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Dippin' Dots looks for next flash-frozen hit: Coffee dots

Seeded on Mon May 11, 2009 9:57 AM EDT
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The guy who reinvented ice cream is desperately trying to reinvent his company — before it melts.

More than two decades ago, microbiologist Curt Jones devised a way to flash-freeze ice cream into colorful pellets about the size of BB's. Now in a tough economy, the outside-the-box company he founded, Dippin' Dots, is searching for a new concoction to take it beyond the quirky-but-costly ice cream's seasonal popularity in amusement parks and stadiums.

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vacelts

I've never been a huge fan of dippin dots so I can't see me trying coffee dots. What about you? Would you try them?

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Reply#1 - Mon May 11, 2009 10:01 AM EDT
Sim2Luv

I had never heard of the things before now. So, no...I don't see me trying them.

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Reply#2 - Mon May 11, 2009 10:57 AM EDT
vacelts

You've never heard of dippin' dots or the new coffee dots?

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#2.1 - Mon May 11, 2009 5:52 PM EDT
Sim2Luv

nope

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#2.2 - Mon May 11, 2009 6:07 PM EDT
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