{"id":8554,"date":"2011-02-07T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=8554"},"modified":"2023-08-14T17:32:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T03:32:44","slug":"review-kelloggs-ice-cream-shoppe-frosted-rainbow-cookie-sandwich-pop-tarts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/02\/07\/review-kelloggs-ice-cream-shoppe-frosted-rainbow-cookie-sandwich-pop-tarts\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Kellogg’s Ice Cream Shoppe Frosted Rainbow Cookie Sandwich Pop-Tarts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many of you reading this may wonder why a 30-year-old man is reviewing Kellogg’s Ice Cream Shoppe Frosted Rainbow Cookie Sandwich Pop-Tarts [22], a sugary abomination clearly designed solely to be eaten by children for, you know, “breakfast.”\u00a0 (We know better, don’t we, kids?)\u00a0 It’s pretty simple — reviewing a fine product like Kellogg’s Ice Cream Shoppe Frosted Rainbow Cookie Sandwich Pop-Tarts [61] is the easiest way for me to meet my word quota without having to say anything of substance.\u00a0 If you look carefully, you’ll realize this entire review is only five sentences long.\u00a0 Can I get an “Amen!” for cheating the system?\u00a0 A few more of these and I’ll finally be able to afford those pec implants.\u00a0 I mean, penis smallification surgery!\u00a0 Obviously.<\/p>\n

But since we’re here, we might as well take a closer look at this affront to parents and dentists alike, by which of course I’m referring to Kellogg’s Ice Cream Shoppe Frosted Rainbow Cookie Sandwich Pop-Tarts [161].\u00a0 As a teenager I used to scarf down the S’mores variety with the same frequency that most of my peers were watching scrambled porn (\u20ac\u0153I think that was a boob!\u00a0 Sweet!\u20ac\u009d), but I haven’t had one of any kind in probably a decade.\u00a0 Back then I never bothered reading nutritional information because I was swimming a billion hours a week (estimated) so it really didn’t matter, but apparently Pop-Tarts is not health food.\u00a0 Crazy!<\/p>\n

But what they lack in nutritional value, Kellogg’s Ice Cream Shoppe Frosted Rainbow Cookie Sandwich Pop-Tarts [252] more than make up for in visual insanity.\u00a0 The package alone has caused more seizures than a viewing of Tron<\/i> on acid — you have the respective Kellogg’s and Pop-Tarts logos superimposed on an old-timey “ice cream shoppe” (the extra “pe” stands for quaintness) awning, with a helpful “New Flavor!” tag in one corner, and that’s just the top half.\u00a0 The bottom shows a picture of the Pop-Tart itself with a real ice cream sandwich flying around it, leaving a rainbow comet trail in its wake that also proclaims it a good source of calcium.\u00a0 Holy balls, I want to eat one of these and go fight a leprechaun.\u00a0 You’re my bitch now, Lucky.\u00a0 Removing one from the foil wrapper is only a slight letdown, as it does indeed boast an abundance of multicolored sprinkles, plus a chocolate swirl.\u00a0 I can honestly say it’s the least boring Pop-Tart I’ve ever seen, which is not saying much, but there it is.<\/p>\n

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Obviously Kellogg’s can’t put actual ice cream inside their Pop-Tarts, yet have set themselves the task of making the brand taste as much like ice cream as possible, so I was curious about how they’d accomplish this.\u00a0 The answer, it turns out, is “just cram a whole mess of frosting up in there.”\u00a0 It really tastes more like marshmallow or cake frosting than ice cream, which is not such a bad thing.\u00a0 The rainbow sprinkles further put me in the mindset of cake, to the point where “Ye Olde Birth-day Cake” would probably be a more accurate brand name than “Ice Cream Shoppe.”\u00a0 The chocolate drizzle on the top does indeed look a bit like hot fudge, but unless you’ve got hypersensitive taste buds, you’re not going to be able to detect the chocolate — the frosting taste dominates over all, with perhaps a bit of sprinkle evident if my eyes aren’t just liking the pretty colors and arbitrarily assigning a taste to them.\u00a0 And let’s be honest, any ice cream cookie sandwich you’ve ever eaten had either chocolate chips or M&Ms in the cookies, not just the rainbow sprinkles offered to us by Kellogg’s Ice Cream Shoppe Frosted Rainbow Cookie Sandwich Pop-Tarts [616].<\/p>\n

I wasn’t really disappointed by the Pop-Tarts because they still taste good, even if they don’t perfectly capture the flavor they’re trying to approximate.\u00a0 They reminded me more than a little of the S’mores Pop-Tarts of my youth, just with less chocolate and a more overtly sugary flavor to the filling.\u00a0 True, they taste more like a birthday cake than an ice cream sandwich, but since either is a perfectly acceptable treat when you’re a kid, I’d say they meet the needs of their target audience, as well as those of us just looking to recapture a bit of our youth.<\/p>\n

Thanks Kellogg’s Ice Cream Shoppe Frosted Rainbow Cookie Sandwich Pop-Tarts.\u00a0 [727! Word quota accomplished!]<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1 pastry – 200 calories, 6 grams of fat, 2 grams of saturated fat, 2 grams of polyunsaturated fat, 1 gram of monounsaturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 200 milligrams of sodium, 35 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of fiber, 15 grams of sugar, 2 grams of protein, and a myriad vitamins and minerals.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Kellogg’s Ice Cream Shoppe Frosted Rainbow Cookie Sandwich Pop-Tarts
\nPrice:<\/b> $2.35
\nSize:<\/b> 1 box of 8
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Acme
\nRating:<\/b> 7 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Tastes good. Hearkening back to really unhealthy youth.\u00a0 Saying the full name makes you feel like you’ve accomplished something.\u00a0 Scrambled porn.\u00a0 Talking smack to leprechauns.\u00a0 Staring at box cheaper than buying drugs.\u00a0 Can’t go wrong with cake.\u00a0 Meeting word quota.
\nCons:<\/b> Wang surgery not cheap.\u00a0 Scrambled porn actually 1979 4-H livestock semifinals.\u00a0 Requires “toasting” device to unlock full potential.\u00a0 Doesn’t taste like ice cream.\u00a0 Hollow feeling at working the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many of you reading this may wonder why a 30-year-old man is reviewing Kellogg’s Ice Cream Shoppe Frosted Rainbow Cookie Sandwich Pop-Tarts [22], a sugary abomination clearly designed solely to be eaten by children for, you know, “breakfast.”\u00a0 (We know better, don’t we, kids?)\u00a0 It’s pretty simple — reviewing a fine product like Kellogg’s Ice 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