To start their Halloween celebration for this year, Salt and Straw released their seasonal Halloween Series, which features a limited-edition delicacy for the sweet tooths out there!
For 2022, the company worked with Monica Martinez. She decided to incorporate a big part of her culture in designing the classic and ever-returning seasonal flavor: Don Bugito’s Creepy Crawly Critters.
The name is accurate, as the matcha ice cream concoction comes with toffee-brittle mealworms and chocolate-covered crickets. Before you complain that it’s just fake– it’s not. The company reassures its buyers that the crawly critters are genuine bugs.
Martinez created the flavor to introduce the concept of eating bugs and insects to people outside Mexican residents. "I quickly realized there was no culture of eating insects here," Martinez shared. "But then I hosted a dinner in New York City and saw that people were ready."
For a taste, you can still purchase this flavor outside of the spooky season!
Image credit: Salt and Straw
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