{"id":150,"date":"2005-02-22T02:22:36","date_gmt":"2005-02-22T12:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/?p=150"},"modified":"2023-08-12T15:46:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T01:46:49","slug":"jolly-time-mallow-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2005\/02\/22\/jolly-time-mallow-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Jolly Time Mallow Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jolly<\/p>\n

I’m skeptical of things that claim to be “magical.” <\/p>\n

For example, Magic Markers. I haven’t found anything “magical” about them, except when I sniff them for too long, which causes me to “magically” prance around naked on all fours, pretending to be a pretty, pretty little pony.<\/p>\n

Also, those Magic: The Gathering playing cards, they “magically” give my friend’s little cousins the ability to totally kick my ass at something.<\/p>\n

Finally, there’s David Blaine, who claims to be a “magician,” but all the things he does isn’t really magic, like stand on a flagpole for 35 hours, or spend seven days underwater in a see-through coffin, or live in a plastic box suspended over a river for 44 days, or stand at a truck-stop urinal and pee for 3 hours. <\/p>\n

So I wasn’t expecting much from the Jolly Time Mallow Magic microwave popcorn.<\/p>\n

The concept of Mallow Magic is much like the Orville Redenbacher’s Cinnabon Popcorn I reviewed<\/a> earlier this month. It’s microwave popcorn with a sweet creamy topping.<\/p>\n

Also, like the Cinnabon Popcorn, each box of Mallow Magic comes with two bags of unpopped popcorn and two pouches of creamy marshmallow topping.<\/p>\n

I liked the sweet Cinnabon Popcorn, so I was looking forward to trying the sweet marshmallowy taste of the Mallow Magic Popcorn. So I put the flat bag of popcorn into the microwave and set the time for 2 minutes and 30 seconds.<\/p>\n

I carefully watched the flat bag of popcorn in the microwave. Then suddenly, I heard a pop. Then another. Then another. Then another. I looked at the bag of popcorn and I couldn’t believe my eyes.<\/p>\n

“Oh my God! The bag…It’s growing in the microwave!” I yelled.<\/p>\n

“It’s…It’s….MAGICAL!”<\/p>\n

“I believe!!! I believe!!!”<\/p>\n

Yeah, whatever.<\/p>\n

After I took the bag out of the microwave, I instantly noticed that it was slightly smaller than all other microwave popcorn bags I’ve seen. I looked at the Cinnabon Popcorn box and the Mallow Magic box, and it turned out that the Mallow Magic bag had about one-fifth less popcorn than the Cinnabon Popcorn bag.<\/p>\n

So, of course, this meant less popcorn.<\/p>\n

After I added the creamy marshmallow topping, I dug into what turned out to be a nice sweet treat, that I think tasted better than the Cinnabon Popcorn. <\/p>\n

However, they were such a nice sweet treat, that I ate an entire bag in one sitting, while trying to NOT watch American Idol.<\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Jolly Time Mallow Magic
\nPurchase Price:<\/b> $2.00 (on sale)
\nRating:<\/b> 8 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> A nice sweet treat. Like kettle corn, except a lot more messy. Popcorn has fiber.
\nCons:<\/b> Bags are smaller than most popcorn bags. Not magical, just like David Blaine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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