{"id":4460,"date":"2026-05-06T11:02:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/bakery-offers-tasty-reward-for-missing-ice-cream-mascot\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:02:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:02:43","slug":"bakery-offers-tasty-reward-for-missing-ice-cream-mascot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/bakery-offers-tasty-reward-for-missing-ice-cream-mascot\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakery offers tasty reward for missing ice cream mascot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-05-06 11:02:41<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>A Boston bakery is offering a tasty reward for the return of its missing ice cream mascot.<BR><br \/>\nFlour Bakery, which can be found on Boston Common, has posted a tongue in cheek plea for the safe return of its mascot, which is a large plastic ice cream cone nicknamed Swirly.<BR><br \/>\nThere were fears Swirly had blown away during the winter, but now co-owner Joanne Chang thinks something else is afoot.<BR><br \/>\nShe wrote on Facebook: &#8220;MISSING: OUR GIANT SOFT SERVE MASCOT! ANSWERS TO SWIRLY<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Last seen perched on railing welcoming you to Flour Boston Common and enticing you to try our amazing soft serve.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nChang added that the mascot might be in a &#8220;nearby dorm&#8221;, and she joked Swirly could be &#8220;confused&#8221;.<BR><br \/>\nShe quipped: &#8220;He was possibly spotted in a nearby dorm window looking down longingly at home and we have reason to believe he may be confused about where he is.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nChang insisted the business won&#8217;t be taking any action if he&#8217;s returned &#8220;safely&#8221;, and they&#8217;ll even offer some treats from the bakery as a reward.<BR><br \/>\nThey continued: &#8220;To anyone who is temporarily sheltering him: thank you for protecting him this winter, please return him safely, no questions asked, in exchange for baked goods and our eternal gratitude!!! (sic)&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-05-06 11:02:41 A Boston bakery is offering a tasty reward for the return of its missing ice cream mascot. Flour Bakery, which can be found on Boston Common, has posted&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4462,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4460\/revisions\/4462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}