I was expecting a cheese-popcorn-like powder coating, but the
flavors are kept on the popcorn with corn syrup, much like caramel corn.
The pina colada is the company's best
seller and was the most popular one at the party, which unfortunately
isn't saying much. "It's like a pina colada but then the aftertaste
comes on... and OK, that's a major after-taste," one wrestling fan said.
I thought that was
harsh. I'm a fan of the pina colada Jelly Belly, and found the flavor to be similar. There are definitely coconut and pineapple-like flavors
with this popcorn. The problem is coconut and pineapple aren't two
things people really want on the popcorn. They were more interested
in singing the "do you like pina coladas" song.
There was more enthusiasm for beer popcorn and results were unanimous: Everyone agreed it wasn't as bad as they thought it would be. "It tastes like beer, sort of," said one
taster. "Yeah, it does take like beer but it's just not
very good," said another. "It's interesting but one is enough," said a third. The main problem was the smell. It was like covering
your nose with a saltine cracker and then smelling an open beer can
that's been sitting in the sun a couple of days.
The worst Pub-Corn flavor, by far, was Irish cream. "That's like a sugar
booger lept into my mouth," said one participant, only half joking. "I
do not care for that one," said another person who had called the other
two flavors interesting.
I enjoyed people's comments but they were there to watch wrestling, not critique snacks. I knew the real test of Pub-Corn would be the next two hours. As we all
watched grown men in tights beat each other senseless, the three
flavors sat on a middle coffee table with other snacks. And sat and
sat. While people would refill chips or cookies or regular popcorn,
nobody once touched the Pub-Corn again.
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