Big Nibbles takes on Calippo Shots, a 'Food That No Longer Exists'
The little frozen sorbet balls have viewers comparing them to Dippin' Dots and remembering how fast a warm tub turned to sludge.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 586,346 views a day, 8.2 times a normal first day on this channel (71,284).
Food That No Longer Exists | Calippo Shots
After a week of gravy, Big Nibbles went to the freezer. His newest Short, "Food That No Longer Exists | Calippo Shots," takes on the bite-sized frozen pellets that once came in a tub under the Calippo name, the brand better known for its push-up ice lollies in a tube.
The Short passed half a million views in its first 21 hours. A Big Nibbles Short usually does a fraction of that on its first day. The comment section moved even faster, roughly six times busier than usual.
Much of that talk is memory. Many viewers write that Calippo Shots were a childhood treat, some from as far as Sweden, and several only learned from the title that they had gone. One remembers buying them at the corner shop with a bottle of cola and sitting outside with friends. Others are less sentimental: a popular comment recalls the balls sticking together the moment they warmed up.
The most liked comment places them as a sorbet cousin of Dippin' Dots. That comparison also explains the other running theme: a lot of people suggest that liquid nitrogen would have made the job easier, and one offers a parchment-paper trick for the next attempt.
It is a lighter detour for a channel that calls itself "The Worlds Most Unhinged Food Creator." The same week brought "Turning Gravy into Gas" and two stops in the "Death Row Meals Around the World" series.
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What viewers say
A sorbet version of Dippin' Dots. Very nice.
...But dang it now I want Dippin' Dots.@RookMeAmadeusSee it on YouTubeI loved calippo shots. Never knew they were discontinued. Shame.
@kaethatonetransgirlSee it on YouTubeThese things NEVER WORKED RIGHT, the second they warmed up a little bit, they all glued to each other and made a sludge in the tub
@ThecoffeeconsumerSee it on YouTube
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I remember these! We had them when I was a kid here in Sweden too 😊
@LordStarleafSee it on YouTubeDidn't even notice they'd gone! 🤣 Maybe this video will get them bought back? 🤞
@sarahglover3286See it on YouTubeI remember when stuff like this a Dippin Dots were called the future of Ice Cream
@zizoushifty1483See it on YouTubeNext time try placing parchment paper or tin foil in the dish and then that way you can just pull them all off in one go
@Not_so_shiny_owdSee it on YouTubeSolero/calippo shots were my jam as a young boy going to the corner shop. Get that, a bottle of coke and just sit outside in the chairs with my friends talking about stuff...good times
@SamaelOriahSee it on YouTubeThese were my favorite treat as a kid!!! I love the calippo shots green! 🤤🔥
@AlldridgePOGOSee it on YouTubeOmg I loved these so much and I had no idea where they went
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- October 8, 2026
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In the UK, Calippo ice lollies are sold under which ice cream brand?
Calippo is a Unilever ice lolly, and in the UK it carries the Wall's heartbrand logo.