Review of Galerie Edible Easter Grass

As Easter approaches each year, thoughts of hollow chocolate bunnies and marshmallow Peeps enter my mind. I am transported to a land of Easter bunnies, painted eggs, and baskets filled with candy and toys. But you know what else I am reminded of? That pesky iridescent plastic Easter "grass". Used as an Easter basket filler, the plastic grass is a nuisance! It sticks to everything. It seems to "shed" like hair; you will find strips of plastic grass everywhere for weeks after the holiday--in your bed, in the laundry, in your car! Heaven forbid you have a cat or dog who gets ahold of this plastic grass! Digesting that stuff will surely result in a sick pet (and if your cat is like mine, he will relieve himself by throwing up all over the carpet).

Another downer of this plastic grass is that once it's used, what do you do with it? Chances are you throw it away, harming our environment. But without the sparkly plastic grass, our children's Easter baskets just won't be the same!

Needless to say, I was intrigued when I stumbled upon edible Easter grass for sale in a Rite Aid ad a few weeks before Easter 2009. I was intrigued enough that I went to the store and bought myself a 4 oz. bag of Galerie Edible Easter Grass for $1.99.

The grass comes in various flavors. I picked the blue-colored variety that claimed to be blueberry flavored. On the front of the package, in big letters, it states that the grass is imported from Germany. Could it be that the Germans are on to something? Is this the start of all things non-edible becoming edible? In a word--no.

This edible grass proved to be a complete and utter waste of money. At first I was excited when I read the nutritional facts and discovered that you could eat the whole package of grass and only ingest 100 calories and 0 grams of fat! Wow! Well, upon first taste, it became apparent why this Easter "treat" was so low-calorie--it tastes just like paper! Seriously, if you have ever nibbled on a straw wrapper, gum wrapper, or the like--that bland, starchy taste--that is exactly what you will get from this edible grass. The blueberry flavor was extremely faint and almost completely undetectable. The texture was weird--just like paper that slowly got mushy and disintegrated. Ew.

Overall, Galerie Edible Easter Grass is not a good idea. You're better off eating notebook paper. Or real grass, for that matter. Next Easter, do yourself a favor. When you're at your local grocery store and the edible Easter grass begins to look appealing, remember, it's a waste of money!