'Tis the Season
to Be Dazzled at
Haagen-Dazs Shops

Celebrity Pastry Chef Gale Gand Gives the Gift of the Candy Cane Dazzler Frozen Dessert

Executive pastry chef Gale Gand promises to put the pizzazz in your holiday season with a new frozen dessert she created especially for Haagen-Dazs Shops. Gand, a renowned cookbook author, Food Network host and co-owner of the famed Tru Restaurant in Chicago, has combined creamy Haagen-Dazs ice cream and pure, indulgent ingredients with her critically acclaimed culinary style to create a signature Candy Cane Dazzler frozen dessert just in time for the holidays.

"The holidays are a time for sharing the sweet things in life with the ones you love," says Gand, "and this festive dessert will definitely leave you thinking 'tis the season to be dazzled."

With luscious vanilla ice cream, layers of hot fudge, Oreo cookie pieces, creme de menthe syrup and a candy cane crown, the Candy Cane Dazzler leaves nothing to be desired this holiday season. Ice cream enthusiasts can enjoy Gale Gand's signature Dazzler frozen dessert in their local participating Haagen-Dazs Shop starting Friday, November 18, 2005 and continuing through January 8, 2006. As a special gift, patrons will receive a free Candy Cane Dazzler with the purchase of a $20.00 Haagen-Dazs gift card at participating Haagen-Dazs Shops -- the perfect stocking stuffer for family and friends this holiday season.

Gale Gand is the executive pastry chef and co-owner of Tru Restaurant in Chicago, the host of Food Network's Sweet Dreams and the co-author of five cookbooks, including Gale Gand's Short & Sweet and Gale Gand's Just a Bite.

Crafted in 1961 by Reuben Mattus in his family's dairy, Haagen-Dazs is the original superpremium ice cream. True to its tradition, Haagen-Dazs ice cream uses only the purest ingredients in crafting the world's finest ice cream. Truly made like no other, today Haagen-Dazs offers a full range of products from ice cream and sorbet to frozen yogurt and frozen snacks in more than 65 flavors. Haagen-Dazs products are available around the globe for ice cream lovers to enjoy. For more information on the company, visit www.haagen-dazs.com.