What’s up with the giant marshmallow?
Maybe I’m late to the party, but I only recently noticed the arrival of the giant marshmallow.
They look like regular marshmallows, only bigger. Is bigger necessarily better? I don’t see why; I’d never found anything wrong with the size of marshmallows before. They seemed to be sized just about right for toasting. And at about 20 calories, the old style marshmallow was ideal for popping in the mouth uncooked when just a little sweetness was desired.
The new ones initially looked to me to be about double the size. But when I picked up the package and checked the calories, I saw to my horror that their count was a whopping 90.
Who would want to waste 90 big ones on a marshmallow? They’re just not that tasty. For that sort of total, you could have a cookie, or even three Pepperidge Farm Bordeaux cookies.
Is this guy on the left
worth three of these guys?
I think not!
But you can have fun with the giant marshmallow nonetheless, if you don’t mind abusing one:
Oh my, oh my! Now you’ve gone and done it. Next to Pepperidge Shortbread cookies, their Bordeaux cookies are my absolute favorites. In fact, I have a bag of them sitting by my bed right this minute…..and enjoy 3 or 4 of them every evening when I hop into bed to read for a while. My special ‘treat’ to myself….my nightly cookies. 🙂 (I never, ever indulge in them throughout the day, they are my nighttime treat) So wonderfully crispy, nicely sweet, the perfect cookies. Makes me wish it was bedtime already. They are sometimes difficult to find…..if you tell everyone about them they may become more so. Sshhhhh Neo!
dustoffmom: ah, but is there anyone who doesn’t already know about the wonderfulness of Bordeaux?
WHY ARE YOU GLORIFYING DRUG USE WITH THAT MARSHMALLOW VIDEO???? HAVE YOU NO SHAME???
THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
It’s for giant s’mores!
Huh. Maybe there’s a giant marshmallow conspiracy. Just last night I noticed giant marshmallows for the first time, prominently displayed in the front of my local supermarket. Besides being huge, they were colorful — each bag held a mix of marshmallows in old-fashioned white and newfangled deep “Barbie” pink. Why now? And why pink?
There’s a general trend, of course, toward Brobdingnagian serving sizes, which appears to be unrelated to any kind of normal pricing sense or human abdominal limitations. Over the weekend, Mr Whatsit and I stopped at a highway truck stop for something to drink. We nearly bought two 22-oz cups of soda for $1.29 each — but then we realized that a single 44-oz cup of the same soda cost only $1! We bought one giant cup and shared it, thus getting our soda for less than half of what it would have cost if we’d bought the same amount in two cups. How can this possibly make any economic sense? And besides, is there really anybody out there who can drink 44 ounces of soda without exploding?
If it’s three times the marshmallow i bet it’s four times the price. Which fits nicely with what i’ve noticed alot of lately. Food proportions are manipulated to hide price increases. Anybody seen the cans of tuna that aren’t even 3/4″ tall? Grrrrrrr
Around Passover I look in the stores for Granny’s Toasted Marshmallows. They are not too large or overly sweet, with a nice firm texture. They are kosher for Passover, of course. And covered with crispy, toasted coconut they are quite the satisfying treat. Making them any larger would detract from their goodness. I’m indifferent to or repelled by most other marshmallows.
SteveH is probably right about the pricing. My favorite supermarket packages their store brand super premium ice cream in pints. Right next to them on the shelf is the big names (Haagen-Dazs and Ben and Jerry’s) in their new containers that are less than a full pint, but look like the old pint containers. Store brand is not as good as Haagen-Dazs but comparable to B&J (though thankfully not so overly sweet), and it’s $.75 or a dollar less than the name brands in their undersized containers.
I lost ten IQ points listening to those stoners. I may sue.
It’s happened to my favorite guilty pleasure, the Cheeto, as well. (Unless you get the super crunchy variety, that is; they remain untouched, for now.) A bag of regular Cheetos yields these ginormous puffy things that look like Fourth-of-July snakes on speed.
“”my favorite guilty pleasure, the Cheeto””
Elisabeth
I like cheetos but am now wary of them since discovering the cheeto is the only food substance on the planet my dog wont eat. I have no idea why.
And here I thought you were referring to the Stay-Puff marshmallow man.
@ SteveH — that is truly alarming. I fully trust your dog’s instinct, and will keep it in mind the next time I hear the Cheeto call my name.
Bevis and Butthead have a waterfront home?
Life is so unfair!
I trust you realize that if the bigger marshmallow is twice the diameter of the smaller one, it is (if the same height) four times as large, and (if it is proportionally taller) eight times as large.
Crap. I just came back from the store. SOMEBODY had to put up a picture of Bordeaux cookies. And of course (sigh) in the same display area of the store, were some Milano cookies.
Thanks…………..
And those damned star shaped little things with the strawberry gel in the middle………
Yes, when did the giant marshmallows start arriving? I too just noticed them recently.
Probably makes a heck of a s’more and more of a statement around the campfire.
But aren’t the regular marshmallows a choking hazard for very little kids who stuff their faces, literally? These look downright dangerous.
I have a feeling these things are going to show up at a County Fair some place Bacon Wrapped and Deep Fried.