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We all develop some bad habits over our lifetimes, some which we outgrow, others which seem to only get worse. My borderline problematic addiction to very crunchy, hard chips is sort of spiraling out of…
One thing I’m not sure I’ll ever grow out of is getting all giddy and excited to check out the snack sections when I go grocery shopping. I’ve noticed though, in recent years that I…
Every once in a while I get really nostalgic for snacks and crackers I had as a kid, even if a part of me kind of reviled them. I was a kid, I was hungry…
As I work my way through the corn nuts catalogue, I come to a flavour that I slightly dread. I know a lot of people who enjoy a lot of heat say things like Hot…
Brookside is the brand I credit with making chocolate covered fruit jellies popular and vogue. They weren’t the first to do it, but they put the snack and themselves on the map, and today’s creative…
Honey Dijon is one of those flavour profiles I didn’t really appreciate until later in my life. I didn’t enjoy mustard as a kid, so the concept of Dijon mustard didn’t appeal to me in…
As people grow and evolve, so too do their tastes and preferences. In my case, it had the unfortunately effect of transitioning my childhood love for ranch into general avoidance and occasional revulsion. I can’t…
As I write this I realize that I may have mentioned that Jelly Belly is one of my favourite brands that I am fiercely loyal to, and yet I haven’t had any jelly beans in…
When I think about my earliest memory of Corn Nuts, I am reminded of a very, very specific TV ad. Specific and strange. Or perhaps memorable because it was so strange. The ad was showing…
It seems these days any sort of candy, be it gummy, hard or whatever else, there must be some sour version of it. Sometimes this works out great, like Sour Skittles, while other times it…