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Woody Harrelson wrote a hilarious little poem for his viral baby doppelgänger

We can all get a little fascinated by doppelgängers and it’s fun to find people who look alike. But what do you do when your baby girl looks uncannily like a famous middle-aged man?

Mom Dani Grier Mulvenna shared a photo of her infant daughter Cora side by side with a photo of Woody Harrelson on Twitter, with the caption “Ok but how does our daughter look like Woody Harrelson.” The resemblance truly is remarkable, and the tweet quickly racked up hundreds of thousands of likes, shares and replies.


Naturally, the jokes about Harrelson being the baby’s secret father came next, but then Harrelson himself got wind of it.

The actor shared a screenshot of Mulvenna’s tweet on his Instagram page and included a delightful little poem he called “Ode to Cora.”

You’re an adorable child
Flattered to be compared
You have a wonderful smile
I just wish I had your hair

How adorable and wholesome is that? Not only did he acknowledge his look-alike, but he even made a self-deprecating joke about his receding hairline.

People gushed in the comments and Mulvenna shared how tickled her daughter will be someday by the connection.

“You’ve made our day ❤️ can’t wait to show her this when she’s older, you have another fan for life xxx,” she wrote.

Mulvenna also shared on Twitter that her daughter doesn’t always look like Woody Harrelson, but when she does, she really does.

What a cutie. What’s hilarious is that sweet little Cora has no clue about any of this excitement and she won’t for many more years. What a fun story her parents will be able to share with her.

Social media has created a world where people can connect in ways they never would have before. When these platforms are so often used for negative means, it’s lovely to see something so sweet and pure come out of them.


This article originally appeared on 08.05.22

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Gen X advice for Gen Z: Woman shares the things she wishes ‘somebody told me in my twenties’

Meghan Smith is the owner of Melody Note Vintage store in the eternally hip town of Palm Springs, California, and her old-school Gen X advice has really connected with younger people on TikTok.

In a video posted in December 2022, she shares the advice she wishes that “somebody told me in my twenties” and it has received more than 13 million views. Smith says that she gave the same advice to her partner’s two daughters when they reached their twenties.

The video is hashtagged #GenX advice for #GenZ and late #millennials. Sorry older millennials, you’re too old to receive these pearls of wisdom.


Here is some of the timeless advice that Smith shares in the video.

Perfection is bullshit.

You will never be more good-looking than you are today.

Put your phone down and enjoy your life.

Don’t change for anybody.

Don’t worry about making mistakes.

Laugh at yourself.

If somebody shows you their true colors, believe them.

Travel.

You end up dating the people you think you deserve. Usually, you deserve better.

Don’t forget to always wear your sunscreen.

@melodynotevintage

This might only help one person and thats ok. Advice I wish somebody told me in my twenties. #genx advice for #genz and late #millennials #adviceforyour20s #lifeadvice #fyp dont be an asshat in the comments if you are older, its not helpful.

She followed up the video with a sequel with even more sage advice.

Know who’s on your side and who you can ask for help.

Don’t smoke.

Don’t spend longer than one year with the wrong person.

Find your own style.

Don’t stress over the small stuff.

Good manners don’t go out of style.

Do the work that it takes to be really good at something.

Your happiness is more important than other people’s disappointment.

@melodynotevintage

This might only help one person and thats ok. Advice I wish somebody told me in my twenties part 2 #genx advice for #genz and late #millennials #adviceforyour20s #lifeadvice #fyp

This article originally appeared on 1.18.23

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Flight attendant sits on the floor the entire flight to comfort distressed passenger

Not everyone enjoys flying. The level of non-enjoyment can range from mild discomfort to full blown Aerophobia, which is defined as an extreme fear of flying. While flying is the quickest way to get to far away destinations, for some people being that far off the ground is terrifying and they’d rather take their chances on the ground.

A passenger flying from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in North Carolina to JFK International Airport in New York confronted that fear while flying with Delta. The woman, who is currently still unidentified expressed that she was nervous to fly according to Molly Simonson Lee, a passenger seated behind the woman who witnessed the encounter. Tight spaces don’t make for much privacy, but in this case, the world is better for knowing this took place.


According to Lee, who posted about the exchange on Facebook, the Delta flight attendant, Floyd Dean-Shannon, took his time to give the nervous traveler his undivided attention. Lee told Upworthy the unidentified passenger, “was very nervous and even before the plane took off, she was visibly shaken by each sound.”

Approximately 25 million people in the United States have Aerophobia according to the Clevland Clinic and most of them probably wish Dean-Shannon was on their flights. “He took notice and began explaining what each [sound] was, with the warmest, calmest tone,” Lee said. That wasn’t even the most amazingly sweet part of the story.

While the explanation of noises helped, Lee said about halfway through the flight the passenger was fighting back tears, which prompted Dean-Shannon to sit on the floor and hold the frightened passenger’s hand. He comforted her for the rest of the flight while sitting on the floor. “His tone was so kind and soothing,” according to Lee.

Dean-Shannon’s kindness didn’t stop there. Lee explained, “the woman next to me was celebrating a birthday and he sang to her and made her a ‘cake’ with all of the goodies he could round up.”

I’m not sure what Delta pays him but he needs a raise immediately and it seems the people of the interwebs agree.

Commenter, Miranda Anderson, tagged Delta Airlines and wrote, “I hope you see this! These are the types of people that deserve raises and make your company worth flying with. This is what pits [sic] you above the others so show these employees this is what you want and what you need.”

“I love this. This is what society is lacking. Empathy and kindness towards people in time[s] of need” wrote Diane Lawrence.

While Mary Beth Acker Ford, said, “I was on a flight with him today. He exudes joy and is intentional about making a connection with each person!”

This level of engagement with passengers is not a common experience but clearly people are happy to see this type of connection between humans. Flying anywhere can be stressful for any amount of reasons. From leaving the house late and having to participate in an involuntary 5k to catch your flight, to making your way through the devil’s backyard, also known as Atlanta International Airport…just for them to change your gate 10 minutes before boarding.

So having a flight attendant like Dean-Shannon is just the breath of fresh air people need. “The way he’s looking at her…letting her know she’s safe!!! This is just one of the many reasons I will always fly Delta Air Lines,” Liz Martin wrote in the comments.

“It was obvious he is just a good, kind soul who shares that generously with everyone he encounters. Such kindness is rare and a true gift when encountered,” Lee remarked. That level of kindness is rare indeed and we sure are happy someone thought to capture it.

This article originally appeared on 01.19.23

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Cockatoo chases family around while laughing maniacally in a fun game it plays

Animals have their own personalities no matter what kind of animal they are, but rescue animals can sometimes take a while to let their personality shine. When they do, their humans better be prepared for whatever might come.

A rescue cockatoo named Molly was very subdued and a bit skittish when she was first brought into her human family. But her entire attitude changed once she met her new human brother, and now visitors might be in for a slightly terrifying surprise.

Molly has a habit of chasing her humans around the house laughing like an evil supervillain as they playfully run from room to room. She may not be in cahoots with fellow feathered friends to try to take over the world…yet…but her laugh is hilariously maniacal.

The family is all on board for Molly’s games, too. They not only play hide and seek with the bird but they quite literally take her everywhere they possibly can.


Molly rides in the car for coffee runs and even goes hiking through the woods with her humans. There seems to be few things the family doesn’t do without their laughing bird. While Molly doesn’t startle strangers with her sinister laugh, she does randomly scream loudly when she’s in public, which is probably more startling.

But it’s the time she spends with her favorite brother that warms hearts.

“Molly wasn’t always such a fun, vibrant bird. When we got her she didn’t trust us,” Betty tells The Dodo. “But she was really in love with my older son from the minute she met him. He could pick her up, comfort her, she was not afraid of him at all.”

The cockatoo even hunts for her brother when she knows he’s in the house, going from room to room knocking on doors with her beak, saying, “Hello,” and waiting for an answer. It’s such an adorable bond they share and the maniacal laughter is something you have to hear for yourself.

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The Best New Hip-Hop This Week

The best new hip-hop this week includes albums, videos, and songs from Cardi B, Chika, Lil Baby, and more.

New releases this week came from Gunna (“F*kumean“), Flo Milli (“Flo The Whistle“), and more, but the pickings were slim after a busy week prior. The highlights included Cardi B, who teamed up with FendiDa Rappa for yet another of her signature remixes, “Point Me 2” (and stole the show as usual), Chika, who finally announced the impending release of her debut album with “Demigod,” and Lil Baby, who commemorated Fanatic’s Merch Madness with a song of the same name.

Here is the best of hip-hop this week ending July 7, 2023.

Albums/EPs/Mixtapes

Conway The Machine , Drumwork Music Group — Drumwork: The Album

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Drumwork

Conway The Machine’s label — which consists of 7xvethegenius, Goosebytheway, Jae Skeese, Shots Almigh, and SK Da King — unites for its first-ever group compilation album. There are guest appearances from Conway’s Griselda compatriot Benny The Butcher and fellow New York natives 38 Spesh and Rome Streetz. You already know what to expect. It’s gritty, it’s grimy … it’s gangsta.

Supastition, Praise, Speaker Bullies — Art Of Disrespect

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Supastition is a personal favorite. A rapper’s-rapper from North Carolina who tells it like it is, Sup teams up here with Praise and Speaker Bullies for a sample-heavy, drum-driven, bars-over-everything trad-rap album full of slick wordplay and old-school humor. It’s definitely grumpy old man hip-hop, but if you don’t like it, you can get off my lawn.

Singles/Videos

King Von — “Heartless” Feat. Tee Grizzley

The complete depths of Von’s vault have yet to be plumbed, but provided the quality remains as consistent as it has been, I reluctantly say “Plunder away.” Pairing the Chicago standout with one of his Midwestern street rap brethren is the sort of savvy decision that keeps Von’s posthumous releases from getting stale.

Mick Jenkins — “Smoke Break-Dance” Feat. JID

An Uproxx fave once again pokes his head out to prepare listeners for yet another heady, lyrically-focused release, presumably coming in the very near future. Meanwhile, JID makes for the perfect counterpoint to this wordy release as another rapper in a similar vein who can actually keep up with him from a delivery standpoint.

Valee & Harry Fraud — “Vibrant” Feat. Action Bronson

Okay, I know I’ve been critical of Valee’s prior output but it appears he’s found the perfect ingredient to cut my salty responses: La musica de Harry Fraud. With a tinkling, soulful beat, Valee’s … unconventional flow suddenly sounds as magical as I’ve been told it is. I’m sure those folks who told me this will now reverse course, because that’s how these things usually go, but for now, I get it and I’m all in.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

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When Will ‘Elemental’ Be On Streaming?

Pixar‘s latest took the old trope about opposites attracting to the extreme, placing a goofy boy made of water and a hotheaded girl made of fire together to see if sparks would fly. The film features a rom-com plot that doesn’t try too hard to reinvent the wheel, placed lovingly in a gorgeously detailed world where cherry trees and storm clouds ride the bus with floating globs of water. Directed by Peter Sohn (The Good Dinosaur), the movie stars the voice talents of Leah Lewis Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie Del Carmen, Shila Ommi, Wendy McLendon-Covey, and Catherine O’Hara.

Elemental hit theaters in the United States and Canada on June 16th, trickling into theaters globally all the way through July 7th. If you couldn’t make it to the theater (parents, we see you), you’re probably wondering when it will land on Disney+ to stream.

As Disney has focused more attention on theatrical releases, it’s taken longer for their movies to make the leap from the big screen to your home screen. Thus, since there’s no official release date for Elemental yet, it’s a safe bet that it will arrive somewhere between early August and late September — following either the 45 day or 90 day model set for other films with some wiggle room for the international audiences only just now seeing it in cinemas. Although Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania took the full 90 days to stream, other animated films like Lightyear only took 45.

At any rate, you can plan to catch Elemental on Disney+ as the heat of the summer melts into fall.

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Cockatoo chases family around while laughing maniacally in a fun game it plays

Animals have their own personalities no matter what kind of animal they are, but rescue animals can sometimes take a while to let their personality shine. When they do, their humans better be prepared for whatever might come.

A rescue cockatoo named Molly was very subdued and a bit skittish when she was first brought into her human family. But her entire attitude changed once she met her new human brother, and now visitors might be in for a slightly terrifying surprise.

Molly has a habit of chasing her humans around the house laughing like an evil supervillain as they playfully run from room to room. She may not be in cahoots with fellow feathered friends to try to take over the world…yet…but her laugh is hilariously maniacal.

The family is all on board for Molly’s games, too. They not only play hide and seek with the bird but they quite literally take her everywhere they possibly can.


Molly rides in the car for coffee runs and even goes hiking through the woods with her humans. There seems to be few things the family doesn’t do without their laughing bird. While Molly doesn’t startle strangers with her sinister laugh, she does randomly scream loudly when she’s in public, which is probably more startling.

But it’s the time she spends with her favorite brother that warms hearts.

“Molly wasn’t always such a fun, vibrant bird. When we got her she didn’t trust us,” Betty tells The Dodo. “But she was really in love with my older son from the minute she met him. He could pick her up, comfort her, she was not afraid of him at all.”

The cockatoo even hunts for her brother when she knows he’s in the house, going from room to room knocking on doors with her beak, saying, “Hello,” and waiting for an answer. It’s such an adorable bond they share and the maniacal laughter is something you have to hear for yourself.

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Cassidy Hubbarth Talks Summer League’s Growth And The Anticipation For Victor Wembanyama’s Debut

Victor Wembanyama will make his highly-anticipated NBA debut as his San Antonio Spurs take on the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night at 9 p.m. ET from the Thomas & Mack Center.

Cassidy Hubbarth will once again be part of ESPN’s lead Summer League broadcast team, working sidelines, interviews, and handling halftime duties from the arena. It’s Hubbarth’s seventh Summer League, with her first coming in 2016, and in that time she’s seen it grow from when only hardcore fans made the trek to the desert to becoming a gigantic event for the league.

The first big moment for Summer League was the Jabari Parker-Andrew Wiggins year — when the league, for some reason, put the showdown between top picks in the smaller Cox Pavilion. But even then, they weren’t coming close to selling out the arena. That started with Lonzo Ball’s debut, when Lakers fans swarmed Las Vegas to catch a glimpse of the player they hoped would be their new superstar.

“As far as the excitement around it, I think guys like Lonzo Ball and all of the attention he got heading into Summer League with his shoe deal and the reality show and his dad — that, to me, was one of the first times where I felt that the atmosphere was truly electric,” Hubbarth remembers. “And I think it seeped into the casual NBA fan wanting to know what Summer League was about. I think people understood like, hey, guys play in the summer, is it worth it to go to Las Vegas in the middle of July to see some rookies? And I think I started to see it turn into an event in itself. And if somebody — and I tell any NBA fan I come across who really love the game — a bucket list is to try to make it out to Summer League, because it’s only building and building. It went from Lonzo and the excitement, the stands selling out around his run. And then the excitement around Zion’s debut. And then obviously now Wemby, I just think it’s carried and it’s built over time, and it certainly is just an event on the NBA calendar worthy of regular season events.”

Summer League is now a true staple of the NBA calendar, with the league doing what it can to expand it with the addition of NBA Con this year for the first weekend. It’s a far cry from when some teams didn’t even attend because of costs, and the group of media and team personnel often outnumbered the fans in the gym.

Part of that is the buy-in from everyone in the league. It goes beyond the young guys playing in it, as stars in the NBA now flock to Vegas for workouts and to sit courtside, where they get their first glimpses of the biggest young stars up close.

“It’s truly a unique atmosphere unlike anything else in the NBA, or in just basketball, because it’s really a celebration of the league,” Hubbarth says. “I think a lot of times with the NFL, the league kind of comes together for Super Bowl, you see a lot of players mingling around and enjoying that week leading up to it. We have All-Star, but a lot of players who are not All-Stars, they’ll go on vacation. This, you have a lot of guys coming out to Vegas, getting workouts in, and just the energy you feel when guys like LeBron or Steph, who have made it routine to show up and sit in the stands with fans and watch these guys, you don’t get that [anywhere else]. You get maybe a guy here and there show up to a playoff game, but every single game, especially this first couple of days, it’s really just like a party atmosphere and you feel it. And it’s relaxed. Everyone is relaxed, whether it’s from GMs to coaches, even if they’re making deals in the stands, it’s just … everyone’s just mingling together. So, it’s quite a different atmosphere, which I feel is just a celebration of the league.”

This year, Friday night’s tickets were sold out days before, as the excitement for Wembanyama’s debut is palpable. The debuts of Lonzo and Zion are the closest comparison, but even then, those were players most American hoops fans had seen fairly regularly during their college seasons at UCLA and Duke, respectively.

Wembanyama is more of a mystery. He’s a generational talent most fans have seen once or twice at most. He’s been a leading topic of conversation for the last year, with the highlights of his truly unique abilities being passed around the internet. That is what makes this debut so exciting, and Hubbarth is just as excited to get her first glimpse at Wembanyama on the floor with other NBA players.

“We’ve heard so much about Victor. We’ve been talking about him for a year in terms of him playing in the NBA, watching his games in Vegas in October on ESPN,” Hubbarth says. “So it’s like, we were talking about him a lot, but how much do we really know about him? And I just don’t think we can know about him until he plays against NBA talent. I believe and I trust all of our experts. I can watch as much tape as I can of him playing on his French team, but I think the anticipation is just wanting to see him play. I think with Zion, he played to the crowd, he did the huge dunks, there was a highlight worthy video and dominance and force of like, hey, we’ve never seen anything like this.

“And I think that’s what people are going to be looking for from him, but it’s not going to be the similar ‘knock you on your behind’ type of plays out of Wemby like we saw with Zion in the half he played,” she continues. “You know, ripping the ball out of Kevin Knox’s hands and throwing it down. So I think people probably need to temper their expectations. He just said he doesn’t know how much he is going to play. But I think that he’s gonna be a marvel to watch — what we’ve seen of him, he is a special player. And so I think people just want to see that. They want to see it with their own eyes. They’ve heard enough about him. I think people are excited to see it with their own eyes.”

While Wembanyama and Brandon Miller will take center stage on Friday night, part of what makes Summer League so fun is the excitement it fosters. Hubbarth notes one of her favorite things about Summer League is how everyone is in a good mood thanks to the clean slate of a new season. Players are excited about new deals or new teammates and the prospects of a step forward next season. Coaches and executives are excited about the moves they made, because no matter what the outside world thinks, they believe they’ve positioned their team to achieve their No. 1 goal that season.

As such, there is a celebratory atmosphere. ESPN’s broadcast tries its best to play into this, all while it takes advantage of players, coaches, executives, and celebrities being willing to talk.

“That’s my role, to not only give the interviews with the players after the first and third quarters and do the halftime show, since we don’t have studio coverage like we do on a normal game, but my job is to go up to people and see who wants to talk,” Hubbarth says of the Summer League broadcast. “I’m roaming, walking, even doing laps and talking to people. Normally we’ll set up some people to come to the booth, and that’s a fun aspect to these broadcasts, because it’s not a traditional call of the game. That’s why I say it’s a celebration of the league in the sense that we’re talking about everything in and around the NBA. Whether it’s debuts of the rookies, transactions being made, moves, comments on other teams, expectations for new head coaches who sit down with us in the booth. So, it’s listening to an NBA podcast while also listening to a game call, so we try to get in as many interviews as possible.”

Last year, that meant nabbing Damian Lillard in the midst of his contract discussions with Portland — Hubbarth jokes she’d love to get Dame again this year, but notes he probably won’t be looking to talk on camera — or Carmelo Anthony when he arrived courtside. There’s also a certain tension (and excitement) when it comes potential deals waiting to be done. This year ,that’s Lillard’s trade request and James Harden’s future with Philadelphia.

Sometimes it’s something unforeseen that shakes up the league. During the Zion debut game, which was famously halted by a literal earthquake, Adrian Wojnarowski teased to Hubbarth the seismic Paul George and Kawhi Leonard moves to L.A. by saying he was “working on something big,” eventually breaking the news of the Clippers’ transactions later that night.

Then there was last year, when Russell Westbrook was in trade rumors and he and LeBron James arrived separately for the Lakers game. It provided an incredible, additional layer of drama to a Summer League game that you don’t get anywhere else.

“Last year with the situation going on with Russ and LeBron and them both showing up at the same time, and the tension that you could feel between those two and then Rob Pelinka, sitting on a different sideline,” Hubbarth recalls. “That, to me, that doesn’t happen in any other time other than NBA Summer League. And it’s just like, well, it was perfectly NBA awkward and it was theater. You know, Russ coaching up the Lakers Summer League team while LeBron was snacking on his homemade snacks on the on the sidelines. So it’s just those, that’s what my job is, trying to capture that atmosphere and all the people taking the time to show up at this event.”

There are no shortage of stories to tell on a Summer League broadcast — rookies looking to make their names, sophomores looking to cement their position on a roster, veterans looking to extend their careers, and the many transactions happening around the league and their subsequent fallout. For Hubbarth, the opportunity to tell all of those in a loose, in-game environment makes Summer League unlike anything else. While that’s headlined by Wembanyama’s debut this year, over the 10-day event, they’ll touch on the full spectrum of players looking to make a splash in Vegas.

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When Will ‘Asteroid City’ Be On Streaming?

With Asteroid City, Wes Anderson is Wes Andersoning maybe harder than he’s ever Wes Andersoned before. Naturally there’s a murderer’s row cast featuring every actor he’s ever worked with (with additional performers in the ever-growing snowball of talent), a quirky setting, and a lot of existential crises masked by clever comments and avoidance.

Set in the retro-futurist science hub/tourist trap of Asteroid City with its massive crater, the film takes place during the Junior Stargazer convention where a slew of people descend upon the town to eat hotdogs, witness rare astronomical events, and get quarantined by the government after an alien drops by to say hello.

The movie stars (deep breath) Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Ed Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie, Jeff Goldblum, Fisher Stevens, Bob Balaban, Tony Revolori, Rita Wislon, Seu Jorge, and some excellent child actors.

So, when is Asteroid City streaming?

It landed in theaters June 16th, and, because it’s a Focus Features film, it should be available to stream on Peacock unless NBCUniversal sells the streaming rights to someone else. Although there’s no official release date, with a typical 45-day window from theatrical release to free streaming, Asteroid City will probably be available on Peacock in mid-August.

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We Tried Everything On Dunkin’s Summer Food & Drink Menu — Here Is What To Order And What To Skip

Wake up, babe, the new summer Dunkin’ menu just dropped! Nothing refreshes a menu like a few new options. Dunkin’ fans will be pleased to know that this summer brings back some favorites to the menu along with some brand-new breakfast innovations that are sure to make the Dunkin’ menu all the more delicious. Dunkin’, if you’re not aware, is killing the fast-food breakfast game. So we’re pretty psyched that the brand continues to expand and iterate on it.

The full list of new items includes the return of the Salted Caramel Cold Brew and the Caramel Chocoholic Donut. The latter first debuted in 2018, made a return in 2019, and now three years later, is finally back. So if you’re a caramel fan in general, Dunkin’s got your back. As excited as we are for returning favorites, nothing hits like something new. Newcomers on the menu include the Chorizo and Egg Wrap and Chicken and Roasted Pepper Wrap as well as a new Dunkin’ Refresher flavor, Raspberry Watermelon.

To get a handle on everything worth ordering (and not), we sampled all the new food and drinks so you don’t have to. So let’s dive into Dunkin’s new Summer 2023 menu, starting with our least favorite of the four…

5. Raspberry Watermelon Refresher

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Dane Rivera

Tasting Notes:

To be completely fair to Dunkin’, the Refresher line of drinks just aren’t for me. I come to Dunkin’ for breakfast and coffee and this just straight-up tastes like candy, and I’m not into it. Imagine a watermelon-flavored Jolly Rancher with a tart raspberry kick and a smooth berry finish. Typically, Refreshers allow you to choose between green tea or lemonade as a mixture. When I went to Dunkin’, they didn’t give me the option. Considering how intensely sweet the drink is, I have to assume they picked lemonade for me.

If you want something more subtle, definitely opt for green tea instead. If, however, you’re into intense sweetness, the Raspberry Watermelon Refresher definitely delivers.

The Bottom Line:

It’s candy sweet and refreshing, but a little too intense. If you want something more balanced and less tart, opt for green tea over lemonade.

4. Caramel Chocoholic Donut

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Dane Rivera

Tasting Notes:

There is a reason Dunkin’ dropped the ‘donuts’ from its name. In 2023, Dunkin’ just isn’t a donut spot and the Caramel Chocoholic Donut doesn’t do anything to change that. The donut is rich and chocolatey with sweet caramel balancing out the indulgent qualities of the chocolate. The chocolate curls on the top add a deeper chocolate flavor that complements the whole thing nicely. From a flavor standpoint, this donut is delicious (albeit a bit too sweet) but what is lacking is the dough itself. It doesn’t have that nice chewiness that a great donut provides. It’s a bit drier, like a grocery store box cake.

The Bottom Line:

If you love Dunkin’s donuts, you’ll appreciate the variety that this donut brings to the menu. It’s rich and sweet and comes across more like a slice of cake than a donut. If, however, you don’t come to Dunkin’ for donuts, then this isn’t going to win you over.

3. Chorizo and Egg Wrap

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Dane Rivera

Tasting Notes:

Bursting with flavor, the Chorizo and Egg Wrap has a mild kick to it that hovers over a bed of salty, slightly sweet, vegetal, garlicky, and buttery flavors. This wrap is loaded up with chorizo, eggs, roasted tomatoes, black beans, and a mildly spicy cheese sauce wrapped in a red pepper lavash. The mouthfeel is a bit mushier than I was expecting, but I can overlook that considering how intense and focused the flavors are in the end result.

I think I would’ve preferred a more neutral tasting lavish here. While Dunkin’ claims this is a red pepper lavash, it sort of tastes like a big Cheez-It. It’s an extra flavor that this already packed wrap doesn’t need.

The Bottom Line:

Delicious, garlicky, spicy, and intensely flavorful.

2. Chicken and Roasted Pepper Wrap

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Dane Rivera

Tasting Notes:

While it sounds and looks a lot less appetizing than the Chorizo and Egg Wrap, I think the focused and direct flavors of the Chicken and Roasted Pepper wrap comes across better than the Chorizo and Egg version. This wrap is loaded with chicken, roasted peppers, spinach, and cheese in a plain lavash wrap. The chicken is surprisingly tender and the roasted pepper and spinach combo adds a strong vegetal flavor with mild peppery notes and an appetizing earthiness. The cheese helps to bind those flavors together with a salty and creamy finish.

The Bottom Line:

Light and flavorful, the Chicken and Roasted Pepper Wrap feels perfectly fit for summer snacking. I can see myself ordering this on a hot summer morning over the Chorizo and Egg which feels more geared toward colder weather.

1. Salted Caramel Cold Brew

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Dane Rivera

Tasting Notes:

Hands down, Dunkin’s best summer treat is the Salted Caramel Cold Brew. The coffee is slow-steeped, sweetened with caramel, and topped with caramel cold foam with burnt sugar bits. The coffee is smooth with a soft inviting mouthfeel that serves as the perfect delivery system for these intensely sweet and buttery caramel flavors to wash over your palate.

Once the cold foam works itself into your drink the whole thing takes on a creaminess that pushes it slightly into latte territory without the heaviness of all that milk. My favorite feature is those brown sugar bits though, which have a sort of floral sweetness to them that pairs so naturally with rich caramel.

The Bottom Line:

Dunkin’s Salted Caramel Cold Brew is so damn good it should be a permanent fixture on the menu. But it’s not, so enjoy this while you can, and hit Dunkin’ soon!