They sell them at Trader Joe’s (at least the pb and j and the sometimes get chocolate hazelnut) they’re okay (I’ve have them a bunch). They’re not horrible but they’re not great either. You definitely don’t wanna eat more than a pack at a time bc they’re so naturally sweet and the sweetness of it starts to get to you in a weird way. I don’t know what I’d do with 32 packs either (maybe chuck them at peoples houses, the individual balls, not packages) bc theirs 3 servings in each bag as 2 balls is a serving. And after so many you just don’t want any more, they’re just different.
That’s my take on them. With a few very long run on sentences. Hope it helps your purchasing.
@chienfou@OnionSoup At the grocery store, I get the strangest looks when they ask me “Paper or plastic?” and I answer “No.” I follow it up after a one-beat pause with “I don’t need a bag.” This unfreezes their mental script. Once in a great long while, when the cashier looks particularly confused by “No”, I’ll wait several beats to deliver the followup.
After receiving my order, I can confirm the taste is good but the marketing strategy is beyond dumb. The packages have nuts, junk, and balls all written out right next to each other
@mediocrebot i guess there is a certain amount of “green” associated with “vegan”. Way to bring that theme in! (And, maybe a little scary for a nerdy bot to do?)
@chienfou@heartny That whole “Moichindizing!” scene was added because the studio refused to try to get a merchandizing contract lined up to add to the film’s revenue. They thought the movie would make a little money and then be forgotten.
Somewhere around here, I have an embroidered unauthorized “SPACEBALLS - The Dice Bag” that I picked up from one of my fellow vendors at a gaming con in Salt Lake. I have yet to see the flamethrower available. I did see rolls of toilet paper with the movie’s logo alternating with the studio splash screen once. I think Mel Brooks might have been amused by the inclusion.
What is with these vegan and health food names?? The names have got to be half the reason they end up on Meh lmao (the other half being how they taste, much of the time).
@PooltoyWolf
They actually sell them (couple of the flavors) at Trader Joe’s, I buy em from there. It’s not all Amazon dumped food. I honestly thought the same thing till I saw something I’d seen in a store before.
@Star2236 It’s entirely possible that the company didn’t unload ALL of its remaining inventory in one place, and some stores with a clientele more likely to buy the product might still want to stock it.
I really wanna know the etymology of this particular product’s name, though. Surely it’s not just supposed to sound like foosball.
@PooltoyWolf@Star2236 I’m guessing that one distributor ended up overstocked because they were excessively optimistic about how many of their accounts would be carrying this item. That happens more often than you might think.
@PooltoyWolf I’d bet that the flavor is the reason stuff like this gets remaindered more like 80-90% of the time. Anything with either a just-mediocre or actively nasty flavor would need a huge marketing campaign to make it popular (think Monster), and while today’s item probably isn’t awful, I had never heard of it before, so buzz-making is not likely to have been one of their budget lines.
@Kyeh@mediocrebot But they do look like–if eaten–they’d launch an interesting adventure. Thanks for following up and generating this successfully. I’m pleased with the result.
@joelmw@mediocrebot It’s fun to play with; you can repeat the same command and get different results each time, too. I have mixed feelings about it, I find it amazing but also kind of alarming!
Mine arrived several days ago, all of them are Dark Chocolate Raspberry. I like them. The raspberry flavor note is present but not particularly dominant. These are more like really carefully constructed cake balls than candy, which is good because it means they won’t melt if I accidentally leave a pack of them in the car. I may do something heretical with a few, and soak them in melted butter. We shall see.
@pakopako The deal was that you could get your choice of one or two out of four flavors. But the selections became fewer for those who delayed too long.
My order got canceled without explaining why, but I was able to repurchase without pbj, so maybe that was why. Here’s hoping I didn’t just reorder pointlessly
Product: Pick-Your-32-Pack: Frooze Balls Vegan Energy Balls
Model: 9421902049866, 9421906078565, 9421906078008, 9421906078015
Condition: New
Plant-powered energy bites crafted from a blend of fruit and nut ingredients, boasting Vegan, Dairy Free, non-GMO, Gluten Free, and Kosher certifications
Frooze Balls, sweetened only by nature’s bounty, are a nutritious fusion of nut butter, raw dates, raisins, sunflower seeds, coconut, and peanuts
Indulge in the goodness of Incrediballs, providing a tasty and wholesome energy boost perfect for post-workout replenishment or mid-day snacks for all ages
Experience convenience with 32 portable snack packs, each containing 2.5 oz of goodness and 5 Frooze Balls per bag, ensuring delicious energy-packed bites for any adventure
Frooze Balls Chocolate Hazelnut Vegan Energy Balls
I’m not sure you know how “vegan” works. You describe these as vegan and then also dairy-free. That’s unnecessary and superfluous. It’s like saying something is waterproof AND water-resistant. The first thing already covers the second thing.
@discussed some people who aren’t vegan can’t have dairy. They do overlap, but it’s to be more descriptive for those who might care about one thing but not the other.
@troy I am one of those people who is not vegan, but can’t eat dairy. As I member of that community, I can tell you that when we see the word vegan, we know it’s all good. There are people who are not vegan but are allergic to shellfish, or not vegan but allergic to eggs, yet the product description doesn’t read, “vegan, dairy-free, shellfish-free, and egg-free” because the word “vegan” already does all the lifting - everything else is icing (hopefully vegan icing)
@shells And the entire State of California should have a blanket Prop 65 warning since they have made less than zero effort to identify any of the actual hazards or make any useful data available to the public. (That law, like too many others, was enacted with good intentions and then functionally abandoned in place without doing anything that would actually help anyone. The US CPSIA of 2008 is another example.)
this is my order # educated-military-fold in which I did not receive the hazelnut kinds, even though I paid for it.
The raspberry kinds came in crushed boxes.
Please HELP ASAP!!! Thank you!
@vleonte Contact Support via meh.com/support to get this handled; these public forums are just for customers to discuss things, and are not reliably read by the staff.
They sell them at Trader Joe’s (at least the pb and j and the sometimes get chocolate hazelnut) they’re okay (I’ve have them a bunch). They’re not horrible but they’re not great either. You definitely don’t wanna eat more than a pack at a time bc they’re so naturally sweet and the sweetness of it starts to get to you in a weird way. I don’t know what I’d do with 32 packs either (maybe chuck them at peoples houses, the individual balls, not packages) bc theirs 3 servings in each bag as 2 balls is a serving. And after so many you just don’t want any more, they’re just different.
That’s my take on them. With a few very long run on sentences. Hope it helps your purchasing.
Do you have the Schweddy variety of these balls…?
Wait… you are actually hawking a product that you might actually finish consuming before the ‘best by date’ passes?
Reminds me of Chef’s chocolate salty balls.
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/giphy energey balls
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@OnionSoup Would this be considered a success or a failure?
@yakkoTDI yes.
@OnionSoup
Glad I’m not the only one that does that!
When the kids were younger:
Child: Hey Dad … do you know what time it is?
Me:(after looking at my watch). Yep.
@chienfou @OnionSoup At the grocery store, I get the strangest looks when they ask me “Paper or plastic?” and I answer “No.” I follow it up after a one-beat pause with “I don’t need a bag.” This unfreezes their mental script. Once in a great long while, when the cashier looks particularly confused by “No”, I’ll wait several beats to deliver the followup.
@chienfou In this case it was yes because both answers are correct
Side deal
SOLD OUT
5 HOURS AGO
[Was expecting a Mayrathon… Oh, just as well. May the 4th be with you, and all that.]
Dairy-free Lemon Cheese cake; ain’t technology wonderful?
@phendrick was also expecting a meh-rathon
Vegan Energy? Seriously?
/showme These aren’t the Frooze Balls you’re looking for.
/showme Darth Vader with Frooze Balls
@mediocrebot I guess that’s the family safe version of what I was hoping for.
After receiving my order, I can confirm the taste is good but the marketing strategy is beyond dumb. The packages have nuts, junk, and balls all written out right next to each other
@zippyzeb They’re from New Zealand. Kiwis have an extremely irreverent attitude toward advertising.
It is a crime they didn’t go with “deeze balls.”
Got these on WOOT a long time ago.
These are actually pretty tasty.
/showme a Vegan Death Star from Vega, in the constellation of Lyra
@mediocrebot i guess there is a certain amount of “green” associated with “vegan”. Way to bring that theme in! (And, maybe a little scary for a nerdy bot to do?)
/showme no
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@mediocrebot exactly.
Speaking of balls, I saw this in Whole
PaycheckFoods tonight. Made me laugh.@heartny
Endorsed by Mel Brooks
@chienfou No doubt. Great movie. Still makes me laugh.
@heartny May the Schwartz be with You!! Right??? How could we all fahget?
@chienfou @heartny That whole “Moichindizing!” scene was added because the studio refused to try to get a merchandizing contract lined up to add to the film’s revenue. They thought the movie would make a little money and then be forgotten.
Somewhere around here, I have an embroidered unauthorized “SPACEBALLS - The Dice Bag” that I picked up from one of my fellow vendors at a gaming con in Salt Lake. I have yet to see the flamethrower available. I did see rolls of toilet paper with the movie’s logo alternating with the studio splash screen once. I think Mel Brooks might have been amused by the inclusion.
What is with these vegan and health food names?? The names have got to be half the reason they end up on Meh lmao (the other half being how they taste, much of the time).
@PooltoyWolf
They actually sell them (couple of the flavors) at Trader Joe’s, I buy em from there. It’s not all Amazon dumped food. I honestly thought the same thing till I saw something I’d seen in a store before.
@Star2236 It’s entirely possible that the company didn’t unload ALL of its remaining inventory in one place, and some stores with a clientele more likely to buy the product might still want to stock it.
I really wanna know the etymology of this particular product’s name, though. Surely it’s not just supposed to sound like foosball.
@PooltoyWolf @Star2236 I’m guessing that one distributor ended up overstocked because they were excessively optimistic about how many of their accounts would be carrying this item. That happens more often than you might think.
@PooltoyWolf It really is an idiotic name! I’d expect them to be frozen, for starters.
@PooltoyWolf @Star2236 @kyeh
or sound like a floozy.
@PooltoyWolf I’d bet that the flavor is the reason stuff like this gets remaindered more like 80-90% of the time. Anything with either a just-mediocre or actively nasty flavor would need a huge marketing campaign to make it popular (think Monster), and while today’s item probably isn’t awful, I had never heard of it before, so buzz-making is not likely to have been one of their budget lines.
FYI: “Nut Butter” is slang for semen.
@IndifferentDude Oh come now…!
@IndifferentDude
/giphy roll eyes
/showme Product: Pick-Your-32-Pack: Frooze Balls Vegan Energy Balls
Model: 9421902049866, 9421906078565, 9421906078008, 9421906078015
Condition: New
Plant-powered energy bites crafted from a blend of fruit and nut ingredients, boasting Vegan, Dairy Free, non-GMO, Gluten Free, and Kosher certifications
Frooze Balls, sweetened only by nature’s bounty, are a nutritious fusion of nut butter, raw dates, raisins, sunflower seeds, coconut, and peanuts
Indulge in the goodness of Incrediballs, providing a tasty and wholesome energy boost perfect for post-workout replenishment or mid-day snacks for all ages
Experience convenience with 32 portable snack packs, each containing 2.5 oz of goodness and 5 Frooze Balls per bag, ensuring delicious energy-packed bites for any adventure
Frooze Balls Chocolate Hazelnut Vegan Energy Balls
Best By: 6/21/24-7/1/24
Calories: 130 (Serving Size 2 Balls)
Dates (Date Paste, Date Syrup, Peanut Butter (Peanut, Salt), Hazelnut (11%), Dried Coconut, Peanut, Cacao Powder (1%), Natural Flavour, Pink Salt, Almond Cashew
Nutrition facts & ingredients
Frooze Balls Peanut Butter & Jelly Vegan Energy Balls
Best By: PBJ: 6/29/24-7/15/24
Calories: 126 (Serving Size 2 Balls)
Dates (Date Paste, Date Syrup), Peanuts, Apple and Strawberry Paste (12%) (Concentrated Apple Juice, Concentrated Apple Puree, Strawberry Puree, Concentrated Elderberry Juice, Concentrated Lemon Juice), Peanut Butter (12%) (Peanuts, Salt), Coconut, Pink Salt
Nutrition facts & ingredients
Frooze Balls Raspberry Dark Chocolate Energy Balls
Best By: Rasp Dark Choc: 7/8/24
Calories: 116 (Serving Size 2 Balls)
Dates (Date Paste, Date Syrup), Peanuts, Apple and Raspberry Paste (12%) (Concentrated Apple Juice, Concentrated Raspberry Puree (0.5%), Concentrated Elderberry Juice, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Natural Flavor), Coconut, Cocoa Powder (3.5%), Peanut Butter, Cashews, Cacao Powder (1%), Pink Salt, Hazelnuts, Almonds
Nutrition facts & ingredients
Frooze Balls Lemon Cheesecake Energy Balls
Best By: Lemon Cheesecake: 7/8/24-8/12/24"
Calories: 127 (Serving Size 2 Balls)
Dates, Cashews, Coconut, Lemon and Apple Paste (12%), (Concentrated Apple Juice, Concentrated Apple Puree, Concentrated Lemon Juice (0.5%), Natural Flavor), Lemon Juice Concentrate (3%), Natural Flavor, Pink Salt, Hazelnuts, Almonds, Peanuts
Nutrition facts & ingredients
What’s Included?
32x Frooze Balls Vegan Energy Balls in your choice of flavors
@mediocrebot I think it must be only looking at part of the prompt, maybe just the first line. I was hoping to confuse it a lot more.
@EvilSmoo You are clearly living up to your name. Gudonya.
@mediocrebot Ooh, the famed “Raspbnaty Darkk Futte” prgnie balls!
/showme He can go about his business. Move along.
I’m less concerned with them being called Frooze Balls and more concerned about the balls being made of nut butter.
Sent a set to the vegans in Nashville.
/image reminiscent-pious-harpy
/showme froozeballs amazeballs foozballs
@mediocrebot Those don’t look very edible.
@Kyeh @mediocrebot But they do look like–if eaten–they’d launch an interesting adventure. Thanks for following up and generating this successfully. I’m pleased with the result.
@joelmw @mediocrebot It’s fun to play with; you can repeat the same command and get different results each time, too. I have mixed feelings about it, I find it amazing but also kind of alarming!
Mine arrived several days ago, all of them are Dark Chocolate Raspberry. I like them. The raspberry flavor note is present but not particularly dominant. These are more like really carefully constructed cake balls than candy, which is good because it means they won’t melt if I accidentally leave a pack of them in the car. I may do something heretical with a few, and soak them in melted butter. We shall see.
Daughter and her vegan family got theirs. Seem to be happy with the results. Score!
Which Robot Master shoots Vegan Energy Balls?
@AaronLeeJohnson Any of the ones from Vega. Usually found piloting a Vegan death star.
serious question:
how far can you get these using a loft wedge?
@alacrity Not very far, I fear. I suspect that even a gentle swing would cause them to shatter instead of flying.
@alacrity @werehatrack so use a sling shot.
@alacrity @Kidsandliz @werehatrack Or maybe a trebuchet.
/giphy trebuchet
@werehatrack yeah… brussel sprouts are much more satisfying when they do that.
Mmmmm tasty nut butter
They have run out of PBJ and Lemon Cheesecake, so they have changed the Deal. Pray that they do not change it again.
@werehatrack wait, what was the original deal?
@pakopako The deal was that you could get your choice of one or two out of four flavors. But the selections became fewer for those who delayed too long.
Thanks. That’s not much of a change though (as new buyers could still get up to 2 flavors… as long as they weren’t the two that were sold out)
@pakopako I just couldn’t resist inserting a Star Wars misquote.
/showme PFAS vegan food balls
@mediocrebot Mmmmm I wonder what kind of Nut Butter these are made from?
@mediocrebot @shells
pistachio!
I only came here to say that the Lemon Cheesecake are amazeballs, so it makes sense, but I’m very sad, that they’re sold out.
/giphy amazeballs
/showme froozeballs amazeballs foozballs
@joelmw /Showme has to be in a separate comment, not a reply.
(Although dave said he might be able to change that)
@Kyeh Gracias. I think this is my first attempt and, honestly, I haven’t kept up.
My order got canceled without explaining why, but I was able to repurchase without pbj, so maybe that was why. Here’s hoping I didn’t just reorder pointlessly
/showme really hoping I get some balls
These are back (on SideDeal) for a bit less.
/giphy narcoleptic exotic cheese
/image narcoleptic exotic cheese
/showme narcoleptic exotic cheese
Specs
Product: Pick-Your-32-Pack: Frooze Balls Vegan Energy Balls
Model: 9421902049866, 9421906078565, 9421906078008, 9421906078015
Condition: New
Frooze Balls Chocolate Hazelnut Vegan Energy Balls
Frooze Balls Peanut Butter & Jelly Vegan Energy Balls
Frooze Balls Raspberry Dark Chocolate Energy Balls
Frooze Balls Lemon Cheesecake Energy Balls
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$71.96-$75.96 at Amazon
Lemon Cheesecake
Raspberry Dark Chocolate
Peanut Butter & Jelly
Chocolate Hazelnut
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Thursday, May 9 - Monday, May 13
It’s so cold outside I…
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I’m not sure you know how “vegan” works. You describe these as vegan and then also dairy-free. That’s unnecessary and superfluous. It’s like saying something is waterproof AND water-resistant. The first thing already covers the second thing.
@discussed some people who aren’t vegan can’t have dairy. They do overlap, but it’s to be more descriptive for those who might care about one thing but not the other.
@troy I am one of those people who is not vegan, but can’t eat dairy. As I member of that community, I can tell you that when we see the word vegan, we know it’s all good. There are people who are not vegan but are allergic to shellfish, or not vegan but allergic to eggs, yet the product description doesn’t read, “vegan, dairy-free, shellfish-free, and egg-free” because the word “vegan” already does all the lifting - everything else is icing (hopefully vegan icing)
@discussed @troy
@chienfou @discussed @troy but this H2O is chock full of PFAS like all substances in life
@shells And the entire State of California should have a blanket Prop 65 warning since they have made less than zero effort to identify any of the actual hazards or make any useful data available to the public. (That law, like too many others, was enacted with good intentions and then functionally abandoned in place without doing anything that would actually help anyone. The US CPSIA of 2008 is another example.)
@discussed @shells @troy
but… they are Gluten Free PFAS
Wait - Serving size is 2 and there are 5 in the package???
@waltnetto
it’s up to you to guess which two…
@waltnetto yes, 2.5 servings per bag
this is my order # educated-military-fold in which I did not receive the hazelnut kinds, even though I paid for it.
The raspberry kinds came in crushed boxes.
Please HELP ASAP!!! Thank you!
@vleonte Contact Support via meh.com/support to get this handled; these public forums are just for customers to discuss things, and are not reliably read by the staff.
…I think I got some of yours and you got some of mine
These taste really bad. Also very high in fat and calories. I can’t even give them away after people taste them.
@edyafree You can send yours to @zippyzeb or @chienfou… they love 'em!
@chienfou @edyafree @troy @zippyzeb If they’re the raspberry ones, I’ll pay for the shipping.
@chienfou @edyafree @troy @werehatrack @zippyzeb in for 2