Stanley's ice cream business suffers until he meets Zelmo, an alien whose spaceship crash-lands on earth.

Young Enrique, who loves to eat desserts, learns how to control-- and appreciate-- his sweet tooth, with the help of his mother and El Coco, a fearsome creature with a huge mouth and sticky hair.

"It's cleaning day in the snack cabinet and Cheese Doodle, Pretzel, and Sprinkles are hard at work. When the food friends learn that someone has moved in next door, though, they make like bananas and split to go meet their new neighbor. But when their knock not only goes unanswered, but also opens the door to Dr. Nuttenstein's house with a creeeeak, what they find inside leaves them as shaken as if they'd been placed in a blender..."--Jacket flap....