins Of The ‘I Can Has Cheezburger’ Meme Konstantin Zaykov/Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Nov. 24, 2021 4:45 pm EST The history of the internet is a constant churn of memes. Almost all are forgotten in time, but one of the most foundational is “I Can Has Cheezburger.” As seen on Know Your Meme, the image is of a goofy-looking British Shorthair with the text “I Can Has Cheezburger?...

Brian Malarkey Reveals How He Bombed His Food Network Star Audition - Exclusive Matt Furman By Hanna Claeson/Updated: Sept. 8, 2021 7:30 pm EST We all know this: Brian Malarkey is a showman like the earth is round, like 13 cupcakes makes a baker’s dozen, like hot dogs are sandwiches (or are they?). You’ve laughed, oohed, and awed over him on “Top Chef,” “The Taste,” “Guy’s Grocery Games,” “Tournament of Champions,” “Chopped,” “Cutthroat Kitchen,” or even the “The Real Housewives of Orange County....

Chef David Burke Reveals Answers To All Of Our Best Foodie Questions - Exclusive Interview David Burke By Lauren Cahn/Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 3:51 pm EST Chef David Burke is a one-of-a-kind, multi-award-winning culinary genius, whose creativity and talent are matched only by his astounding entrepreneurial skills. If you haven’t seen much of him on television lately, it’s only because he’s been so busy running his many restaurants around the world (including six he opened during the pandemic), coming up with new programming involving his three-foot-tall puppet sous chef, Lefto, and formulating plans for a very unique sort of culinary school....

Cracker Barrel’s New Breakfast Item Combines 2 Sweet Desserts Pilar Quiroga/Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/Nov. 4, 2021 2:27 pm EST Cracker Barrel is a restaurant meant for the entire family. It has an extensive menu with lots of food items that are perfect for everyone. According to Country Living, the store made its debut in Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1969 and was launched by an entrepreneur named Dan Evins. According to the chain’s website, Cracker Barrel serves homey meals to its patrons....

Crispy Chicken Nuggets Recipe Ting Dalton/Mashed By Ting Dalton AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 20, 2021 8:24 am EST Kids absolutely love chicken nuggets, but have you ever read the back of the box? It’s a laundry list of ingredients you’ve never heard of (and probably can’t even pronounce). It’s hard to get excited about feeding that to your family. Luckily, recipe developer Ting Dalton of Cook Simply has the ultimate solution: crispy, tender chicken nuggets made with just ten staple ingredients (all of which are easily pronounceable) and come together in under an hour from start to finish....

Easy Butternut Squash Pasta Recipe Christina Musgrave/Mashed By Christina Musgrave AND Mashed Staff/Sept. 27, 2021 10:50 am EST If you love nothing more than digging into a comforting bowl of pasta, then tie up your apron, and keep reading. Christina Musgrave is a food blogger at Tasting with Tina, and she is enthusiastic about creating dishes that are accessible for all home cooks without compromising taste. Musgrave developed this easy butternut squash pasta recipe, and we bet you’ll love this appetizing dish as much as we do....

Empanada Recipe Kristen Carli/Mashed By Kristen Carli AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 17, 2021 9:33 am EST Today, empanadas — those delectable pockets of flaky dough stuffed with savory meats, cheese, corn, or a vegetable blend — are commonly associated with food from Mexico and South and Central America. But, in fact, they likely have roots in Spain, according to Culture Trip. The empanada enjoyed in Spain in centuries past may have been a much bigger pie, while today, the term refers to smaller folded pockets of pure bliss that pair perfectly with many traditional Mexican and Latin American foods....

Giada De Laurentiis Just Hopped On This TikTok Dance Trend Tinseltown/Shutterstock By Hanna Claeson/Nov. 10, 2021 4:06 pm EST The party is really just getting started. TikTok’s food dance meme — first popularized by a 52-year-old Canadian John McGinnis — is so irresistible that Hollywood can’t get enough of it. Last week “Game of Thrones”’ Gregor The Mountain, whose real-life name is Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, did his dance after drowning fries in what looks to be a mixture of ketchup and mayo....

How A Ridiculously Hot Pickle Led To A McDonald’s Lawsuit Enez Selvi/Shutterstock By James Lewis/Nov. 29, 2021 2:49 pm EST What’s the most scalding food you’ve ever eaten? A freshly crafted French fry must come close, but you should never cook food to the point it leaves burns. According to Landmark Diner NYC, the minimum temperature for hot food should be 140 degrees Fahrenheit, but much more than that can result in piping hot food that can burn the tongue....

How This TikTok Hack Could Give You ‘The Sweetest Peaches Ever’ Shutterstock By Maria Faller/Updated: Oct. 19, 2021 4:31 pm EST To put it lightly, people love peaches. So much so, in fact, that the sweet tree-fruit has made a nice name for itself, not only in the shape of decadent cobblers but also through decades of music. From Justin Bieber’s latest hit, “Peaches,” to the throwback early 2000s jam “Peaches and Cream” by R&B group 112, and, of course, the popular soul duo out of the ’70s, Peaches & Herb, the fruit is undoubtedly a highly popular one....

Instagram Is Raining Hearts On Jamie Oliver’s Cute Kitchen Helper George Pimentel/Getty Images By Karen Hart/Jan. 15, 2022 2:36 pm EST Jamie Oliver and his adorable son River are at it again. The two have been in the kitchen cooking up a wonderful pasta dish and Oliver has shared the sweet moment on social media. If you are not familiar, Oliver’s youngest son, River, is quite the character and definitely the star whenever he appears in the celebrity chef’s posts....

Jingle Juice Recipe Kit Hondrum/Mashed By Kit Hondrum AND Mashed Staff/Dec. 22, 2021 10:23 am EST One of the greatest things about the holiday season — and there are many great things, indeed — is that nearly every day offers an excuse to celebrate something. And, what better way to celebrate than with a fizzy, fruity, party-perfect punch, made with three different spirits and three different fruit juices, and garnished with fresh cranberries, orange slices, and mint?...

Mistakes Everyone Makes When Thawing Chicken DronG/Shutterstock By Kristin Danley-Greiner/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 2:13 pm EST Whether you’re dreaming of a steaming wok full of pineapple chicken chow mein or salivating over the thought of a white plate covered with savory, crispy baked chicken Parmesan, one thing remains the same: you’ll need chicken for your recipe. Budget-minded shoppers often pick up packages of chicken at the grocery store when they’re on sale and stock up....

Pumpkins This Size Are Easiest To Cook With MNStudio/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/Oct. 26, 2021 1:30 pm EST There’s a lot of thought that goes into picking just the right kind of pumpkin to carve into a jack-o-lantern that will look scarier than anyone else’s on your street. When walking through a pumpkin patch, you want to go for the perfect-looking gourd, free of any black spots and squishy bits that will get in the way of carving it....

Reports Of Possible Cyanide Poisoning Prompt Recall Of Evive Smoothies Instagram By Hannah Beach/Jan. 22, 2022 8:42 pm EST In 2015, a young, motivated couple, Dominic Dubé and Claudia Poulin founded the online smoothie company, evive. Per the website, the couple’s desire is to share with the world their passion for accessible healthy eating and living, but currently, the company only ships to the U.S. and Canada. Offering plant-based frozen smoothie cubes that eliminate the need for a blender, evive says making these smoothies is as simple as adding the cube to a liquid, such as milk or water, and shaking it....

Restaurant Workers Are Begging You To Include This In Your Reservation Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock By Hannah Beach/Nov. 2, 2021 11:28 am EST Although many of us visit fast-food restaurants far more often than we visit fine dining establishments, there will come a time in each of our lives when we have to make a restaurant reservation. Maybe the reservation is for a birthday, a graduation dinner, or you’re about to pop the question to your significant other....

That Time Someone Sued Starbucks Over Its Ice Phubes Juwattana/Shutterstock By Amanda Tarlton/Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 11:09 am EST These days, it seems like people sue for almost anything and everything. There was the group that recently sued Kellogg’s because they felt mislead that its Strawberry Frosted Pop-Tarts didn’t contain as much whole fruit as they expected. Then there was the person who tried to sue Burger King over its Impossible Whopper, claiming it couldn’t be marketed as vegan because it’s cooked on the same grill as the chain’s beef patties....

The Bizarre Condiment Hiding In Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Video Chesnot/Getty By Ralph Schwartz/Oct. 28, 2021 6:57 pm EST When Mark Zuckerberg went on Facebook October 28 with a live video to explain how he was going to subsume us all into the collective borg — er, enrich all of our lives by bringing social media into 3D virtual reality — attentive viewers might have noticed something unusual on a bookshelf....