{"id":1737,"date":"2009-07-22T22:28:55","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T02:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=1737"},"modified":"2009-07-22T22:38:39","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T02:38:39","slug":"bobs-pickle-pops-a-tasting-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/22\/bobs-pickle-pops-a-tasting-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob’s Pickle Pops: A Tasting \/ Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After hearing about Bob’s Pickle Pops<\/a> somewhere online I decided that I had to try them and ordered up a 14-pack, half regular and have with jalape\u00f1o<\/a>. Being pouches of frozen pickle<\/a> (gherkin, in the UK) slurry I would alternate between expecting them to be surprisingly good (ala deep fried pickles<\/a>), or a terrible bastardization like Mamma Mia! Pizza Beer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Less than a week after ordering, the tightly-packed Priority Mail box of Pickle Pops this weekend so in the freezer went two sample pieces. Today I felt that I was ready to give them a try; ready to deal with any potential sour stomach that may arise.<\/p>\n

Due to the high salt content, these popsicles don’t freeze as solidly as other similarly packaged fruit \/ sugar products, so much that the first just-out-of-the-freezer bite has the same flaky, icy texture of an almost-melted Fla-Vor-Ice<\/a>. Having grown up regularly eating these cheap, extra sweet frozen ice treats I was also expecting something a bit sweet, even though I should have known better. Being mostly salty, eating my way through them, I was repeatedly reminded of trying to eat a Vero Mango<\/a> chili powder coated mango sucker \/ lollipop brought back to me from Mexico. Try as I might, I just couldn’t find myself enjoying it. The flavor was not bad, and it did not disgust me, but I simply could not enjoy it. It was exactly like eating a large pouch of frozen, lower quality pickle relish.<\/p>\n

I want to say something else and perhaps better about the Jalape\u00f1o version, but it really wasn’t that much different. Sure, there was a bit of pickled chili flavor, and maybe a few more solids, but that’s really about it. It may have been a bit spicy, but not enough for me to tell. I did also try them with a glass of cheap fizzy yellow beer (Trader Joe’s Simple Times Lager, more on this later) because I figured the two may go well, and while it didn’t hurt, it really didn’t make the pickle pops any better.<\/p>\n

All said, if you are the type of person who really, really likes pickles, or maybe the sort who enjoys salty Mexican-type candy, you may want to order some of these and give them a try. Or, if you are handed one by a friend, definitely try it for a new and interesting experience. However, if you are hoping that freezing will somehow transform standard pickles into a magical, surprising, and wonderful snack, you may want to pass these by.<\/p>\n

(I must admit, I do feel a bit bad saying that I don’t like these after watching this clip from the Food Network show Unwrapped featuring Bob’s Pickle Pops<\/a>, but I really don’t think I like these.<\/p>\n

Also, it’s pretty obvious why the name was changed from Pickle Sickle. I can see the visual pairing of the -LE at the end of the logo that they were going for, but the name both sounds offputting and is not properly pronouncable in the subtitle of “POPSICKLES”. Pop-Sick-Les?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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