Ben & Jerry’s Flipped Out- 07.06.09
On really fun packages to receive ~ Ben & Jerry’s sent over some of their new Flipped Out ice creams. Basically they are like ice cream upside down “cakes” ~ you peel the top, flip it over, and stick your thumb in to push them out onto your plate, and within moments they get a little gooey and fudgey… honestly its more fun/yummy than it is pretty. There is brownie, peanut butter cup, and cookie dough ~ peanut butter and cookie dough were def the best! Strangely of our panel of 3 ~ brownie was not living up to expectations!
BUT, for the SUPER fun part, it came packed in a big styrofoam container with DRY ICE! So as we unboxed, ended up playing with the dry ice for a bit until it was all gone! So some silly videos of that were inevitable… check out a look at the unboxing, dry ice playing, packaging, and more on the next page!
…. but first we had to play with the Dry Ice!
… now on to actually eating it!
As you can see, when you actually open them up there are little cubes of the brownies/cookies/etc on the top (which becomes the bottom)…
Stick your thumb in the bottom to push it out…
Remove the paper disc…
And your crushing strength might have already started the oozing process… but the thin magic shell like coating melts off pretty quickly as well…
All in all ~ its kind of fun, not all that pretty ~ excessive and intriguing on the packaging front ~ and if you’re not feeling like lots of fudge, you can even eat it right side up! and not get to the bottom? (which should become the top?)
Not to be a killjoy, but so much packaging for a few little cups of ice cream (and Styrofoam to boot!) I guess they won’t typically be shipped but rather sold in a retail environment.
----- Eleanor Reagh 24.07.09 01:02