Yeah, I paid $6.20 for 5 "biscuits". Not exactly a bargain, but it's from Belgium so you have to expect to spend a little extra scratch. So what the hell are they? Here's what the box says: "crispy wafer biscuit(s) with milky and fat-reduced cocoa filling"...this description neglects the fact that these biscuits are shaped like hippos. Are they cute? Hell yeah they're cute! But how do they taste? The biscuit part is a lot like any other wafer cookie. It's crispy. It's light. By itself, it wouldn't be much of a snack. But, fill it with some milky cocoa cream and you've got something. Something tasty. It's not really worth the money, but I will finish the package.
I don't know what inspired the makers of Happy Hippo biscuits to make a hippo shaped cookie and stuff it with cocoa creamy goodness. Maybe it was Hank Azaria's story in "Along Came Polly". It was certainly an interesting idea. If they were just trying to get someone's attention so that might just maybe buy their expensive Belgian treat....well....it worked at least once.
I think the little hippos are kinda cute, much more so than your run-of-the-mill Hungry Hungry Hippo.
ReplyDeleteI am somewhat put off by the image of the sliced-open hippo on the package, though.
They took all that time to make the hippo biscuit look cute and endearing.
And then you look at the package and think, "Those vicious Belgians! They sliced the arse end clean off one of those cute little hippos! Is nothing sacred?"
(The full-sized hippo next to the cut-open one looks suitably horrified.)
- Kurt