Dolly Parton is expanding her line with Duncan Hines. The Country Music Hall of Fame member, who launched banana and coconut cake mixes and frosting last year, just announced she is adding cornbread, biscuits and brownie mixes as well.
“I have a real treat for you. Be one of the first to try one of my new Duncan Hines brownie, cornbread and biscuit mixes,” Parton says in a video shared on social media. “They’re gonna be available in stores real soon, but you can get all of the new mixes, along with some other special items, in my baking kit while supplies last.”
I’m so excited to launch my new @realduncanhines’ cornbread, biscuits, and brownie mixes. 🧁 Sign-up for a chance to be the first to try them! #duncanhinespartner https://t.co/HRAe1H0RRi pic.twitter.com/HKIs32egtv
— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) January 17, 2023
Parton is eager to share more of her Southern-inspired flavors with people around the world.
“I’m really excited to launch more baking mixes steeped in my southern roots, like cornbread and biscuits,” Parton said in a statement. “I think folks are really going to like them and hope they’ll bake up some special memories with family and friends.”
Parton celebrated her 56th anniversary to her husband, Carl Dean, last May. The secret to their longevity, she says, is that they both like to laugh — a lot.
“We both have a warped sense of humor,” Parton told ET Canada. “And I think humor, honestly, is one of the best things when you’re married like that. Even if you have a problem, if you have a great sense of humor, if you say something you can’t take back [you] usually have some crazy way of getting out of it.”
Dean also helps his wife in the kitchen, especially when it comes time to clean up.
“I’m a messy cooker, and he’s good about cleaning up for me and keeping the stuff cleaned up around me,” Parton told People. “But sometimes I don’t want anybody around, so I’ll just say, ‘Why don’t you go to the den, I’ll clean this up later or you can help me later.’”
Parton will have a star-studded 77th birthday celebration at the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday, January 21. The singer, who turns 77 on January 19, won’t be in attendance for the party, which will feature performances by Chapel Hart, The Fairfield Four, Caitlyn Smith, Marty Stuart, and Chris Young, all performing songs from Parton’s Here You Come Again album, appropriately released in 1977.
“We love an Opry party and everyone around the world loves Dolly!” Opry Executive Producer Dan Rogers says. “Though Dolly herself can’t be with us this year due to her feature film schedule, I think we can all agree Dolly deserves to be celebrated this year and every year. We’re going to have some fun Dolly additions to the great schedule of shows lined up for our January run downtown at the Ryman.”
Other plans to celebrate Parton’s birthday include 77 Hours of Parton giveaways on all of the Opry’s social media channels, birthday cupcakes baked by Parton’s own Duncan Hines mixes, given to all Opry House and Ryman Tour guests on her birthday on January 19 (while supplies last), a larger-than-life 77th birthday card for fans to sign from January 19 to January 21, and a Parton impersonator at the Ryman Plaza for photos on January 21.
Parton’s baking kit is available for purchase here.
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