Sometimes we think consumers purchase a product with unrealistic expectations. Case in point: all those exercise gimmicks that they swear will cause you lose 20 pounds by using their product for 3 minutes per day for 6 weeks. We can't help cackling just a little bit when people express incredulity when it doesn't work when it is (or should be) very obvious that it couldn't possibly work.
However, that's not the case here. Heather purchased a Girl Gourmet Cupcake Maker for her daughter and the product just didn't turn out as advertised. Heather's son wouldn't even eat it and from our experiences when kids turn up their noses at sweets, you know something is wrong.
According to this product description we found on Amazon.com, the finished product "don't quite have the taste as the home-made cup cakes that mom or grandma makes. But admittedly, this opinion is formed by an adult palate. For the kids that cook the cupcakes, they will be flavored with the sweetness of do-it-yourself pride." Note that in one of the reviews below, a consumer compares the smell of the "baking" to animal urine.
Definitely doesn't sound "gourmet" to us.
This product is a great idea as it gets kids into the kitchen and interested in cooking, however it sounds like the end result falls flatter than the cupcakes it makes.
Ugh... if this product is on your "to purchase" list, we would definitely choose something else.
--Contributed by Deb
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