Results tagged “food” from The official blog of Vat19.com

These Bread Shoes have been all over the blogosphere lately, and a lot of people think they are totally awesome. In fact, they're selling out on the manufacturer's website. And I ask, "Why?"

People, these are loaves of bread that have a chunk cut off the back and part of the insides pulled out of the "toe" area. Anyone could do this. Actually, my 5-year-old cousin did nearly the same thing with dinner rolls this past weekend. Why are people paying 62 euros, or roughly $93, for a pair of bread shoes that you can't even wear? The website itself says, "Not wearable on feet". And I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be able to eat them, either, as they do not appear to be packaged in an airtight container. So, you get a pair of stale bread shoes that you ... display on your mantle?

I'm bummed, man. This is a total waste of a perfectly delicious loaf of bread.

As if a Cinnamon Swirl Marshmallow didn't already sound delicious enough, these are also topped with candied pecans. Yum! These are about 2" square, which is a pretty good size for a marshmallow. You get 8 pieces for $14.00, which I think is reasonable for something with a unique flavor (I haven't actually tried these, but for a marshmallow I think this is a unique flavor!) and that is handmade by Vintage Confections.

It's November (already!) and has already started to get pretty cold at night here in St. Louis, which is perfect campfire and s'mores making weather. I wouldn't melt these gourmet marshmallows though. I'd just get some regular jumbo marshmallows!

The Somen Home Shop is basically a Japanese noodle slide. You put water and somen noodles in the top and try to catch them with chopsticks as they slide down. This takes playing with your food to a brand new level. Too bad there isn't a product demonstration video for this so we could see exactly how it works.

At Vat19, we like to have fun with food, but we prefer to play with the Japanese Food Eraser Sets. And we bet parents thank us for selling those rather than the noodle slide! Oh, and we also have over 250 awesome product demonstration videos for most of our products so you never have to wonder how a product works.

I'm pretty sure this stoneware egg separator is an oldie-but-goodie. I've seen it around, and some people seem to love it. I guess those people have stronger stomachs than I do.

See, raw eggs gross me out enough as it is. They're slick and slimy and just yucky. So the last image I want to see before I start eating is some goofy-looking dude with an absurd case of the snots. Yeah, hock a loogie right on my plate there. Yum, that's how I like it. Not.

I'm sure those who love gross-out humor will think this is a riot, though. But if you're like me and are looking for unique kitchen gadgets with a lower "ick" factor, check out Vat19.com.

Is it necessary to have a cute design imprinted on your French Toast? No. But it sure makes it more fun! If you're serving guests French Toast for breakfast, this $3.00 toast stamper is worth it. It imprints the Eiffel Tower and "Bonjour!" onto the toast, which is pretty neat and unexpected.

While searching around for French Toast things on Amazon, I also came across this Cinnamon French Toast Batter Mix that sounds delicious. If you're looking for something unique to give out to trick-or-treaters this year, how about little snack bags of Cinnamon Toast Crunch? Hey, who doesn't love French Toast!?

OK, I might be jumping the gun by labeling Beer Chips as a "Treasure" since I've never tried them, but they've got to be good, right? Even if you don't love the taste of beer, I'm thinking there's a good chance you'd still like Beer Chips. Example: I absolutely loathe ranch salad dressing and ranch anything but I love Cool Ranch Doritos. In addition to Beer Chips, they also have Chip Shots (Margarita flavored) and Hot Potatoes (Bloody Mary flavored).

Say you're walking around eating a bag of Beer Chips. You know what would go good with that? A Beer Pouch Hoodie.

This week is National Cupcake Week. It's amazing the pointless little things you learn while browsing around the internet! The Hello, Cupcake cookbook is full of tons of really creative ideas for decorating cupcakes. You can learn how to make cupcakes look like animals, foods, flowers, and more.

After you spend all of that time decorating your cupcakes, you'll definitely want to protect them when you bring them in your lunch to show them off. So make sure you by some of these nifty (and cute because they look like cupcakes!) Cupcase Cupcake Holders.

I don't know why I love these so much. I mean, essentially, they are just rolled-up towels. But they're rolled-up towels that look like sweet little cakes! Isn't that enough to make them awesome?

Not only that, but the "cherry" on top is actually a magnet that you can use on your fridge. Finally, a bridal/wedding shower favor that isn't totally useless (like, for example, a plastic swan or baby basket filled with buttermints).

Another cute favor idea would be our Cupcase Cupcake Holders. You could bake a cupcake for each of your guests, place it in the Cupcase, and then tie a ribbon around it. Sweet!

I love baseball. I love shortbread cookies. So I imagine I would love Cooperstown Cookie Company's baseball-shaped shortbread cookies. Of course, I would only enjoy eating them if they came in a St. Louis Cardinals themed box or tin! For those of you who aren't aware, Vat19 is headquartered in St. Louis. And the Cardinals are HOT this year!

These would be a unique gift to send to a baseball fan. You can choose which MLB team you want on the packaging. Once the Cardinals officially make it into the post-season, I'm thinking of sending tins with the Cardinals on it to some Cubs fans I know just to rub it in. Hey, its just a friendly rivalry!

Just by looking at this picture here, what do you think Le Whif is? Perfume? Deodorant? A smoking inhibitor? Nope. Le Whif is a chocolate inhaler. It contains little particles of chocolate powder that you inhale, leaving you with a brief but supposedly yummy taste of chocolate in your mouth.

Part of the reason for this is to curb your calorie intake. Instead of eating a whole Snickers bar, you can take a couple puffs of Le Whif and intake less than 1 calorie. But I'm sorry, if I have a craving for chocolate, I want to EAT chocolate. I don't think a puff of chocolate mist is going to satiate me, you know?

Plus, these little buggers aren't cheap. Currently only available from a European site (as far as I know), they cost a little over $14 for a pack of six. And each Le Whif only contains four puffs, or one measly calorie of chocolate.

Sidenote: Why would you name your product Le Whif? I feel like Pepe Le Pew should be the spokesman.

Those aren't cookies. Those are iPod Shuffles disguised as those delicious chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla wafer cookies I so loved as a child. Don't they look awesome?!

But you know, it's almost cruel how realistic they look, isn't it? If I had an iPod Shuffle 3G, and it had one of these cases on it (preferably chocolate or strawberry), I would seriously be trying to take a bite out of it all the time. And I'd be severely disappointed when I tasted silicone and metal instead of yummy wafer-ness. Oh well, such is life.

This 1950s Candy Gift Box would be an awesome gift for any baby boomer you know with a sweet tooth. It features tons of different candies from the 50s. Some of them I've heard of and are still around today - Chuckles, Mike & Ike's, Sugar Daddy Pops. Others...sound a little interesting. Violet or teaberry gum, anyone?

Tons of other candy boxes are available, including decade-themed ones from the 40s to the 90s. There's even a "vintage" one with candies from the 1800s (ever had a Squirrel Nut Zipper?). It's a delicious way to relive your childhood and maybe even experience the childhoods of your parents or grandparents!

For more sweet stuff, be sure to check out Vat19.com!

I know that baking enthusiasts just love all of the different pans and molds out there, such as the Brownie Pop Mold. It's neat to make baked goods in cool shapes. However, I don't think a Brownie Bite on a stick is a cool shape. It's actually kind of weird looking, like a giant brown gumdrop.

Do you want to see a really cool brownie pan? Check out the Edge Brownie Pan. This odd looking brownie pan makes normal looking brownies, each with two or more edges.

One word: Obnoxious.

Three reasons:

1) These Ice Cream Sundae Speakers are BIG. 17" high and 17" wide. That's a heck of a lot of shelf or counter space that you're losing with these babies.

2) They're $1250.00 for a pair. I assume you're paying for excellent speakers, although the specs on the product page are jibberish to me, so I can't say for sure. But if you're enough of an audiophile to drop $1250 on speakers, do you really want them disguised as ice cream?

3) These faux sundaes don't even look good. If you want to make a great fake sundae, put a couple of "scoops" of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry together with some colorful sprinkles and a fudge drizzle. Don't build a random mound of lumpy, melty vanilla and put veins of chocolate on it. Ew.

Seriously folks, what is the deal with the bacon phenomenon? There's bacon wallets, bacon socks, bacon bubble gum, bacon bandages, gummy bacon. There's even a bacon AK-47 out there somewhere. Why?

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for quirky stuff and fun gag gifts. And these Bacon-Flavored Jelly Beans would probably be a funny gift for the bacon-lover in your life. But then I read one of the consumer comments:

"...these taste nothing like bacon. More like ashtray and refried beans."

Gross. That's just gross.

You know what's not gross, but is instead a quirky and fun gag gift that in fact tastes delicious? Vat19's Giant Gummy Bear on a Stick, that's what.

Usually a hotel's signature will be something to do with a great mattress, a nice robe in the bathroom, superb service, or cool on-site amenities. Doubletree Hotels created a very unique signature comfort - chocolate chip cookies. As soon as you check in, you get a cookie. How great would the world be if you got a cookie every time you arrived somewhere?

These cookies are delicious. It's been a long time since I've stayed at a Doubletree Hotel, but I would take one of those cookies over the Heavenly Bath robe at The Westin any day. There's a Doubletree Hotel very close to Vat19, and I'm thinking about stopping by there one day for the sole purpose of getting a cookie.

If you are looking for other "sweet" unique gift ideas, visit the Vat19.com store.

Getting fingers messy while eating wings or ribs can technically be called a problem. However, I'm pretty confident that all of society understands and accepts that fingers are going to get dirty when eating certain foods. Therefore, it should not necessarily be seen as an actual problem. Besides, most places give you a nice little wet wipe to clean your hands to quickly eliminate the mess. (There is a Vat19 employee that actually collects such wipes. No, it isn't me.)

Trongs are talon-like plastic things that go on three of your fingers, protecting them from getting messy while eating finger foods. Who the heck wants to eat food with such nonsense? It's weird and looks ridiculous.

That's right, Cake Balls. These are little balls of cake (similar to donut holes) with icing and colorful sprinkles. OMG, these are even more convenient to eat than a cupcake!

I have not tasted Scott's Cakes Birthday Cake Balls, but I imagine they are probably completely delicious and that I would eat way too many of them. They're available in boxes of 1 to 6 pounds!

Vat19 doesn't sell cakes or cake balls, but you should check out our selection of "sweet gifts"!

This cheese board is shaped like a wedge of Swiss Cheese (clever, clever) and swings open to reveal storage space for three small cheese tools. You'll get a stainless steal spreader, fork, and knife. All you need to do is supply the cheese!

If you need a hostess gift or will be hosting a party yourself, this is a perfect and complete set. The small size and storage space for the cheese tools makes it easy to bring along for a day out at the wineries.

I can say from personal experience that the Giant Cupcake Cake Pan is one of the coolest cake pans I've ever seen and used. For looking so awesome, it isn't very difficult to bake and decorate, which is always a plus.

It would be neat to bake a giant cupcake cake in yellow or white cake, put it on a huge tray or platter, and then surround it with a bunch of regular sized chocolate cupcakes. That way everyone at the party can eat the kind of cake they like and everything still looks cute and cohesive. Love it.

For under $30 you can own this delicious piece of over-sized awesomeness. If you like giant-sized gifts, check out these ginormous goodies over at the Vat19.com store.