Old Dutch – Seasoned Spindle Pretzels
Maybe pretzels are an old person thing, because I find myself consuming a lot more pretzel type products voluntarily. As in, I’m going out of my way to purchase pretzels, on their own, without being tacked on to some sort of party mix. I guess people do change. Would this be considered for the better or worse? I’m not sure honestly.
As I dig deeper into the pretzel rabbit hole, I found these pretzel sticks in a weird shape by Old Dutch. I had previous experience with Old Dutch’s pretzel pieces which were quite honestly very tasty, so I figured I’d give these the ol’ college try. The packaging itself gives me really no indication of what the flavour is.
They look to be similar to your typical pretzel twist sticks but with some extra seasoning. They don’t specify exactly what the seasoning is though, only that it’s gourmet and bursting with flavour. That’s just vague enough to make me curious and find out for myself what these taste like.
Lets get the basic stuff out of the way – the texture is your standard pretzel stick. Not much to deviate from where it’s firm, got a distinct snap to it and the giant salt crystals on top add a little extra crunch as well. All I can really say is they are a nice, thick pretzel if that’s what your into. And I have to assume you are to want to even pick this product up off a shelf.
Flavour is where things get interesting – for starters let’s be clear that these are salty. I know that may seem obvious, but when you have a plain pretzel and it’s adorned with the giant crystals of salt, it’s enough that you wouldn’t say it needs more salt. Now imagine that but with extra seasoning on top of it. This is my main gripe with these – if they got rid of the salt and just kept the seasoning these would be perfect. But I guess it’s too difficult to do that so they keep it this way since they likely do a line of non-seasoned spindles.
Onto the seasoning itself though, it’s very familiar and yet foreign at the same time. It’s a combination of a few different flavours but the most prominent is what I would best describe as a combination of butter, garlic and onion. It sort of reminds me of a more buttery tasting rye chip which tends to use onion powder as the main seasoning. These are quite tasty and addictive, despite the saltiness.
Suffice to say, I like these and I would get them again. My only hangup is how salty they can get, but some people may not be turned off by that and I imagine they would go great with a beer or a nice cold drink. Or so I would imagine if I was a drinker. Either way, I’d say these are worth a try if you are even remotely interested in pretzels.
