Uh oh! Allergy alert: this has mango (sus) and goji berry (VERY SUS) and it gave me Allergy. I got a "grape jelly" feeling aka "associated with PB" feeling. No bueno. Never again the goji berry (or mango for that matter) times. I do like the format though -- a different non-goji or mango flavor would be great!
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 3/10
I am not a cooking spray gal. I have never used it before; as far as I know my mom never used it, and neither did my granny. But the Taco Bell Cravings Kit said to use it, so by god, I bought it. It sprayed on there and then I ate the food and it didn't make itself known in any significant way. Very neutral product. Crucially, didn't kill me. Huzzah!
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 5/10
This has horrible reviews online, but I was really hoping that's because it's 7 dollars for 4 tortillas and 2 small sauce packets, and not because it tastes horrible. I like a TB quesadilla, so I went for it!
I baked two chicken breasts and assembled per the instructions on the box. The cheese sauce kinda weirded me out because I never assumed they use a cheese sauce at TB, but heck, maybe they do. I was very exact about the instructions, and it came out.... pretty good. The appearance and amount of ingredients and everything was solid, but in the parts where there was Just Cheese Sauce or Just Chipotle Sauce, I didn't like those parts. If it was a good mix of all, it tasted pretty close to the real thing, but not exactly. But pretty close if you're willing to believe. At the same time, I could just make a quesadilla on my own and it would probably be also tasty and not have 2 weird sauces in it. So, fun to try but would not buy again!
Overall
Cost: 4/10
Taste: 7/10
These took me by surprise, because unlike my idea of a "crisp" (chip), these were just fully formed blueberries, but dried out. I've never had that, except for with banana slices which are already flat! It was very neat in terms of form factor. The taste was just "eh", papery vague fruit bits, not sweet at all really. But there is a little fiber in here so it's not all bad, and there were lots of blueberries. I'd rather have the real thing anyday, but if you can't access fresh fruit there are worse things than these funny little things. The bag does say nut free at least!
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10
Hey! There's a sale on wine! No wait... it's just a Seilon wine...
Ha ha. Just having a little fun, blog fans. This was a classy looking bottle, like a lady's stationary. The insides were similarly unique. Thick like hawaiian punch. It gets a little more typical/acidic after you swallow. I think I liked it, but it did surprise me.
Overall
Cost: 5/10 [17$]
Taste: 7/10
I'm all in on Tuttorosso nowadays! This was used as a sauce for meatballs, and it tasted like tomatoes! I have no complaints. There were other things in the sauce, so who knows how this is on its own, but I enjoyed what I know of it!
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10
Let me be real with you: 2 pounds is a lot of Sunkist Fruit Gems. A serving is only 3 gems (100calos). I don't like these enough for 2 lbs of them. Unfortunately, that is what I have. I foolishly ordered them from a third party amazon seller because I needed to spend a certain amount to get my Gatorades next-day-delivered, but now I'm not sure if the weird soapy chemical taste they have is just how they are or because of storage conditions at Mr Random Amazon Warehouse's place. I don't think it's worth buying a fresh box from Jelly Belly though, because this is a lot. Anyway, the texture is wonderful but the taste is sadly bad/soapy, although still edible in small doses. There's five flavors:
Lemon: My favorite I think, although there are lemon cleaner vibes. Perfect texture, which is fun. 7/10
Lime: This one is like a less good cleaning fluid. Also, weirdly brown/dark color. 6/10
Orange: Ah, orange cleaning fluid. OK, but you really can’t have too many at once of any of these, there's quickly diminishing returns! 6/10
Grapefruit: This one tastes pretty weird, but again, maybe my bag was just mixed with soap or something. A nice sour aftertaste but I don't really like the vibes. 5/10
Raspberry: Sadly also tastes like soap. Really starting to think my package was just stored next to soap??? Otherwise the taste is like sour raspberry juice, which is pretty good. 6/10
Overall, heavy on the soap vibe:
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10
