Hershey's Milk Chocolate With Caramel Bar

Do I dare to eat this weird little square chocolate bar? I do dare. It's 2 rectangles that say 'SMORES', so I guess this is meant for SMORES, but I wasn't equipped for all that. Basically, it is a flat carmello -- typical hershey kiss choco with a thin layer of liquidy caramel toward the top. It's pretty good, not just because it's nut-free but also because the caramel is so thin as to be a treat rather than a burden. There's no empty air pocket, which is good for preventing unwanted melting. Made me a little panicky after eating (itchy mouth, head is goo), but what doesn't? I imagine the next one will be a treat.

Overall
Cost: 4/10 (7.50 for 6, but they are babby bars; like half a normy bar)
Taste: 7/10

Old Tyme Potato Rolls (Sandwich)

The rare sandwich roll in 2025 without a sesame warning (or copout sesame ingredient)! I bought these since Martin's (while good and nut free) technically contain sesame per the ingredients (even though I think it's basically a may-contain since I have never seen a sesame seed on them), and I probably shouldn't be playing sesame russian roulette. But at the same time, I might go back, because these taste like straight butter. They taste like a dinner roll with a big pat of margarine right on top. They taste like a weird butter-flavored cracker. IDK what's going on there or who this is meant to appeal to. There is sugar in the ingredients, maybe that's what I'm tasting?? Structurally, they are sound, and they look a little wrinkled and tragic (possibly just the bag I got; it was the only one left) but ultimately held up to heavy filling. No mold or allergy concerns, but the product is really not my favorite, flavorwise. Maybe I just need to get used to it. Anyway, grateful this is an option, regardless.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 5/10

Bigelow Perfectly Mint Black Tea

Continuing to play whack-a-mole with health problems... supposedly spearmint tea helps with insulin resistance. But this is the only spearmint tea I'm not allergic to, and it also has black tea, which is caffeine (?bad for brain?). Also, spearmint tea tastes a little like an old lifesaver I left in my glove compartment for 10 years. Mixing it with black tea helps, I guess. It's not the worst tasting tea, but I don't know if it's a great evening beverage, and it's certainly not a morning beverage. It also used to be called "Plantation Blend", which, yikes. Perhaps I'm just in a mood. The tea is fine.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10

Partake Lemon Cookies (Soft Baked)

Who out there was clamoring for lemon cookies that taste like an oaty foot?? These are not great. Taste like weird, sour bread. A very slight lemon flavor, but not as strong as many other delightful lemon cookies. The texture is very nice, like a firm butter cookie (a good "bite", a good "chew"), but the taste is so-so. Like with many things, it does improve as you keep eating them, however. A little salt on the finish. 

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10

Pringles Mingles Cheddar & Sour Cream

Yo, my hands are like, super veiny today. Body horror caused by Pringle???? Or just heat + aging? Who can say. Anyway, these aren't pickle flavored, so that's a plus, but they aren't good, either. Not BAD, just not good. Pleasant cheese-curl texture, cute shape, massive serving size (still 56), but the taste is more sour cream than cheddar, which is weird. I don't like non-cheese dairy very much. A little bit "tangy" (I guess that's the sour part), but also a little bit ... parsley? Artificial (the ingredients are natural, but still)? I dunno. Cute bag though. Sorry Mr. Pringle, it just isn't meant to be.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10

Signature Select Wild Wonders Medley Tomatoes

Some of my best friends are wild wonders! I guess it seems I'm on a bit of a tomato kick, but it's just that there's always a different brand at the store and tomatoes are in a lot of recipes. (Healthy orzo bake, this time.) These tomatoes were not quite as flawless as the last ones I had, but they weren't too bad looking (or tasting). Just a lil wrinkly, but I didn't have to toss any. The medley element is mainly: red ones with a few dark orange ones -- not that wild, but neither am I, so it was just fine.

Overall
Cost: 5/10 (~4$)
Taste: 6/10

DeLallo Orzo

A brief return to the DeLallo life since the store had no DeCecco orzo. This stuff is solid. I don't like orzo, but I was making a ~healthy~ orzo spinach bake. It was OK. The orzo didn't fully cook but it soaked up all the broth after sitting for a while, and that really impressed me. They are very little.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10