Who wouldn't want to try a rod of corn-flavored ice cream covered in a chocolate shell and wrapped in a cob-shaped wafer? Daniel Gray of food blog Seoul Eats excitedly tried this Korean ice cream novelty, but was ultimately disappointed. He described the taste as, "Sorta like soggy popcorn that fell on a pile of yellow snow." Yeah, I'm going to skip that one.
Korean Corn Ice Cream Novelty Fails
Who wouldn't want to try a rod of corn-flavored ice cream covered in a chocolate shell and wrapped in a cob-shaped wafer?
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