I wasn't super interested in this flavor until I saw that it had a "vanilla pudding ice cream" base. Not too-too long ago, I used to love Jello vanilla pudding pops. They were the best flavor in the box, but they have since been discontinued. While lots of non-name brands have released chocolate pudding pop or fudgsicle dupes, vanilla? Not so much. So I was really excited for this ice cream hoping it would satisfy my tastebuds' Jello-based core memory.
I have no idea how "BBA" is meant to be pronounced, it could be "bee bee ey," or it could be "BUH-BAH!" Since the characters are in all caps on the bag I imagine it being yelled in exclamation. Although I am 99% sure my pronunciation of it is incorrect, I am going to stick with it because it makes me nonsensically happy. CORN BUH-BAH!
Not only do these have a fun name, but they are also banana flavored! (If you're new here, spoiler alert, I freaking love banana.) I tried looking these up online to learn a little more about it, and not much turned up. Just a MunchPak page where this was once a featured item. Oh, and this page where it says the item was recalled. And this page. No big deal. Totally fine.
If I hadn't Googled this for nonsensical reasons, I never would have known about the recall, which is scary to think about. Thankfully, it seems the recall was due to an undeclared dairy ingredient which some people with dairy allergies reacted to. With my history of buying interesting foreign foods that usually have stickers with translated nutritional information, I can see how the slip up occurred. There have been a lot of labels I have seen over the years with incorrect or mislabeled translations. Whatever software they use to create those seems to have the same accuracy as Google translate. Being the non-dairy-allergy risk taker I am...I'm going to eat these anyway.
Being a late 80's baby, I caught the tail-end of the Trolls phenomenon. I had a few treasure trolls and a musical VHS tape that taught me that, "Trollies come from acorns, and that's how Trollies are born." Seriously, I didn't even have to look that up. It's a repetitive song that has been stuck in the back of my mind over 2 decades later out-surviving the troll dolls themselves whose glued-on hair and jewels popped off over time dooming them to yard sales and flea markets. (If you want to suffer along, here's a link. It's even worse than I remember.) Looking back, Trolls were are pretty weird concept and I didn't think it could be modernized to appeal to children today, and yet, here we are.
I haven't seen the new movie, even though it's already on Netflix! (That was fast.) From what I've gathered from Cinema Sins take on it, Trolls have ditched their bejeweled belly buttons in favor of magical hair and glitter, but they still sing. Other than their hair, the characters don't really look like their retro-ancestors at all. (I think that they look like the Fraggles and Trolls franchises were mashed together with a sprinkling of Eureka's Castle.) Even though they don't appeal to me as a near 30-year old, kids are eating them up! We just went to a family event and a seven year old reenacted the whole fist-bump-gear-shift scene for me line for line.
I may not be all that interested in the movie, but these two limited edition Trolls items at Walmart caught my eye. (Plus they were cheap.) So, are these more universally appealing than the movie?
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| Taken at Wegman's in Cherry Hill, NJ |
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I made this brand’s instant Crème Brûlée a few weeks ago. On a trip to the SunSeng market we actually found another one of these kits. This time it’s Crème Caramel. (It kind of looks like instant flan to me.)
My sister actually whipped this one up, and said it was very easy. The process was very similar to the previous kit. It had a packet of instant custard and a packet or caramel syrup. All you need to do is add is milk.
I was really disappointed in those custard wafer cookies. I had to find something that had a better custard/pudding flavor. Maybe these ice bars will do the trick!
This box has a simple design. (Especially when compared to the custard cookie packaging.) The whole box is a soft custard color with dark brown and red text. I really like the simplicity and limited color palette. It features photos of the popsicle and a standard pudding with caramel topping.
The bars inside are wrapped in a bright yellow plastic. I like the consistency throughout all the packaging.
Inside, the ice bar is custard-colored with little yellow jelly-bits throughout. The top of the bar is brown just like the traditional caramel topping on most custards or flan.
Does it taste like pudding? YES! The custard-colored frozen confection has a nice, warm, vanilla flavor. When that is combined with the little translucent jelly-bits, it mimics the bouncy texture of real custard! The caramel topping, was more coffee than caramel. It had a strong, bitter, taste like black coffee. It mixed well with the pudding flavor, but alone it was a little too bitter for me.
Thankfully the popsicles weren’t a bust like those wafer rolls. These are yummy, texturally interesting, AND visually appealing.
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I was never a big fan of pudding, until I tried those pudding flavored marshmallows from the Asian food market. Now, I try to look for pudding flavored everything! I saw these custard-wafers and I was really hoping that they would be delicious.
The packaging is VERY busy. The top of the package has photos of ice, the wafer-roll-cookies, and bold red text. The packaging is very overwhelming, also, why is there ice?
On my last visit to the Asian Food Market my sister and I got a bag of these to try out… and they were so amazing we ate all of them before I could take any photos. They are THAT good.
The outside is a very soft and fresh marshmallow disk. It’s sweet and tastes like vanilla.
The inside is a delicious semi-solid filling that tastes JUST like vanilla pudding. The consistency of the center is more like pudding skins, but the taste is utterly amazing. We bought 3 bags this time. I keep a few in my purse at all times. They always make me smile.
