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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Marshmallow Pig
IIt has a simple name, Marshmallow Lollipop. t’s a pig shaped marshmallow pop, and it’s pretty big at 3.2 ounces of fluffed sugar and gelatin. They’re made by Confectionery Lane and actually come in some much more attractive versions such as decorated hearts. (Serious Eats has the Winnie the Pooh.) While the idea of a pig shaped creature holding a little heart that says love may only be compelling to the Cute Overload fanatics, I can see that there may be a niche of people out there that perhaps enjoy food shaped like the ingredients (what is gelatin made of, after all?) or perhaps someone has a nickname of Piglet ... maybe they raise pigs or had one as a 4H project ... oh, maybe they have pink skin!
It smells kind of like Fruity Pebbles. It tastes like, well, tangy latex. The texture is actually rather nice, very moist and consistent. But the flavor is just awful. So I thought I’d toast it. It’s already on a stick, so why not? Since the marshmallow was so moist it became really runny on the inside rather quickly, but the outside toasted up nicely. But a tart and flavored marshmallow is not the same as a regular marshmallow (certainly not like the lovely marshmallows from earlier this week). Really disappointing. I ate about three bites and threw the rest of it out. Oddly enough the nutrition label says that a single serving is the whole pop and is 260 calories. (I guess you can’t really cut off pieces and save the rest for later.) Confectionery Lane sounds like a quaint company, but really they’re just a brand name used by East-West Distributing Co., which is owned and operated by Walgreen’s. There are lots of other cute and thoughtful Valentines gifts you can pick up, even on February 15th. This isn’t even worth free. Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:26 pm 
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omg Cute Overload!!! I feel like worlds just collided. Yours is one of five blogs to which I subscribe the RSS, and one of the others is Cute Overload. It is really bizarre (but very nice!) that 2/5 of my daily blog reading just crossed paths!
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Happy V-Day Cybele.
Hmmm. As a fan of Cute Overload, I don’t think this pop would make the grade. It looks as unpleasant as I’m sure it tastes. Now kittens, that’s another story.
I see a bear not a pig...bear would make more sense, no? Did the package say it was a pig? Just wondering.
Dear Cybele - Are you sure that’s a pig? And didn’t you misuse the product by toasting it? Love, Mom
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