When I did my cheese curls post I mentioned how I wish we could have tested cheese balls but Planter’s discontinued their canister snacks products (that are not nuts). Those were Ethan’s childhood favorite he wanted to test those.
I don’t know when Planter’s cheese balls were discontinued but there is a petition to bring them back. [...]
Finding a Thanksgiving related snack wasn’t easy. I saw Jack Links Turkey Jerky at Target but had trouble finding a competitor. Ethan was such a good sport and drove us around to 4 mini-marts, a gas station and a drug store before finding some at Trader Joe’s. I did find some other interesting brands of [...]
One of our favorite dips is Kraft French Onion. I would like to say that the best non-pre-made, packaged dip is Knorr Vegetable, but we’re doing pre-made tonight.
I picked Heluva Good to compare against Kraft because that was the only other French Onion dip I found on the same trip to the store. I haven’t [...]
Personally, I like cheese-powder covered corn puffs as the little ball shaped treats that Planters used to make that came in a canister. Lately I’ve only been able to find the ball version from the “Utz” brand so I just went with these products. But if anyone knows of another brand of cheese balls (sold [...]
Since I got my wisdom teeth out yesterday, I thought it would be appropriate (and practical) to post about pudding. Not that it has anything to do with taste but do either of these brands have a mascot anymore? Granted, Bill Cosby has become increasingly angry as he gets older and the blond with pigtailed braids [...]
It was actually kind of hard to find an Eskimo Pie. I could find E Pie products at my local grocery store but they were pops or sticks of some sort. I found the “original bar” at my local video game store/arcade. I grew up eating Klondike Bars as a Saturday night treat and have [...]
Both of these are caramel-coated popcorn with peanuts. Cracker Jack was introduced in 1893 and Crunch ‘n Munch came out in the 1960’s. My only experience with either of these was Cracker Jack at a friend’s house once when I was a kid, but that was it. I don’t know why I never really [...]
I’m not a huge fan of jerky but I saw this Mr.Z product and felt I had to compare it against something.
There are a few different brands but I see Jack Links everywhere so they must be pretty popular. I don’t really know how else to introduce these products since I don’t eat jerky so…on to [...]
I like the concept here: crisp wafer, salty peanut butter and sweet chocolate. And all this in a convenient bar form! Again, this is one of those things that I haven’t had in forever and I was only familiar with Little Debbie’s version until I recently noticed Mrs. Freshly’s take on this.
First a visit with the [...]
I forgot Chex mix was something people used to make by heating up Chex cereal with other…crunchy items, I forget what exactly, but a quick web search shows ingredients vary. I never had ever had Chex Mix before. I’m not sure how I missed out on this American classic but this was good time to see what all [...]