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Cold Stone Creamery Canada unveils 10 Provincial Creations

July 9, 2012

To celebrate Canada's National Ice Cream Day, July 15, Cold Stone Creamery has unveiled 10 Provincial Signature Creations, representing each Canadian province.

The new Creations (from east to west) include:

• Newfoundland "Cod"ton Candy Dandy - Loaded with sprinkles and gummy bears and topped with a dollop of whipped topping in a bright blue cotton candy ice cream base.
• Nova Scotia Blueberry "Scone'er"- Sweet Cream ice cream loaded with blueberries, with graham cracker pie crust and almonds.
• PEI Rocky Road to "Heaven-lea" - Full of crunchy almonds, chocolate chips, and smothered in fudge sauce.
• New Brunswick Ploye Perfection - Pieces of yellow cake mixed into Cake Batter ice cream and decked out with whipped topping and strawberries.
• Quebec La Poutine Gourmand – Featuring French Vanilla ice cream mixed with pecans, chocolate shavings all smothered in caramel sauce.
• Ontario's Berry Best - Inspired by the strawberry fields of southwestern Ontario, this creation is loaded with brownies, Ontario strawberries and fudge sauce mixed into strawberry ice cream.
• Manitoba Red River Flare - With strawberries, bananas and whipped topping on top of strawberry ice cream.
• Saskatchewan Wheat King Coronation - Golden yellow cake chunks mixed into Cake Batter ice cream, topped with pieces of Skor bar and swirled with caramel sauce.
• Alberta Black Gold - Tim Hortons Double Double Coffee ice cream mixed with dark fudge, mixed with a layer of graham cracker pie crust and almonds.
• B.C. Rocky Mountain Landslide - Whipped topping on top of chocolate ice cream, with mix-in Oreo cookie pieces and chocolate chips.

"Canadians love ice cream and what better way to celebrate National Ice Cream Day than to enjoy a Signature Cold Stone Creamery Creation made with real Canadian dairy?" said Nick Javor, senior vice president, Cold Stone Creamery Canada. "By incorporating every day treats such as fruit, brownies, Oreo cookies and nuts with our premium ice cream, our Provincial Signature Creations are sure to please every ice cream lover – regardless of which province you reside in."

Cold Stone Creamery's Provincial Signature Creations are available at more than 130 co-branded Tim Hortons locations across Canada for a limited time. Prices vary.

According to data from the NPD Group, Canadians ate more than 121 million servings of ice cream at quick-service restaurants in 2011.

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