I'm a huge consumer of Perpetuem, but I have been irked ever since it was introduced because the good folks at Hammer Nutrition INSIST on comparing the flavor to Dreamsicle, whereas I think of it as Creamsicle. Here's what I remember from my childhood, when Creamsicles and Dreamsicles were first made:
Creamsicles were the orange ones, Dreamsicles were purple. This is how I am sure they were advertised, perhaps in comic books or something. I can't testify as to the taste (or the actual color), though, because Dreamsicles were never available in the Boston area, at least in the late-50s/early-60s. As far as I was concerned, the Mississippi River stopped Dreamsicles from making it to the east. So for those lucky sots among you who have eaten Dreamsicles, are (were?) they grape-flavored or not? Creamsicles, damn it all, are orange-ish, which is close to the flavor of Perpetuem (it is described on the jug as orange-vanilla).
So......Are the Hammer people correct or incorrect as describing the taste as "Dreamsicle"?
Creamsicles were the orange ones, Dreamsicles were purple. This is how I am sure they were advertised, perhaps in comic books or something. I can't testify as to the taste (or the actual color), though, because Dreamsicles were never available in the Boston area, at least in the late-50s/early-60s. As far as I was concerned, the Mississippi River stopped Dreamsicles from making it to the east. So for those lucky sots among you who have eaten Dreamsicles, are (were?) they grape-flavored or not? Creamsicles, damn it all, are orange-ish, which is close to the flavor of Perpetuem (it is described on the jug as orange-vanilla).
So......Are the Hammer people correct or incorrect as describing the taste as "Dreamsicle"?