IttiBitz Cotton Candy Ice Cream

Have you ever had Dippin Dots? Well, Kemps has a clone called "IttiBitz" and there are currently 8 flavors available. I first reviewed IttiBitz a mighty seven years ago. They didn't leave a very good impression but things have been so very slow and the bitz were only a dollar a cup so I decided to try them again. The funny thing is that very day I bought these, someone left a comment on that old review about how bad this flavor is.

IttiBitz Cotton Candy Ice Cream

"Sweet cotton candy taste captured in tiny, delicious bits of ice cream"

Kind of smells like cotton candy... kind of smells like styrofoam.

Some are pink, some blue, some both.

The texture is something akin to the old Jell-o pudding pops, but not necessarily as enjoyable. The flavor is like cotton candy, in that typical fake kind of way. I wouldn't say it doesn't taste like cotton candy, but I also wouldn't say it's something that is a good fit here, or anywhere. [and some of you are asking why I even bothered picking this flavor if I had 7 other choices]

Between a weird texture and a weird flavor, it's hard to justify why I would buy this.... but then it hits me, could you use IttiBitz as a sundae topping? Since I'm not enjoying it really (there is an artificial-ness to the aftertaste), I'll save these and try to be creative later. First, I need something salty to counteract all the weirdness here.

On Second Scoop: Admittedly these are less offensive on the second try, but I can't imagine ever craving these. I tend to be overly sensitive to texture so it's hard to get past that. There is also something weird about the flavoring... or it could just be the sucralose. Why did they go with sucralose? Ewww. Does it stabilize/freeze better? That might be what's bugging me, but it's the second to last ingredient along with a bunch of other junk. That's probably why people like Dippin Dots better. DD skips the corn syrup and sucralose. Oh well, it was only a dollar.

Verdict?  weird
Buy Again?  nope