Cold Stone Creamery Creates Minions-Inspired Flavor in Partnership with Illumination’s Despicable Me 4

Despicable Me 4 arrives in theaters July 3, 2024

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Cold Stone Creamery^® (www.ColdStoneCreamery.com) is excited to partner with Illumination’s this summer Despicable Me 4 (in theaters July 3), release Despicamallow Ice Cream. The collaboration features Cold Stone’s Yellow Marshmallow Ice Cream and we’re mixing it into a Mega Minion Inspired Creation™ and Cake.

Enjoy this flavor in our new Creation™, Mega Minion Marshmallow Meltdown, with Despicamallow ice cream, chocolate chips, marshmallows and yellow and blue sprinkles, inspired by the mischievous antics of the Minions. Order in a Gotta Have It^® and we will serve it in a special edition Mega Jerry cup.

cold stone^® will also present our Heist Cream Cake featuring layers of moist yellow cake and Despicamallow ice cream with yellow and blue sprinkles and wrapped in fluffy white frosting featuring the Mega Jerry Minion.

“We can’t wait for ice cream lovers and Despicable Me 4 fans of tasting our new Despicamallow Ice Cream in a Creation or an iced cake. Minions and ice cream are sure to make you smile – so combine the two (and add sprinkles) and we dare you not to have fun! Jana Schneidervice president of national programs for Kahala Brands™, parent company of Cold Stone Creamery “We can’t wait for everyone to experience the joyful energy of Minions in every bite.”

See Despicable Me 4 in theaters July 32024. Customers can take advantage of these limited-time offers at participating Cold Stone Creamery locations nationwide. From June 12 to July 30.

Promotional flavor:

• Despicamallow Ice Cream – Marshmallow ice cream turned Minion yellow

Promotional creation™

• Mega Minion Marshmallow Meltdown – Despicamallow ice cream, chocolate chips, marshmallows and yellow and blue sprinkles

Promotional cake

• Heist Cream Cake – Layers of moist yellow cake and Despicamallow ice cream with yellow and blue sprinkles wrapped in fluffy white frosting with Mega Jerry

About Cold Stone Creamery
Cold stone creamery^® delivers the ultimate ice cream experience^® through a community of franchisees passionate about ice cream. The secret recipe for smooth, creamy ice cream is handcrafted daily in each store, then customized by combining a variety of mix-ins on a frozen granite stone. Based at Scottsdale, Arizona, Cold Stone Creamery is owned by parent company Kahala Brands™, one of the fastest growing franchise companies in the world with a portfolio of nearly 30 fast casual and quick service brands with approximately 3,000 locations in 35 countries. The Cold Stone Creamery brand operates nearly 1,500 locations in approximately 30 countries around the world.

For more information about Cold Stone Creamery, visit www.ColdStoneCreamery.com.

About Illumination’s Despicable Me 4
First Despicable Me film in seven years, Gru, the world’s favorite supervillain turned Anti-Villain League agent, returns for an exciting and daring new era of Minion mayhem in Illumination. Despicable Me 4.

Following Illumination’s successful summer 2022 phenomenon Minions: The Rise of Gruwho reported nearly 1 billion dollars worldwide, the biggest global animated franchise in history now begins a new chapter as Gru (Oscar® nominee Steve Carrell) and Lucy (Oscar® nominee Kristen Wiig) and their daughters — Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier) and Agnes (Madison Polan)—let’s welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who intends to torment his father.

Gru faces a new enemy in Maxime Le Mal (Emmy winner Will Ferrell) and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina (Emmy Award nominee Sofia Vergara), and the family is forced to flee.

The film features new characters voiced by Joey King (High-speed train), Emmy winner Stéphane Colbert (The Late Show with Stéphane Colbert) And Chloe Fineman (Saturday Night Live). Pierre Coffin returns as iconic voice of Minions and Oscar® nominee Steve Coogan comes back like Silas Aries.

Packed with non-stop action and filled with Illumination’s signature subversive humor, Despicable Me 4 is directed by an Oscar®-nominated co-creator of Minions Chris Renaud (Despicable Me, The secret life of pets), and is produced by Illumination’s visionary founder and CEO Chris Meledandri and by Brett Hoffman (executive producer, The Super Mario Bros. movie. And Minions: The Rise of Gru). The film is co-directed by Patrick Delage (animation director Sing 2 And The Secret Life of Pets 2), and the screenplay is from the Emmy Award-winning creator of White Lotus, Mike Whiteand the seasoned writer of all Despicable Me movie, Ken Daurio.

About lighting
Illumination, founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007, is one of the leading producers of event animated films in the entertainment industry, including Despicable Me—the most successful animated franchise in cinema history—as well as the record The Super Mario Bros. movie., Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, The Grinch by Dr. Seuss And The secret life of pets And Sing movies. Illumination’s library includes three of the top 10 animated films of all time. Illumination’s iconic and beloved franchises, imbued with memorable and distinct characters, global appeal and cultural relevance, have grossed over 9 billion dollars global. Illumination has an exclusive financing and distribution partnership with Universal Pictures. Illumination’s next film is Despicable Me 4which will be released in theaters on July 3, 2024.

About Universal Images
Universal Pictures is a division of Universal Studios (www.universalstudios.com). Universal Studios is part of NBCUniversal. NBCUniversal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production and marketing of entertainment, news and information to global audiences. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a leading motion picture company, significant television production operations, a premier television network group and world-renowned theme parks. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

SOURCE Cold Stone Creamery