Ice cream chain dedicates flavour to baby hippo

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Ice cream chain dedicates flavour to baby hippo

The Associated Press Published Wednesday, July 19, 2017 6:53AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 11, 2017, file photo provided by the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Fiona, a baby Nile hippopotamus, born prematurely Jan. 24, 2017, swims outside for the first time with her father Henry, right, as her mother Bibi, left, watches in the pool of the zoo's Hippo Cove exhibit in Cincinnati. Fiona, a popular baby hippo, has expanded her influence to a Cincinnati-based ice cream chain by inspiring its new flavor Chunky Chunky Hippo. (Michelle Curley/Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden via AP, File)

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CINCINNATI -- A popular baby hippo has expanded her influence to a Cincinnati-based ice cream chain by inspiring its new flavour Chunky Chunky Hippo.

is a toffee ice cream with salted roasted peanuts and milk chocolate caramel truffles. Part of the proceeds will benefit the Cincinnati Zoo. The new flavour is sold in scoops at local shops and in pints at Graeters.com.

It's the latest development in Fiona's rise to fame. She was named an honorary sheriff's deputy last week. Video updates such as Fiona taking a bottle, splashing or running have drawn millions of views online.

Graeter's is headquartered in Cincinnati, but has shops in numerous states.