Saturday, May 28, 2005

Clutterbutter's taste test

I received eight samples of Clutterbutter for taste-testing. Oh, how I wish I'd had a classroom full of students to try them out on. I still do some substitute-teaching at nearby Hopewell High, but there is no way I'm going to take the chance of a peanut allergy with high school kids. Subjects have to be adults or else. But I grabbed the nearest 12 people I could find to go through the samples, which included the following flavors:
  • s'mores
  • dark chocolate-covered pretzel
  • cinnamon toffee chip
  • banana nut 'n honey
  • tropical
  • cajun (my favorite)
  • caramallow
  • cinnamon raisin
The comments were mostly positive -- those I could understand coming from mouths stuck shut with peanut butter -- but the feedback included such memorable lines as "vewy goo" and "oooh." The only improvements needed were (a) caramel tends to harden -- can it be made to stay fluid at room temperature? and (b) some people couldn't taste the chocolate in the "s'mores." May need a little more.

I have written before about how difficult it can be to become eligible in New Jersey to produce food for sale, and I have warned my friend about this difficulty. Her willingness to jump this hurdle -- what I see as her biggest -- will decide whether she takes off or not.

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