Sunday Brunchies and Crunchies: Marshmallow
Kabobs!
July 31, 2011
We end this rollicking, activity filled month of
July with taste of a colorful treat found at the Confectionary on
Main Street, USA in the Magic Kingdom (a sweet spot in Disney World
I will be covering in later Sunday Brunches). The Marshmallow Kabob,
a sweet treat that's really'sweet. If you like sugar, this
confection is for you because it is comprise of sugar'and sugar!!

Sweet as sugar and spice Spencer offers guests these colorful
treats!

Two fluffy marshmallows on a lollipop stick, dipped in chocolate and
coated in rainbow sprinkles
The rainbow or chocolate sprinkled marshmallow kabob
is also found at the Board Walk Bakery as well, but it comes with 4
marshmallows on a Mickey Mouse shaped straw. For some strange
reason, we don't have a sign for it. I am assuming it's one of the
newer offerings at WDW and area attractions as I've also seen them
at Islands of Adventure in the Seuss Landing candy store. Guests
always ask me, is that a banana or what? I wish it was a banana,
because it would be so much better. Yes, finally, your Sunday Brunch
author has something he found not so good at the Disney Food
factory. True, I was a bit critical with Wolfgang Puck's Chinois
chicken salad, but the Marshmallow Kabob is a horse of a different
color'or rather a marshmallow of many colors.

Have a bite?
As I said before this treat is just sugar. There was
no balance, nothing in the treat to counter the sweetness save for
the paper stick it was on. Sure, it's dipped in chocolate, but it
was definitely not quality chocolate. Quality chocolate lists cocoa
solids or something similar to that effect as the first ingredient.
When sugar is the first ingredient (in chocolate or anything), you
know you have some cheap chocolate because sugar is the main
ingredient and not chocolate. I've had that cheap rabbit shaped
dollar store Easter chocolate before, and this marshmallow was
dipped in it. Not to say I expect the Confectionery or Board Walk
Bakery to throw down the big bucks on high bar chocolate for these
little treats. The colors and concept is enough to make one realize
this treat was surely meant to appeal to children. As I mentioned
before, at the Board Walk Bakery, kids go wild when they see it and
that's all they want. Forget the rich decadent slice of carrot cake
or the classy fresh fruit tart; pretty colors, chocolate, and
sprinkles covering a marshmallow is enough to get their mouths
watering.
As a young man on a quest to taste the world, this
treat was disappointing. If I were a kid though, I know I would love
it because it's all sugar. And we can't really blame children for
wanting sugar, it's a natural instinct. Sugar = calories = energy
and as a growing child, energy is what you need to grow, develop,
and survive. We learned in my Food Sensory class, that the instinct
dies down and as you grow older your desire for sugary foods starts
to wane. Some people find sweet things too sweet, even though they
did not think so in their youth. In addition to natural human body
progression, changes to your taste buds can also account for a
desire for less sweets. I've certainly found myself feeling the same
and I'm sure many can attest to having such feelings, though it
varies when in your life you start feeling that way. Horrifying at
first, but it feels right, because it is right. You don't need those
high calorie foods anymore.
I have to say the first bite was good, but after
that, I had so little desire to finish it, but as my mother says,
'food is the grace of God,' so we shouldn't waste it. I guess if the
creators of the marshmallow kabob wanted to appeal to adults (though
there's no need to as there are better confections out there), they
could coat the marshmallows in a semi-sweet or dark chocolate, then
roll them in nuts, berries, dried fruits, or any other assortment of
interesting toppings more appealing than plain sprinkles. Food
technologists have already developed vitamin and nutrient enriched
sprinkles, so perhaps using those could help. Disney has been on a
health kick for the past few years and this could help make these
purely sugar treats more worthwhile. Overall, though I was
disappointed by this delicious looking treat, its concept has a lot
of potential: dessert on a stick, dipped in chocolate and then in
more yummy things.