really<\/em> nauseating. <\/p>\n![\"Great](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Great-Value-Tropickles-3.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" "\\"Great")
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There\u2019s nothing particularly offensive about fruit punch, even the low-tier, store brand stuff. There\u2019s also nothing particularly offensive about canned pickles (unless, of course, you have a strong aversion to tart foods.) <\/p>\n
Alas, when you force the two to co-habitate in the same glass jar, the chemical reaction is repugnant. The combination of lukewarm sugar water, wilting cucumbers and a ton of vinegar results in a scent comparable to rotten produce doused in Kool-Aid, this sickly sweet odor that keeps alternating between hummingbird nectar and a compost heap.<\/p>\n
Then there are the visuals. There\u2019s no genteel way to put it – the pickles look like bloody turds<\/em>. Did any of you kids ever see that great B-horror movie from the 1980s called Slugs<\/em>? Well, if you haven\u2019t, the Tropickles are exactly<\/em> what the monsters in that flick resembled. Come to think of it, maybe Walmart should\u2019ve saved these things for Halloween and rebranded them as pickled snakes in elf blood or something – at least then they could\u2019ve promoted it as intentionally<\/em> disgusting. <\/p>\nAs bad as the scent is and as bad as the pickles look, though, the taste is even worse. You get sporadic moments of watered-down sweetness and you get occasional bursts of traditional dill pickle flavor, but for the most part all your taste buds can detect is pure ick<\/em>. <\/p>\n![\"Great](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Great-Value-Tropickles-4.jpg?resize=599%2C429\" "\\"Great")
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The fruit punch juice makes the pickles mushier and<\/em> more acidic than normal, and the goulash of vinegar and sugar water taints them with a rubbery bitterness. Really, it doesn\u2019t even taste like food after a couple of bites; if you want to simulate the flavor, aroma and even mouthfeel of Tropickles, find a menthol cigarette chain smoker and ask them to cram their tongue down your esophagus. <\/p>\nAll in all, these Tropickles might be the worst<\/em> thing I\u2019ve ever eaten that wasn\u2019t sold at Dollar Tree. Remember earlier when I said there\u2019s no such thing as a \u201cbad idea\u201d when it comes to gimmick foods? Well, scratch that – \u201cputting pickles in fruit punch\u201d is about as bad as it gets<\/em>.<\/p>\n(Nutrition Facts – 3\/4 a spear – 25 calories, 0 calories from fat, 0 grams of total fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 mg of cholesterol, 260 mg of sodium, 6 grams of total carbs, 0 grams of fiber, 6 grams of sugar, 0 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n
Purchased Price:<\/b> $1.78
\nSize:<\/b> 24 oz. jar
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Walmart
\nRating:<\/b> 1 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> If you\u2019re mugged in the parking lot, the jar makes a great impromptu bludgeoning weapon. The bottle is probably heavy enough to keep a small door open.
\nCons:<\/b> …literally everything else<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve long believed in the old marketing axiom that there\u2019s no such thing as a bad idea, only bad execution. Even a relatively unimpressive or unappetizing product can become a must-buy depending on how well it\u2019s presented to the public. For example, I don\u2019t think anybody genuinely enjoyed Orbitz soda, but everybody alive in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23763,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/28\/spotted-on-shelves-great-value-tropickles\/","url_meta":{"origin":23906,"position":0},"title":"SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Great Value Tropickles","author":"Marvo","date":"July 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"You're not going to find this at every Walmart. 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