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Kids, Parents, Fast Food and NON-Melting Ice Cream

Forget about parental guilt. We’ve all done it from time to time. Heck, some do it on a daily basis.

I’m referring to the time honored tradition (see: bad habit) of using the fast-food drive-thru as a culinary crutch. While you may not be a fan of the high sodium selections, let’s face it; the convenience of shouting into a metal kiosk, and almost instantaneously receiving a bag of food, simply can’t be beat.

What’s more, fast-food restaurants are everywhere. They’re right there. All. The. Time. On the way home from soccer practice, on the way to grandma’s, in between Target and the grocery store… basically, they’re right next to wherever you happen to be at any given moment.

Which is why it’s no surprise that Zagat—-the people behind the most trusted guide to restaurant reviews–finally made the move to the dark side (or at least the greasier side) to create the 2009 Zagat Fast-Food Survey.

According to the experts, the best place to get a quick and tasty hamburger is In-N-Out, followed by Wendy’s, Burger King, McDonald’s, and finally, Whataburger.

The Top Fries award went to McDonald’s followed by Burger King, In-N-Out, Wendy’s, and Chick-fil-A.

Best coffee went to Starbucks; best fried chicken was awarded to KFC; and Panera Bread was crowned best salad champ.

The titles and awards mean nothing if your kid won’t touch anything but McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets, but it may lessen your guilt the next time you are exiting In-N-Out’s drive-thru with the nation’s finest hamburger hanging out of your mouth.

Finally, with the kids out of school and the temperatures on the rise, it will only be a matter of time before you hear the first screams of summer: “Moooooooommy, my ice cream is dripping!”

Enter Cold Stone Creamery. The company known for its staff of singing ice cream scoopers is coming to the rescue of parents, whose frozen treat loving kids, can’t lick fast enough to prevent massive meltdowns.

Cold Stone just announced that it is working with Jell-O to create a non-melting ice cream.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

According to the folks at Cold Stone, their product will remain creamy at ice-cold temperatures, and as it warms up, instead of melting, it will develop a pudding-like consistency.

Translation: No more kids standing in puddles of chocolate with sticky streaks of ice cream traced on their arms and legs.

The new non-melting ice cream will be available at select Cold Stone locations beginning next month.

Mark your calendars!

Related Articles:

What are You Feeding Your Baby?

Fast Food Kids’ Meals—How Healthy Are They?

Kids And Juice—Are They A Healthy Mix?

Is There Such A Thing As A Healthy Hamburger?

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About Michele Cheplic

Michele Cheplic was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, but now lives in Wisconsin. Michele graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Journalism. She spent the next ten years as a television anchor and reporter at various stations throughout the country (from the CBS affiliate in Honolulu to the NBC affiliate in Green Bay). She has won numerous honors including an Emmy Award and multiple Edward R. Murrow awards honoring outstanding achievements in broadcast journalism. In addition, she has received awards from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association for her reports on air travel and the Wisconsin Education Association Council for her stories on education. Michele has since left television to concentrate on being a mom and freelance writer.