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Monday, October 06, 2008
Choco-Fudge Mallow Sundae
A couple of years ago I raved about a product from Kandy Kastle: Gummi Lightning Bugs. It was both a candy and a novelty item and I was enchanted by the simplicity. Since then I’ve seen and passed up other Kandy Kastle products, things like the Mallow Burger (Candy Addict review) and 2 Tapeworms (more here). But when I spotted this on the shelves of the local 99 Cent Only Store, I just had to buy it. Not because I thought it was going to be good, but I was just too curious. The Choco-Fudge Mallow Sundae is pretty big for only 60 cents (well, technically it’s 59.99 cents) and boasts that it’s Fat Free, Cholesterol Free and Low Sodium. Because the target market for these is always swayed by those sellling points.
Basically the candy is a stack of flavored marshmallows in Strawberry, Vanilla, Chocolate, Green Apple. It comes with a little packet of Chocolate Fudge Candy Gel to pour over it as if it were a real ice cream sundae. The candy is towerinly huge at about seven inches. It comes tucked in a little waxed paper cup with the marshmallows firmly adhered to each other and sprinkled with colored jimmies. If you think they look like Play-Doh, I agree.
When they said gel they weren’t kidding. When I first opened it, there were a few thin drips, but the rest was congealed inside. So I squeeze it a bit to mix it up and then tried to drizzle it out on the marshmallow scoops. It came out in a thin stream then a few chunks. The ingredients explain a lot: corn syrup, sugar, modified starches, water, sorbitol, potassium sorbate, artificial flavors, artificial colors (Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1 and Titanium Dioxide). Note that this Chocolate Fudge Candy Gel contains no chocolate products whatsoever. I didn’t think it would need actual chocolate, but a pinch of cocoa might make a convincing fudge sauce. It didn’t smell very good, kind of like fake vanilla, but not much else. Then I was left with this sticky tower of dry and stiff marshmallows. It smelled like a cross between green apple flavor and new shoes. I couldn’t eat it. I can’t eat it. I tried to take a bite of the chocolate marshmallow part, avoiding the sticky gel, but I couldn’t keep it in my mouth. It was cocoa-ish but had that green apple flavor to it as well. It was stiff and tacky and dry on the outside. Just too horrible to consume but an incredibly cheap decoration if you’re looking for one. My inedible rating is probably unfair because I didn’t actual try very hard so if you’ve had this and loved it, please testify to my inaccurate description of the experience of not eating it below. Patent Pending & Made in China. Other braver folks: Riverfront Times. Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:35 pm 
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I’ve had the Canadian version, which does not come with gel and is slightly more impressionistic in shape! I liked it very much--I ate most of my portion (I was sharing it with someone) in the parking lot of the 7-11 where we’d bought it. I really like dry, stale marshmallows, and that’s what it was, plus some sprinkles. The different colours didn’t taste much different from each other, but they smelled the way they were supposed to. The cone, I believe, was also a marshmallow.
I am laughing so hard at this right now. XD
A packet of faux-choco gel? Repulsive.
Well...........it certainly is CUTE
those sprinkles look like maggots under a blacklight at a rave
gross
It smelled like a cross between green apple flavor and new shoes.
Wow. It makes lemon flavored Lysol sound good.
Perhaps you should create a new rating, “too scared to try”.
I can feel your pain. Having in living in Japan for quite some time, there are more than a few things I’m too scared to try based on appearances alone. There are big brown log-looking things in the sweets section which I avoided for many years. I finally tried one variety of them and they were actually pretty good. They still look like something you might see floating in a toilet, but they’re actually pretty nice.
(Reviewed here if you’re interested to know what I’m referring to: http://japanesesnackreviews.blogspot.com/2008/09/oishi-delicious-black-sugar-marshmallow.html)
However, I think that your apprehension is well-placed. I think those look almost too toy-like to taste good.
Orchid64, aren’t there Japanese candies that are deliberately shaped like smiling coils of soft-serv poo? I could’ve sworn I had seen that somewhere.
LOL at “too scared to try”
Yes I´ve seen candies similar to these… not pleasant but as you said a very pretty -and unedible- decoration!
Ha! As I was scrolling down I was wondering if you were brave enough to try it. The faux chocolate goo just makes it. Blech.
it looks… like it’s bleeding…
Congealed? That word describing ANY food item is a put-off! Cute looking candy, though.
Just don’t think I could eat it after that description. That and the fact that it was made in China. They haven’t had a very good run with food items lately…
If this is supposed to be a faux-sundae, then I understand the chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry flavors. But where does the green apple come from? That seems an odd addition that is sure to taste weird.
with all that’s been going on in China lately by not eating it, you probably saved yourself a world of hurt
My inedible rating is probably unfair because I didn’t actual try very hard
I dunno - that kind of seems to sum up “inedible” right there - if you can’t bring yourself to eat it, it’s inedible! And since when is vanilla ice cream yellow? Even french vanilla is more like, say, vaguely tan than yellow!
Ugh. That looks disgusting! And I don’t think I could ever eat anything with the word “tapeworm” in the title.
where did you get that?!
This is the grossest confection ever invented.
Ok so this definitely does not look like something I would even want to try. However, this does look like a really cool decoration for a kids themed party. Like an ice cream shoppe get together or a girls slumber party…
I would have to agree on the fact that marshmallows that are dry and crusty are very disgusting and I refrain from eating them.
Maybe they’ll still be around when I have kids of my own so I’ll decorate the room with it ;]
Aw, that looks adorable!
when i was scrolling down the page, i thought that was made of fabric, like a toy. i love the way it looks (sans “goo") but man, that gel stuff makes me want to vomit.
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