The Pickle Sickle

A Lunchboxr Taste Test

The seemingly benign Otterpop-like treat you see in the photo above is anything but. It's a pickle sickle and it's one of the most horrifying things to have crossed my tongue in quite awhile. Billed as the "bizzare tasting pickle craze from Texas you can't enough of," the pickle sickle is basically just frozen pickle juice packaged in a manner that's supposed to appeal to kids. The packaging also says they contain some pickle pulp but of the three people who tried it nobody was able to confirm those claims.

While the official website has numerous testimonials from people who enjoy pickle sickles, nobody at Lunchboxr could find anything nice to say. The sickles taste artificial and reek of vinegar. Upon first bite, an overwhelming combination of vinegar, salt, and dill slowly makes its way down your throat then stops as your stomach tells the rest of your body that there's no way in hell that unholy substance is proceeding any further. I highly doubt the triggering of ones gag reflex is part of the fun but it does indicate that a slightly more potent pickle sickle could moonlight as an ipecac for unsuspecting children.

Also available in a jalapeno flavor, the pickle sickle certainly gets points for originality but, unfortunately, this is one treat we can't endorse.

posted by: blim on Mon April 14, 2008 at 01:50 PM

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