Candy Review: Fear Factor Gross-Out Gummy Pizza

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Even when I taste gross candy, sometimes I feel lucky. In the case of Fear Factor Gross-Out Gummy Pizza, I thought I’d be thankful to have tried the gummy pizza instead of the real thing. Fish eyes, worms, stinky cheese … that’s one nasty pie.

The 1.6oz gummy version is missing the cow’s blood sauce and bile-based crust, or at least those flavors aren’t listed. The Gross-Out Pizza is beyond foul. The crust is sort of spongy-gummy, and the toppings are crunchy. When I opened the box, the pizza was protected by a plastic-wrapped tray. When I took the tray out of the over wrap, the smell of rotten cheese immediately polluted the kitchen. My fingers got a greasy film on them just from touching the tray, and I later had to scrub with a special lemon kitchen soap to cut the putrid stench. A housemate squealed when I waved the odor her direction.

I knew I was in for it with the taste test. I could barely bite off a tiny piece without gagging, and chewing was awful. Swallowing was impossible. After just a small chunk, I felt like a film coated my teeth, gums and lips all night.

Assorted Fear Factor candies were number six on our grossest candy list, but without the writing on the package, I would have never looked at the pizza as gross, unlike the chicken’s foot lollipop and other snacks. One taste though, and I wish I’d left the pizza in the store.

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Candy Review: Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans (just the gross ones)


Bertie Botts Jelly Belly Package

A few days after writing my original post on the new Bacon and Rotten Egg flavors of Bertie Bott’s (from Harry Potter) Jelly Belly jellybeans, my wife bought a pack for me to try. I have tried Jelly Belly jellybeans before, but I had never tried the Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans. Turns out I was in for a treat (and I use the term loosely). Jelly Belly describes the pack as

A 1.6 oz. box of beans featuring 20 different flavors. Joining the Bertie Bott’s lineup are two new flavors: Rotten Egg (yuck!) and Bacon. Also included are milder flavors such as Green Apple, Grape Jelly, and Blueberry. Note: Boxes are randomly assorted and may not contain every flavor.

For this review, I’m only going to cover the “gross” flavors, if you have had Jelly Belly jellybeans before, you know what the good ones taste like.

PICTURE
FLAVOR DESCRIPTION
Bacon
Bacon This truly did taste like bacon… just sweeter, and a bit gross. This was edible though not tasty.
Black Pepper Black Pepper This too tasted just like its flavor – just like black pepper you would sprinkle on your food – only sweeter. In fact, the ingredient list includes black pepper.
Booger Booger I was expecting this to be thoroughly gross but instead it was rather tasteless as far as jellybeans go. I actually kept this one down and didn’t think this was too bad (but it wasn’t good). I’m not sure what that says about me.
Dirt Dirt This one too tasted a lot like dirt. How I know what dirt tastes like, I’m not sure. This one too was edible, but not at all tasty. I did manage to keep it down.
Earthworm
Earthworm I really wasn’t sure what this one would taste like, not ever having tried to eat an earthworm. I wasn’t surprised though when I had to spit it out after only a few chews. Wow – that was bad.
Earwax Earwax Here’s another that I really had no idea what to expect. I figured it would be bad though. I was right. I gave it a couple chews and out it came. No way was I eating that one.
Grass Grass I didn’t actually get to try this one. There was only one in the box and my sister-in-law wanted to try it so I let her. She said it did taste a lot like grass and she was able to keep it in and not spit it out.
Rotten Egg
Rotten Egg One of the worst smells you can think of, rotten egg is a smell everyone knows and hates. I was expecting this one to be bad, really bad. It was. I think I chewed it once or twice and I had to spit it out. It’s amazing the flavors they can “create”. Wow – I needed some water to get that taste out of my mouth.
Sardine Sardine As I’ve said before, I don’t really like seafood, so I expected this one to be a spitter-outter and I was right. It was awful. It’s uncanny how much it tasted like seafood. YUCK.
Soap
Soap Unfortunately(?), since the boxes are random and you are not guaranteed to get all flavors, I didn’t get any soap-flavored beans in my pack. It’s a shame too, I could have used some soap to wash out the other tastes.
Vomit Vomit This was the one I was really dreading. I had read on the web somewhere about someone trying this and not being able to get the taste out of their mouth for two days. I fully expected to have to spit this one out, and it was bad, but not so bad I had to spit it out. It did taste like vomit (I can’t believe I’m writing that), it just wasn’t overwhelming enough to make me sick. I guess that’s a good thing.

These were sooo much fun to try. I tried a few one night with my four year old daughter and we had such a good time trying them. The others I tried with my family and my in-laws the night before Thansgiving and it was so much fun. I encourage you to get a box of these for your kid(s) and try them yourself too. Have fun with your kids and with some candy!

UPDATE: More gross flavors: sausage and pickle



Cat Butt Gum and Other Weird Gum


Cat Butt Gum

I found this U.K. store a while back and I was shocked, amazed, and amused by the many different types of gum they have. Bad Ass Gum (cinnamon gum), Bootylicious Gum (with spankin’ good flava), Bunny Pellets (drop one today), Dog Breath Gum (add some bite to your bark), Instant Afro (go big or don’t go at all), Mofo Fruit Gum (check out this shee-yat), and LOTS more. My personal favorite (shown above) is Cat Butt Gum. Check out the package – take a good look at the details where the arrow is pointing and notice the caption reads “8 pieces of kiss my ass attitude”. Oh yeah. Cat butts and attitude. What else do you need in a gum?

Mofo Fruit Gum