Rainbow Sherbet Extra Dessert Delights - Target : Cherry Hill, NJ

Rainbow Sherbet Extra Dessert Delights - Target : Cherry Hill, NJ

So far we had a hit (root beer float) and a miss (orange creme pop). I guess this flavor will be a tie-breaker. Are the new flavor additions overall good? Or bad?

Click on the flavor for photos and a review:

• Orange Creme Pop
• Rainbow Sherbet
• Root Beer Float
• Lemon Square

This package has a delightful rainbow design to match it’s colorful flavor. I love sherbet in all flavors. As children, rainbow sherbet is a summer staple! I haven’t had it in years (this is something I need to remedy).

The package smells a bit citrus-y. The smell actually reminds me of those Haribo Fruits Salad mix. The smell makes sense because most of the rainbow sherbet I have had include lemon and lime.

Orange Creme Pop Extra Dessert Delights - Target : Cherry Hill, NJ

Orange Creme Pop Extra Dessert Delights - Target : Cherry Hill, NJ

The root beer float flavor turned out to be really yummy and a great addition to the Dessert Delights line up. Would orange creme pop be the same?

Click on the flavor for photos and a review:

• Orange Creme Pop
• Rainbow Sherbet
• Root Beer Float
• Lemon Square

The packaging this time has a red-orange color scheme with an orange creamsicle in the lower right corner. Creamsicle is actually copyrighted, but I have always called all vanilla x orange flavor combinations creamsicle. (I guess it’s like how people call all sodas ‘coke’)

Root Beer Float Extra Dessert Delights - Target : Cherry Hill, NJ

Root Beer Float Extra Dessert Delights - Target : Cherry Hill, NJ

The Extra Dessert Delights line has been great from the get-go. Starting with key lime pie, strawberry shortcake, and mint chocolate chip ice cream, the yummy flavors and kitchy packaging sold well.

Now they have now started to branch out and make some more flavor options. This is one of the newest they have to offer, root beer float.

Click on the flavor for photos and a review:

• Orange Creme Pop
• Rainbow Sherbet
• Root Beer Float
• Lemon Square

The package follows the general design layout of the previous flavors, flowing design in like-colors with a photo of the real dessert the gum is based on.

The gum smells just like the hard-candy root beer barrels I used to eat as a kid.

The gum starts out being a very sweet vanilla, which gradually gives way to a nice root beer soda flavor. I can taste a little bit of an artificial sweetener after-taste, but this gum is pretty spot on!

I tastes really refreshing, and since I have never had a root beer flavored gum before, it’s unique! I think this is a great addition to the Dessert Delights line up and I would buy it again!

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Extra Dessert Delights Gum - Target : Cherry Hill, NJ

Extra Dessert Delights Gum - Target : Cherry Hill, NJ

This line of gum caught my eye right at the get go. The original three flavors were:

• Key Lime Pie
• Strawberry Shortcake
• Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

I loved every single one of them! The key lime pie and mint chocolate chip ice cream tasted extremely authentic. The strawberry shortcake flavor was really nice too, but tastes like cake bought at a grocery store, and that made it my least favorite of the three.
I am excited that the flavor line is expanding! The only additional flavor that isn’t pictured is apple pie. I had a packet of the gum, ate it all, and disposed of it before before I ever thought to take a picture. (boooo)
I wonder if I’ll like these flavors as much as the original…

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Stoli Salted Caramel Vodka - Liquor Store : Wildwood, NJ

Stoli Salted Caramel Vodka - Liquor Store : Wildwood, NJ

Another mini bottle I grabbed at the liquor store. This has been a big year for sea salt, and it seems like I am seeing salted caramel everywhere these days. I was wondering, would the flavor do well when mixed with drinks?

The bottle is a nice size and it is actually made with frosted glass, not plastic. I always love when bottles are made with glass, because they are usually really cute and I can reuse them in crafting project or when I make my own bath supplies.

When opened, it smells like a really good caramel. I can smell burnt sugar notes, and the alcohol makes it seem like a perfume!

Julie’s My Luv Cookie Convi-pack - Asian Food Market : Cherry Hill, NJ

Julie’s My Luv Cookie Convi-pack - Asian Food Market : Cherry Hill, NJ

See my packaging review HERE. This one will only be about the cookies and crackers inside.

Julie’s My Luv Cookie Convi-pack - Asian Food Market : Cherry Hill, NJ

Julie’s My Luv Cookie Convi-pack - Asian Food Market : Cherry Hill, NJ

I had too many photos for one post, so I had to break this up. This post will be for the packaging and coming up next will be the tasty treats inside!

I had never heard of Julie’s cookies before, and typically I don’t seek out treats like this…but the packaging really sealed the deal on this purchase.

Mini Pecan Pie - Tennessee

Mini Pecan Pie - Tennessee

My buddy Jared and his amazing band, The Zombie Mafia, went on tour recently! When he came back he brought me a little treat. A mini pecan pie!

Meiji Gummy Choco Drink Menu - Asian Food Market : Cherry Hill, NJ

Meiji Gummy Choco Drink Menu - Asian Food Market : Cherry Hill, NJ

This time I have some more Gummy Choco, but this time it is a beverage themed pack.

The packaging is really cute and has illustrations of all three beverages on the front, they match the colored candies to the flavors and show the gummy insides. I really like that this package gave us so much visual information, because they don’t always provide English and sometimes I have no clue what I am eating. The box design is really helpful as well, it has a special lid that lifts up to dispense the candy more easily. This also helps with resealing the box to save some for later.

Unlike the Gummy Choco I had before, there doesn’t seem to be a milk chocolate layer between the flavored white chocolate coating and the gummy.

Toasted Corn Ice Cream - Franklin Fountain : Philadelphia, PA

Toasted Corn Ice Cream - Franklin Fountain : Philadelphia, PA

That’s right! Toasted corn ice cream! Sorry there wasn’t much of an update yesterday, but here is something really unique to make up for it. My friends Brian and Kevin told me about a place they had been to in Philadelphia called the Franklin Fountain. It’s an old fashioned soda fountain where the employees dress retro, the menu has classic malt-shop recipes, there are retro candies and soda…but they have some crazy out-there stuff. (Like this flavor!)

The shop is adorable! It is really small and the decor is vintage. They can only take cask too because the cash registers are vintage! They have wooden drawers and a bell rings when they open! It was so cool!

The flavor of the day was toasted corn and I had to try it. When was I ever going to see corn ice cream again?

There were corn kernels speckled throughout the vanilla-bean-based ice cream. It smelled kind of like movie theater popcorn, when I took a taste..it was a LOT like popcorn actually! The corn kernels had a freeze-dried texture to them. The mouth feel made me think of the little bits of corn inside instant ramen cups. The salty corn mixed well with the sweet vanilla ice cream, and I thought this was a really successful flavor!

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Buffalo Chicken Spring Rolls - Pinterest

Buffalo Chicken Spring Rolls - Pinterest

Another Pinterest recipe! This time I made buffalo chicken spring rolls with spring roll wrappers I bought from the Asian Food Market. 

I had this recipe on my pinterest board, slowly I am working my way through the recipes and actually making them.

The recipe was really easy to follow, but the wrappers used in the tutorial were square. Mine were circular which made folding a little trickier. The wrapper got a bit too thick in a few places which made it a little hard to bite into.

I also omitted the blue cheese, because I never use blue cheese with my wings.

I really like this recipe and have already made it two times! If you like wings and want something a little different, give this recipe a try!

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Meiji Gummy Choco - Asian Food Market : Cherry Hill, NJ

Meiji Gummy Choco - Asian Food Market : Cherry Hill, NJ

Gummy candy and chocolate? A lot of people I know dislike the combination, but I actually enjoy it. My favorite example of this combination is milk chocolate covered gummy bears. (I buy them in a little tub at Wegman’s.) This is a product with a similar idea.

These are little gummy centers that are coated in a very thin layer of milk chocolate, and then coated in a white chocolate coating flavored to match the gummy center. In this mix the flavors are strawberry, muscat, and orange.

I love this tubular packaging. It is very easy to store, easy to share, and it doesn’t take up much space at all in a bag or drawer. Meiji offers a lot of their candies in these tube-type packages as well as the traditional boxes, which is nice, but I prefer the unique look of these tubes.

Kuai Kuai Corn Snack (Strawberry) - Asian Food Market : Cherry Hill, NJ

Kuai Kuai Corn Snack (Strawberry) - Asian Food Market : Cherry Hill, NJ

Next up from my Asian Food Market haul, Kuai Kuai! Honestly, I picked these up at because of how cute the packaging is! Look at how adorable it is! It has a sweet little corn snack face, strawberries and on the back the little bag-mascot is singing with a bunny!

I love the packaging. The bag was easy to open and the design is just adorable. There list their website on the back, and it is even more adorable!

Sac Sac - Asian Food Market : Cherry Hill, NJ

Sac Sac - Asian Food Market : Cherry Hill, NJ

Here was something random and fun I picked up from the Asian Food Market. Sac Sac! (They were on sale 3 for a dollar)

I am not sure if you can tell from the photo, but these are tiny! Just 6fl. oz. each. The can’s design uses warm colors (yellow, red and orange) and a simplified design.
Why is it called Sac Sac? There is a hint on the can.

When I opened the can to pour it out it was chunky! Why? because floating in the juice are little ‘sacks’ from  mandarin oranges.

Godis Chokladkrokant - Ikea : Philadelphia, PA

Godis Chokladkrokant - Ikea : Philadelphia, PA

I was going to post this yesterday, but when I found out that I somehow got the new limited edition Oreos BEFORE their release date I HAD to post that first.This was the last thing I picked up at Ikea.

They had samples of these candies out for you to try, my mother and I really liked them so we picked up a baggie.

The packaging is really thin and flimsy. The plastic kinks VERY easily and it was really difficult to photograph. I don’t really like the choice of color, but it serves it’s purpose.

The candies are milk chocolate bricks with little bits of butterscotch mixed in. The chocolate is VERY sweet, but the butterscotch has a nice, dark, buttery flavor that helps cut through the sweetness.

Very yummy, but I really wish the packaging was better.

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Saft Lingon - Ikea : Philadelphia, PA

Saft Lingon - Ikea : Philadelphia, PA

I had Lingonberry juice when I had lunch at Ikea with my mother. It was something I had never seen before, so I was really excited to try it. (I LOVE fruit.)

I reviewed it when I had lunch HERE.

"The lingonberry juice was really refreshing, it was a lot like a cranberry juice, but a bit brighter. It isn’t very strong on it’s own, but when I mixed it with a bit of lemon lime soda it was really interesting!"

In the food section of Ikea that sell the concentrate to make your own. I picked some up and mixed it with a bit of water. The mix tastes exactly the same as the one I had in Ikea!

I think this is an interesting flavor, very cranberry-like, and it will be fun to experiment with flavor combinations. Mixing it with soda, lemonade, liquor… I can’t wait!

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Dryck Blabar - Ikea : Philadelphia, PA

Dryck Blabar - Ikea : Philadelphia, PA

Another Ikea treat! This time, a blueberry drink.

The bottle is very basic, but the designs for Ikea’s food are meant to be simple. Looking at the liquid, you can see little bits of blueberry inside!

Pouring it into the glass, you can see that there really is some blueberry sediment in the juice, so I had to shake it quite a bit before drinking.

It smells…like blueberries. Fresh blueberries!

I am happy to report that it tastes 100% authentic! It is like a sweet bowl of blueberries. The flavors are mellow, so they don’t overwhelm your taste-buds. 

This is fantastic for summer and I highly recommend it. (I bet it would be amazing mixed with lemonade.)

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Asian Haul - Asian Food Market : Cherry Hill, NJ

Asian Haul - Asian Food Market : Cherry Hill, NJ

Along with Ikea, I also went to the Asian Food Market again. Look forward to tons of foodie posts from that! For now, here is a group shot.

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Ikea Haul - Ikea : Philadelphia, PA

Ikea Haul - Ikea : Philadelphia, PA

Here is a group shot of the goodies I got at Ikea a few weeks ago. Reviews on these items coming up next!

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Vita Coco - Costa’s : Pennasauken, NJ

Vita Coco - Costa’s : Pennasauken, NJ

A few months ago, coconut water was everywhere! It was being advertised on TV and radio as a delicious way to hydrate your body. It was a foodie-trend. Now, I have had literal coconut water before, straight from a coconut, and I was not thrilled with the flavor. So I was wondering if the new beverages made with it were any better.

Vita Coco was one of the more popular brands, so I picked one up from my local market.
The packaging is similar to Japanese soy drinks, it is a container made with a waxy-paper-like substance that is folded into a box. I like the idea, but I am not sure if this is the best way to package this product.

I opened the container and took a taste. It was salty. VERY salty. It tasted like coconut water mixed with very salty Hawaiian Punch. I don’t like it, but I figured I’d drink the rest. As I drank, it seemed like every sip was getting saltier and saltier.

About half way through I gave up and got rid of it. I looked up Vita Coco, and it turns out their products have a lot if inconsistencies. Several users seems to have gotten containers that were rotten, or the beverage inside has turned yellow…ick.

Overall I don’t recommend this to anyone.

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