Sunday, February 27, 2022

Katz Gluten Free Glazed Chocolate Donut Holes

Man, I really love desserts and Asian food, and it's darn hard to find (non-homemade) versions of those things that are nut-free. Of course, a Gluten Free option like this is often your best bet, and of course, gluten free things are nasty. (Or maybe just: frozen donut holes are nasty). So rating these among "food", these are weirdly corny and not great. But considering my options, I'd say they're pretty solidly "OK". 19 seconds to cook 6 of 'em is about right, and that's a somewhat satisfying little treat. Somewhat. Coating is good.

Overall
Cost: 4/10
Taste: 6/10

Saturday, February 26, 2022

2020 Decibel Sauvignon Blanc

Ah, 2020 edition of this wine, which I tried the 2019 version of previously, you're much better than the year from whence you came. I went into this knowing that Decibel was safe and solid, so I enjoyed it even more this time around, feeding off of that safety! It was solid warm and cold, very consistent, bright non-fruity and not super acidic white. Very enjoyable. 

Overall
Cost: 5/10 [19$]
Taste: 7/10

LaClare Chipotle Honey Goat Cheese

Combos of spicy and sweet rarely work for me. So, this wasn't my ideal cheese flavor. I'm not really sure how I felt about it, though. At times it was kind of gross, but at other times it was "OK". The chipotle peppers in it are good, just like pepper jack cheese peppers, and the honey flavoring would be nice on its own, but I don't think I like the combo. It reduces the goodness of two otherwise good things.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 5/10

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Two-Bite Vanilla Cupcakes

These were so great. Ack! They're like little bakery cakes! Adorable and delicious and oh-so-sweet. And nut free. I am glad that these are hard to find because otherwise I'd buy them every day and that'd be bad news (even though they're really only like 100 cals each).

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 8/10

Stouffer's French Bread Pizza - Pepperoni

I've been on a slight frozen pizza kick, I guess because they're cheap and not over-easy to cook or over-satisfying. The rogi of frozen pizza! Anyway this flavor, also soy-free, is maybe even better than the supreme one because it ends up less burnt and more like a school pizza. Maybe better than plain cheese too because at least there's something to pick off of it and eat like a weirdo. Solid stuff, pretty similar to the other types.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Sargento Provolone Cheese Slices

These were good! I saw recently that Sargento is safe for nut allergies, so when I needed Provolone cheese, I went straight for this. I don't like the sound of "smoke flavor" (gross) but fortunately, I didn't really taste any much thing, just solid sandwich cheese. I mainly used these for melting on a burger, and it worked great. No complaints.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10

Monday, February 21, 2022

two-bite Chocolate Cupcakes

These are great! OK, I'm not a huge chocolate cupcake/frosting fan -- it's probably my least favorite flavor. But it's so rare to find nut-free bakery, and this has a "made in a nut-free facility" sticker on it, which is huge. My grocery store is very sporadic with stocking these, and always just one flavor at a time, so I buys it when I sees it. Compared to the vanilla flavor, which is amazing, this is a bit less delicious -- especially the frosting. It's also way less sweet, which does have an appeal, but I'm not eating lil cupcakes for classy health reasons here. The cake part is good, moist cake, but the frosting is just kinda there for me here. Very cute though, nice small size.

Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 7/10