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…
Category: North America
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…
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.…
Kettle Brand – Korean Barbeque Potato Chips
Maybe people are getting bored of barbeque flavour in it’s current, western form. I mean why else would so many brands decide to make an entirely new, separate flavour to try and capture the Korean…
Arriba – Chili Lime Tortilla Chips
Lately I’ve been finding myself veering very hard into savoury snacks. Whether it’s chips, nuts, crackers or snack mixes, I’ve been hankering more for the salty stuff than the sweet. I’ve also found it far…
Hardbite – Smokin’ BBQ
Some things stay with us longer than others. Flavours and preferences are a great example of this – grape flavour and purple are two things that have stayed with me since childhood. At some point…
Nutter Butter Fudge Cookies
I’ve never tried Nutter Butters but I have heard of them. I sort of pictured them to be a peanut butter version of an Oreo. Although Oreo has come out with a peanut butter flavour,…
Angie’s BOOMCHICKAPOP – White Cheddar Puffs
When I first heard of Angie’s as a brand, I was under the impression they were a one trick pony, only specializing in popcorn. To my pleasant surprise they have branched out into other corn…