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february, 2001 previous reviews
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eating tandem
So, you have to know that I'm not a real ice cream or chocolate hound. I like either or both every once in awhile--they're treats and not staples. I'd like to keep it that way. Enter the Nestle Tandem bar. Curse friend who ate the rest of them and didn't leave me anymore this weekend. Tandem hog! I had never heard of these things (which have been around for a couple of years) until I was at a friend's house awhile back and snacktime rolled around. Lacking cookies, Pringles, licorice, or Krispy Kremes, we were certainly in a pickle. No snacky cakes! Emergency! That is, until he opened the fridge in a last desperate attempt to keep me from chewing up the couch cushions.... No, wait, that's Wilma. Okay, so anyway, he pulled out this box and said something like Halleluiah or Praise Be--let's eat! The box contained Nestle Tandem bars, and I have to say that I was skeptical. An ice cream bar in February? You sure you don't have any Twizzlers instead? He assured me that, after tasting this snack, I would be rendered immobile for about an hour. Oh, and that there are 17 fat grams (11 of them saturated) per bar. All right! Quit yakking and pass me that thing already! Upon opening the wrapper, I saw that this was no ordinary ice cream treat. No, siree. This was the turbo-powered mack daddy frozen goody to beat all. While the Tandem bar is completely covered in chocolate, only half of it is the typical hard coating. The other half is dee-licious sandwich wafer. The whole thing is stuffed with either cookies and cream or vanilla chip ice cream. (We had the cookies and cream. It was yummy.) And it was rich. As I continued to eat the bar, however, I noticed my body begin to sink deeper into the couch with each bite. Toward the end, my head was but inches from the pillow, and I was, in fact, immobile. Snacktime had morphed into naptime. The FDA needs to slap a sticker on these jobbies, the one that they put on Valium--the do not drive or operate heavy machinery one. I was definitely not up for forklift duty after that bar. Quite honestly, I had to ask for assistance in rolling over when my arm fell asleep. So with spring and summer coming, it's high time we all started re-designing our grocery shopping lists to include tasty summertime goodies. As you remember your Kool-Aid (the classic yummy drink), your popcicles, and other such delectibles; I would highly advise you to start adding Nestle Tandem bars to that list. With any luck, you'll get a good heat wave at some point and be able to sweat off the extra pounds.
Nestle's Tandem Ice Cream Bars |
