At the Museum of Science Boston last weekend, I tried Dippin' Dots for the first time in years. I used to eat them as a kid at sidewalk fairs and beach town boardwalks, usually paired with a towering cone of cotton candy and paper cup filled with fruit punch. As far as I remembered, Dippin' Dots were only available in such "flavors" as rainbow and bubble gum. But evidently, times have changed. The museum cafeteria was serving tiny beads of chocolate chip cookie dough, Oreo, and Moose Tracks. According to the official Dippin' Dots website, that's just the beginning: there's also Tropical Tie Dye, raspberry sherbet, and no sugar-added fat free fudge....
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