Zazubean – Lunatic – Mint & Cocoa Nibs
There’s a common trend that has existed for as long as any of us can remember – premiumizing standard products. Some products exist as standard or non-premium for a reason, but sometimes companies want to…
Category: Canada
Cookie It Up – Double Chocolate Shorts
I liked these so much I had to go out and buy some more. The white chocolate cranberries flavour set a high standard, so we’ll see how these stack up against them. These seem like…
Hardbite – Honey Dijon With Avocado Oil
Let me begin by saying I really like Hardbite. Not only are they a Canadian brand, they are also a company after my own heart – making quality, hearty, crunchy chips. It’s rarely a risk…
Cookie It Up – White Chocolate Cranberry Shorts
I couldn’t tell you why, but I’ve never really enjoyed butter cookies. In our household Walker’s was the poison of choice when it came to those buttery, fat inducing shortbread. They smelled good, and on…
FRANK – Ripple All Dressed Chips
For as long as I can remember, the flavour of all dressed has been a staple on snack shelves in my neck of the frigid North. I’m pretty sure the concept of all dressed as…
Wild Coast Fruit – Dark Chocolate Blueberries
Brookside seems to be the big player when it comes to chocolate covered fruit jellies. Since they got big a few years back, I started seeing them everywhere. I imagine it’s an internationally known brand,…
Dare – Real Sour Sticks
Sometimes, just sometimes, not all the time, we do things we know are bad for us, despite knowing full well the outcome. My brain can come up with a pretty good assessment of fondant, and…
Hardbite Dressed to Dill Carrot Chips
There’s an old saying that anything that isn’t nailed down is fair game to be deep fried. While people like to make fun of certain American geographic areas are guilty of this more so than…
Hawkins Cheezies
There isn’t much that Canada has anymore, in the way of national brands. Most things you think of as Canadian are probably not Canadian anymore, or have faded into obscurity. Blackberry is a shadow of…
Frankie’s Organic Clouds – White Cheddar
In my quest to find strange and interesting snacks, I sometimes come across some really strange products that attempt to use alternative or healthier ingredients to substitute for classic, tasty but unhealthy snacks. And then…