Valerie Kuklenski: October 2007 Archives

Here in the features department of the Daily News newsroom, we have the privilege or pain from time to time of sampling new edible products. Today's kid-friendly item: A yogurt tube (uh-huh) with odd-colored contents (been there) and hyperbolic flavor names ("Blue Raspberry Rage" -- ho-hum). But this stuff from Yoplait, called Fizzix, actually has something in it that reacts on the tongue kind of like out-of-date Pop Rocks candies.
Kids who want every gimmicky treat that ever landed by a checkstand will like it, and the flavor wasn't bad. Here's the catch: The fizzy element goes into overdrive after the packet has been out of refrigeration for a while, so that even while the tube is still cool to the touch, it looks like it's going to rupture. I was tempted to let it sit on my desk for an hour or more to see what would happen (In the name of work-related research), but they'd probably make me clean that stuff out of my keyboard myself. Even without the rupture, the moment the tube was opened, it began oozing blue goo.