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2 reviews for Retro Bizzaro
2 reviews in English
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Review from Michelle C.
Austin, TX
3/23/2010 3 photos
I have fond memories of eating snack cakes while growing up. "Delights" like Ho Ho's, Twinkies, and Hostess Cupcakes were favorites of mine as a kid. I also had this bizarre ritual that involved Dolly Madison butterscotch Zingers while I was an undergraduate student; nothing ever tasted better during a 2:00 a.m. study break than a package of those babies.
Fast forward fifteen...plus...years (ahem). I learned via Twitter that a woman with a highly infectious personality named Amanda Joyner was, along with her husband, Mike (who is also the pastry chef at FINO and Asti), launching a new line of snack cakes under the name Retro Bizzaro. But these aren't just any snack cakes. They use local, fresh, sustainable, organic ingredients and a giant dose of love to make fabulously delicious, relatively healthy gems that you won't feel badly about eating. And, as their Facebook page hilariously proclaims, "Unlike other snack cakes, we won't survive the nuclear holocaust."
After several failed attempts to pick up some of their treats (currently available at the HOPE Farmer's Market and the Truck Farm Farmer's Market), I finally picked some up on Sunday. I got a Bella Luna (inspired by Moon Pies - wonderful, perfectly-chewy cookies sandwiching a marshmallow filling, then dipped in chocolate); a Snickie (Snickerdoodle-inspired cinnamony cake graced with a bit of cinnamon cream); and a Black Hole (dark, moist chocolate coffee cake filled with sweet coffee cream). I meant to also get a Bizzaro Bar (their version of a candy bar), but somehow I accidentally walked away without one. FAIL. Regardless, every one of the cakes I tasted was supremely delicious.
Retro Bizzaro's menu changes for each market, and also includes things like bacon jam (yes, bacon jam!), Bubbles (jam-filled tarts), and, just in time for Easter, I've seen them tweeting about making a homemade version of Peeps (and there was even talk about a chorizo and caramel version!). So if your kids - or, uh, you - need a bit of a snack cake fix, hurry out and snag some Retro Bizzaro treats now. At just $2 apiece, Retro Bizzaro's goodies are budget-friendly without sacrificing one bit on quality, flavor, or that elusive feel-good factor. Buy local! They do. -
Review from Ryan S.
3/15/2010
Sweet mother of sweetness, my doom has been found.
Bacon desserts.
In all fairness, I got a free birthday bacon-y treat from them. Yes, they make bacon jam and other bacon-filled bites of delicousness and you should go buy one of each of them, then eat till the sugar coma sets in and you fall unconscious into dreams of ridiculously tasty joy that washes across your tongue and makes you think of Willy Wonka's sugary playground.
I'm wondering when they're going to make me go to rehab, for I am addicted to their black holes and flying saucers and porkys and oh my god I need to sit down my head is spinning.
Help me?
(PS: they're using mostly locally sourced ingredients to make their treats, too!)Listed in: Listen Sugar...
Specialties
Retro Bizzaro is bringing back lunch box favorites with a twist. Enjoy old school snack cakes, breakfast pastries, & candy bars that are made from scratch, using local sustainable ingredients, businesses, & artists.
So bring your lunchbox and fake mustaches and come support local business's by supporting Retro Bizzaro!
History
Established in 2010
Retro Bizzaro is bringing back old school candy bars & snack cakes with a twist that unlike others won't survive the nuclear holocaust. Michael & Amanda got tired of seeing friends & family eating unhealthy junk food and decided to take action. Using local ingredients they recreate your favorites with a twist!
Meet the Business Owner: Michael and Amanda J.
Michael and Amanda have been married since 2006 having met in culinary school. Amanda's quirkyness and Michaels traditional pastry ways make them the ultimate chef team.
