Would You Drink This Pumpkin Dr. Pepper Cocktail?


Updated 01/12/09 11:42 AM · Posted by partysugar · 17 comments

Would You Drink This Pumpkin Dr. Pepper Cocktail?

Over the break I found myself at the local bar in my hometown. They had one specialty cocktail on the menu: KC's Pumpkin Pie — a concoction consisting of homemade pumpkin liqueur and Dr. Pepper, topped off with whipped cream. Although it was a far cry from the expertly mixed cocktails I normally sip in San Francisco, I decided to give the drink a try. Could you do the same? Would Read more

He's Ba-ack: Diet Dr. Zonday


Updated 12/01/07 11:05 PM · Posted by · 9 comments

Tay Zonday Sings Cherry Chocolate Rain for Diet Dr. Pepper

Thanks to Tay Zonday, the little croaker that could, cherry-chocolate rain is in the air. The viral video star sold out to the Dr. Pepper folks and got bikini-clad backup dancers, rapper sidekicks, and some mouth gold in return. Fame may have changed our talentless train wreck, but a couple things remain the same: zero sex appeal and surreal lyrics. Yup, he's still not got it. What a relief. Read more

Junk Food Beauty, Coming To a Drugstore Near You


Updated 07/30/07 5:05 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 26 comments

Junk Food Beauty, Coming To a Drugstore Near You

Who else remembers using Dr. Pepper lip balm? It's still around (a steal at just $1.60) and soon it will have much more company: The number of food-inspired beauty products is about to swell. Lotta Luv is a company that creates cosmetics with a junk-food bent. It makes licensed lip balms inspired by foods that would make a dentist blush: Dairy Queen fudge sundaes, Pez, Twinkies, Snapple juice Read more

Band in a Bubble: Cartel Pulls a David Blaine


Updated 05/02/07 10:04 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 5 comments

Well, this has to be one of the weirdest examples of music promotion I've ever heard. Starting May 24, generic alterna-rockers Cartel will climb inside a giant bubble at the Hudson River Park in New York, where the band will spend 20 days recording its second album. In keeping with the bubble theme, Dr. Pepper is sponsoring the so-called Band in a Bubble event, which will be streamed live on Web Read more

Taste Test: Dr Pepper Ten


Updated 11/08/11 5:16 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Dr Pepper Ten Review

The Dr Pepper Ten ads have sparked a lot of controversy in the past month for their perceived sexism. The beverage is targeted to men, with ads claiming there's nothing girlie or unmanly about this diet drink. So we rounded up a group of male and female taste testers and tried it alongside regular Dr Pepper and Diet Dr Pepper. Check out what our tasters had to say about Dr Pepper Ten. The Read more

Old-School Sleepover Staple Caboodles Celebrates 25 Years


Updated 01/30/12 2:50 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Caboodles Celebrates 25 Years

In my sleepover heyday, you just weren't "It" unless you had arrived with your very own Caboodles (I had two: one metallic purple and one half teal and half pink. Hey, it was the late '80s). After introducing its first cosmetic organizer in 1987, Caboodles became a phenomenon after People magazine ran a picture of Vanna White using a plastic tackle box to store her makeup. (Yep, super '80s.) Read more

Doctors Say We Should Bribe Our Kids to Eat Well


Updated 12/21/11 12:56 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Bribing Kids to Eat Vegetables

We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Dr. Lisa Dana about convincing kids to eat healthy foods. A study out of the University College London in the United Kingdom says yes. Reuters reported on the study. Children rewarded with a small Read more

Announcing the 2012 Grammy Award Nominations


Updated 02/09/12 3:41 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

2012 Grammy Nominees Full List

For the second year in a row, the Recording Academy has given a hip-hop artist the most Grammy nominations. Last year, it was rapper Eminem with eight, and this year, Kanye West leads the nominees with seven chances at the golden gramophone, including a song of the year nod for "All of the Lights." West is also nominated twice in the rap album of the year category for his collaboration with Jay-Z Read more