Category Archives: The Snack Report
The Snack Report: Maple Cotton Candy
Cotton candy is a magical treat. It’s sugar that’s been transformed into something light and fluffy and fun. Cotton candy has been around since the 18th century, but it was expensive then, so not many people knew about it. Like many popular food stuffs today, cotton candy got its first real introduction to a wide audience at a World’s Fair, in this case the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis.
The Snack Report: Limeade Oreos
Continuing with this week’s theme of Oreo reviews (and our never ending quest to get free cookies sent to us) I am here to review another limited edition Oreo flavor out now: Limeade. I was instantly intrigued when I saw these cookies in the grocery store last week, mostly because of the bright green filling. Luckily they happened to be on sale, so they quickly made their way into my shopping cart. However I became a bit wary after running into the Oreo rep lady, who happened to be there refilling the shelves. Her opinion of them was, “They’re not terrible.” While that’s certainly a good sign, it’s also not the highest praise either. So…how did I find them to be?
The Snack Report: Reese’s Peanut Butter Oreos
When it comes to licensing brand names to things, obviously Oreo is no stranger to the game. Oreos has lent itself into candy bars, cereal, ice cream, and lots of other random products that made use of its formula and name. On the other side of the spectrum is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, which has also licensed itself out. Its sidequests include cookies, cereal, ice cream, and lots of other random products. Holy shit! It’s like they’re connected!
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The Cereal Report: Jif Peanut Butter Cereal
The Cereal Report is a column in which PCFG conducts various cereal reviews, of new or limited products, as well as providing brief backgrounds on the cereal. Cereal is delicious and fairly cheap as far as meals go. Everyone should eat cereal!
I’ve covered peanut butter cereal before, and as mentioned I am an ardent fan of peanut butter. I eat it on ice cream, in milkshakes, on toast, on pancakes, you name it. So this one took me by surprised when I went into the supermarket for a routine visit, last week:
The Snack Report: Mission Tortilla Triangle Chips
The other day Erik and I were at the grocery store, shopping for supplies for dinner. We were going to make nachos (more on that to come later). As we strolled down the chip aisle we made a horrific discovery: tortilla chips are stupidly expensive. Even on sale they were more than we thought they should be. Wondering what to do, we decided to check out the aisle that had tortillas, thinking maybe we would have to make our own. That was where we found the Mission tortilla chips (they also have rounds and strips, but we chose the triangles).
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