A Scoop of Seasonal Flavors - Thanksgiving Ice Cream

Salt & Straw Friendsgiving Ice Cream Pack

I have been super into Thanksgiving flavors this year, more than ever before. Normally I try and restrict my food purchases to in-person only, but these flavors sounded so perfect and fed right into my cravings. So I made an exception. 

This is the first time I have ever bought fancy ice cream from the internet. (They're available locally as a normal shop, but no where near me.) There were five different flavors in this release, and they came packaged in a recyclable cardboard box, with insulation that I am using in one of my winter cat shelters, and dry ice. Dry ice is so cool, and I have never gotten to play with it before, so I tossed some into a bowl full of water and added food dye to make fun videos on Instagram. 

 

I haven't had a spoonful yet, and I am already getting my money's worth out of this purchase. Let's jump right in. 

Bakeable Mini Sweet Potato Kit-Kat - Asian Food Market

Bakeable Mini Sweet Potato Kit-Kat - Asian Food Market 

I hope you guys had a great weekend. Mine was filled with permits, variances, and car shopping, with a little Fruit Ninja VR mixed in for good measure, but there is a light at the end of my short sale home-buying tunnel! It's so close I can taste it! Or maybe that's just the Kit-Kat's...

Western Japan KitKat Boxset Review

Reviews for: Purple Sweet Potato Kinoko no Yama ♥ Purple Sweet Potato Horo Waka

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Herr's Limited Edition Baked Cinnamon Sugar Sweet Potato Chips - Gift

Herr's Limited Edition Baked Cinnamon Sugar Sweet Potato Chips - Gift

These limited edition chips were a gift from my buddy Nate. (Thanks Nate!) 

Some of you might not recognize this brand. I recently found out that Herr's are only sold on the Eastern half of the United States and Canada, but this is a (somewhat) local company that I grew up with. All of the grocery stores in New Jersey carry Herr's snack foods, so growing up I assumed they were available nationwide.

When compared to big, bold, companies like Lay's or Doritos, Herr's designs seem rather bland, but their products are very satisfying. Until now they have released pretty generic potato chip flavors, but I must have missed the memo, because I didn't know that Herr's had jumped onto the limited edition flavor wagon.

As far as the bag's design is concerned, this is a big step up for Herr's. Their classic bags, which can be seen here, are simple and recognizable, but not especially appealing. That is why I was so impressed by this specific design, it has tons of bells and whistles. There are stripes, a gradient, a slightly more modern illustration, and even little sparklies! I know a lot of you are looking at this and thinking it's nothing special, which it isn't, but this is very different from the bags I grew up with. Typically, Herr's would pick just one color, print it on a foiled bag, and slap a picture on it. The colors and bags haven't changed since I was a kid, so I know all of the flavors and colors off the top of my head. (Blue means normal, green is sour cream and onion, red is ridges....I can go on and on.) I know it isn't made of gold or anything, and I shouldn't be gushing over it, but it's a big step forward for this local company and I think it's nicely done.

Meiji Kinoko No Yama Roasted Sweet Potato - Asian Food Market, NJ

Meiji Kinoko No Yama Roasted Sweet Potato - Asian Food Market, NJ

What? Even MORE Chocorooms?

My other Chocoroom flavor reviews:

• Original (Chocolate)
• Caramel
• Strawberry
• Purple Sweet Potato
• Macadamia

This is the last box of Chocorooms I have in my stash.

The packaging for this flavor is very vibrant. The combinations of red-violet and green are stunning. I think this is meant to be a fall flavor and design, but I’m not sure. (The Purple Sweet Potato was definitely a fall release with an obvious fall color scheme.) The box is smaller and thinner than the Macadamia version I reviewed a few days ago, so it’s more like the original Chocoroom box than any of the specialty flavors I have had.

Calbee Sweet Potato Chips - SunSeng Market : Pennsauken, NJ

Calbee Sweet Potato Chips - SunSeng Market : Pennsauken, NJ

The only English on this baggie was “Sweet Potato Snack Original Flavor.” Since my sister loves sweet potatoes, we decided to give it a try.

The packaging is VERY busy, because not only do you get chips, but each bag contains pieces of a game. You can get player pieces (like we did) or bits of a game board. Including a game with this snack is a great idea, I bet kids would really love having something like this in their lunch bag.

Meiji Kinoko No Yama Purple Taro (Purple Sweet Potato) - Asian Food Market, NJ

Meiji Kinoko No Yama Purple Taro (Purple Sweet Potato) - Asian Food Market, NJ

More Chocorooms! This time I have purple sweet Potato with white chocolate and black sesame seeds!

After trying the original, reviewed here, my sister was eager to try more! She loves this line! (It’s so cute!) I picked up a few flavors, so soon you’ll see reviews on strawberry and butterscotch soon!

The box is bright and eye catching. Judging from the image, I am guessing roasted sweet potatoes are a fall treat in Japan. There seems to be a fall theme to the box with leaves being Autumn colors. The package opens in the front, a lot like the Meltykiss Almonds I reviewed the other day, but the layout is arranged around the perforations so when I do open the box the design isn’t destroyed.I like that a lot!