Friday, January 3, 2025

De Lallo Elbows

 

These Delallbows are pretty good. Quick cook time (6min), tasty, cute. The only issue I have is that they're so small I've choked on them more than once. User error for sure, but a user error that hasn't come up with the other, less chokey shapes. No further comments, your honors.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10

ICEE Cereal

Well now. This seems like a bouquet of chemicals that are sure to cause cancer. But since I'm not drinking, it seems like fair game. (I just saw Vivek's latest post about alcohol causing cancer, and instead of making me happy that I'm not drinking alc, it made me sad, because I guess I still see myself as a temporarily embarrassed millionaire 😔)

Like the other cooling cereals I've tried, this does have a creepy cooling effect. It also does smell like ICEEs. My main complaint is that the cereal orbs are red (cherry), blue (blue ras) and.... purple? (ostensibly a combo????). Is there a purple ICEE that we forgot to advertise on the box? The predominant flavor is really just "ICEE", not cherry or blue raspberry, but I think that's kind of how ICEEs themselves are, right? It's been a minute since I dipped my toe into that particular lake. Maybe it leans more cherry, but then again, I think I have only had Cherry ICEEs. Anyway, this is a fun novelty, but the taste isn't anything special, and the branding does nothing for me (it's not like it's Dunkin' Refresher branded), so I wouldn't get it again. Nice box size though (small). 

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10

Thursday, January 2, 2025

Starburst FaveREDs

It is a good idea to put these flavors together, as they are indeed my Faves (and red-adjacent). Starburst are pretty reliable. Fun to build little towers with. The flavors are:

Cherry - This is in the OG mix, and it is a favorite there. 7. 

Watermelon - This is probably in the tropical mix? It tastes like watermelon candy flavor. Solid. 7.

Fruit Punch = I don't know where this came from, but yes, this tastes like fruit punch. It's sweet, fruity, nice. 7.

Strawberry - Also in the OG mix. This is not complex, but it's the sweetest one. Classic strawberry candy. 8.

All of these are very good. Rare to not think "aw shucks" at any random candy flavor. Happy New Year to me (and to you).

Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 7/10