One day a boy named Mike got on his bike, and went to see his best friend Ike. When Mike arrived, Ike told Mike “Mike I like your bike” Mike said to Ike, “Thanks but why are you talking in rhyme?” Ike looked puzzled, didn’t know what to say, so he said “What the hey, let’s go and play”. On the monkey bars Mike looked at Ike and said “I have an idea that will blow your mind, It’s a chewy flavored treat jam packed to the brim, and it’s better than cereal with milk skim”. “All the girls will love it, and the boys will too, we’ll name it after me and you”.  Ike said “Yes but what’s the treat? Is it good is it bad? Does it taste like feet?”.  Mike said “No, it tastes like fruit, but this one doesn’t make you toot”.  “It’s exotic treats from far away lands, you could fit twenty in the palm of your hand”.  Ike said “Mike this sounds to good to be true, I’m sold as long as one of them is blue”.  Mike said to Ike “Give me your money for lunch, and we’ll call it Caribbean Punch”.Ike was sold, now their candy tycoons, making riches off Tropical Typhoon.

So that’s not how it happened, but that was funny. The name Mike and Ike is asking for a rhyming blog, and what better way to honor that idea than to make up one of my own. Mike and Ike have, and will always be a child at heart, and always bring back the days of my childhood whenever I eat them. Although they have been around since the 40’s, history has not always been nice to the Mike and Ike. In fact in the 1980’s consumer demand for flavors changed, they replaced Root-T-Toot, Jack and Jill, and Cool Kids, with Strawbana (strawberry and banana), Lem and Mel (lemon and watermelon), and Cherri and Bubb (cherry and bubble gum). The transformation saved the lifespan of the Mike and Ike we have come to enjoy today. So pop a few of these guys and let Mike and Ike take you to their island of tropical paradise.