Happy April Fools Day!
It’s April 1, so take everything you see and hear (and touch) with a grain of salt on this nebulous holiday. But have fun with it, too — in fact, some of this year’s best pranks are from Upstate New York.
For example, the Manlius Police Department is offering a special “Get Out Of Jail Free” card (like from the Monopoly board game). The gag even include a bogus claim of an “EMV chip to prevent fellow criminals from trying to steal your one-time-use card.”
The Homer Center for the Arts announced a special concert by “Frank X,” 54 years after the supposed death of The Doors frontman Jim Morrison. A new documentary claims the rock singer faked his death and adopted the identity of Frank to live a secret life in Syracuse, so let’s see if he can still jam out to “Riders on the Storm” and “Peace Frog.”
Nutella claims it’s created a bed-and-breakfast dubbed the “Nutella BnB.” The weird “hazelnut heaven” is a B&B home rental in Lake Placid, N.Y., featuring hazelnut and cocoa-scented sheets, croissant pillows, a Nutella dispenser, and a pool with Nutella floaties.
If you’re hungry, you can also check out the quieter Crunch candy bar (“made with boiled white rice for 75% less noise”), Tim Hortons’ lobster eclair, or the limited edition Popeyes Pickle Menu with Pickle Glaze Bone-In & Boneless Wings, the Pickle Glaze Sandwich, Fried Pickles and Pickle Lemonade.
Some hoaxes actually sound like a good idea, like the new Dr. Pepper-flavored Tic Tacs or Reese’s Chocolatey Bread for a sweet twist on the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. (By the way, you can get Reese’s PB&J peanut butter cups.)
Dunkin’, meanwhile, is offering 1 million hot or iced coffees or cold brew drinks to Dunkin’ Rewards members for April 1. It’s not a joke — customers even have to use the promo code ThisIsNotAJoke to collect their freebies — but the restaurant chain did warn people to “stay strong out there, because April 2 is coming…”
Additional 2025 April Fools Day pranks include:
- Bluesky reduced its character count from 300… to 299. For one day only.
- Samuel Adams is combining soup and beer for a new line of New England-y products that include Lobstah Bisque, Clam Chowdah and Beef & Bahley.
- Yahoo’s Agricultural Interface, a grass-covered keyboard for those who need to “touch grass” without going outside
- Journelle created mood-matching lingerie that changes color based on your mood. Remember hyper-color T-shirts?
- Duolingo partnered with Carnival Cruise Line for a five-year language immersion cruise.
- Razer created a “Skibidi Headset” that helps old folks translate Gen Z slang.
- Omaha Steaks is selling romance novels like “Certified Tender.”
- Need help with thirst traps? BodyArmor Sport Performance Shampoo promises to hydrate, strengthen, protect, restore, and volumize your hair.
Have you seen other 2025 April Fools pranks we missed? Send an email to [email protected] with your favorites!
