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Just two weeks ago, I lamented that this possibly-magical product wasn’t available near my Los Angeles home. It still isn’t, but it was in lovely Tilton, New Hampshire. Below is a video review.

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This is amazing. Banana Split in a Kit, and from Blue Bunny, the maker of ice cream novelties like the Bomb Pop and Power Puff Girls bars.
And this is even more amazing  - you use the pre-packaged work of genius as raw material for an even more splendid creation:

The official name for this product is [...]

Unlike the last native-New Yorker banana split I reviewed, this one actually looks unbelievably, beautifully, completely awesome (though being a native New Yorker myself, I still prefer Carvel.) Still, you pay NYC prices for this masterpiece: $14.95. The scoop – har – on this (as well as the picture)  came from the serious eats website.
Sugar [...]

The New York Times has been very kind to me, but one has to say that a banana split where:

There’s no strawberry, pineapple, or chocolate sauce.
There’s something called “ganache.”
There are no nuts.
The dish is not “boat” shaped.
AND ICE CREAM IS FREAKIN’ OPTIONAL!!!!

has to be a bunch of hooey and snobbery. Get it together. Really.
Here’s NYT’s [...]

Photo: PR Newswire
Readers from other countries, you’ll just have to take my word for it: “The Banana Splits” was one of the strangest things ever presented to children as entertainment. It was an NBC show with costumes created by Sid and Marty Kroft, who might best be described as Walt Disney, split into two by [...]

DAIRY QUEEN: “Delicious DQ soft serve covered in luscious strawberry, pineapple, and chocolate toppings, with whipped topping and nestled between a sweet banana.” DQ’s advantage is that it is ubiquitous; her highness has outposts in nearly every U.S. state, and internationally, too (I ate at one in Beijing.)The ice cream is special – no other [...]