{"id":662972,"date":"2026-05-24T21:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T21:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/662972\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T21:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T21:39:10","slug":"the-inside-scoop-coopersburg-community-celebrates-return-of-iconic-ice-cream-statue-southern-lehigh-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/662972\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inside Scoop: Coopersburg community celebrates return of iconic ice cream statue | Southern Lehigh County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COOPERSBURG, Pa. \u2014 Music, dancing, and homemade ice cream helped welcome back a familiar landmark at The Inside Scoop in Coopersburg during Chip\u2019s welcome party over Memorial Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Families gathered despite rainy weather to celebrate the return of Chip, the popular ice cream statue that has become a staple for many Lehigh Valley residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of a staple at this point, so it\u2019s nice that he\u2019s back,\u201d one customer said.<\/p>\n<p>Another visitor added, \u201cNow he&#8217;s back up and we can come by and have a great time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chip was damaged during a storm in February that split the statue in two.<\/p>\n<p>             <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/area\/lehighvalley\/lehigh-county\/chip-the-beloved-mascot-of-the-inside-scoop-falls-victim-to-strong-winds\/article_0046856f-6629-4f85-8367-590406d23a2d.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Chip, the beloved mascot of The Inside Scoop, falls victim to strong winds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>            Chip, the beloved mascot of The Inside Scoop, falls victim to strong winds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jason, who was inside the shop with his son Alex when the storm hit, recalled seeing the aftermath.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was laying on the ground, so we went out and looked at him, and his legs were there, and his body was not,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>After the statue was damaged, owner Penny Caciolo said community members offered financial support to help repair Chip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had people wanting to go fund it, and I&#8217;m like, no, no, no, we&#8217;ll be okay,\u201d Caciolo said.<\/p>\n<p>The artist who originally created Chip returned to repair the statue and place him back outside the shop with his ice cream scooper in hand.<\/p>\n<p>             <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/area\/lehighvalley\/beloved-ice-cream-shop-mascot-damaged-by-high-winds-has-been-restored\/article_5f7fdcbf-a72e-42e1-b736-fc33eca8892d.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Beloved ice cream shop mascot damaged by high winds has been restored\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        +2<br \/>\n            Beloved ice cream shop mascot damaged by high winds has been restored<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Caciolo said she was thankful to see so many customers attend the welcome celebration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to thank our customers for always being supportive and just my staff and the fun we&#8217;ve had. I&#8217;ve been here 17 years and we love it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration will continue through Memorial Day weekend with two new sundaes available for customers to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>Caciolo said if Chip ever falls again, the shop will be ready to put him right back up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COOPERSBURG, Pa. \u2014 Music, dancing, and homemade ice cream helped welcome back a familiar landmark at The Inside&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88,290087],"class_list":["post-662972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-southern-lehigh-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}