Plant Snacks – Cheddar Plant Thins
Ever the sucker for a novelty, I figured why not try these out. The main gimmick here is that they are not only vegan, but they are made using various plant based proteins. The cheese…
Category: Snacks
Maynards – Tropical Swedish Berries
As someone who grew up with Swedish Berries, and also Swedish Fish when the berries weren’t available, I’ve got a wealth of experience when it comes to these sugar morsels. You’ll be hard pressed to…
Doritos – Flamin’ Hot Nacho
With the overwhelming success of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, it comes as no surprise that the big boys upstairs want to capitalize on it and apply that wining formula at everything. I imagine an executive taking…
Waterbridge – Wine Gums Red & Black Berries
Companies have realized that sometimes variety is not always the spice of life. In the past few years we’ve seen brands like Starburst double down on clear favourites with lines of just one or two…
Old Dutch – Popcorn Twists
Popcorn twists is such a weird mental image when you don’t know what exactly it’s supposed to be. How do they twist the popcorn? Why is it twisted? How does it taste? What were they…
Healthy Hippo – Low Sugar Swedish Hippos
Don’t be fooled by my taste and interest in weird, esoteric things. Yes, many may think I’m a hipster because of my preferences, but I like popular and common things too. Swedish Berries for one,…
Smartfood – Movie Night Butter
Smartfood has pretty good brand cache, as the kids call it. At least in the Frigid North, it’s the go to brand when we think of prepackaged popcorn that’s easily accessible and basically everywhere. In…
Trolli – Sour Brite Octopus
I haven’t had a whole lot of Trolli gummies. Part of that is the fault of Haribo, having claimed the special space in my heart for number one gummy brand. That being said, Trolli seems…
Ruffles Double Crunch – Ketchup
Ruffles were the first main brand that I grew up with offering a thicker, ridged chip. Given how much I love heartier, crunchier chips, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that they were a big…
Doritos – Zesty Cheese
You know how sometimes people engage in self destructive tendencies for a multitude of reasons, but it always ends in tragedy? That’s sort of how I feel about a lot of snacks from my childhood.…