Yooo, I assumed these were just regular krispies, but they're frosted with sugar! I.e, like a non-clumped version of rice krispie treats cereal (the greatest cereal of all time). Very delicious. Just sugar, rice, and malt. Probably good for baking, but who cares, just eat them. Happy holidays to me!
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10
Hmm. An interesting varietal. Despite all appearances, I don't really like Pringles that much, but I do like Ruffles All Dressed chips a lot (not just because they're Canadian). These don't really taste like those, though. They smell like fast food fries. They taste like, hmm. Pringle with vinegary BBQ, maybe. The onion on the can looks like a cucumber, and the tomato looks like red pepper. So that's very confusing. Gyro pringles?! But no. They taste like neither onion nor tomato. Maybe tomato a little. There is sour cream and onion (and garlic) in the ingredos, but I mainly get "oil and vinegar" plus a little "pepper and lettuce". It's OK because I like sandwiches, but I would probably call this only partially dressed.
Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 6/10
Hunted down another flavor! I'm not a big "Barbie" supporter, but at least it's not Harry Potter. I'm also not a big Birthday Cake fan, but at least it's not their new "dubai chocolate" flavor (which is supposedly still nut free, although anything with 'natural pistachio flavor' won't be touching my lips this decade). These remain adorable. The ice cream has little sprinkles in it, and while it does taste like "birthday cake", it's not super artificial and gross, and the mochi (which is mostly unflavored, or rather, flavored like "mochi") helps to temper it. Surprisingly good. A delightful little bite. Between this and the strawberry I think I'll be saying Hi Barbie! (But I still want to find the mint choco one obvi).
Overall
Cost: 4/10 [7$ lol]
Taste: 7/10
Who among us doesn't enjoy 2 in 1 juicy fun? I doubt anything lives up to the fruit 'n yogurt snacks, but by golly, these smelled so bad when I opened the pack. Like a rotting peach, maybe. Luckily they just tasted like generic fruit snack. They are shaped like circular citrus wedges and lumpy berries, which I like and think is cute.
Peach Green Apple: mostly tastes like peach. Not at all ful of juice (no juice, even).
Watermelon Lemon: Love this; it tastes like Amazing Fruit Gummy Bears (I'll never forget those). Did have a small bit of (lemon, fun) juice inside, although I'd hardly call it -ful. Nice flavors, both are present.
Blueberry Raspberry: Blueberry+Raspberry = Blue raspberry. How 'bout that. Not as fun of a shape, but it's OK and no worse than average. Very little juicefulness, but the color is stark so it feels like there is.
Although I said it in jest, these really did probide me with 2 in 1 (moderately) juicy fun. Something we all sorely need! Good job, Welch's.
Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 7/10
I keep getting different versions of Cabot Vermont Cheddar and they're all the same (bad for cheese). Literally, tastes like nothing. Cold, square nothing. But I'm so hungry when I get home I ate 8 squares, cursing the banal flavor the whole time. Surely there are no remaining Vermont Cheddar Cabot Infinity Stones to collect, though. Surely...
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10
I saw another nut-allergy person saying these were safe, and I thought "surely not?" because they used to have a may-contain warning, but indeed, this box says "made in a nut free facility"! I was still paranoid so I emailed the company, and they said that they used to use cashew milk in their vegan version, but now they use oat milk (yes!! oat milk supremacy!!) and the box is accurate. So, I bought these as they were the only flavor I could find near me. They're very cute: in an egg-like container, small, round, covered in (rice?) flour. Honestly I don't really like mochi very much (or most Japanese food, despite it being very bouba), but I do like ice cream and desserts so here we are. It was as expected: the ice cream inside is nice, strawberry, average, and the outside is very glutinous and also rice. It too is strawberry flavor, but like, not enough. I will say the texture is very fun, and it's a bit like eating a toy or a ball of hard wax covering melted wax. Or whatever. And I like that they come in pre-portioned 70calo snack size. I will definitely buy these again and if I can find the other non-gross-sounding flavors I will buy those too! (miss me with that dubai chocolate with "natural pistachio flavor", you couldn't pay me any amount of money to try that one!!)
Overall
my taste: 7/10
my cost: 3/10
I was thinking about Poppin' Fresh the Pillsbury Doughboy recently (as one does), and I realised that commercial food mascots were a way bigger deal, culturally, in the 1900s. Because like, there was no streaming, and so commercials were like little TV shows, and the only kid-friendly ones were for food and toys, and they all had wacky mascots with lovable catchphrases. Also I had a ton of mascot toys because they came free in the foods. Anyway, I used to get Gold Medal Flour, but this is the only flour at my store (that isn't nut-ified) and it is perfectly serviceable. In fact I've made so many cakes and breads and muffins and breadings with this stuff that it's become my new default flour! Not much to say about it, but it does the job.
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10
Bonus content from Wiki:
In the 1970s, a Pillsbury Doughboy family was created and sold as dolls individually and in the form of various playsets.
Included in the family are:
- Poppin' Fresh
- Poppie Fresh, described by the Advertising Icon Museum as forming a couple with Poppin' Fresh beginning in the early 1970s .
- Granpopper and Granmommer (grandparents)
- Popper (boy) and Bun-Bun (baby, girl)
- Flapjack (dog) and Biscuit (cat)
- Uncle Rollie
