Doritos Loaded- 7-Eleven: Cherry Hill, NJ

Doritos Loaded- 7-Eleven: Cherry Hill, NJ

Unlike my normal reviews this one was photographed on the go. Say hello to the interior of my Toyota.

When this item was making it's rounds on all of the foodie blogs I was admittedly horrified, but still oddly curious. I mean they are fried triangles of processed cheese covered in breadcrumbs made from nacho flavored Doritos, none of that is in any way actual food, but when we stopped to get gas on our way home from work my boyfriend and I were staring at the advertisement for these cheesy abominations and we decided to give them a try.

Final Thoughts on The NEW Peeps...

Super artificial, obnoxious, and bright. These Peeps were a lot of fun to photograph, but this is a candy, and I'm supposed to eat it. But, I really don't want to.

Since my original review I have eaten three of the watermelon Peeps and only two of the blue raspberry ones. I wanted to see if I just had to get used to them or give them another chance, but they were just as awful as when I first tried them.

If I had to recommend one of these flavors it'd be the watermelon, but I honestly didn't care for either of them. If you want a deliciously flavored Peep, go for the lemonade. The lemonade variety are delicious!

Edit: 2/24/14

Since I was, obviously, not a fan of these Peeps, I gave them to my boyfriend and he actually enjoyed them quite a bit. I think he enjoyed the novelty more than the flavoring to be honest, but I wanted to make it known that he did enjoy these. (They made his mouth very blue too, which was fun for me.)

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Palmer’s Giant Cake Batter Cup - Dollar General: Cinnaminson, NJ

Palmer’s Giant Cake Batter Cup - Dollar General: Cinnaminson, NJ

I knew this was going to be a risky treat. It could either be really yummy… or just as disgusting as those Cupcake Bites.

The packaging is a soft lavender color which is actually quite lovely, but the art is pretty bad. I am not a fan of those creepy children in the bottom corner, the design would have been much stronger without them. 

Cupcake Bites - ???

Cupcake Bites - ???

This was a gift from my mother, so I have NO CLUE where this came from. 

My mother picked these up because I like cupcakes. (I have cupcake shaped cookie jars, cupcake scented perfumes, and cupcakes on my T-shirts.) So logically, this should be right up my alley.

The packaging is mainly primary colors. Right away the combination of red and yellow makes me think of fast food establishments, while the addition of blue makes me think of preschools. These colors are mixed up with a Disney-esque font and actual photos of the bites floating in space. I think if the fonts and colors were adjusted this could be a salvageable design, but right now it looks like high school design work. My favorite things are the vectored cupcake and icing dribble.

When I got to the actual bites they looked just like their photos on the box, but they smelled like canned frosting.

I had to eat a few of these to figure out how I felt about them. They aren’t great. The outside is “frosting,” which is more like the waxy outside of those Easter egg malt balls they sell every year, while the inside is more of the same but with a crumbly texture. There are tiny rainbow nonpareils throughout that add a bit of crunchy texture, but they do not add to the flavor.

While these were something novel, and new to try… I can’t say I would -ever- buy these again.

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Angry Birds Fruit Snacks

Angry Birds Fruit Snacks

Even though I am about to be 25 years old…my mother still likes to buy me little treats for Easter. This year I got a box of Angry Birds fruit snacks. I had seen these around and I do enjoy the Angry Birds game (bomb-bird is the best!) plus gummy snacks are my favorite candy of all time. I just love gummy treats.

The package for the snacks is very bright and playful, I like the idea of different birds being on each box but there is no Bomb-Bird box! When I opened it up I noticed the plastic baggy actually had ‘Angry Birds’ printed on it. Very rarely do any candy companies print anything on the these baggies, and it was nice to see a little design inside the bag.