The loss of the Ikea soft-serve ice cream cone left a hole in our hearts…but can we fill it with something else?
soft serve ice cream
We’d had high hopes for the ice cream’s first jaunt outside of the U.S., but it’s not what we were expecting.
It’s up to you whether you want to count this new beverage product as a drink or as a dessert.
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