Thursday, January 7, 2021

Pringles Wavy - Sweet & Spicy BBQ

These aren't too bad! I usually don't love Pringle. But these are spicy after all, and the wavy texture makes them less Lays/Cat Litter reminiscent. They aren't really a conventional BBQ flavor, more of a "spicy tomato" flavor, but I like them well enough. 

Overall
Cost: 7/10
Taste: 6/10

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

norr organic Skyr - Plain Non-Fat

This was oddly watery inside, but it smelled/tasted normal, maybe that's just how it is. Stirring solves this issue, anyway. This is less than 100 cals but it tasted identical to the full fat version to me, so I like this even better! I added a handful of blueberries to it, which was nice. Good eatin'. 


Overall

Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10

Monday, January 4, 2021

Tostitos Crispy Rounds

Nice to meet you, Tostitos, my name is Amanda. Just kidding, we know each other very well by now. These I got a massive package of because that's all she sold, and luckily none of the little bags arrived popped open or super crumbled. They do expire in ~2 months, though, so I've been eating a lot of these 3-serving "mini" bags. Such is life. Anyway, these look really similar to the "bite size" tostitos in the blue bag from the picture, but they are actually not the same -- I think these are bigger circles (not bite size). The coloring of the bag makes me think these are yellow corn chips and the others are white corn, but I honestly don't know if that's right. Anyway, they taste like tortilla chips. I do like the smaller bag sizes; they're more reasonable for a solo me, and these chips are serviceable vessels for dip -- not too oily or broken or anything like that. The taste of tortilla chip on its own never woos me, though. 

Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 6/10

Sunday, January 3, 2021

Barilla Linguine

Hmmm. I ordered a 4 pack of Fettuccine and I ended up with a Linguine in there! I think it was a blessing in disguise because I like variety, but I'm still a tiny bit annoyed just on principle. Anyway, linguine is like somebody took spaghetti and smooshed it a little. I like that. I like it better than fettuccine, actually, at least for red sauce which is all I have. So, not bad all in all. There sure are a lot of pasta shapes.

Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 6/10

Saturday, January 2, 2021

A La Mode Cranberry Apple Tart Ice Cream

Hello, fun fall flavor! These don't have any ingredos or nutrition info on them, and since it was a limited flavor it's not on their website anymore either. Shoulda ate it faster I guess! But I digress (although I wish they'd just print out the info to send in the mail since this costs like 15$/pint tbh). I thought this tasted basically like a ...McDonalds Apple Pie flavored cookie. To be clear, I like this. It has a strong "apple pie spice" flavor in these kind of buttery dough apple pieces? The ice cream itself is maybe cinnamon flavor? I didn't get a ton of cranberry flavor overall, mostly "apple tart", although there were a few craisin? pieces mixed in. The ice cream wasn't very melty, especially compared to the chocolate flavors -- I don't know if that's a real difference or just pint by pint. Still, even though it was harder to scoop, it was tasty! I liked it.

Overall
Cost: 3/10
Taste: 7/10

Friday, January 1, 2021

Wild Made Fruit Punch Fruit Roll

The taste of this was okay, and the texture was very thin yet super firm to bite into & hard to chew. Not chewy, more like beef jerky or now and laters, but thin. Weird! I think this is better than the average fruit strip just because it's different, but certainly not perfect. The taste was mainly grape juice flavor, which I like just fine. Better than apple boring snoozers. Not really a fruit "roll" and not really fruit punch flavor, though.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10

Barilla Penne

Penne is a good noodle shape. This says it takes 11 min to cook, but in my opinion it takes a teensy bit longer than that; they're still a little too firm/chewy at 11min. Other than that, these are fun to eat, you can put 'em on your fork prongs! They're a good alternative to elbows. I'm a fan. 

Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 6/10