January 2, 2026 • 7 mins
There are certain things where they change the recipe on something you love and in turn - you no longer love it
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Sometimes we've got the power to make a change, and
I believe that this is one of these moments where
maybe it can happen. Joe Show's Live on ninety three
to three FLZ and eight and four nine ninety three
ninety three. Is there something that you love where maybe
you don't love it anymore because they changed the recipe?
It does happen sometimes, you know. I was talking to
(00:22):
Pat Donovan of Pat and Aaron the Sports Show here
and we were talking about beer, because I'm really getting
into beer lately. We're talking about Highlight and he said, yeah,
I love Highlight and he goes, you know, it used
to taste a little bit different. They ended up getting bigger,
so that the recipe changed, and well, this is a
recipe that I never thought would change.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
What happened yet, So over the weekend, my girlfriend and
my sister and I we stopped at seven to eleven
to go get ice cream after dinner, well the SpongeBob
ice creams. My girlfriend decided to get one of those.
You know how they used to have the gumball eye drops. Yeah,
not a thing any longerally have. It's nothing for the eyes.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Were you sure that they didn't just forget the eyes too.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
No, so I'm I'm serious about this and we and
then I went back to seven to eleven the next
day to make sure that it wasn't just a scam
or a hoax or anything like that.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Ashley.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
They changed the recipe on the SpongeBob ice cream. It
no longer has the googly eyes. It's way different than
it's even way like shape different too.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
Don't tell me it is, because you know, the tweety
bird was another one of my favorite ice creams. And
now if they changed the recpie on it and ies
not on.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Air, are we sure though, that they don't have it?
Speaker 2 (01:32):
They don't do. I'm telling you they don't have the
gum drop, the gumballs, and the eyeballs anymore. For a
SpongeBob ice cream, at least the one that I saw,
the ones I saw at seven to eleven, I could
be completely wrong. The one that the ice cream truck
goes around and delivers that one. No way, Yeah, oh yeah,
day you're looking at it now, Jo and seeing the
(01:55):
changes of it.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Hold on, yeah, let me make sure he doesn't swear
in this video.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
But yez, listen, here's TikTok getting mad today.
Speaker 5 (02:02):
I've got tagged in a photo and supposedly they changed
them the chocolate not gumballs. We gotta go to the
store to find out. This cannot be happening. When I
got to the store, I had no problem finding SpongeBob
pop school, so I took one out of the case,
and then something caught my eye.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Fruit punch cotton candy with chocolate the eyes. There's no way,
so I took went home.
Speaker 5 (02:19):
It was time to open it. I knew there would
just be some gumball eyes on this right wrong, chocolate
eyes popsicle.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
What are you doing, I'm that I'm upset. I'm upset.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
I couldn't tell you why they changed the recipe for it.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Oh my god, It's like all over the place, people
are really mad about these no gum.
Speaker 6 (02:37):
Breaking chubby little news. You may want to sit down
for this one, and I'm not responsible for wherever he
gets pissed off over this. Everybody and their mother loves
the SpongeBob square pants popsicle made by Popsicle and as
fruit punch cotton candy with gumballs. It even went viral
on TikTok a few times. Trying to find the perfect face.
There's even a TikToker out there. I dedicated his page
(02:57):
for finding the perfect SpongeBob popsicle. Sad, Like all good things,
it must come to an end. The new SpongeBob popsicle
no longer has gumballs. It contains fruit punch cold candy
which chuck at the eyes.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Yes, four ninety three, ninety three. If they changed the
recipe of something you love and now you're mad, Oh
my god. There's a Reddit sub page literally called bring SpongeBob.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
People are upsett and they should be. Yeah, I would, Yeah,
I'm not feeling.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
So this happened actually back in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
I didn't. Yeah I didn't. I hadn't had those ice
cream in forever. I would say the last time was
probably ten years ago, ten years plus.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Marking happens.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
It says, wait a forking minute here, What the fork
just happened?
Speaker 3 (03:44):
I missed my SpongeBob popsicle?
Speaker 7 (03:46):
Wow?
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Fork them fork popsicles? What they said?
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Which also didn't realize that the company name is Popsicle.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Really you didn't know that.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
I just suppose I never really looked at the company.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
But they also say that.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
They were just saying popsicle in a fancy way. It
was always in the box.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
I thought it was just telling me it's a popsicle. Also, no,
I know it's a popsicool. You don't have to tell me.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
You're kind okay, Okay, I'm.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Want I realize it's the company now, also, Joe, because
you know, there's a lot of changes that are coming
down with red Dye forty coming up in like twenty
twenty six. For example, the Cheetos flaming hots are no
longer going to be read THEY'RENNA.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Yeah, I got to get Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
They're saying that because of this, not because of the
actual recipe, because they're just taking the red dye forty out,
but because of the way that it visually looks. It's
like a Freudian thing where you eat it and you
think it tastes different just because the color is different.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
Yeah, I think that's what's gonna happen with me.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
That's so they're saying a lot of things are going
to change because of this red dye forty ordeal.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
That's just Jed trying to bring up our FKA anything.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
But it replies to changing the recipe because that's a
key ingredient that is in a lot of foods that
we consume.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Laurie would like to bring up actually a good point,
or you go ahead.
Speaker 7 (05:02):
The one reason that they would change something like that
that had gumballs is that the kids are probably choking
on the gumballs because they're just eating the popsicle and
not thinking about it and probably choking.
Speaker 4 (05:13):
That's apparent choking.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Here here's an exclusive interview of someone being told that,
and uh well, here's their opinion on it.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
It was the best guy around. What about the murder?
Speaker 1 (05:26):
What murder, Laurie, Maybe that did happen. Maybe that did happen.
Although I will say those kids hopefully well now the gumball,
if no kid actually died from that, the kids that
just choked and ruined it for everyone. F you if
the kid did die, f the SpongeBob. Thank god they
changed it. Did that cover my butt on them?
Speaker 3 (05:48):
I think so? I think it did. Thank you, Laurie. Georgia.
You're mad about.
Speaker 7 (05:51):
It, Yeah, I am.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Did you know about it until we just talked about it,
because apparently they changed it in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
I did not realize they changed it.
Speaker 7 (06:03):
No me either.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
The gumballs used to get like soggy before you bit
into them.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Yep, but I enjoyed the hat.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
They were so good.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
How about And for the record, no kid has been
killed from eating SpongeBob ice cream gumballs.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
So why did they change it? And we gotta look
it up? Does it really doesn't say anywhere why they
changed it? Popsicle never released like a reason.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
No, it says in twenty three as a part of
product improvements.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
To replace it.
Speaker 4 (06:31):
Just improvements.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Do you want to know some of the other brands
that have changed the recipe? Georgia so Butterfinger is one
that has changed their recipe too. They put in different oils.
I guess that is making the product taste a little
bit different. Some well, Chick fil A changed well, I
don't know about. I'm just talking about like just stuff
that you buy off the shelf and grocery stace.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
Well, I would just bring up this one because it's
gonna ground my gears be where we stop talking about it.
Wendy's Barbecue sauce with a spicy Nuggets. I don't know
what they changed the barbecue sauce too, but it does
not hate the same I used to love Wendy's spicy
nuggets with a roperty sauce, but it all taste the same.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Unbelieved. I didn't even know that. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
So Oreos has remained removed pork based ingredients and directly.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
Tasted around like or it tastes like plastic.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Now, actually they do. It's because they want to appeal
to people who are on plant based diets. Twinkies has
also changed their recipe and they're gonna have all or
it's going to change again in twenty twenty seven. Uh,
because they're getting rid of a lot of the artificial
additives in the food products.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
So what are we supposed to do? Though, if there's
nuclear war, that's the only thing that we're going
Speaker 2 (07:34):
To eat now, And they say Stofers meat lovers lasagna
is another thing that's gonna change.
Sometimes we've got the power to make a change, and
I believe that this is one of these moments where
maybe it can happen. Joe Show's Live on ninety three
to three FLZ and eight and four nine ninety three
ninety three. Is there something that you love where maybe
you don't love it anymore because they changed the recipe?
It does happen sometimes, you know. I was talking to
(00:22):
Pat Donovan of Pat and Aaron the Sports Show here
and we were talking about beer, because I'm really getting
into beer lately. We're talking about Highlight and he said, yeah,
I love Highlight and he goes, you know, it used
to taste a little bit different. They ended up getting bigger,
so that the recipe changed, and well, this is a
recipe that I never thought would change.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
What happened yet, So over the weekend, my girlfriend and
my sister and I we stopped at seven to eleven
to go get ice cream after dinner, well the SpongeBob
ice creams. My girlfriend decided to get one of those.
You know how they used to have the gumball eye drops. Yeah,
not a thing any longerally have. It's nothing for the eyes.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Were you sure that they didn't just forget the eyes too.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
No, so I'm I'm serious about this and we and
then I went back to seven to eleven the next
day to make sure that it wasn't just a scam
or a hoax or anything like that.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Ashley.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
They changed the recipe on the SpongeBob ice cream. It
no longer has the googly eyes. It's way different than
it's even way like shape different too.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
Don't tell me it is, because you know, the tweety
bird was another one of my favorite ice creams. And
now if they changed the recpie on it and ies
not on.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Air, are we sure though, that they don't have it?
Speaker 2 (01:32):
They don't do. I'm telling you they don't have the
gum drop, the gumballs, and the eyeballs anymore. For a
SpongeBob ice cream, at least the one that I saw,
the ones I saw at seven to eleven, I could
be completely wrong. The one that the ice cream truck
goes around and delivers that one. No way, Yeah, oh yeah,
day you're looking at it now, Jo and seeing the
(01:55):
changes of it.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Hold on, yeah, let me make sure he doesn't swear
in this video.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
But yez, listen, here's TikTok getting mad today.
Speaker 5 (02:02):
I've got tagged in a photo and supposedly they changed
them the chocolate not gumballs. We gotta go to the
store to find out. This cannot be happening. When I
got to the store, I had no problem finding SpongeBob
pop school, so I took one out of the case,
and then something caught my eye.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Fruit punch cotton candy with chocolate the eyes. There's no way,
so I took went home.
Speaker 5 (02:19):
It was time to open it. I knew there would
just be some gumball eyes on this right wrong, chocolate
eyes popsicle.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
What are you doing, I'm that I'm upset. I'm upset.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
I couldn't tell you why they changed the recipe for it.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Oh my god, It's like all over the place, people
are really mad about these no gum.
Speaker 6 (02:37):
Breaking chubby little news. You may want to sit down
for this one, and I'm not responsible for wherever he
gets pissed off over this. Everybody and their mother loves
the SpongeBob square pants popsicle made by Popsicle and as
fruit punch cotton candy with gumballs. It even went viral
on TikTok a few times. Trying to find the perfect face.
There's even a TikToker out there. I dedicated his page
(02:57):
for finding the perfect SpongeBob popsicle. Sad, Like all good things,
it must come to an end. The new SpongeBob popsicle
no longer has gumballs. It contains fruit punch cold candy
which chuck at the eyes.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Yes, four ninety three, ninety three. If they changed the
recipe of something you love and now you're mad, Oh
my god. There's a Reddit sub page literally called bring SpongeBob.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
People are upsett and they should be. Yeah, I would, Yeah,
I'm not feeling.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
So this happened actually back in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
I didn't. Yeah I didn't. I hadn't had those ice
cream in forever. I would say the last time was
probably ten years ago, ten years plus.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Marking happens.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
It says, wait a forking minute here, What the fork
just happened?
Speaker 3 (03:44):
I missed my SpongeBob popsicle?
Speaker 7 (03:46):
Wow?
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Fork them fork popsicles? What they said?
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Which also didn't realize that the company name is Popsicle.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Really you didn't know that.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
I just suppose I never really looked at the company.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
But they also say that.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
They were just saying popsicle in a fancy way. It
was always in the box.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
I thought it was just telling me it's a popsicle. Also, no,
I know it's a popsicool. You don't have to tell me.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
You're kind okay, Okay, I'm.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Want I realize it's the company now, also, Joe, because
you know, there's a lot of changes that are coming
down with red Dye forty coming up in like twenty
twenty six. For example, the Cheetos flaming hots are no
longer going to be read THEY'RENNA.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Yeah, I got to get Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
They're saying that because of this, not because of the
actual recipe, because they're just taking the red dye forty out,
but because of the way that it visually looks. It's
like a Freudian thing where you eat it and you
think it tastes different just because the color is different.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
Yeah, I think that's what's gonna happen with me.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
That's so they're saying a lot of things are going
to change because of this red dye forty ordeal.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
That's just Jed trying to bring up our FKA anything.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
But it replies to changing the recipe because that's a
key ingredient that is in a lot of foods that
we consume.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Laurie would like to bring up actually a good point,
or you go ahead.
Speaker 7 (05:02):
The one reason that they would change something like that
that had gumballs is that the kids are probably choking
on the gumballs because they're just eating the popsicle and
not thinking about it and probably choking.
Speaker 4 (05:13):
That's apparent choking.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Here here's an exclusive interview of someone being told that,
and uh well, here's their opinion on it.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
It was the best guy around. What about the murder?
Speaker 1 (05:26):
What murder, Laurie, Maybe that did happen. Maybe that did happen.
Although I will say those kids hopefully well now the gumball,
if no kid actually died from that, the kids that
just choked and ruined it for everyone. F you if
the kid did die, f the SpongeBob. Thank god they
changed it. Did that cover my butt on them?
Speaker 3 (05:48):
I think so? I think it did. Thank you, Laurie. Georgia.
You're mad about.
Speaker 7 (05:51):
It, Yeah, I am.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Did you know about it until we just talked about it,
because apparently they changed it in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
I did not realize they changed it.
Speaker 7 (06:03):
No me either.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
The gumballs used to get like soggy before you bit
into them.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Yep, but I enjoyed the hat.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
They were so good.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
How about And for the record, no kid has been
killed from eating SpongeBob ice cream gumballs.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
So why did they change it? And we gotta look
it up? Does it really doesn't say anywhere why they
changed it? Popsicle never released like a reason.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
No, it says in twenty three as a part of
product improvements.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
To replace it.
Speaker 4 (06:31):
Just improvements.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Do you want to know some of the other brands
that have changed the recipe? Georgia so Butterfinger is one
that has changed their recipe too. They put in different oils.
I guess that is making the product taste a little
bit different. Some well, Chick fil A changed well, I
don't know about. I'm just talking about like just stuff
that you buy off the shelf and grocery stace.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
Well, I would just bring up this one because it's
gonna ground my gears be where we stop talking about it.
Wendy's Barbecue sauce with a spicy Nuggets. I don't know
what they changed the barbecue sauce too, but it does
not hate the same I used to love Wendy's spicy
nuggets with a roperty sauce, but it all taste the same.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Unbelieved. I didn't even know that. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
So Oreos has remained removed pork based ingredients and directly.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
Tasted around like or it tastes like plastic.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Now, actually they do. It's because they want to appeal
to people who are on plant based diets. Twinkies has
also changed their recipe and they're gonna have all or
it's going to change again in twenty twenty seven. Uh,
because they're getting rid of a lot of the artificial
additives in the food products.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
So what are we supposed to do? Though, if there's
nuclear war, that's the only thing that we're going
Speaker 2 (07:34):
To eat now, And they say Stofers meat lovers lasagna
is another thing that's gonna change.
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