From $19 fruit snacks to KFC toothpaste: 25 April Fools’ Day pranks from food brands
As you survey your snack options today, be careful. It’s getting very silly out there.
On April Fools’ Day, the mischievous among us attempt to trick their friends and family for laughs. Although its origins are unclear, the holiday is likely centuries old — meaning that our ancestors probably yucked it up over the televised spaghetti harvest, exploding cigars and even one phony volcanic eruption.
Today, it's a tradition for food brands to make fake announcements on April 1. They’ve been doing it for decades: In 1996, Taco Bell fooled folks into thinking that it had purchased the Liberty Bell and was renaming it the “Taco Liberty Bell.”
With this in mind, we’re going to help expose the flim-flam from food companies wanting to get one over on you, below.
Mooala x Le Pickle Club’s Pickle Milk
Nondairy beverage company Mooala and Le Pickle Club, a pickleball-inspired clothing company, have announced a startling collaboration: Pickle Milk. Thank goodness it’s a prank.
“Pickle milk isn’t actually a thing (yet…),” the companies shared on social media.
The companies added, however, that there is a 100% real prize: One winner will get a case of Mooala milks, a Le Pickle Club sweatshirt and hat and a $25 Whole Foods gift card to stock up on their favorite pickles.
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