This was good. Pre-washed, indoor grown, no pesticides, local(ish)... there have been some listeria recalls in bright farms' dark past, but I cooked it so it doesn't really impact me. Used for pesto. Didn't harm me. Would use again. Thank you and good night.
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10
The reviews for these are weirdly bimodal; some people think they're perfect (idiots!) and some people think they're disgusting (dramatic!). As always, I can tell you the honest truth: they are mid. Which is disappointing, because I love a cookie and apple is my favorite pie. My hopes were simply too high, as is often the case. These are cute, and not Bad, but they are way more sugary than buttery (or appley). Kind of like a good nutrigrain bar or something. Some kind of boxed breakfast treat, anyway. Sorry, Maggie. They also made my mouth a little burny, which doesn't seem great. (My parents tried them and also concluded "meh", and my dad asked if there was "a lot of cinnamon" in the ingredients -- which there's not, it's listed way at the bottom and I didn't taste cinnamon at all, but, maybe his mouth was burning too!! (I didn't ask any followups because I'm a bad food reviewer, sorry blog fans.))
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10
Well, it's better than the "original" flavor, I'll give them that. Still tastes like milky sugar canned coffee crap, but with salted caramel flavor, which slightly reduces the can of it all. Only slightly, though. Would never rebuy. At least it's a tall boy. 140mgs caffeine.
Overall
Cost: 4/10
Taste: 6/10
Sure, why not make some [[Pop Tarts] Peeps]!? They're nut free, in any case. And they're little cuties. Unfortunately the ones I got from some guy on the internet are apparently from 1902, or else they all just are weirdly firm and not at all the normal peep texture. Rubbery. The taste is also artificial, strawberry, plastic, soap, all in one. At the same time, I went through the 5-pack in a matter of minutes, so it's hard to say how I really feel. I wouldn't buy them again, though, that's for sure. But they are little cuties, I stand by that. Kind of wug-ish even.
Overall
Cost: 4/10 [I don't remember, but it was too much]
Taste: 6/10?
I ended up with this due to the confluence of many things: (1) the recent pom-apple heavy shirley temple spindrift (2) dunkin's summer line of limeades (3) thinking about how when I was a kid juice came from frozen cans and yet the limeade was extremely good.
Luckily, this is all that I hoped it would be. It is extremely sweet (like, full day of sugar sweet) but such is the nature of bottled drink. It tastes like lime and like cherry, and that's because (other than sugar) those are the only ingredients. Truth in advertising! Add a bunch of ice and you've got the perfect summer drink. My ancestors would love this :')
Overall
Cost: 6/10 [2.50]
Taste: 7/10
This was the only veg in sight at my parents' house, which is funny 'cause it's the kind of crap I would buy (source: this blog). Imagine, if you will, Hamburger helper, but frozen, smaller, and more expensive. Also more likely to give your girl a major tummyache (it lived up to this). Of course the 'meal starter' became the meal finisher because there was no chicken added, but I did throw in a few fresh camparis in the cooking phase, and it was pretty good. The leftovers didn't even cause me agony (yes I ate the leftovers because it was still the only veg in sight)! This didn't make it south of Rt 30 yet, but I would consider buying another 'Meal Starter' in future if the price is right.
Overall
Cost: ?/10
Taste: 6/10
Anything for a cold drink in these times... even if this one purports to be a Shirley Temple yet contains more pomegranate and apple juice than cherry and lime juice. I want more cherry and less g-dang pom! Anyway, it's kind of a strange gingery cherry pommo flavor. I don't hate it, of course, especially given the bountiful 51 calos and 10 sugars (it's almost electrolytic, if you squint), but like... it could be so much better (see: raspberry lime spindrift, which isn't even a soda but is 5x more delicious). So, boo. At least there is a bit of a lime aftertaste, and it is a nice drink in a can. I'll feel better once my house is under 100 degrees.
Overall
Cost: 4/10
Taste: 6/10
On balance, I'm glad I live alone right now (for both allergy and noise reasons), but there are a few major downsides, and one of those is burrata. This is a set of 4 "mini" balls (each being a 2 serving 2-ouncer, so not actually that mini at all), and as the packaging warns you, you better eat it within one (1) day or you will suffer the most horrible agony. One of these is great on pesto pasta, or with olive oil and tomatoes, or whatever you have going along those lines. Two is a little much, but maybe doable if that's all you're eating that day. That leaves 2 burrataballs that solo-you simply cannot eat or you will suffer intense agony, either from overeating fatty cheese (a lesson I've learned a few too many times) or eating very smelly expired milk product (a lesson I only needed to learn once). You can't freeze it, either. The only choice is to waste food or to never buy it. Or, I guess, to have friends??
Anyway, as I said, it's very good. Mozz outside, wet mozz-goo inside. Good temperature contrast to hot food. Fun. Makes me think of Alyssa always getting burrata at trivia and me being jealous and also scared because it came with walnuts. And it is for those reasons that I made the sad choice to buy it... just this once.
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10
I really need to get my herb planting situation sorted. Buying fresh herbs is like one of the dumbest wastes of money in my tightly-controlled life (cofe and snacks don't count because those aren't wastes ty), and yet!! There's always something more urgent to do (like write this blog post? Hmm). Basil's one of the worst culprits because I go through a ton of it (more now that the only cheeses I eat are fresh) and, as this exemplar showed, it only lasts 1 day (IF THAT) when you buy it from the store and live in the fiery pits of hell. Anyway, I sprayed it with hourly cold water and it survived just enough to produce the 1.5c of basil I needed for my nut-free pesto, which was fresh and delicious. And the company is at least local to me, so I guess it could be worse. We did it, basil!
Overall
Cost: 5/10 [3.50, fair but demoralizing]
Taste: 7/10
Oh Dunkin... the things I do for you. Calling this espresso is such a stretch. It's just creamy sugar coffee water with a special weird "can" ingredient (metal?) that makes my throat feel tight. Maybe that's just what 30g of sugar (not an exaggeration) does at once in liquid form, I don't know. Sugar was not made to be done so dirty!! It's not that it tastes horrible, but it definitely doesn't taste good. Same as all those bottled Starbuckses, I guess. Ugh. Why don't they make, like, non cream-and-sugared versions of these things? What happened to Health Conscious Consumerism? And why does every can coffee drink taste like full can?? Ah well. 2 more flavors to go.
This has 140mg of caffeine (someone), by the way, which is about 1 kcup or 1/2 an actual dunkin medium drink. So that's fine. But you really have to suffer to get it, which is surely the opposite of their intention.
Wait, one more thing: "original flavored with other natural flavors"? Be so for real.
Overall
Cost: 4/10 [4$!?]
Taste: 5/10
These guys are the jelly belly of tomatoes. Maybe. Well, I don't know. You'd think the three-color (red, yellow orange, orange yellow) would be better than the straight red version of these marzanos, but - and I suspect this was just a one-time thing - they tasted a little bit off. Like floral or chemical or plastic or something. Usually that'd make me think they'd gone bad, but they looked in fine shape, and the weirdness didn't increase over time, so I'm not sure. Anyway, they do look pretty, and they didn't kill me, but I've had heavenlyer.
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 5/10
Didn't I review this already!? Well, no. I did review *a* 20-flavor Jelly Belly mix, but since buying the company in 2023, Ferrara has embarked on a brand refresh, changing everything you thought you knew about Jelly Bean. (Hopefully not the nut free thing, although they have a meek mill allergy FAQ and already took the "made in a peanut free facility" text off the packaging, which is a horrible sign >:().
On the plus side, check out this silly line from the PR machine:
I do have that desire. Although IDK if I'd call jelly beans gummies.
Whatever, anyway, this is a NEW mix of 20 flavors, and the upside is that it no longer has licorice. So I can eat them all without even looking (although I probably should look just in case a rogue bean gets in there, which has happened before). It has a lot of loser flavors, but as always, some winners too. Here is my current ranking from best to worst, which is liable to change with the weather:
Tops
Sizzling Cinnamon - I must be in a mood for it!
Lemon
Juicy Pear
Orange Sherbet
Cotton Candy/Tutti Frutti - Not only are these indistinguishable from Bubble Gum, they are indistinguishable from eachother!
Grape Soda
Mid
Wild Blackberry - This one is so dark I would never risk eating it if licorice were in the mix. Tastes like jam.
Vanilla Bean
Berry Blue
Tangerine
Watermelon
Strawberry Jam
Toasted Marshmallow
Blueberry
Very cherry
Pink Grapefruit
Bad because they taste like allergens or peach rings, depending
Buttered Popcorn
Top Banana
Sweet Peach
Overall
Cost: 5/10 [4$... getting pricy]
Taste: 7/10
I like [street corn] as a noun, but apparently, not as an adjective. The hint of lime on these is way too heavy to be felicitously considered a hint, which as always has the effect of making them taste like Trix cereal. They are a little spicy which is nice, there's a minor cheese taste as well as a minor "bean paste" vibe (scary), and a serving is 6 chips (although they are very big chips). IDK, man, it's not my vibe. My parents both liked them, although my analysis there is that my dad just likes that weird lime flavor and my mom just likes anything new. At least the bag didn't go to waste!
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 5/10
Ah yes... restaurant style. As opposed to peasant home-chef style, I guess. Restaurant style seems here to mean "covered in butter and seasoning", which I guess I do like. Or maybe it's the tri-color of it all (aesthetically pleasing). Why did I buy this if I'm such a hater (and neutral on potato)? It was on sale, my friends. Also, I do like purple potatoes and also butter. The package recommends cooking in an air fryer, which I do not have, so I ovened it -- hardly restaurant style -- but the texture ended up just fine (vaguely crispy outside, smooshy innards). You can't really taste the butter though, which is sad - they're very dry. And the spice is only vaguely noticeable, feels like light pepper/rosemary/salt(?)/oregano(??). Anyway, I ended up resorting to ketchup as if they were a humble french fried potato, and that was better. Potatoes, man, they just aren't that good. No wonder I never got in to Lord of The Rings.
Overall
Cost: 6/10 [3$ normally]
Taste: 6/10
More Hillandale eggs... how many variants are there?! These are Extra Large, which is the size I've grown accustomed to (although really I'd probably be better off with medium, since I don't love eggs). They really do come in this blue foam packaging, which I hate. Maybe it's to prevent breakage, but I still lost 1-2 eggs. They are also possibly glued to the container?? Or else so broken that the yolk glued them. They also don't tout any cage-free/free-range/humane adjectives, which I don't feel great about. What is my veg box (which refuses to sell meat, but sells a ton of vegan beanmeat and nut milk (much to my chagrin)) doin?! Maybe I'll have to Consider store eggs (or no eggs) if they keep sending these foamers. [britta voice] I can excuse eating animal products, but I draw the line at factory farming.
Anyway, they taste fine. The color is definitely way whiter than Sauder's, and the yolk is less firm and plump (a true grade A, I guess) but in the end it's all egg. No major issues on the consumption front.
Overall
Cost: 7/10 [1.50]
Taste: 5/10
This wine is so obscure I had to take my own picture (and for that I apologise). Doesn't inspire much confidence, even though I usually like Garnachas pretty well. The label even looks janky, though the cork was one of those fun new age recyclable foam deals. There's a strong tart cherry flavor - sweet - but also very very acidic. No saddle notes, though. After a day it's muted all around; less acidic but also less fruit-forward and more "Franzia". Never again the franzia times.
Overall
Cost: 7/10 [if it existed, it'd be cheap]
Taste: 6/10
I usually make my own taco seasoning (or enchilada seasoning, as the case may be). However, sometimes occasion calls for a packet. This is the one I grew up with, so I know it is safe, even though I suspect the Spices contain cumin (which is marginal :p). I only use 1 tbsp/1lb of meat, but that's plenty. It smells great. Is it straight MSG? According to the ingredos, no, but it tastes like it (which is a compliment). Actually, this makes my lips a little itchy, but it might just be the salt+spice of its neighbors (cheese and a million assorted hot peppers). I guess that's why I usually stray from packet life. Ah well. If you don't have allergy issues, this is so good.
Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 8/10
Ooh, now my store has a mild version of this sauce in addition to the medium! I'm usually a medium-preferrer, but I had to try all the options of course. This tastes very similar to the medium one, as it happens, but is a little less spicy. Shocking! Actually, I might switch to mild due to the limitations of my physical form, so it's nice that this is an option. The decaf of red sauce.
Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 7/10
Something very good (and certainly better than wines and poptarts) is Toast. I had this bread before in its thin-sliced guise, and I liked it, but more of a good thing is perhaps even better (or I got a fresher loaf). This is the canonical size and shape of bread, it has a good heft, it's got a good stat profile, and it's nut/seed/legume-free. Hooray!
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10
A punishment for us all is to gaze upon these pop-tarts. The box picture doesn't even do them justice: they look absolutely radioactive in real life. Like play-doh but somehow less appetizing than that. I'm pretty sure these are just the same as the regular blueberry flavor (which I've already reviewed), but the USA-ified appearance really takes the customer to a new level of horror. The filling is blueberry, grape, and apple, which is not bad as poptartfilling goes. The color is Red 40 and Blues 1-100 (approximately), which is extremely bad as everything goes. I can imagine some self-described radicals at the Pop-Tart factory thinking "maybe if we make these it'll be the tipping point that leads to a revolution!!", but instead it is only leading to a minor reduction in self-respect and/or lifespan. Olé, olé, olé.
Overall
Cost: 6/10 [2.79$]
Taste: 6/10
Unnaturality: 10/10
Please, look at this promotional image. This is how things were before AI.... beautiful. Anyway, you might think I'm on a wine bender with two reviews in a row, but it's really just wacky life circumstances and the power of RNG. (Too bad). This has one of the most intense Brettanomyces situations I've ever experienced. I am not a Brett bae. It smells like a sweaty saddle, and that's being generous. Since I am not attracted to horses, this is an unpleasant smell. However, the wine has high ratings, so I tried to stick it out. It does ease up if you let it breathe, and on the 2nd day the smell is much reduced. But the taste is still leather, squeaky, plastic, mulch. Farm life in a bottle. Since the darling otter (?) is serving it, I will endure, but this is really not my vibe. Decent on the acids/tannins spectra though.
Overall
Cost: 3/10 [29$]
Taste: 5/10
Whew, when I opened this I wasn't breaking my alc triangle, but don't ask how things are going now. Anyway, it's pretty good. A strong flavor at first, like always, that made me worry it was too long in my warm house. A little like drinking a basket which once held winter potpourri. Like cinnamon, berry, wicker, and pine. Aftertaste of bright cherry. A long finish. Accidentally paired with lasagna, which was great.
Overall
Cost: 8/10 [2.79 !]
Taste: 6/10
Never was a cornflake ziti girl, even though all the Italian-Americans in my life (and there are have been many) were extremely into baked ziti. But in a lasagna, ziti is actually so good. Or maybe I'm still soaking up the San Giorgio energy. Whatever it is, these are a top-tier pasta. They weren't as thick as I expected, and the al dente time of 10 minutes was actually accurate. Praise be!
Overall
Cost: 6/10 [1.50ish]
Taste: 7/10
Another spindrift soda offering -- this time, the ingredos are: fizzy water, strawberry puree, apple juice, vanilla extract, and strawberry extract. Starting to see a pattern! It tastes like the things it is, and I do like super-wet strawberry juice, so it's pleasant. Someone online said that it's kind of strawberry-yogurt flavored, and I can definitely see that. More yogurt than shortcake (the old name of this flavor), so changing the name to an ingredient description was a wise move. We love transparency!!
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10
I will make up for my inability to eat fresh watermelon with an assortment of artificial watermelon flavored foodstuffs! These are definitely better than the lemonade dots. There is only one flavor here: watermelon. Just like the watermelon La Croix, the flavor is strong, bright, and candy-esque. Well, these are candy, so that makes sense, but it's like a chewy version of a watermelon jolly rancher. And they are very cute, also.
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10
Despite my heritage(??) I'm not that into potatoes. Or at least non-liquid potatoes. But I have so many sauces that I don't know what to put on, so to the fry aisle we go. These seem appealing because they're skinny, which is less potato per square mile and more salt/oil/sauce/air. In the end, they projected more cardboardy potato than their size warranted. Not impressed. But, the smell when cooking reminded me of East Mall Arby's, which reminded me of my grandma, so that was nice.
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 5/10
I guess this is strictly different than the part-skim off the block mozzarella, although I'm not sure I could tell the difference in a blind taste test. This is a solid cheese option, and mozz is unaged so OK for migraine girlies. Is it OK for the sensitive stomached among us? Well... sometimes.
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10
Coming into these with some annoyance because I actually WANTED corn tortillas, but they were all fully expired at da store, and this was the smallest size non-expired flour alternative. Also, I'm pretty sure Goya sucks, politically (but is usually fine taste-ily). The stupid Papyrus font on the package did cheer me a little, though. And I'm using these for a slow-cooky enchilada recipe that I like very much, so that's good. On their own, they're very chewy (maybe stale?) and flavorless, as expected from goya flour tortilla! But as a required floppy starch in a mexican dish, they did the job, even if not inspiringly. The other brands I got during 2020 were better tasting, I must say (or at least that's how I remember it).
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 5/10
Beautiful stuff, can art wise. The ingredients on this are pretty interesting: water, apple juice, lemon juice, lime juice - fine, gotta make it sweet - ginger juice - naturally; and I like that they call it juice - and lime extract. What is the difference between lime extract and lime juice?????? Well, the juice is natural, and the extract is bits of lime suspended in alcohol or other chemical mysteries. I see. I see. Anyway, they could probably axe that, because this is a little too limey (although that's the spindrift way). The ginger flavor is PRETTY good, although it's no Fevertree. Better than a Sprite or something, better than a soda-ginger-ale, but not ginger beer level. But, only 34 calos, so I guess that's the tradeoff? It's a little sweet for me but not terrible; definitely too lemon/limey though. Still a fun drink, just nothing to write blogs about.
Overall
Cost: 5/10 [2$]
Taste: 6/10
It's a rough time for seasonal snacks right now, since almost everything is AMERICA-themed. But not these artificially colored and flavored dots!! Lemonade is good, and dots are good, so that's fun. The flavors aren't actually that good here though. Ah well.
Limeade: Mostly tastes like cleaning product, but smells good. 6/10
Strawberry Lemonade: Just a strawberry dot with a weird top. 6/10
Lemonade: See above re: limeade -- not as good as the OG "lemon". 6/10
Blue Raspberry Lemonade: Now we're talking. This tastes exactly like a raspberry lemonade, weird blue flavor and all. 7/10
Cherry Lemonade: Is that a thing? Well, this is just a cherry dot with a weird top. Sad! 6/10
Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 6/10
Huh, Large eggs really are smaller than Jumbo eggs, aren't they? These are basically tiny eggs. I'm America-brained when it comes to egg sizes. Anyway, I accept whatever size egg the veg box (and egg box) delivery brings me, and I'm glad these are at least back to being cage-free. They expired within like a week, though, so that's disconcerting, and they also smelled like burning plastic when cooking. Unless my pan got a lil spare plastic on it from something else. Nevertheless!! They taste: like eggs. I dunno. I don't really like eggs, but they sure are protein.
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 5/10
Unintentionally in my soda pop era (cue Britney Spears's 'Soda Pop'). But what I love about Spindrift is that they sit right in the middle of the seltzer-soda spectrum, so they aren't artificial OR sugar bombs. This is going a little high on the sugar side, but it's still just fizzy water and juice, which I support. Orange, apple, and vanilla. Is vanilla extract a juice? Well, yes. And it tastes like if you added orange juice to perrier and dropped in 1/2tsp vanilla, that's it that's all. But it comes in a cute little can! I'm in.
Overall
Cost: 5/10 [2$ish, what the heck]
Taste: 6/10
God, the smell of this is like poppers. It's so nostalgic and lovely. Of course I'm used to it as a mixer, especially for your moscow mules (although shout out dark and stormys too), but today in my Sick Sad Little World era, I'm just drinking it straight. This is a non-alcoholic mixer, mind you, and it comes in a tiny 6.8oz bottle and costs an absurd amount of dollars. It's got a good ginger burn, which to be honest is kind of a scary experience when there's no alcohol alongside to water it down and/or calm you (bc tingly lips/tongue => wait am i dying?!). That's how you know it's good quality, though. Really good. Crisp, not too sweet, just overwhelmingly Ginger.
Overall
Cost: 4/10
Taste: 7/10
Osito, putting jam into a squeezy tube only makes sense if there's not 20 servings in there. Otherwise it's all sticky and floppy and you have to knife it to even it out on your starch anyway. This is a horrible form factor; I hate it very much. The color is also a brown paste, like cat toothpaste, which is disconcerting in a different way than a bright red is. But it tastes like nice normal strawberry jam, so it's a good product; I'd just surely rather a jar. Ah well. You take what you can get!
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10
Surely I've had these before? Nope, just S'mores Lucky Charms, which were somewhat Chocolatey but not Chocolatey chocolate, you dig? Anyway, these are fine. Not as good as regular Lucky Charms for me, but I don't much like chocolate flavored things. As such things go, the corn bits (not oat, which is a downgrade) are solid. Good cocoa flavor. And the marshmallows go well - there are some normie colored ones and some chocolatey ones, but they all basically taste like chocolate-sugar-mush. Since it is record breakingly hot outside, chocolate-sugar mush (and not oven time) is just what the doctor (me) ordered!
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10
Wow! I thought I knew what Crispix was (off-brand Chex), but I didn't! It's hexagonal, for one thing. And it is corn on one side, rice on the other. A mash-up. A rice/corn love story. It's beautiful. The colors are slightly different too (thanks to turmeric, ha). It tastes like those two chexes... together. I do prefer the rice side, but it's all the better because it's in contrast to the corn side. Genius! Crispix for life!
n.b. it's not very crispy, but I surely don't care about that.
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10 (a certain ceiling for the chex-types)
More 'o them free school snacks. As it happens, most free things aren't that good (possible exceptions: love, Eagles Win You Win Dunkin' Promo). One thing I can say for Ruffles: they have ridges. Actually, I'm being far too harsh here -- as plain potato chips go, these are among the best. Good texture, extremely oily (yom), no cat litter flavor as in Lays/Pringle. I just will never be stimulated by a plain potato chip. If I were still in the land of French Onion Dip, these could have a place in my life. But I am not.
Overall
Cost: 10/10
Taste: 6/10
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10
Finally, I've completed the weird Hershey's Ice "Creme" Bar trio. This one does evoke strawberry ice cream (possibly because I had also stored it in the freezer), but it did make my tongue a little tingly (to be fair to the candy bar, I am currently goin' through some brain stuff). The crunchy bits are just like, freeze dried strawberry pieces, and the bar is just the usual sweet milk oil creme. I think I'm not into what the Hershey's 'N Creme Line has to offer, generally. Ah well.
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10
Yay, a new spindrift flavor. And it's not even on the Forbidden list (no caff, no citrus, no allergens). Somehow I'm on such high alert that I got a bit paniccy when I first tried it, maybe that's just the power of carbonation (and May). Anyway, this is a good flavor! It's tart, but not painfully so. Not oversweet but not the Nothing vibes of a seltzer. Jolly good. And a cute color too.
Overall
Cost: 5/10 [6$ for 8...hrm...]
Taste: 7/10
I'm moderately lactose intolerant (or at least, ice cream and soft cheese and big milk make me Regret), but I haven't had any serious ricotta trauma, possibly because other trauma is always more pressing. Anyway, this was on Mega Sale at the store, so I got it because it's just ricotta with an enzyme in it. Perhaps they're not making it anymore, which is too bad because I support the mission. The texture and taste seemed normal. Weirdly I had an extra bad stomach ache after eating the chicken dish with this in, but that could be down to so many things that I hesitate to draw any conclusions. Anyway, tastes fine.
Overall
Cost: 7/10 [1.49$]
Taste: 6/10
Yay!! Normie bread! This is scary because look at it (looks seed-y), but it's truly just wheat. No flax, no sunflower seeds, no rye, no legume protein, not even a sesame warning. It isn't weirdly big like their farmhouse bread, it's just a modest sandwich-sized slice. The taste is not sweet at all, the texture is a little dry but fine, it goes great with butter, I am so happy about this bread. Yay.
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10
This is an Easter candy, broadly construed. How silly. They really are mini. There are two flavors:
Strawberry: A weirdly light color, almost bubble-gum looking. Tastes like a strawberry candy flavor more than a strawberry gummy/fruit snack. Again, weirdly small. But tastes good. 7/10
Lemon: This is a little better than the strawberry; tastes like a lemon fruit snack (which to be honest I don't know if I've ever had? But if I did!) 7/10
A serving is 2, which makes me think "just make one non-mini foot" but I guess I'm not the target audience of a small child on Easter morning.
Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 7/10
These are commissary eggs! I'm also a little confused about why my veg box gave me them, since they aren't the cage free badbois I purchased. Also, fully 6/12 eggs arrived cracked, so my foam-package opinion is negative(r). Ah well. Taste-wise, they were fine: typical egg. Very thick shells with an astringent smell (washed in chemicals or somethin?). Jumbo size. Healthy looking yolk. But I miss Sauder's! Come back, Sauder's!
Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 5/10
Yeah, I've got the munchies. Munchies snack mix from my job that I absolutely pounced on because they don't treat me well and eating my weight in free snacks is what I deserve!!! Unfortunately it's a bit of a "stop hitting yourself" scenario because these are tragic. The ingredos are like War and Peace. Despite student claims to the contrary, the contents of Cheeto, Pretzel, and Cheddar Sun Chip taste just the same as the non-Munchies Mix versions. But the Doritos are tiny little triangles, which is more delicious (less Dorito)! All together it's a cute scene, so why do I scorn it so? Because I don't LIKE Doritos, Cheetos, or Cheddar Sun Chip. Also the pretzels are made of corn (weird). Also, Munchies is the FritoLay brand name used for their peanut butter (et al) cracker packs (scary). Otherwise, this is a fun nut free snack.
Overall
Cost: FREE/10
Taste: 5/10
It still comes in a black bag after all, the one I had before was just a "light" version! Wowow. Anyway, this is whatever. Never been my favorite - what's that cheese powder doing there? It's so messy and tastes a little sweet. But I can't deny that it's a snack I'm not allergic to. And at this point the packaging is almost nostalgic. So, OK. It's fine. A very "I am eating a processed food" experience, and to a brand I have no real loyalty to, which I guess is how other people feel when they encounter Dunkin, Haribo, and Pepperidge Farm (:o).
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10
Strike's over... back to work... on some cupcakes!! You know what they say -- the best way to get over an allergy fear is to get under some cupcakes. Etc etc. Anyway, these are fun and look like animal's eyes (frosting-wise). They also contain graham flour, which if it's a typo for gram flour will be my downfall. But I think I remember saying that about another flavor, so probs not. (Also you'd think an allergy company would be careful about such things, but ah, I lived long enough to know it isn't so).
Anyway, where were we. The dark brown blorp is a caramel goo - not frosting! - but very sweet. Like a chocolate bar inside caramel. Fine, fine. The frosting is just typical mini cupcake frosting, maybe mildly cream cheese and/or cinnamon flavored. And the cake is just regular vanilla cake! Oh, frabjous day! I thought it'd be filled for sure, and that would have been major overkill. Kind of like the concept of "churro dulce de leche cupcake". Did they just pick two Hispanic treats? Whither flan?
There are some crumbley lookin blorps on top, evoking I suppose churro, but they are indistinguishable from the general frosted scene.
This isn't terrible, but it actually is. The plain ones are much better. The only redeeming factor is: I'm not allergic to it.
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 5/10
Now that all my herb plants are gonezo, I buy this when I make a nice little creamy garlic rosemary chicken dish. It tastes nice and classy, but I've noticed that whenever I make it, I get itchy and hivey and my gums sting. You'd think an allergy blog owner might recognize this to be an allergy, but the ingredients are all things I've had many times before (rosemary included) so I disregarded. But now....I think I'm allergic to (this?) (fresh?) rosemary. It's a cruel cruel world. Anyway, this tastes so good that I bought it many times in spite of a negative physical reaction to it, so that's something. You get about 4 long tufts, and they hold up pretty well in the fridge. I probably won't buy this anymore though. Sigh!!!
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10
Sometimes I forget utz makes chips, what with all their pretzels! Anyway, these are interesting. Mike's Hot Honey was pretty trendy for a while there, but the only time I had it was at Mod Pizza, where I did enjoy it. As a chip flavor I'm not really sold. The sweet + hot combo reminds me a little of a BBQ chip, but the honey really is present, and so is the basic salty potato chip flavor, and so is a pretty hot heat (if you eat a bunch). Those elements are all good on their own (well, maybe minus the chip), but I am not a big sweet + savory fan and this is a bit too sweet for me. It's not boring or terrible though, two common chip sins.
Overall
Cost: 5/10 [4$ish]
Taste: 6/10
