It's shaping up to be a crazed week, but I did manage secure a box of these. If you haven't found any yet, and if I find a moment to actually taste them and put down some thoughts, I'll let you know.
UPDATE:
Perhaps I can add a DoD for this disgusting product. Whoops! I already gave away my verdict!!! Here I thought science had created something magical and wondrous... a new kind of Asian pear (they've always had a Concord grape note in their flavor). I thought it was some kind of gene/plant splicing! WRONG! It's ARTIFICIAL! It's like they slathered the apple in grape Chapstick. :-P
I am saddened.
Pinko- I'll eat some of the O's and will try to get something together asap. As I said, the week's pretty crazed. Thursday might be the soonest.
Oh gawd! YUMMO!
I don't think that these are in Canada yet, thank goodness. I bet they are awesome.
((Hugs))
Laura
Posted by: Laura | January 23, 2012 at 01:35 PM
I dunno if we have enough of the population this laser-focused marketing department is targeting.
Posted by: Substance McGravitas | January 23, 2012 at 01:48 PM
We have them. We got them this weekend!!!!
Send me in e-mail- we will tag team them, how about that?
Goob likes them. I will not spoil my punchline.
Posted by: Pinko Punko | January 23, 2012 at 01:57 PM
A bowl of little goatses! Lotsa scope for Substance!
Posted by: herr doktor bimler | January 23, 2012 at 02:14 PM
Anyone seen the banhammer?
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Posted by: ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© | January 23, 2012 at 02:41 PM
According to Wackyracespedia Dulce de leche is sweetened milk what gets flavour from caramelised milk. Which a lot of foreigners like.
We won't be having it here in New Zild!
Posted by: Another Kiwi | January 23, 2012 at 02:59 PM
oh my god
Posted by: kathleen | January 23, 2012 at 03:51 PM
I dunno if we have enough of the population this laser-focused marketing department is targeting.
Exactly. Perhaps there will be a Maple variety. :)
Bimler- do not encourage!
Pinko- please give me until Thursday. I actually have real life I need to focus on until then. It pains me to say that.
AK- Perhaps they'll add kiwi to their fruity-O's.
K- aren't you supposed to be training??
Posted by: Jennifer | January 23, 2012 at 04:40 PM
I actually have real life I need to focus on until then.
"Showoff!", he whined.
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Posted by: ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© | January 23, 2012 at 04:55 PM
K- aren't you supposed to be training??
addressed at my blog
Posted by: kathleen | January 23, 2012 at 04:57 PM
Oh, sure. you guys just go ahead, Delish-or-Disgust-posting, tra-la-la-la, no zombie comments, it is total party fun time for the breathers.
Sure. I get it.
[sulks, kicks at the dirt]
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | January 23, 2012 at 09:35 PM
Grapple's are soooooooo 2007. I thought they were awesome like lemon thyme or something, and then it turned out they were evil and fake. Though, thinking about it, is a fake flavored actual apple worse than grape skittles?
Posted by: Pinko Punko | January 23, 2012 at 10:46 PM
Has there ever been a DoD on brains?
Pinko- I'm glad I missed Grapple's in 2007, and wish I had missed them in 2012. I like some fake. I like fake grape bubblegum. I like Crunchberries... I like Whip 'n Chill! ALL FAKE!!! I did not like teh fake with the apple.
Posted by: Jennifer | January 24, 2012 at 06:06 AM
What I hated about the fake grape is that the scent last in my fridge for MONTHS after the wretched fruits had been banished. Yes, Jen, I was all mesmerized, too, thinking, that yes, this might be something like lemon thyme or lemon basil, or even like those fruits that look like white strawberries and taste like pineapple. I had steam coming out of my ears when I found out it was apples drenched in grape smell. Who does that and who actually thinks it is BETTER than a regular apple? (I do like the surprise of the Pink Pearl apples and don't mind that their taste and scent are just okay...)
Posted by: Karla | January 24, 2012 at 05:21 PM
I thought it was some kind of gene/plant splicing!
I'm a Biologist, not a miracle worker, Jim!
Posted by: fish | January 25, 2012 at 07:48 AM
I didn't realize that leeches were supposed to be sweet.
Posted by: fish | January 25, 2012 at 02:24 PM
and if I find a moment to actually taste them and put down some thoughts, I'll let you know.
Could be a fine time to make use of that "15 minute" notebook!
Seriously, how long does it take to open a cereal box and snarf a handful? And if you have an extra two seconds you can get the doggles' opinions.
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | January 25, 2012 at 03:44 PM
Could be a fine time to make use of that "15 minute" notebook!
LOL and DUH! :)
I haven't had much time for the 15 minute notebook this week. I'm behind on everything.
I have snarfed a handful, but I must pontificate!! There is nuance to be discovered!
He'll get my verdict tomorrow.
Posted by: Jennifer | January 25, 2012 at 04:04 PM
I'm a Biologist, not a miracle worker, Jim!
Slacker.
Posted by: Jennifer | January 25, 2012 at 04:05 PM
I predict the doggles will enthusiastically approve of the Cheerios.
Just a little hunch, back at the office.
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | January 25, 2012 at 09:47 PM
What hunch??
Posted by: herr doktor bimler | January 26, 2012 at 05:12 AM
DAMN YOUR EYES!
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | January 26, 2012 at 08:32 AM
Fronkensteen!
Posted by: Jennifer | January 26, 2012 at 08:35 AM
I think we should arrange so all the blogs in teh 3Bulls sidebar are titled "ahem, Pinko"
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | January 26, 2012 at 02:22 PM
...and then I will do a 3Bulls Ombudspost with the same title....
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | January 26, 2012 at 02:22 PM
I think we should arrange so all the blogs in teh 3Bulls sidebar are titled "ahem, Pinko"
:)
FYI- I sent off my DoD this morning so Pinko should have a post up in 2 or 3 months. :)
Posted by: Jennifer | January 26, 2012 at 03:22 PM
...That I will be unable to comment on.
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | January 26, 2012 at 04:06 PM
Surely when they do a brain post, you'll be the only one who can comment.
Posted by: Jennifer | January 26, 2012 at 04:11 PM
"Grapple" is an unfortunate name, conjuring up such terms as "crap" and "scrapple". It's the kind of awful name that would be thought up by someone who thought an artifical-grape-flavored apple would be a good idea.
Posted by: Big Bad Bald Bastard | January 26, 2012 at 05:46 PM
Don't call me Shirley.
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | January 26, 2012 at 05:57 PM
It. Has. Begun.
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | January 26, 2012 at 06:36 PM
HA!!!!!!!
Posted by: Pinko Punko | January 26, 2012 at 09:00 PM
Spoilsport.
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | January 26, 2012 at 09:14 PM
My Ahemorrhage may have to wait until tomorrow, I'm beat.
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Posted by: ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© | January 27, 2012 at 12:45 AM
They are clearly still in business, so someone, somewhere, is buying Grapples. It still sounds too healthy for this to be blamed on Paula Deen.
Posted by: Mandos | January 27, 2012 at 04:30 AM
Mandos- somehow I missed the Grapple train the first time around, but judging from the quality of these apples, they could have been many years old.
Posted by: Jennifer | January 27, 2012 at 06:08 AM
I've been googling around about Grapple and apparently (I don't know how far this is true, comes from a blog comment) the flavour is likely derived from a pesticide, not actual grape juice or even artificial grape "drink". "FDA approved", of course.
Also, there are a disturbingly large number of people who like it.
Posted by: Mandos | January 27, 2012 at 05:47 PM
Mandos- the best I can describe the smell is "grape" bubblegum. It's totally fake. I can only imagine it comes from some heinous place.
We bought 4, but only sampled parts of 3. The apples themselves were pretty mealy.
While I love a good fake-grape flavor on a snowcone or in bubble gum, do not soak my beloved apples in it!!!!
Posted by: Jennifer | January 27, 2012 at 05:50 PM
I actually like the real apple flavour myself, but am not so much fan of the apples themselves unless they are baked, dried, or chipified. My jaws hurt just thinking about apples. The apple "mouthfeel" to me is like the way some people feel about scratching a chalkboard.
Posted by: Mandos | January 27, 2012 at 06:20 PM
Also, there are a disturbingly large number of people who like it.
Also applies to NASCAR, Ayn Rand, and Republicans.
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | January 27, 2012 at 06:21 PM
my experience with Grapples:
http://episodeguides.blogspot.com/2011/12/viagra-falls-psych-transcript-56.html
Posted by: Kathleen | January 27, 2012 at 07:08 PM