Fun Dip Candy

There's something pretty wacky about Fun Dip. Look no further than the ostensible brand name (Lik-M-Aid?) or the name of the red flavor, "Cherry Yum Diddly Dip". But this is a classic candy from my childhood, and it's nut free both pre- and post-Wonka, so I see it as wacky-good.

Cherry Yum Diddly Dip isn't as good as the blue flavor, which is rare for candy because usually red is best. Obviously it's just red sugar, but the grains of sugar felt "thinner" with the blue one, and these didn't really taste that good. The stick tastes like mildly sweet candy, a good finish to the sweet sugar "dip". More nostalgic than good, and maybe even more bad than good. But still, 6/10.

Razz Apple Magic Dip is far superior, but I'm not sure why. Is it because the sugar feels thinner? Is it somehow less sweet (very rare for blue raspberry candies?) It's mysterious, but the color change from blue to green with water (or saliva) is pretty fun, so that doesn't hurt. A classic nostalgic candy. Also, makes your mouth blue. 7/10

Overall
Cost: 7/10
Taste: 6/10

Poshi Asparagus Pack

This concept excited me a lot, because I'm always hunting for veg, and especially shelf stable veg that I'm not allergic to (shockingly rare). Unfortunately, that genre is basically "pickles", and I don't like pickles. More fool me, because this is basically pickled asparagus. I should have known from #2 ingredient vinegar, but I didn't realise what I was in for until I ate this. It's still a vegetable, and I appreciate that, but this is essentially pickled asparagus. Super acidic. And therefore, in my opinion, not very tasty at all. Will I still try their other veg? Maybe. But now I know not to get too excited. The seasoning doesn't really come through for me, just the vinegar.

Overall
Cost: 4/10 (1$ per pack)
Taste: 5/10

Organic Valley Thick Cut Shredded Mild Cheddar Cheese

Cheese? In this pandemic? Well, I guess I've switched from egg to cheese as my singular protein source, since it is available in my bi-monthly food delivery box and I like cheese. As before, I think Organic Valley cheese is risky if soft cheese but otherwise safe, and I've been eating a lot of it lately and am still kickin'! This cheese was really nice, even though I don't typically like cheddar much. I guess the smaller pieces make it more manageable. It definitely still tastes like cheddar cheese though, and not generic swiss/mozz cheese. The thick shreds were fun to eat out of the bag. That said, I don't LOVE cheddar, and it didn't go super well with noodles like munster or swiss does. Worked decently well for quesadillas though. 

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10

Back to Nature - Honey Graham Sticks

This company makes a TON of nutty foods, and they (used to?) use "tree nuts" to make the print on their packaging, so this is just extremely terrifying. But the allergy label didn't mention nuts and their labelling is supposed to be good, so I ate these. They tasted like drier, crispier honey teddy grahams. This is fine, but they weren't good enough to overcome my allergy nervousness, so I would not get them again. If you have no allergies then these are probably just a fine snack but still nothing to write home (or blog) about.

Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 5/10

Chips Ahoy! Original Cookies

Chips Ahoy! yum ahoy. I think Chips ahoy are kind of famous for a kid dying from eating the Reese's flavored one because the package looks really similar to the non-reese's one, which is scary and bad but because I read the packages always I still eat the regular flavor, since it has no may contain warnings. Am I tempting fate? Maybe. But the cookies are good. I like chocolate chip cookie, and even though these sure aren't homemade, they taste good, especially if you've been eating top-8 free cookies only for a while (no offense). Crunchy and sweet. Hard not to eat too many!

Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 7/10

Dunkin Pumpkin Spice K-Cups

I like that they change the box art every year (it seems) so that I know I got fresh ones! That pie picture looks tasty. I am hungry. Anyway, these are fine. It's weird to have a pumpkin spice coffee with no milk or sugar, because all the pumpkin spice coffee at Dunkin/Starbucks is a syrup with milk and sugar in it. Obviously this doesn't taste as good. But, it's still fun to have these for the ~fall season~, and I do reach for them over the regular coffee flavor, at least for now. And you can always add your own milk if you have milk!

 

Overall
Cost: 5/10 (16$ for a 22 pack)
Taste: 6/10

Campbell’s Skillet Sauces - Chicken Marsala

Was this good? Definitely not. Was this better than I'd feared it would be? Yes. It smelled like marsala (wine+mushroom), which is nice, but it didn't taste like mushroom or garlic at all, and it had too much tomato in it (in my opinion, any is too much). No soy protein though! And easy to use. But I would not get this again, it was very "generic wet". 

Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 5/10