Question about Dippin' Dots Ice Cream

[MartyMcFly3]

Alright, Dippin' Dots has been around for a while, and they have their stands all over the country/world. The only way you can eat it is purchasing it at these stands and eating it right away. Why don't they sell their product in grocery stores?

 

[JoeFahey]

They do.

 

[SilverThief]

Originally posted by: JoeFahey1
They do.

 

[anxi80]

they have to be stored in extremely cold temperatures, which would mean grocery stores would have to make adjustments to their equipment just to accomodate dippin' dots.

edit: when i worked at lego and they sent us dippin' dots to sell, they had to have it delivered in a sub-zero freezer that we had to unload and put in our sub-zero freezers within minutes of opening up the door/latch. if not, we would've wasted a months supply easily. they truly emphasized to us to unload them as soon as we open up that door.

 

[0roo0roo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dippin'_Dots
ice cream snack invented by Curt Jones in 1987. The confection is created by flash freezing ice cream mix in liquid nitrogen. The resulting small spheres of ice cream are stored at temperatures ranging from 20 to 70 degrees below zero Fahrenheit (from -29°C to -57°C).

The company, headquartered in Paducah, Kentucky, does not sell its product in "take-home" outlets such as supermarkets. On its official website, the company notes that its product requires storage at temperatures below zero Fahrenheit (about -18°C), which is considerably colder than standard home freezers.

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Originally posted by: SilverThief

Originally posted by: JoeFahey1
They do.

I've been to many grocery stores in the Illinois area and have never seen them. They only have the stands where you go up and buy a single serving.

Apparantly, according to Dippin' Dots website you can order some. $125/30 servings.

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dippin'_Dots
ice cream snack invented by Curt Jones in 1987. The confection is created by flash freezing ice cream mix in liquid nitrogen. The resulting small spheres of ice cream are stored at temperatures ranging from 20 to 70 degrees below zero Fahrenheit (from -29°C to -57°C).

The company, headquartered in Paducah, Kentucky, does not sell its product in "take-home" outlets such as supermarkets. On its official website, the company notes that its product requires storage at temperatures below zero Fahrenheit (about -18°C), which is considerably colder than standard home freezers.

That makes much more sense.

 

[RU482]

I bought some from a vending machine when I was on vacation in WI a couple of weeks ago

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: redly1
I bought some from a vending machine when I was on vacation in WI a couple of weeks ago

Did it look like this?

 

[Jawo]

Originally posted by: dainthomas

Originally posted by: redly1
I bought some from a vending machine when I was on vacation in WI a couple of weeks ago

Did it look like this?

ha ha ha

 

[sygyzy]

What's interesting is these cheap ma and pa vendor stands at malls and outlets have subzero freezers needed to store/sell the product but large supermarkets don't.

 

[TheTony]

Originally posted by: dainthomas

Originally posted by: redly1
I bought some from a vending machine when I was on vacation in WI a couple of weeks ago

Did it look like this?

Probably more like this.

 

[montanafan]

They sell the Dippin' Dots brand in stores, like THIS and the chocolate covered ones, but not the dots like you can buy at the carts, etc.

 

[MangoTBG]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
What's interesting is these cheap ma and pa vendor stands at malls and outlets have subzero freezers needed to store/sell the product but large supermarkets don't.

Probably because you and I don't have subzero freezers in our cars/home? Just maybe?

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: MangoTBG

Originally posted by: sygyzy
What's interesting is these cheap ma and pa vendor stands at malls and outlets have subzero freezers needed to store/sell the product but large supermarkets don't.

Probably because you and I don't have subzero freezers in our cars/home? Just maybe?

People buy them at malls to eat right away. They can do the same thing at the market. Just understand when you are buying it that you are supposed to consume it quickly.

 

[ruffilb]

Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dippin'_Dots
ice cream snack invented by Curt Jones in 1987. The confection is created by flash freezing ice cream mix in liquid nitrogen. The resulting small spheres of ice cream are stored at temperatures ranging from 20 to 70 degrees below zero Fahrenheit (from -29°C to -57°C).

The company, headquartered in Paducah, Kentucky, does not sell its product in "take-home" outlets such as supermarkets. On its official website, the company notes that its product requires storage at temperatures below zero Fahrenheit (about -18°C), which is considerably colder than standard home freezers.

That makes much more sense.

That was, in fact, what I suspected.

They're terrible for you, anyway.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: ruffilb

That was, in fact, what I suspected.

They're terrible for you, anyway.

So?