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1 week ago | sporked.com | Griffin Parker |Tyler Bowers |Cincinnati-style chili

Hark, the herald angels sing: A new Alani Nu Energy flavor is born. This time around, we’ve got our hands on Sherbet Swirl, Alani Nu’s take on the classic frozen orange-raspberry-lime dessert. Technically speaking, Alani Nu actually made a sherbet flavor a while back—just not in their energy drink format. Alani Nutrition (the full name of the company that makes Alani Nu Energy, if you didn’t know) has offered a Sherbet Swirl pre-workout mix for a few years now.

2 weeks ago | sporked.com | Griffin Parker |Gwynedd Stuart |Matt Crowley |Cincinnati-style chili

The last time I covered rare Mountain Dew flavors here on Sporked, I focused mostly on out-of-production flavors you can still find online. Rest assured, I got your comments and letters: “Griffin, tell us about rare Mountain Dew flavors we can just buy.” Today, I’m bringing you seven Mountain Dew flavors that are still currently in production that you might not know about. I’ve got a good thing going with the “7 Sodas” series here on Sporked, but this list deserves an honorable number eight.

2 weeks ago | sporked.com | Griffin Parker |Justine Sterling |Jordan Myrick |Cincinnati-style chili

Ben Stiller, one of our greatest living nepo babies, is planning to launch a low-sugar soda brand called Stiller’s. Do you think this idea came from his innie or his outie? Per sources that don’t wish to be identified, Ben Stiller has been raising funds for the venture in his personal time. He filed for a trademark back in November relating to this venture, which gives us our first idea of the name of this new “fruit-flavored, carbonated beverage” brand: Stiller’s. In one word?

2 weeks ago | sporked.com | Griffin Parker |Ariana Losch |Jordan Myrick

Finally, I can have Girl Scouts cookies for breakfast without seeing deep concern in my partner’s eyes. Yes, those mad Pop-Tart scientists figured out how to turn round cookies into rectangular pastries. Where would we be without all their hard work? Let’s find out whether Samoas and Thin Mints translate well to breakfast or if they should have stayed in their dessert lane.

3 weeks ago | sporked.com | Griffin Parker |Tyler Bowers |Justine Sterling

Credit: Liv Averett / Alani Nu / iStock Alani Nu, my beloved, are we moving too fast? It feels like I just reviewed your last new flavor and yet folks around the country are already finding cans of the newest Alani Nu Energy flavor on shelves. It’s fitting that this news is a real scoop, because this new Alani Nu flavor is straight out of the ice cream aisle.