LITTLE ROCK — WHAT: Extra Dessert Delights gum
STATS: Each stick contains 5 calories and no fat.
THE SKINNY: Recently big pink bakery boxes were delivered to a few editors in the newsroom. Ooh, cupcakes? Cookies? Pastries?
No, sugar-free chewing gum packaged in a pie plate. One editor kept her pie plate, but gave me the aspartamesweetened gum.
Extra Dessert Delights, which come in treat-based flavors like mint chocolate chip, strawberry shortcake and Key lime pie, encourage chompers to “Have your dessert and chew it too!”
No way can a stick of gum compare to a slice of pie or cake or scoop of ice cream (especially the rather sickening strawberry flavor). But we found the mild mintand perky Key lime flavors enjoyable. Enough to look forward to other varieties. Might we suggest bread pudding, jelly doughnut and blueberry cheesecake?
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Food, Pages 35 on 09/22/2010