dollar store food compendium

Banana & Marshmallow Cookies

Item Name: Banana Flavored Marshmallow Pies
Item Type: Cookie/dessert
Country of Origin: North Carolina, USA (http://www.royalcake.com/)
Store of Purchase: Christmas Tree Shops, Orange, CT
Price: $1.00
Testing Date: 29 November 2002

Considering that I loathe all things Banana (especially the bridesmaid dress from hell, but excluding Bananas themselves and Banana Bread), this could have sucked more. At least I didn't have to wear the dress again.

Marshmallow Pies - front (photo)

First impression: Don't you want to get this over with? No!

Upon tasting: Nate: I've had this sort of thing before. The only banana-flavored part is the outside coating. The inside is plain marshmallow. Much less offensive than expected. That said, I don't think I'll have another. Jen: Oh, goody. I get Nate's half-finished banana cake. Of note: I had to wear a 'banana' colored dress to a 'wedding' this previous summer, so I'm loathe to have anything to do with anything involving 'banana'. Upon tasting: the same flavor used in banana-flavored gum? Disgusting. The marshmallow remained untainted. The cookie is *not* the same as the cookie in 'Oatmeal 2000', previously reviewed, made by the same company.

Marshmallow Pies - back (photo)

Note the bizzare story on the back of the box (see above picture). If that doesn't want to make you buy these, I don't know what will.