Candwich Debuts: Peanut Butter And Jelly Sandwich In A Can

Who knew that the peanut butter and jelly sandwich could be reinvented?

The inventors at Mark One Foods have taken the staple lunch for American elementary school students, disassembled it, shoved it in a can and are now selling it at $12 a pop for four sandwiches, Time reported.

Inside the peel-top cans is the pb & j, plus a roll, as well as utensils for preparing and consuming the basic meal.

Currently there's only one flavor, but the company's website says there will soon be a strawberry flavored jelly, in addition to grape, and also a bbq-chicken sandwich.

Mark One Foods has been in the spotlight not only for the culinary innovations but also because a money manager was accused in July 2010 by the federal Securities and Exchange Commission of funneling investors' funds into the Candwich company instead of real estate, as he had allegedly promised to do.

Comments

[Vila Star]

11:48 AM on 06/08/2011

wow another out for lazy people and on top of that give them a reason to wine about being fat. Come one mom and dad make your kids lunch and stop being lazy. In the end they have something made by you and you can make sure the get a good lunch. Ya you might have to get up earler.

[Rene Jones]

09:19 PM on 06/01/2011

My nine year old watched this with me. She is a slave for anything that is kitschy. (As most nine year old's are) Even SHE thought the prospect was, "Completely gross!" and "This is just lazy."
And when she heard that BBQ chicken was an option, she replied, "That is toxic! I will never eat that!" This is the girl who, last week, ate the orange powder out of the mac 'n' cheese box. I think there is something to be said in that.

[colonelsun68]

07:51 AM on 05/30/2011

This will be so much faster than making an actual PB&J sandwich yourself...wait, you still have to make it yourself?

[Mr Hoodoo]

02:58 PM on 05/29/2011

Well, they already have a gazillion other foods in cans. So why not this.

I personally would pony up for it. I'd say about 95% of the time I make my own. But likely there's a many that will. I suspect most people, kids and adults alike these days, don't even give lunch a thought until lunch is actually upon 'em, so, this is up their alley, given they'd probably go for McDogfood's or, if in primary schools, merely go for the snack junk.

I don't see this crap being any different from the crap most people chow on, so, knock yourselves out, folks!

[Mr Hoodoo]

03:00 PM on 05/29/2011

Ah, should have read..."I'd personally WOULDN'T pony up for it."

[Sara Power]

06:51 PM on 05/28/2011

Laugh all you want, but you'll be glad you have them during the zombie apocalypse.

[marilynn vetzel]

08:17 AM on 05/27/2011

Nobody is holding a gun to your head making you buy this product, let those who want this product have it. If you don't want it, then don't buy it. I just wonder what the "shelf life" of the product is.

[Mr Hoodoo]

02:53 PM on 05/29/2011

"Nobody is holding a gun to your head making you buy this product"

In Texas there might be. You know, the whole guns as a holy thing and all.

[Jake Thomas]

02:45 AM on 05/27/2011

I am currently working on a new way to deliver food via hypodermic needles. I am going to call my meals "Injectables". Hmmm Hmmmm.

[mlowe0286]

08:05 AM on 05/27/2011

Already been done. Ask any anorexic that's been treated for starvation. (I know, I know. Tasteless joke).

[Jake Thomas]

11:24 AM on 05/27/2011

tasteless? now you are being ironic.

[starlitnights]

01:54 AM on 05/27/2011

Yuck!

[Ledebard57]

10:55 PM on 05/26/2011

Disgusting......I can see them stocked at the local Wal-Mart

[Jake Thomas]

02:45 AM on 05/27/2011

Perfect for vending machines.

[soonertb]

12:25 AM on 05/28/2011

only if they can be packaged generically.

[Atari]

08:55 PM on 05/26/2011

Stale bread and some bargain-bin peanut butter and jelly, Yum!

[PayItFwd]

08:38 PM on 05/26/2011

Shouldn't we as a society be moving more toward eating fresh food instead of highly processed food crammed with preservatives?

[Vila Star]

11:49 AM on 06/08/2011

I am so with you on this one!!!

[Benjo333]

08:08 PM on 05/26/2011

YUCK...

[Adrian31]

08:00 PM on 05/26/2011

Those sandwiches last for "a year"?? Wow! That's actually really gross!

[wellingtonian]

06:29 PM on 05/26/2011

Wow, this video aired almost a year ago. Hardly "current" events.
More on topic, I don't care what they've done to it, there is no way am I eating bread that's possibly months old!

[slackgeek]

05:08 PM on 05/26/2011

blegh