Dean Street Taco Chips – Multigrain
With a product name like Taco chips, you better believe you’ll catch my attention. You also better be prepared to deliver on some promises, lest there be disappointment. Tacos are a word that carry a…
Lay’s Potato Sticks – Tomato Flavour
On the hunt for interesting, regional varieties of snacks from North American brands, I came across this little pack of what appears to be potato sticks made my Lay’s for the Chinese market. It looks…
Simply 7 Mesquite BBQ Quinoa Curls
Rotini, or fusili is one of my favourite types of pasta because of the interesting, corkscrew like shape it has. Something about that shape in edible form just grabs my attention. Maybe it’s the surface…
Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzel Pieces – Honey Mustard and Onion
I haven’t always felt the urge to share my thoughts on snacks and take amateur photos of them, but I have always loved snacking. Really the only difference between now and then is I earn…
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…
Black Thunder – Corn Flake
My first experience with corn flakes and chocolate was Ritter Sport. To this day, that flavour remains one of the most popular. It sounds really strange on paper, but it’s one of those things you…
SmartSweets – Sour Blast Buddies
Growing up, we didn’t really know how pervasive the sugar issue was. We knew it was bad for you, but we didn’t know exactly how bad, and that it was in basically everything. Apparently “big…
Puccho – Milk Tea Tapioca
While it would be fair to say that most Japanese brands of snacks, candies and other confections are fairly experimental, I’d say that in the realm of chewy candy Puccho is one of the crazier…
Mintia Breeze – Fresh Grape
It’s been a while, but I’m still sometimes surprised that I’ve ended up this deep into Mintia as a product. On the face of it, it’s a mint and I don’t like mints. But then…
Fit’s – Melon/Watermelon Mix
Product names fascinate me. While it’s important to always remember that the product itself is the most important thing, the term or name associated with it is not far behind. Can you imagine how different…