Inside Cookie Pop & Candy Pop's Star-Studded Giving Tuesday Event
- By: Ashley Joy Parker
- November 29, 2023
Tis the season.….
In honor of Giving Tuesday, Cookie Pop and Candy Pop hosted a star-studded Gingerbread House Decorating event at LA’s new speakeasy Cold Shoulder to benefit Ryan Seacrest Foundation.
This very intimate event—hosted by The Snaxpert Adam Cohen—featured specialty libations by Cold Shoulder, the exclusive new craft cocktail bar on Fairfax by Blue Collar Hospitality, plus fun sweets and popcorn treats featuring Cookie Pop Iced Gingerbread and Candy Pop Peppermint Hot Chocolate special edition flavors.
Festive cocktails included special Gingerbread Rimmed Espresso Martini also featured El Cristiano tequila with Cookie Pop Ice Gingerbread garnish. In addition, guests enjoyed a Peppermint Pop Paddy cocktail and a Hot Sweet Toddy cocktail, also garnished with Candy Pop Peppermint Hot Chocolate all curated by the Cold Shoulder mixology team.
The star-studded guest list included the likes of “Riverdale” actor Drew Ray Tanner, actresses Caylee Cowan and Jessica Belkin, musician Nash Overstreet and influencers and models such as Emily Sears, Marina Filipchuk, Raquel Rojas, Hannah Linderman, Vanne Ochoa, Kendra Erika, Kate King, Kate Tol, and Courtney Gibson, among many others.
Guests had a blast decorating and creating gingerbread houses with the holiday edition popcorn flavors. Every attendee had an individual house station complete with toppings inclusive of Sour Patch Kids, M&M Minis, and all the standard treats, plus their own holiday flavor popcorn bags.
Timed with #GivingTuesday, the annual global generosity movement that unleashes the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world, SNAX-Sational continues their partnership with Ryan Seacrest Foundation donating a portion of all proceeds toward their work with children’s hospitals nationwide, which is amped up for this holiday season with their special edition holiday flavors.
The Ryan Seacrest Foundation (RSF) is a non-profit dedicated to inspiring today’s youth through entertainment and education-focused initiatives. RSF’s first initiative is to build broadcast media centers — Seacrest Studios — within pediatric hospitals for patients to explore the creative realms of radio, television and new media.
Launch the slideshow below to see more pics from the event.
