Quickie Pez Post

My massive peelable gummy post got a little out of hand, so it will be finished up and posted on Monday. 

In the meantime, here is a quickie post I never got around to finishing. 

I've always liked Pez candy, but their appeal comes from it's novelty dispenser, not it's actual taste. Dispensers are highly collectable and have cemented their place in pop culture history (the proto-Funko Pop) but the candy has always been mid. I enjoy it for what it is, and will buy it once every few years, but I've never thought it's flavors were so iconic that it should be used in other products, and especially not ice cream, but here we are. 

Will these actually taste like Pez? Or is this a case of branding being used to sell a generic fruity-bar? I kind of hope it's the latter. 

Sadly I don't have any photos of the bars themselves, I think my SD card got corrupted, but they were a pale pink or pale yellow, depending on their flavor, and the bars were shaped like large Pez tablets. Visually, I really liked the novelty of giant Pez candy, but the quality of the ice cream was terrible.

These feel super light weight and airy, like Halo Top or those "ice cream" products that can't legally call themselves "ice cream." 

Taking a bite, they're impressively mild and chalky for something meant to be ice cream adjacent. In the grand scheme of things, the dry chalky texture is very much like the real candy, so authenticity gets a 4/5.

As far as taste, these have an even milder flavor than normal. It's okay for Pez but far from an enjoyable ice cream. This is a 2/5 at best. Maybe even a 1.5/5.

Their foamy texture is a major turnoff, but I don't like light ice creams or Cool-Whip. This was too artificial for my liking. Also these are one of those novelties that don't melt. My fridge needed to be repaired (Apparently the compressors in LG fridges are known to go bad. Maybe don't get an LG fridge.) I lost a lot of food and had to do a big freezer clean-out. The leftover bars never melted. They looked perfect and didn't lose their shape until they were touched. I find that to be a bit unnerving. Like how McDonald's French fries never rot. 

These look cute but taste mid. I wouldn't buy them again, but apparently I am in the minority. From what I see online a lot of people really loved them and their "creamy" texture. So keep that in mind. Overall, 2/5 for me.

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