Popin' Cookin' Doughnuts Part 2!

Now finally being able to get around to the next bit, we have Popin' Cookin; Doughnuts Part 2!

[Part 1 can be found here]

Also, for those checking, the price was RM 15.90 from Shojikiya. Most of this stuff can be found there and/or bought from Isetan KLCC as well, in the candy section.

Picking up where Silvy let off, while the doughy stuff was 'setting' I set about to handle the icings. You get three sachets of icing, in the flavours of vanilla, strawberry and chocolate.

As expected, it was the usual goopy stuff. Just add a little water using the supplied cut-off plastic measuring-cup-triangle-thing and dump it in. The strawberry was very strong smelling, as expected, and also as expected, the vanilla and strawberry icings didn't have any redeeming qualities.

 They just plain tasted weird. Creamy, but weird.

 The chocolate icing on the other hand (not pictured) came out a lot more liquid after mixing, and it was surprisingly tasty! Which pretty made it the saving grace of this kit.

After the doughnuts had set, we opened up the two other sachets that had the obligatory sprinkles and little cookie crumbs so we could get started.

Decorating got a bit silly, as you only get the mixing spoon and a small icing bag to distribute the icing. The whole while we had to actually control ourselves from eating up the chocolate icing because, dammit, it was freaking tasty. THE TASTIEST thing I've ever had that came out of a sachet.

Well here we are, the finish product. There's one less in the picture because we gave one to the nice gentleman that let us sit at his store well after closing time to let us finish this up. The icing is a funny thing. It tends to liquidize slightly after applying them onto the little spongy doughnut candies and then drip.

 Suffice to say, they didn't taste too bad. Of course, they didn't have the texture of real dougnuts, but it was a pretty fun kit. And we wish there was more chocolate stuff. Really, we do.

Also, a newer version of this kit has since hit the market under the same brand, so keep an eye out for different packaging.

Spire sez: This is a very nice kit, and if it weren't for the weird tasting vanilla and strawberry icing, I would recommend it in a heartbeat. The doughnuts themselves are a bit fiddly to get out of the molds because they tend to fall apart a bit, but overall I give it a thumbs up.

Silvy says: This kit was surprisingly fun and entertaining for me. The doughnut molds were rather fiddly (the 'dough' kept breaking up) but once they've popped out, it's pretty much smooth sailing all the way. Vanilla and strawberry icing tasted horrible, but the chocolate was divine! Give this a try when you can, you'll love it :D

Spire's Ratings

Flavor: 4/5

Price: 3/5

DIY level: Moderate

Fun: 5/5

Silvy's Ratings

Flavor: 3/5

Price: 3/5

DIY level: Moderate

Fun: 5/5

Flourescence Lolly

Spire here!

And after a long, long absence, we're back! Mostly the fact we weren't posting much was 'cause of the holidays (but mostly me being a lazyass in updating images etc etc, well its been a hectic 3 months)

So yes, I found this sucker of an anomaly while I was running around one of the local arcades, there was this sweets stand next to it and it had a small heap of these things:
Flourescence "sparkling' lollipops for RM2. They came in a small range of colours, namely yellow, red, green (this was what I got), blue and I think purple. Either way, each lolly is basically a tiny glowstick embedded with a sugary head that was the same colour as the glowstick.
Well, almost. The things didn't say the flavour so I just assumed that red would be strawberry, blue would be raspberry and the like. The lollipop itself isn't very remarkable, heck the glowstick portion tends to come out of the packaging already broken (aka no glow left) or the liquid inside separated a bit like the one up top.

What surprised me the most here, is that when I liberated it from the packaging, that it had no smell. I had to practically stick it in my nose to get any whiff of flavour, and even then it was extremely ambiguous.

So I decided to just crack glowstick and see how impressive it looked.
Ugh. The glow was so weak I could barely see it. That picture up there was taken in literal pitch black darkness. Kinda expected it because well, you can't even buy a normal party glowstick for that price.

Spire sez: Sweet jezus, it tasted disgusting. It had a very mild hint of apple flavour but the sugar taste was overpowering, and it didn't even taste like normal sugar! the taste was like someone decided to mix in motor oil and something sour into the mix. They may look cool in the dark or at a rave or something, but I'm never buying one for the sole purpose of eating. EVER. If you have someone hand you one of these, run for your lives!

Spire's Ratings

Flavor: 0/5

Price: 3/5

DIY level: Nonexistant.

Fun: 2/5

Popin' Cookin' Doughnuts Part 1

It's been awhile, but Silvy is back with a quickie!

This time both Spire and I decided to have a seat and work on our next project: Doughnuts!

Of course, like everything else, these doughnuts are made of nothing but sugar, sugar, and more sugar!

Hyperactivity and headaches, anyone?

The box that is a lie! The doughnuts look too perfect here hahahaha

Instructions galore! I just wish the sticker did not cover part of the instructions =/ 

A close up of the ingredients and nutrition facts. 

The box has been unboxed! 

Snipping open the yellow packet, and uncovered the awesome packets of sweets 

Clockwise from top upper left:

Piping bag, cookie crumbs, vanilla icing, chocolate icing, strawberry icing, rainbow sprinkles, chocolate dough, vanilla dough (orange packet) 

The utensils. Bottom left is for the dough, bottom right (both slots) are for the icing, upper half as doughnuts molds. The teeny container on the bottom right corner is used to measure the water needed for each mixture 

And off we go! *snips* 

We started off with the vanilla dough 

So water was poured in, and we dumped the whole lot in there CAREFULLY (man, the powder sure loves to cry for freedom!) 

The wet powder showing its true colors here already! 

This was the tricky bit. It took quite some time for us to stir this mixture together as there was more powder than water in this concoction. Rather fiddly too, since the powder tend to fly everywhere if we're not careful. 

After some rigorous stirrings, we finally got it! Look how clumpy the mixture is. Doesn't it look almost like real dough? XD 

A close up on the not-dough. I think it looks like coconut gratings mixed with caramel in this photo. Hahaha 

Let the molding begin! It's not as easy as it looks, cause the dough refused to stick together properly and kept springing out from the mold. The worst was the middle mold cause the dough kept springing out and it was rather fiddly to remove it from the mold without breaking it =_=; 

Lo' and behold, the doughnuts are *cooked* 

And then they are removed from the *oven* 

We made 10 doughnuts in total, though only 9 are shown in this photo :) 

So now, you have seen how the basic doughnuts have been made with this DIY set.

Up next: The Icing!

See you in our next blog post (with our ratings). Till then, g'bye

**Part 2 is up! The continuation continues...**

Meiji Mogimogi Grape Gummy

And we're back! This is Spire here on the wire.

Anyway here's another one from Meiji involving fun and tasty gummies, is the Mogimogi Grape Fruits gummy, which essentially looks like a literal bunch of grapes growing from a vine.
This cost me about RM 4 ( you can get it for RM 3-something in some places) and the gummies are a combination of red grape, muscat (green grapes) and some soda-ish flavoured stuff.

Here's the ingredients. Not exactly a very healthy thing to eat though, but its great for sharing among friends because you get multiple grapes and the 'vine' is edible too.

I pretty much opened it post haste, and let me tell you, the smell of grape when its opened is immense. It was really strong to say the least. The gummy was also rather sticky, somewhat like the sushi one, making it a bit difficult to pull out of the packaging in one piece.

But once it was out, it was real pretty to look at, all shiny and stuff. You're supposed to pluck off the grapes and eat them or share them before tackling the vine, but I went ahead and took a bite of the entire lower bit of it.

The red grapes tasted juicy and so did the green ones. They sort of fell apart in your mouth in little round bits so there was a bit of 'genuine' feeling of eating grapes there. The stem on the other hand, was rather flavourful too but I couldn't quite taste the flavour, it was like some kind of grapish-yogurty flavour. It wasn't bad but I can't figure it out at all.

EDIT: The vine is melon soda flavour! my bad.

Spire sez: Overall, I kinda like this, because it manages to have a juicy taste, even the stem. Great for sharing or as a quick snack as well!

Spire's Ratings

Flavor: 4/5

Price: 5/5

DIY level: Nonexistant
Fun: 5/5

Meiji Sushi Gummy Candy

Spire's here again, and I've found another bit of something interesting to share with the lot of you.

Meiji Gummy Sushi candy, also known as Meiji Nigi nigi Ooshi Yasan (according to the translation at the back of the package)I got this off the shelf for about RM4-5, I can't remember exactly, and I got it at the Ikano Japanese food fair some time ago. The cover caught my eye because I don't normally see 'double-decker' sweets so I decided to give it a try. The gummies are Peach, Orange and Cherry flavor.

It was originally planned to be taken with us for a short day-trip holiday to Genting, but Silvy opened it one night earlier (oops) so we decided to have it on the spot.

So yes, there's a grand total of 14 gummies, 7 pieces of peach flavored 'rice', 4 pieces of orange flavored 'toppings' and 3 pieces of cherry flavored sushi toppings as well.

Somehow some of the peach gummies had overflowed the packaging, so it was stuck to some of the orange ones, so we had to peel them off. The gummies were all surprisingly sticky yet firm, and once we stuck one to another, were quite hard to remove again, which I suppose was the actual point.

We stuck a few together and popped them in for a bite, and surprisingly they were quite flavorful, though the peach taste was a little weird at first, but the tastes did go well together.

The whole lot were enjoyed by us both (and my brother who happened to walk in at the time) favorites were the orange flavored ones of course, cherry being a close second.

I hear that there are other versions and flavors of these gummies so I guess we will be on the lookout for them.

Spire sez: This kit is fun and easy, so even toddlers can have a go at it (if you're not opposed to having young kids snacking on candy so young) but the best part is the flavors blend in very well with each other, so peeling them off the mess was quite worth it.

Silvy says: It's a no-brainer. All you gotta do is to mix-and-match the 'rice' with your choice of 'topping'  and discover how the burst of flavor pleases your taste buds. Can be a wee bit messy, especially since it's quite sticky, but chewing on this sweet sushi is worth it!

Spire's Ratings

Flavor: 4/5

Price: 4/5

DIY level: Easy

Fun: 3/5

Silvy's Ratings

Flavor: 4/5

Price: 4/5

DIY level: Very easy

Fun: 3/5