Like Air Pufforn - Peppermint Mocha

What da hell? It's like the universe saw I enjoyed espresso cookie and decided to produce a new (weird) coffee dessert flavored snack. I think Like Air is just throwing everything at the wall now. I bet they won't even be nut free by this time next year! Anyway, I was shocked (and disturbed) to see that the ingredients really do contain peppermint, chocolate, and coffee. And of course corn puff. My "cheesy savory base"+"sweet powder topping" mismatch issue here is back in full force; unlike the caramel corn flavor this powder isn't strong enough to cover up the "this is a cheese puff" sensation. It's too bad because the powder is tasty - after all it's chocolate mint with sugar and coffee in it!! If they put it on some, like, popcorn, or rice puff, or quinoa(?) it would make more sense in my mind. I still haven't seen those mint chocolate snoopy goldfish this year, but if they come back I'm gonna buy like 50 bags of them because they are what this perhaps aspires to be. As it is, this makes no sense at all. But it is nut free so I will keep trying all their perverted creations as they appear to me (I'm shocked that my store is promoting these so much though -- who else is buying this crap?? TikTokos??)

Overall
Cost: 5/10 [honestly I don't remember, oops]
Taste: 6/10 (lol)

Espresso Martini Milano

These were so good. They are gone now but at least my body is 90% pure energy. They truly do have a strong coffee flavor, plus the usual light vanilla wafer & chocolate. I did indeed get espresso martini vibes. A decadent coffee dessert! 

Overall
Cost: 4/10 [5-6$, what am I, cookie-rich?!]
Taste: 8/10

LIFE WTR

I'm extremely primeable, so after talking about pepsico I immediately bought this stupidly named water. Sorry... wtr. It must be vegan. The bottle is pretty nicely shaped, and it feels light even though it is 1L. I enjoyed the drinking experience. The taste is "water", not as good as Fiji water but better than the lowly Pepsifina. 

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10 

La Croix Key Lime

This is pretty wild! A dessert flavored la croix - quite impressive. I don't like key lime pie that much, but I definitely like it better than Seltzer, so this is an upgrade. They distilled a lime essence here for real. Unique!! Tangy and almost creamy. Wowo.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10 

Sprite

Drinking this makes me feel like I'm on a plane. Or like I'm sick, but I haven't actually had a cold for a while, and when I do I don't drink Sprite about it (that's what my parents would have me do when I was a tiny tot, for some reason). I guess it tastes like Ginger Ale. There's no caf and a lot of sugar. What's the point of this drink? The sugar, I suppose. And it's a drink. I'm just not a soda person. Anyway, I got this from my job, so at least it was free. And the can is green, although it's kind of ugly looking. Even though Sprite is a cute word. Is this review helpful to you? The soda is nut free and tastes like worse Mountain Dew (with no food coloring). Bye!


Overall
Cost: 7/10
Taste: 5/10 

Pepperidge Farm Farmhouse Whole Grain White Bread

Ah. After a long day on the phone dealing with bureaucracy, nothing like a little toast to calm the nerves. This is "whole grain". which means it has more fiber/protein than their hearty white (good), but it's also 1 slice servings (bad). I ate two toasts because that's how many toasts toast is. Anyway, it tastes a little bad, but that's because I don't have jam or anything. For stuffing balls this is decent, although definitely more "sourdough" "grain" "savory" weirdness than a normie bread. It made me sweaty at first like all gluteneous items do, but not in an allergy way (I think).  Mostly I will eat it. No sesame/pea/nut warnings and only lecithin of soy.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10 

Utz Sourdough Nuggets Pretzels

Weird word order there. Anyway, this is nut free as always (says so right on the bag), so we continue to love and value that. They DO make a big tub of peanut butter filled pretzel nuggets, which is spooky, but probably that is made in a different location entirely. Anyway, all that is somewhat moot, because these are a bottom tier shape for sure. In being a nugget, they are very solid and firm, so it is like eating a rock. You have to get real strategic about the angle of your chew, and which teeth are best prepared to take on the role. I'm not about that life. It does make me pine for soft pretzel nuggets of a similar shape though, which are a tasty chain restaurant food that I miss very much. Maybe these would be good dipped in a janky pub cheese dip. But they'd still be hella firm. The taste is same ol' pretzel, no issues with that. In pasta and in pretzel, shape is king!!

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 5/10