KIT KAT THiNS Milk Chocolate Candy Bars

These are nut free! Bless you Hersheys. I am so grateful for the Normal Chocolates of my youth. (Although my kingdom for a safe Twix, always and forever.) Now I've had two safe kit kat types: these and "kit kat minis". These are, well, thinner. They're in two squares per piece, which is weird. They're also individually wrapped which is good for portion control but honestly a little annoying. They taste mostly like Kit Kat. I had two of them that were only chocolate, which was fun and I think I extra liked those ones, which is kinda weird. Anyway, these are safe and tasty and I love them. I think I love the minis more though!

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 8/10

Hillshire Farm Ultra Thin Oven Roasted Turkey Breast

My parents had this at their house, and I choose to believe they bought it with me in mind, since I can't eat meat from the deli counter due to Allergy. I never had the HF turkey before, but I like their ham. This was very ham like. Thin, wet, and a little sweet for turkey. But good for snacking and safe and protein! I support it.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10

Hershey's 'Harry Potter' Butterbeer Kisses

Bleh. I'm backdating this post in a misguided(?) attempt not to bring any commercial attention to Harry Potter related merchandise. Why do I then have said merchandise, you ask? Because from ages 11-24 (roughly) I was completely, soul-consumedly obsessed with Harry Potter, as were many in my cohort - and so now people sometimes give me Harry Potter stuff despite my repeated "Here is what is going on with JKR and why I don't want to financially support Harry Potter stuff anymore" entreaties. Since I think it comes out of love for me (and cognitive decline?), I will guiltily eat these (and donate some cash to charity). But I hope they're bad because I don't want to yearn for them and be stuck in a moral dilemma!

Well, they're OK. Very different from normal kisses: not chocolate! They smell just like Hershey's caramel topping for ice cream sundaes. Which is good...on ice cream sundaes. It's a lot just on its own. Is caramel the same thing as butterscotch, by the way? I didn't think so, but now I'm not sure. The inside is a creme texture, but with basically the same taste as the caramel shell. Is this what butterbeer tastes like? (I am also avoiding Harry Potter World so I'll never know). It's very sugary. Like drinking the sweet dregs of a melted Friendly's Caramel Fudge Blast. Which is, like, pretty good I guess. Just unexpected given the form factor. Alas, [would that it were] earwax!

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10
Wishing I could go back to unfettered memories of gaybledore and carpetbook: 10/10
Wishing I could go back to a time before I read all the horrible comments on reviews of these elsewhere: 10/10

DeLallo Garlic Mushrooms

I was so nervous to eat these that I waited to visit my parents to try them! Even though the label is safe, the website doesn't say "peanut free", and that's spooky. But I like mushrooms so I wanted to at least try them. The good news is: I don't really like them. I had one and thought "yep, that's enough." They're mushrooms but in vinegar, like a pickle. I like mushroom but I don't like pickle. The texture is good, I guess, but yeah. Not for me. Hope I don't die!

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 3/10

Goldfish Crisps - Salt & Vinegar

Well heck! This flavor was surprisingly good. I thought it would be my least favorite by far, but the strongest flavor here is vinegar, which is almost sweet. There's also cheddar vibes. None of that chicken-in-a-biscuit ranch stuff. Neat!

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10

PERDUE PERFECT PORTIONS - Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast All Natural

OK, so these are perfect because the only ingredient is Chicken. I wasn't actually sure because there are no ingredients listed on the package, but online confirms it! And I never want more than one breast at a time, so these are great for me (although probs not for earth; sorry earth). I usually defrost in the microwave and pan fry, but this bag has instructions on different cooking ways, and one is "oven from frozen", so I figured I'd try that (30min on 350). Unfortunately my meat thermometer is out of commission, so I'm praying it worked! The 30 minutes didn't seem like enough, since it was still pretty pink, so I gave it another 15 minutes and that seemed good. The chicken was tasty and slightly dry but not burnt. Tasted like chicken and was filling and a normal chicken texture. Unfortunately my insides are still broken, but I don't think that's this chicken's fault!

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10

Gatorade Orange

Ew, Gatorade. But I'm in a world of hurt this week, literally. I cancelled my dept meeting, I suffered through class, I almost had my parents take me to the ER. My insides are like "!!!!!!!!!!" and I haven't been eating for a few days. So I was like "OK I'll get Gatorade on Amazon", and so I did. This is the regular sugary stuff, and yet it STILL has artificial sweeteners in it. I swear, those things are the new pea protein. Well it's not like I'm allergic to them, but they do make my insides feel weird, so that's not great for current me, but whatever, I'm drinking it anyway. It tastes like Orange. It tastes like I'm Sick. It's fine for those things. No complaints, except the fake sugars.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 5/10