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markie_farkie

2011-11-04 05:41:40 PM

That shiat HAD to be a money-laundering front for the mob or something..

Out of the 30+ years I've seen DD kiosks, I probably only saw two or three people tops actually BUY some, instead of doing the typical "get free sample, avoid eye contact, move away" that most passers-by did.

JerseyTim

2011-11-04 05:42:59 PM

I can't believe it lasted this long. My sister used to work at the mall kiosk. I wouldn't even eat it when it was free. More like ice cream for a bleak future.

MaxxLarge

2011-11-04 05:45:19 PM

Screw you guys...I liked 'em.

Quasar

2011-11-04 05:54:30 PM

Seriously, I am amazed as well. Oh hey let's take a bowl of ice cream, remove half of it, shape the rest into icy balls, and charge people the same price.

apeiron242

2011-11-04 06:11:38 PM

The Onion.

jigger

2011-11-04 06:26:49 PM

Dippin Dots were pretty good. Too bad they were $7 or something for a little cup that they made damned sure to level off with a spatula.

theFword

2011-11-04 06:45:46 PM

I had them once at a ballpark, not bad.

robmilmel

2011-11-04 06:58:28 PM

Give it a couple of years, and the places that use the liquid nitrogen to freeze it to order will be gone too.

DenisVengeance

2011-11-04 07:06:20 PM

So their assets have been frozen?

SilentStrider

2011-11-04 07:06:25 PM

MaxxLarge: Screw you guys...I liked 'em.

JRoo

2011-11-04 07:08:57 PM

I've never even heard of them.

Omnivorous

2011-11-04 07:17:56 PM

So their assets have been frozen?

Yes, and their financial future is a rocky road.

BurkeJuice

2011-11-04 07:25:31 PM

Really? So you're telling me I'm not going to be able to pay $5-7 for a cup of their ice cream anymore? Damn...

/Oh hey look, there's a (insert shop that sells ice cream) nearby......

buckeyebrain

2011-11-04 07:31:37 PM

1% of the ice cream shops sell 99% of the ice cream.

Occupy Baskin-Robbins.

karl2025

2011-11-04 07:32:21 PM

It's no wonder they went under, they haven't made a technological breakthrough in ice cream in the last decade at least. If you want to stay ahead in the ice cream business, you need to stay on the cutting edge.

ShawnDoc

2011-11-04 07:34:26 PM

I loved Dippin Dots, just not at the price they were selling it for. That stuff was outrageously expensive.

Mr Rusty Shackleford

2011-11-04 07:37:55 PM

Too bad. While this shiat was overpriced and terrible, it was fun shooting them from my Daisy BB pistol. Keep the weapon in the freezer for best results.

docbenspock

2011-11-04 07:38:08 PM

SilentStrider: MaxxLarge: Screw you guys...I liked 'em.

FlashHarry

2011-11-04 07:38:09 PM

maybe they should have developed a formula that didn't taste like ass. just sayin'

CitizenTed

2011-11-04 07:38:59 PM

karl2025: It's no wonder they went under, they haven't made a technological breakthrough in ice cream in the last decade at least. If you want to stay ahead in the ice cream business, you need to stay on the cutting edge.

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23FPB23

2011-11-04 07:44:01 PM

jigger: Dippin Dots were pretty good. Too bad they were $7 or something for a little cup that they made damned sure to level off with a spatula.

Yeah I really liked em...except how they reminded me I'm not rich. Wildly overpriced.

fallingcow

2011-11-04 07:48:41 PM

MaxxLarge: Screw you guys...I liked 'em.

This,

And

ShawnDoc: I loved Dippin Dots, just not at the price they were selling it for. That stuff was outrageously expensive.

That.

/ First place I had it was the Kennedy Space Center.
// Truly the ICE CREAM OF THE FUTURE FUTURE_FUTURE...

Fisty Bum

2011-11-04 07:54:04 PM

But...who will give me my breaking news in the world of theme parks?

/enthusiast joke
//Dippin' Dots guy KNOWS ALL

wont_eat_bugs

2011-11-04 07:54:12 PM

Am I the only one who thought paint, not ice cream?

...

...

...

Really?

MissFeasance

2011-11-04 08:04:01 PM

Nooooooo I love Dippin' Dots :(

ProdigalSigh

2011-11-04 08:14:03 PM

I never had them because of the price, but they always reminded me, in a not good way of Orbitz.

Dear Jerk

2011-11-04 08:37:17 PM

My prediction is that y'all gonna hate on the style we create, straight 1988.

GoldSpider

2011-11-04 08:38:31 PM

/drool

taglius

2011-11-04 08:40:58 PM

an old comedy website named "The Brunching Shuttlecocks" did a piece of stadium food 10 years ago - I'll never forget the review of Dippin' Dots:

"It's just like ice cream, except for the part where it's good".

TeddyRooseveltsMustache

2011-11-04 08:45:15 PM

I bet they didn't see that coming.

Candygram4Mongo

2011-11-04 09:11:13 PM

In fact, the company was making money hand over fist, double digit growth. But then, due to a narrow interpretation of FDA rules, they had to imprint expiration dates on each and every individual dot...

Sim Tree

2011-11-04 09:11:25 PM

ShawnDoc: I loved Dippin Dots, just not at the price they were selling it for. That stuff was outrageously expensive.

Exactly that. I bought it at $4.00. I'm more hesitant to pay $7.

JohnAnnArbor

2011-11-04 09:36:02 PM

fallingcow: MaxxLarge: Screw you guys...I liked 'em.

This,

And

ShawnDoc: I loved Dippin Dots, just not at the price they were selling it for. That stuff was outrageously expensive.

That.

/ First place I had it was the Kennedy Space Center.
// Truly the ICE CREAM OF THE FUTURE FUTUREFUTURE...

Me, too. They called them Space Dots.

Captain Steroid

2011-11-04 10:11:41 PM

I liked Dippin' Dots... :-(

*sobs*

exvaxman

2011-11-04 10:16:28 PM

I never liked them, but my wife's Uncle had a lot to do with their invention, so I had to always say I liked them and have some.

lohphat

2011-11-04 10:18:11 PM

markie_farkie: That shiat HAD to be a money-laundering front for the mob or something..

Out of the 30+ years I've seen DD kiosks...

FTFA:

"Microbiologist Curt Jones employed his expertise in "cryogenic technology" to create Dippin' Dots in 1988, according to the company's website."

Math doesn't seem to be a strong point from either of you.

/it's not snark, it's Fark!

lohphat

2011-11-04 10:19:28 PM

exvaxman: I never liked them, but my wife's Uncle had a lot to do with their invention, so I had to always say I liked them and have some.

He's a Farker too BTW.

Thanksgiving's going to be awkward this year....

Mrbogey

2011-11-04 10:22:03 PM

They were okay... too pricey though.

ZMugg

2011-11-04 10:42:59 PM

ProdigalSigh: I never had them because of the price, but they always reminded me, in a not good way of Orbitz.

_{I liked Orbitz.}

falcon176

2011-11-04 11:01:04 PM

can't find dippin dots and when you do you say holy shiat that's expensive and don't get it anyway

Cthulhu_is_my_homeboy

2011-11-04 11:11:30 PM

Looks like "the ice cream of the future" is...

*puts on sunglasses*

Part of the past!

*YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHH*

_{/loved that shiat when I was a kid, now I has a sad}

dletter

2011-11-04 11:26:57 PM

Kids for some reason love dippin dots. I think they are gross.

I did go crazy and buy 4 pints of Graeters Peach ice cream when I saw the store had it tho.

/also expensive
//but worth it

TheSelphie

2011-11-04 11:29:39 PM

dletter: Kids for some reason love dippin dots. I think they are gross.

I did go crazy and buy 4 pints of Graeters Peach ice cream when I saw the store had it tho.

/also expensive
//but worth it

Graeters is the farking shiat. One of the only good things I left behind in Ohio.

dletter

2011-11-04 11:40:50 PM

TheSelphie: dletter: Kids for some reason love dippin dots. I think they are gross.

I did go crazy and buy 4 pints of Graeters Peach ice cream when I saw the store had it tho.

/also expensive
//but worth it

Graeters is the farking shiat. One of the only good things I left behind in Ohio.

We've had Graeters in some stores where I am, but, just the "chip" flavors, which are all very good.

Was in Columbus last month tho and had the Peach for the first time, and that is just crazy insane good. So, was very happy to see another store that I usually don't go down the ice cream isle have the peach flavor.

doglover

2011-11-04 11:51:09 PM

They should make dippin' dots with special fiber-rich ice cream so you get nice big, multicolored bits in your poop.

Turbo Cojones

2011-11-05 12:04:53 AM

Meh they sell that crap at the ghetto food store here in the Panhandle. It's next to gelato so there's a good chance they still have the first box they ever stocked.

Who would buy BBs when they can get REAL ice-cream?

Misch

2011-11-05 12:30:48 AM

Dippin Dots, ice cream of the future files Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the present because it was bigger in the past.

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"It was bigger in the past"

Jatopian

2011-11-05 02:14:58 AM

Dippin' Dots, the ice cream of the past.

Smackledorfer

2011-11-05 02:26:07 AM

Home-made is the way to go. I've got a recipe for apple pie where you actually bake up all these buttery crumbly bits and mix that in along with stove-cooked apples with cinnamon. farking awesome.

Kome

2011-11-05 02:28:26 AM

Makes sense. The space program's budget has been cut. This was probably a line item deduction.

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