Kopp's Frozen Custard raised some eyebrows with its October 2022 flavor forecast. Show On Oct. 9, the Kopp's Hey Cupcake special consists of vanilla custard, yellow cake pieces, thick fudge and a sprinkling of mini rainbow chips. That's not the controversial part. In a highlighted orange box on the flavor of the day forecast flyer headlined, "Have fun with these celebrated national special days in October," Oct. 9 is listed as, " National Pro-Life Cupcake Day – Hey Cupcake."  This afternoon, the frozen custard stand backtracked on that via a tweet:
"Linking 'National Pro-Life Cupcake Day' with our long-running flavor of 'Hey Cupcake,' was an oversight on our part and an honest mistake," Kopps tweeted at 2:43 p.m. After this article was posted, the PDF file on the Kopp's website was replaced with a new version that omitted the National Pro-Life Cupcake Day reference. OnMilwaukee first reached out to Kopp's a little after 11 a.m. but did not hear back before running the article an hour later. This afternoon, their tweet further explained, "Going forward, we strive to be more diligent in reviewing our flabor lists and any flavors we may link to a national holiday." The custard restaurant did not explain how the oversight happened. According to NationalDayCalendar.com, "On this day, cupcakes are baked to honor the lives of those not yet born. The day also raises awareness about the issue of abortion. Cupcakes are a sweet way to get a conversation started on a difficult subject. ... Cupcakes for Life founded the day as a positive way to discuss pro-life awareness." The move seems like an unexpectedly political one from the longstanding Milwaukee custard favorite.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side. He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press. With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert. He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry. In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club. He can be heard weekly on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories. Kopp's Frozen Custard is serving up a little controversy with their custard. On Monday, the longstanding custard shop released their October flavor profile, which explains which flavors will be on which days. Oftentimes, Kopp's will align their daily flavors with a national designated day or holiday. The original menu released for the month of October said Kopp's popular 'Hey Cupcake' flavor would be featured as the flavor of the day for National Pro-Life Cupcake Day.Shortly after the first article was published with this information, the PDF was no longer on Kopp's Frozen Custard website.After a few hours and backlash on social media, Kopp's Frozen Custard announced on their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts that this had been an honest mistake and it was never their intention to get political or appear as though they were taking sides on an ongoing debate."Linking 'National Pro-Life Cupcake Day' with our long-running flavor 'Hey Cupcake' was an oversight on our part and an honest mistake," the apology read, in part. "It was never our intention to get political and appear as though we have taken a side in this ongoing debate.""We are sincerely sorry to all of our customers, loyal and new, whom we offended with our attempt to link a National Day with our Flavor of the Day offerings. We have always tried our best to keep politics and our staff's personal views out of the business and just focus on serving great food," the statement said. The post generated hundreds of comments and shares online from each side of the abortion debate. WISN 12 News also spoke to customers at the Kopp's Glendale location on Monday. "I'm pro life. I feel if it generates conversation, getting people excited about life, go ahead, it doesn't offend me at all," said Zachary Lindnder, a Kopp's customer. "Maybe that they've taken it down, but I guess you kinda know where they stand," said Chana Loyo, when asked if the public apology made her feel better. "It makes me question if they were going to put that out there, what was the thought process on that?""My personal opinion is they're people and we're all entitled to our own opinion," said Andre Olsen, who said he personally sides with abortion rights. "I'm still going to eat custard and I'm still going to have my personal beliefs."Kopp's did not respond to WISN 12 News for comment, outside its public apology online. MILWAUKEE — Kopp's Frozen Custard is serving up a little controversy with their custard. On Monday, the longstanding custard shop released their October flavor profile, which explains which flavors will be on which days. Oftentimes, Kopp's will align their daily flavors with a national designated day or holiday. The original menu released for the month of October said Kopp's popular 'Hey Cupcake' flavor would be featured as the flavor of the day for National Pro-Life Cupcake Day. Kopp's Frozen Custard Kopp’s National Special flavorsShortly after the first article was published with this information, the PDF was no longer on Kopp's Frozen Custard website. After a few hours and backlash on social media, Kopp's Frozen Custard announced on their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts that this had been an honest mistake and it was never their intention to get political or appear as though they were taking sides on an ongoing debate. This content is imported from Facebook. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. "Linking 'National Pro-Life Cupcake Day' with our long-running flavor 'Hey Cupcake' was an oversight on our part and an honest mistake," the apology read, in part. "It was never our intention to get political and appear as though we have taken a side in this ongoing debate." "We are sincerely sorry to all of our customers, loyal and new, whom we offended with our attempt to link a National Day with our Flavor of the Day offerings. We have always tried our best to keep politics and our staff's personal views out of the business and just focus on serving great food," the statement said. The post generated hundreds of comments and shares online from each side of the abortion debate. WISN 12 News also spoke to customers at the Kopp's Glendale location on Monday. "I'm pro life. I feel if it generates conversation, getting people excited about life, go ahead, it doesn't offend me at all," said Zachary Lindnder, a Kopp's customer. "Maybe that they've taken it down, but I guess you kinda know where they stand," said Chana Loyo, when asked if the public apology made her feel better. "It makes me question if they were going to put that out there, what was the thought process on that?" "My personal opinion is they're people and we're all entitled to our own opinion," said Andre Olsen, who said he personally sides with abortion rights. "I'm still going to eat custard and I'm still going to have my personal beliefs." Kopp's did not respond to WISN 12 News for comment, outside its public apology online. Is Kopp's only in Wisconsin?Kopp's is now owned by Elsa's son, Karl Kopp, who also owns Elsa's on the Park on Jefferson St. in downtown Milwaukee which opened New Year's Eve of 1980. He has also opened restaurants in Arizona and New York. Each location prominently displays a portrait of Elsa Kopp.
What is in a kopps smile sundae?Their hamburgers (wide and thin) and grilled cheese sandwiches were delicious, as was the "Smile Sundae" which we shared - 3 scoops of custard, hot fudge which hardened around the custard, some caramel and peanuts.
What is a Kopp's special sundae?The local landmark Kopp's has been dishing out custard since 1950. And this sundae is a menu mainstay -- vanilla custard layered with hot fudge, raspberries, banana slices and pecans. Special Dishes: Kopp's Special Sundae.
Can Kopp's custard be shipped?But, short of buying a plane ticket whenever I need some "real" frozen custard, I get Kopp's shipped to me. You can order online and they ship it to you via two-day shipping, packed in dry ice.
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