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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Cupcake BitesIn the world of trends in sweets, one of the biggest has been the rise of cupcakes. There are hundreds of blogs devoted to the various iterations of the small baked goods. Of course the trend is not limited to actual cupcakes, there are all sorts of merchandising opportunities as well as spin-off products like Cupcake Bites from Taste of Nature, the same company that makes Cookie Dough Bites.
The box is actively ugly with a mix of styles and cultural references that make little sense to me. First, the color yellow (background) with the pink “frosting” top with sprinkles is The Simpsons (see the movie poster) and the text style isn’t an exact copy but there are definite similarities. Other than that, the fonts are a mess, at least five different ones from different font families, a mix of serif, san serif and handwriting. The description on the back (which is even uglier as they introduced green drop shadow text in yet another font) says: Bite sized cupcake morsels coated with sprinkles and white frosting. They’re egg free, kosher and made in the USA.
The concept is the same as the Cookie Dough Bites, a little moist nugget of some wheat based, sweet nodule is then covered in a confectionery coating. Here are the ingredients:
I’m just amazed that the White Kreemy Coating product doesn’t have a trademark notice associated with it. And no, that’s not a typo on my part with the listing of the first two ingredients for the white cake nor the lyrics to an Archies song.
The nuggets are unappealing. They look like white molding clay that’s been rolled around in other little bits ... it looks like the aftermath of a Mr. Bill clip. The matte exterior is soft and has a light sweet scent, like inhaling a cake mix. The Kreemy Coating doesn’t even rise to the level of fake white chocolate, it’s just a stiff, sweet and slightly greasy coating. The cake center is a little doughy with a faint raw flour flavor to it. The whole effect is an absolute replication of bad grocery store sheet cake. Very sweet, mushy textures and no actual flavor to speak of. The timing of the product is a little late for the trend, but I’m sure the company will still get some mileage out of it, as they’re the only product like it on the shelves. But if you get a chance, maybe try the cupcake bites on sticks that started this craze. Like the other Cookie Dough Bites products, the theater box comes with a clear plastic bag inside that actually holds the candy (so eating it at the movies involves opening it before the show starts unless you want to make a lot of noise). Though the package notes that it’s egg free, it’s actually made in a shared processing environment so they have an allergen notice for soy, wheat, milk, peanuts and tree nuts. Related Candies
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They look just awful. Thanks for reviewing them, so I don’t need to search them out at the store.
Why would anyone need cupcake bites? They’re sure not cakepops!
I’ve only seen these available AT the movies, oddly. We purchased a box a couple months ago (see my link). They definitely aren’t something I’d ever eat a whole box of in one setting, but they weren’t bad. VERY sweet, more like frosting than cake.
To amuse myself, I actually baked some IN cupcakes, then garnished each cupcake with one on top.
I got these at dollar general a little bit ago. I am OBSESSED with cupcakes so natch, I picked them up. Haven’t tried them yet, a little afraid to. Maybe now I’ll pop them open and see.
i’m actually really surprised they didn’t push these out for SSE11… they had 8 zillion other varieties. unless i didn’t see them, which seems unlikely as i’m pretty sure these might glow in the dark.
but like i said on twitter… i’d still eat them. sometimes i shock even myself.
I think I would still try them for curiosities sake. I like cake and cupcakes though as long as they’re good. One sad result of the trend is tasteless cupcakes with heaps of stiff unappealing frosting on top.
For all the promise of Cookie Dough Bites, I found them really disappointing. I wouldn’t try these for that reason.
And I still don’t understand the whole cupcake fetish everyone seems to have right now.
these look delcious! we don’t get many things like this over in the UK…
http://www.gobblemonkey.com/2011/07/trip-to-shops-part-two-m-world.html
Wow! Thanks for this frank review. What an interesting/bizarre product. And I love Heather’s idea to bake them IN cupcakes—hilarious!
Have you tried the Cinnamon Roll bites by the same people? Oh, man, gross. I love the Cookie Dough Bites, and felt like Cinnamon Roll bites had the potential to be blissful…no, no, no.
Correction: Cinnamon BUN bites…there’s a butt/bun/yucky taste related joke in there somewhere, but I’ll leave it alone.
Kimberly - I have the Cinnamon Bun Bites - I was going to review them on Friday. My initial thoughts are that they’re not as bad as the Cupcake Bites. But that’s hardly an endorsement.
@TheCandyFan, they did have these at SSE11 & I sampled them there.
They weren’t as scary as I expected, but still not a great product.
These were on sale for $1.25 at the 99 Cent store?
@Jay,
how could i miss them?? disappointed.
they aren’t that great, honestly. In my opinion they are as gross as they look..
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