I am all about pickles. One of my favorite eating sensations is when you chomp into a kosher dill and the sweet-salty brine makes your cheeks cave in. Yeah, that's good stuff.
Y'know what else I like? Kool-Aid. Because even hyperexaggerated interpretations of fruit deserve their own flavor palette. That, and I have no shame.
There was a point in my life when these two snack joys maintained independent existences. It was a simpler time. But then someone pointed me to Alton Brown's recipe for Koolickles and my world was upended. Apparently, these are standard fare in the Mississippi Delta, and the trend picked up steam when the New York Times ran a piece on them last year. So now I must ask: Who here has tried these? What are they like? Are they the solution to all of my Kool-Aid-pickle-pairing problems? Or are they hell in the form of an cylinder? I demand answers.
Recipe after the jump.
KOOLICKLES
- 1 gallon jar kosher dill pickles
- 1 package unsweetened cherry Kool-Aid
- 1 pound sugar
6-16-2008 @9:52AM Aaron deOliveira said... this is really funny to read this post today. i was finishing off a jar of pickles last night and i was thinking about what else you could pickle with to add flavor. i was thinking hot sauce. and seeing this koolaid pickle makes me want to try it.
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6-16-2008 @9:52AM dksbook said... Here in San Antonio, we have pickle flavored popsicles - not sweet, and chile-flavored popsicles, flavored with lime, but not sweet either. These are called paletas, and are sold from carts all around town, along with less local flavors such as strawberry, pineapple, watermelon.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/salife/food/stories/MYSA080305.1Q.paletas.10531c57.html
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6-16-2008 @9:52AM Lzbeth said... I dunno, I think these are pretty intimidating. Growing up, my grandparents always jarred their own pickles. And now it's hard to love any pickles that aren't super dilly & garlicky. The very idea of *kool-aid* marinated pickles is rather petrifying. I watched the episode of Alton Brown's "Feasting on Asphalt", though, and if he could do it, I'm sure I'd try too given the chance.
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6-16-2008 @9:52AM Jonathan said... I've tried these.... they're pretty tasty for a couple of bites, and then they're just overwhelming.
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6-16-2008 @9:52AM badfrog said... Yeah, but how are they on a cheeseburger?
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6-16-2008 @9:52AM Silver_Potato said... You people are weak minded fools, scared of a pickle?
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6-16-2008 @9:52AM pgheats said... They might be interesting--sweet and sour. But I could believe what Jonathan says, that after a few bites, they're too much.
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7-02-2008 @12:30PM map said... Pickles and kool-aid is something that I grew up eating. I ate it a little differently though... what we do is take a kool-aid packet (usually tropical) tear of the top and dip the pickle in the packet... enjoy. My mouth waters just thinking of it. *Mental Note* Add pickles and tropical kool-aid to shoping list.
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7-23-2008 @10:17AM Dale said... My family loves Kool Aid Pickles. We were able to find them at http://myaspickles.com
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