Partake Chocolate Chip Cookies

Honestly, these are not very good. But they are explicitly peanut free, which is nice. Of course, they are also gluten and milk free, which I guess is why these taste so bad. Must be the flour blend? They have that very "herbal" taste to 'em. The chocolate chips are real though, and they are fun even though they're awful small. The cookies are very crunchy. Even though I didn't like-like them, I ate 3 servings at once. I have a sickness. These are better than the birthday cake flavor, I think. 

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10

2019 Maria Cruz Garcia Navarra Red

Ah, you'd think it would be difficult to find nut info on a random Spanish wine (which is almost always true), but this, my friends, is from the Mary Taylor collection, and I heard the good word from the woman herself that none of her wines contain nuts. So I dug in joyfully to this Tempranillo, which was pleasant. I thought it was a solid red -- it definitely has the "grip" to it, you know? Stickiness? Body? Whatever the winos say. But it wasn't super acidic. Not super fruity either, although of course the usual flavors of grape and maybe a light cherry/wood vibe. Overall pleasant both warm and cold, but didn't give me the deep nostalgia of some other reds. Definitely drinkable though!

Overall
Cost: 5/10 [18$]
Taste: 6/10

Twizzlers Strawberry Twists

These are OK. I was expecting better, but maybe I had a bad batch. They were a little chewier with a bigger hole inside than I was used to. It's no cherry flavor, I guess, and certainly no cherry nib or red vine. But I was also having allergy anxiety since they were single serve, so that might have contributed. Anyway, they're fine.

Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 6/10

Dean's Sweets - Nonpareils

Ah, these are very fun! I like all the different color sprinkles. They're real pretty like. And while it is fun to have an assortment of chocolate type, my preferences are stable: the dark choco is just fine, the milk choco is great, and the white choco is also great. They all have a good size and shape for eatin' though, and although they make me yearn for the pastel mint-chocolate tiny nonpareils I got at Boscov's 20 years ago at Easter, these are still great. Yum. 

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 8/10

LaClare Apple Cinnamon Goat Cheese

Unlike the ranch flavor of LaClare goat cheese, I can say I wholeheartedly enjoyed this one! I was worried about a sweet cheese, but this was a really pleasant fruity spread, basically like a fruity cream cheese you'd put on a bagel or something. I put it on plain crackers (english wafers from PepFarm) and that was good. It was a little more "together" than the flaky ranch one, but still not super creamy per se. Still, stuck together, I ate it all at once (cut into pieces) and it was nice. Chunks of apple in there, cinnamon vibes, creamy tastes. Would definitely buy again if available!

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 8/10

Dean's Sweets - Chocolate Sheep

These are so expensive for the amount of chocolate you get, but I guess that's because they're just so darn detailed! It's pretty incredible the things you can do with chocolate. They really are super cute, so if you have a sheep-lover in your life, that's a good gift. Baaaa. 

The dark choco one is just fine - the size and shape is perfect for chocolate, good texture and detail, I'm just kind of sick of dark choco. 5/10

The white+milk choco one is so clutch -- also extremely cute but also tastes amazing! It's actually mostly milk choco, just the "fur" is white, but it's a tasty boy either way. 8/10

Overall
Cost: 3/10
Taste: 7/10

Made Good Cookies & Creme Granola Bar

Ah, Made Good. Their granola bars are less sketch than their other products, and they all have slightly different ingredients depending on the flavor, so watch out. This one had chia and agave in it, which made me sweaty, but no sunflower butter so I ate it. It has the classic veggie powder in it which I do like. The taste was oaty, and it was overall pretty dry but basically like a cereal bar. Pretty sweet also. I liked the three (3) white choco chips nestled on top. :')

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10