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Post by 🐍 cahusserole 🐍 on Apr 9, 2024 11:09:25 GMT -5
Cinnamon Toast CrunchAs manufacturing processes improve, streamlining products' volume, taste, and packaging takes thousands of human and computing hours each year. Sometimes change revokes previous progress. In regards to Cinnamon Toast Crunch, my memory of the cereal as a child assures itself that things have changed for the worse. Tasting like some aggregation of cheap fragrance and feeling like chemical silt grinding against teeth and tongue when chewing, this cereal, what's entire marketing appears to be encouragement of addiction, equals abomination. I advise strongly against purchase of this product.
Every so often the Groceries Outlet will offer some seasonal kind of CTC for a dollar. I enjoyed French Toast Crunch a lot and would definitely purchase it again. Maybe for as much as $1.99! The Cinnafuego was fine, I guess (awful at first but then developed into something kind of fun). Currently I am snacking on a box of Dulce de Leche Toast Crunch. It is so overwhelmingly sweet. I need to try it in milk to see if that'll tamp it down a bit.
Hopefully the gingerbread version will hit a dollar soon, I'm interested in trying it.
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Post by repulsionist on Apr 9, 2024 13:28:24 GMT -5
liebkartoffel, Raspberry Coca-Cola is available throughout Australasia as a regular offering. Please, commence the grassroots agitation needed to bring it to market stateside.
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Post by Powerthirteen on Apr 10, 2024 11:12:50 GMT -5
Cinnamon Toast CrunchAs manufacturing processes improve, streamlining products' volume, taste, and packaging takes thousands of human and computing hours each year. Sometimes change revokes previous progress. In regards to Cinnamon Toast Crunch, my memory of the cereal as a child assures itself that things have changed for the worse. Tasting like some aggregation of cheap fragrance and feeling like chemical silt grinding against teeth and tongue when chewing, this cereal, what's entire marketing appears to be encouragement of addiction, equals abomination. I advise strongly against purchase of this product.
Every so often the Groceries Outlet will offer some seasonal kind of CTC for a dollar. I enjoyed French Toast Crunch a lot and would definitely purchase it again. Maybe for as much as $1.99! The Cinnafuego was fine, I guess (awful at first but then developed into something kind of fun). Currently I am snacking on a box of Dulce de Leche Toast Crunch. It is so overwhelmingly sweet. I need to try it in milk to see if that'll tamp it down a bit.
Hopefully the gingerbread version will hit a dollar soon, I'm interested in trying it.
We generally stock Cinnamon Toast Crunch; I like to eat it in a 50/50 mixture with regular Cheerios. |
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Apr 10, 2024 12:10:43 GMT -5
Every so often the Groceries Outlet will offer some seasonal kind of CTC for a dollar. I enjoyed French Toast Crunch a lot and would definitely purchase it again. Maybe for as much as $1.99! The Cinnafuego was fine, I guess (awful at first but then developed into something kind of fun). Currently I am snacking on a box of Dulce de Leche Toast Crunch. It is so overwhelmingly sweet. I need to try it in milk to see if that'll tamp it down a bit.
Hopefully the gingerbread version will hit a dollar soon, I'm interested in trying it.
We generally stock Cinnamon Toast Crunch; I like to eat it in a 50/50 mixture with regular Cheerios. I really like the Cinnamon Toast Crunch that's churro-shaped. It holds up better in the milk. However, I am no longer willing to pay $6 for a box of any cereal at all. |
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Post by Powerthirteen on Apr 10, 2024 12:50:59 GMT -5
We generally stock Cinnamon Toast Crunch; I like to eat it in a 50/50 mixture with regular Cheerios. I really like the Cinnamon Toast Crunch that's churro-shaped. It holds up better in the milk. However, I am no longer willing to pay $6 for a box of any cereal at all. Cereal is one of the few grocery things that is genuinely a great deal at Costco, if they stock a kind that you like. Cinnamon Toast Crunch is often ~$7 for two giant boxes. That's the only reason breakfast cereal is ever something I buy, since I agree that it is (and always has been) ludicrously pricey anywhere else. |
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Post by repulsionist on Apr 15, 2024 18:29:11 GMT -5
Cadbury Marshmallow Egg
Oh, Cadbury! You're making me want your cheap and most available chocolate again. Shame on you. Lucky this one is around only at Easter. Light, petrochemically-sourced fruity flavours that have distinction between fake albumen and fake yolk hide within the marshmallow. Greasy wax vegelate coats the extruded animal by-product. creating a better to the industrial goo fondant found in the Creme Egg.
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Post by 🐍 cahusserole 🐍 on Apr 18, 2024 22:21:14 GMT -5
Score. Gingerbread Toast Crunch for 89 cents.
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Post by 🐍 cahusserole 🐍 on Apr 19, 2024 21:14:40 GMT -5
Score. Gingerbread Toast Crunch for 89 cents. they are not as sweet as regular CTC or the dulce de Leche variety. they are also less dusty in texture than either. however, I'm not getting much ginger flavor. I will have to try this with milk and a little salt to see if that'll bring it out. I'm fine with what I paid, but I certainly wouldn't go over a buck on these. |
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Post by repulsionist on Apr 21, 2024 14:36:55 GMT -5
Zefir
The NZ Groc Out had some Ukranian Zefir. Tasty fruit-puree-infused meringue covered in chocolate. The one box I got used apple puree. Highly recommended.
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Post by 🐍 cahusserole 🐍 on Apr 21, 2024 17:23:51 GMT -5
more recent sub-$1 GrossOut snack buys:
sabra x stubb's bbq sauce. I paid 18 cents for a 6oz container, and tbh that's fair. didn't taste like hummus at all, you could only taste the bbq. my dad vacuumed it up, though.
toom Buffalo garlic dip. pretty tasty! I'd buy this again, and I'm interested in trying their other flavors.
parmalat Jocoque Seco, plain and Jalapeño/Cheddar spread and dip. these are kefir based dips. also good, the plain one was great in a tangy creamy pasta sauce. I'm annoyed I didn't pick up their chipotle flavor as well. would repurchase.
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Post by repulsionist on Apr 28, 2024 16:15:24 GMT -5
The Gold Coast Snack Review
All of the more extreme North American snacks are available at a number of conveniences throughout the Gold Coast. The Prime Energy drink; Dr. Peppers in most of their forms. I ended up looking for the new Coke Zero K-Pop can/bottle, but I couldn't find it.
I liken the place to Turbo Daytona, Ft. Vegas-Lauderdale. You get me. That said, Straya still does its own thing.
Smith's Cheese and Onion Crisps/Potato Chips
Enough onion powder to provide contrast to the sharp cheese flavour. However, nothing special.
Sunkist
For those of a connoisseurial persuasion in the realm of soda pop, they would likely confirm Canadian Sunkist is truly the best, with its light pulp that slightly outshines Orangina. The Australian version has no pulp, but how the bottler chooses to formulate their syrup differs slightly to US Sunkist. Recommended, if only for enjoying the 375ml can. No paltry 330ml (Euro and NZ size). Or just a cup-and-a-half, 355ml size (North America can size).
Hungry Jacks
I don't remember the history behind why Burger King could not claim its name-throne in Australia. A name change to the king with a downgrade to the lower stratum of "jack" gives this corporate burger joint a jolt for the better. The fries were better. The nuggets better. The burgers carry only flame-kissed smoke embrace, instead of brutally broiled injection into the meatwad.
What I Did Not Touch With A 3m Pole
Life Savers' Musk & Raspberry Jellies Milk Chocolate Block (160g)
I've mentioned the Slothropian lollies here in Australasia. Seems the Aussies dug themselves further in to fragrant frisson by transposing their musk-flavoured sweet into a chocolate bar.
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Post by repulsionist on May 28, 2024 15:04:41 GMT -5
McVities' Fig Rolls - The Figgy One
McVitie's, a storied biscuit brand, does well with their version of the fig bar/fig roll. The cookie case is much more like a biscuit than a "newton".
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Post by 🐍 cahusserole 🐍 on Jun 4, 2024 16:07:58 GMT -5
the CTC offshoots I am currently tracking at the grocery outlets are sugar cookie toast crunch, tres leches toast crunch, and cinnamon toast crunch rolls. I got a box of CTC minis for 77 cents yesterday, but they will have to wait until I finish working my way through a gloriously huge bag of golden grahams. I think the minis claim to fame is that they're like kix sized?
did not find any more varieties of Terry's chocolate oranges, or any at all actually, I guess they must've passed the sell-by date. but I did score a Ritter sport for 99c. dark chocolate with peppermint filling, hoping it'll be like an upscale Yorks peppermint patty. or a big Andes mint.
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Post by repulsionist on Jun 10, 2024 19:57:46 GMT -5
Takis Blue Heat
Not a fan.
Pringles Sizzl'n Chipotle Sour Cream
An admirable blend of cooling, fatty milk solids with a just detectable smoky chipotle powder with a bit of bite. Asian, Australasian, and UK Pringles are noticeably smaller than their North American older brother.
Smiths's Original (Potato Chips)
Same crinkle cut as the Cheese & Onion. Same exceedingly light slice and fry that has you guessing if this is a slice of potato or something reconstituted for frying. Unable to dip chip without dip slip or chip break. To be consumed alone, without any friendly condiment - or else: clothing beware!
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Post by pantsgoblin on Jun 11, 2024 9:05:11 GMT -5
Potato chips recently in my face:
Kettle Gochujang
Worthwhile if a bit too intense to be a regular snack. A spicier barbecue-flavored chip.
Lay's Cuban Sandwich
Not bad but inferior in the realm of meat-flavored ones to the haggis crisps that the in-laws brought me from Scotland a while back. Those I would put away on the regular.
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Post by repulsionist on Jun 19, 2024 20:53:49 GMT -5
PiCK UP!
A Bahlsen Group biscuit from Germany. Excellent, thick chocolate filling between two hard biscuits. No, I am not describing anything unsavoury. The snack is in fact sweet. But not too sweet. More just right.
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Post by liebkartoffel on Jun 24, 2024 10:12:51 GMT -5
Sour Patch Kids Oreos: Funny, you don't think of Sour Patch Kids as having a distinctive flavor, but these are, indeed, Oreos that taste uncannily like Sour Patch Kids. The (golden) cookies carry the vaguely fruitish Sour Patch flavor, while the creme contains little crystal rings of sourness. Are they...good? Isn't that question kind of beside the point with these sorts of things? (They're edible. I don't know, C quite liked them.)
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Post by LazBro on Jun 24, 2024 11:38:57 GMT -5
Sour Patch Kids Oreos: Funny, you don't think of Sour Patch Kids as having a distinctive flavor, but these are, indeed, Oreos that taste uncannily like Sour Patch Kids. The (golden) cookies carry the vaguely fruitish Sour Patch flavor, while the creme contains little crystal rings of sourness. Are they...good? Isn't that question kind of beside the point with these sorts of things? (They're edible. I don't know, C quite liked them.) I've been eyeing these but didn't think anyone else in my family would go for them, meaning I'd be stuck eating the whole package. |
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Post by repulsionist on Jun 30, 2024 16:54:19 GMT -5
Paldo Tofu Kimchi Snack
No sour spicy kimchi coming through. Extruded and puffed wheat gluten and soy flour stay in the cardboard realm without breaking out into decent cereal mouthfeel. To be avoided unless relentlessly curious about snack options.
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Post by repulsionist on Jul 18, 2024 17:37:41 GMT -5
Doritos' Limited Edition Street Art Collection: The Boss Taco
Though its flavour dust likely has an iteration stateside, the hi-quality Old El Paso Taco Seasoning is the nicest damned coating a corn chip might want. Only available in NZ/AU.
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Post by repulsionist on Jul 21, 2024 16:08:17 GMT -5
Mini Bhakarwadi - Manufacturer not recorded
From a manufacturer like Haldirams or Shalini, this savoury swiss roll-shaped fried gram flour has a crunch that can be heard from 10s of meters away. While it took me over 1 week to finish the 200g bag, I did finish the bag, but I will not pursue as a snack option in future.
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Post by repulsionist on Jul 28, 2024 14:28:16 GMT -5
Cocoa PEBBLES™ Cinnamon King Size Candy Bar
A trip to the American Food store presented this oddity for purchase. Purchased it was. Consumed it was. Cocoa Pebbles do not inhabit every mouthful, but the cinnamon oil snap sweeps the palate from nosh to nosh. Excellent bar.
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Post by 🐍 cahusserole 🐍 on Jul 30, 2024 18:36:48 GMT -5
the CTC minis do not work as a snack food. they are fine in their intended purpose, as cereal with milk. I got a box of the sugar cookie version for 50 cents, which I'll try after the minis are done.
goldfish!
cheddar and sour cream: these were all right but not tangy enough for my liking
Frank's red hot: you don't taste much apart from the Frank's, so hopefully you like that (I do)
spicy dill pickle: THESE ARE GREAT.
I'm not a huge fan of Takis, I don't like the rolled-up form factor. but I will say their Xplosion flavor dust is pretty nice. (it is apparently discontinued.)
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Post by repulsionist on Aug 21, 2024 16:21:28 GMT -5
Dr. Pepper - Creamy Coconut (Limited Edition)
Limited edition. Expansive failure. Looking glass pass-through where "why" is the only question entering the mind. Fookin' gahbij. No alcohol Mal-i-ewww! Dr. Pepper Coppertone now seeing patients. *Devolves into ranting unintelligibly...*
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Aug 21, 2024 19:27:10 GMT -5
Dr. Pepper - Creamy Coconut (Limited Edition)Limited edition. Expansive failure. Looking glass pass-through where "why" is the only question entering the mind. Fookin' gahbij. No alcohol Mal-i-ewww! Dr. Pepper Coppertone now seeing patients. *Devolves into ranting unintelligibly...* My husband loves this, I haven’t tried it personally. |
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Post by repulsionist on Aug 22, 2024 17:23:10 GMT -5
Cheetos' Cheese and Bacon Balls
Were the balls denser when they first came on the scene in the 1980s? I remember Planters Original Cheez Balls being quite dense. Anyone? Anyhow, these marvels leave no cheetle. Something that marks this Australasian manufacturing of the ball as remarkable. Well done PepsiCo(Frito-Lay).
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Post by Ben Grimm on Aug 23, 2024 13:58:05 GMT -5
Dr. Pepper - Creamy Coconut (Limited Edition)Limited edition. Expansive failure. Looking glass pass-through where "why" is the only question entering the mind. Fookin' gahbij. No alcohol Mal-i-ewww! Dr. Pepper Coppertone now seeing patients. *Devolves into ranting unintelligibly...* My husband loves this, I haven’t tried it personally. My wife liked it; I was indifferent. |
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Post by ganews on Aug 31, 2024 17:22:16 GMT -5
I can't believe Tim-Tams were cheaper at the Melbourne airport than at the grocery story. By a lot: $6 instead of $9/pack. This was at the terminal so maybe it was a duty thing, even though I wasn't at the duty-free store.
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Post by repulsionist on Sept 3, 2024 23:51:46 GMT -5
I have a subjective answer to an unasked question: "Though I enjoy both, I slightly prefer Aquarius to Pocari Sweat."
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Post by repulsionist on Sept 9, 2024 20:09:47 GMT -5
Japan 2024 Snack Report - The Beverages
The snack game is very, very strong in Japan. Pre-packaged UPFs adorn the aisles of every FamilyMart, KwikStop, 7-Eleven, and Lawson's. To index the varieties of what's on offer would take a period longer than a 1-week holiday. I should hope I could do so in future.
Fanta Grape
The sweetest kiss of grape juice "grapeyness" accompanies a real sugar syrup infusion to the carbonated water. To say this is the "best" grape soda known to humankind might seem overstatement, but is no hyperbole to me. Hands down the best damned grape soda a human can consume.
Fanta Okinawa Shikuwasa Fruit
Honestly, I was unable to determine what flavour this was when I encountered it. My Google Translate wasn't keeping up where I happened to be. That said, I'm glad I encouraged my son to try this. To describe where in the citrus world exists won't be simple. Having a low tang of yuzu with the brightness of some clear-lozenge, tropical flavour of Jolly Rancher coupled with the weighty mouth-feeling one gets with a Faygo soda containing wood esters is only an estimate of what palate runs this soda gives.
Dr. Pepper
Readers, the good doctor in Japan has published a great number of papers detailing the morphology of 23 flavour enigma, and should be the most cited doctor of all the Pepper family. Skirting the edge of Pibb Xtra then superseding the former Mister, this Pepper has a fountain soda freshness unknown outside of Killeen. It was truly amazing.
Fanta Melon
A weak competitor to the other fizzy drinks tried while in Japan, but allowed a few word of description: If Midori had no alcohol…if Jolly Rancher decided to do a honeydew flavour…if Galia melon had its essence distilled into syrup. Good, but not worth more than a can's worth to enjoy a single go.
Pocari Sweat
My youngest would not try this because of its name and appearance. We bought roughly 6-8 500-600ml bottles of the stuff in various locations due to it being late summer in Northern Hemisphere. An isotonic concoction looking like pooled sweat in a bottle does not make for an appealing product. Its flavour comes in around lime and ends at lemon; however, that is only a hint when it's compiled with the electrolytic compounds that match human sudation output. Such allows easy and immediate absorption. Lauded and lionised by one William Gibson as being best thirst slaker, I concur with M. Gibson's assessment but counter with a few kinder words for its friendly rival, Aquarius.
Aquarius
A bit lighter in greyish colour than Pocari Sweat, this liquid refreshment does something different by adding a grapefruit acidity instead of lemon-lime as its most prominent flavour reference. Once the word "sweat" was removed from labelling, my youngest decided this was the best non-carbonated drink you could get.
Mitsuya Cider
Despite its name, this fizzy drink is a clear, lemon-lime ginger ale. Known briefly worldwide as Rick Astley was a spokesperson for the drink some 15 years back. What makes this carbonated drink interesting is the amount of carbonation. Maximum burp-age from this bevvie.
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