Snacks! Reviews/'reviews' welcome

When I ate bugs Christmas before last, I swear I could taste them/ feel them in my teeth for months.

I had those stories (couldn't remember whose exactly) in mind as I ate them... but thankfully not in teeth. The legs were frazzled up under the ant's head/body, definitely there but hard to get stuck in the jaws.

Hang on - I don't like any of these stories. I was told that insects might be the solution to food sourcing problems in the future. No-one says they taste like crap for days afterwards when they say the former...

When they talk about making food from insects, I don't think they mean roasting he whole thing, legs and wings, so it still looks like a bug. They'd be pasting them to make something like quorn I expect.

I think I'd rather have the whole insects to be honest.

Chocolate Brownie Oreos

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Have you ever had an Oreo and thought, "If only this tasted more like a Bourbon Cream?"

Pros:

• Delicious taste
  
• Suitable for vegetarians and vegans
  

Cons:

• Lacks the sharp taste of the original Oreo
  
• For some reason, these never last long
  

Mmmm rating: 7/10

A packet of Oreos looks to be a similar size to any other packet of biscuits, but each Oreo takes up three times the space so it doesn't last as long.

They are a bit of a rip in that regard, yes.

Further, I've been snacking more. It's another twofer.

Vegan Cornetto

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Because you have to try these things. Ice cream is one of life's sweetest pleasures and we don't have so much of it around these parts any more.

Pros:

• Tastes similar enough to the original
  
• Shows that Walls are thinking about the vegan community
  

Cons:

• Doesn't quite taste like the original
  
• Only one flavour so far
  

Mmmm rating: 8/10

In addition to the above

Hartley's Cloudy Jelly (Lemonade Flavour)

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Saw this, picked it up.

Pros:

• Lovely sharp taste
  
• Gives you that jelly fix
  

Cons:

• Relatively expensive
  
• Almost felt like it hadn't set when I took it out of the fridge... but it had!
  

Mmmm rating: 6/10

I've seen a few vegan friends bigging up the current vegan ice cream scene. Good to see!

Daelman's Stroopwafels



If you don't know what these are (and I think somebody might have reviewed them previously?), they are basically caramel between two wafers.

Pros:

• Tasty waffly things;
  
• Good with tea;
  
• You're meant to put them on a mug of tea and make the middle bit go all melty, and when that works they're delightful.

Cons:

• Bit dry without tea;
  
• I'm feeling a bit podgier nowadays and these do not help one bit;
  
• I've only got one mug where they sit nicely over the top rather than balancing precariously and then falling, and it's my least favourite mug;
  
• 'Stroopwafels' doesn't seem like the proper plural. 'Stroopwafeln' perhaps? And how do you pronounce it? British 'oo' or German 'oo'? THIS IS IMPORTANT SNACK MATERIAL.

Mmmmarks out of ten: 7.  The ultimate First World Problems snack.

From six year ago

The Cappuccino Kid wrote:

It's been a while since my last snack review. I attribute this absence to the fact I've not eaten anything lately.

~

Daelmans Stroopwafels



Pros:

Insanely wolfable - you could demolish a packet of these in minutes.
Chewy and crispy: a rarity in the texture world.
A decent substitute for a real, fresh one

Cons:

Caramel center doesn't melt quite enough over a mug of piping-hot tea for my liking.
'Light snack'? Is it f**k.
Not good for you. Not at all.

76%

There's much to enjoy about these, but your gut and teeth will hate you for them. Marks deducted as it's just not as good with tea as, say, a scone.

He's even got the apostrophising better than I have! Curse you, useless forum search tool!

Marks close enough over two people and six years, though.

Ooh it's like the second opinion box from a magazine!

Except Cappa's reviews are NGamer-levels and mine are that crappy Game Boy spin-off that got two issues.

Stroopwafels - not a banger
^only review that matters

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And that was NOM levels.

Floor Spaghetti

Pros:

• Delicious
  
• I bought it from the 7/11 so I didn't have to bother cooking
  
• Pretty cheap

Cons:

• I feel really sick right now and I don't know if its because I ate two whole spaghetti meals and that's too much or if it's because I spilled the entirety of one of those meals on the floor before scooping it back onto the plate and eating it

...I really needed that laugh. Hope you don't put it back on the floor later!

Drunka: Five second rule, scoop it up quickly and it's still a fine fine spaghetti dinner.

I was fine the next morning, if anyone was worried.

I tend to imagine you with a titanium stomach that germs and alcoholic poisons just bounce off.

Yeah, I've got a pretty stellar immune system, mostly thanks to all the dumb shit I do

BIG TIME BUMP!

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Takis Fuego - I've been meaning to do this one for a while now.


What is it? - A chilli and lime flavour fried corn snack.


Are they good? - Aye, they're dangerously good as they have that moreish quality to them.


Are they actually spicy? - Yup! The standard 55g packs have a really strong kick to them but I've found it can vary a little bit with the bigger party style packs even though they are still great as well.

Do I recommend them? - Only avoid if you don't like spicy stuff as these will blow yer heid aff & if you get the big party pack maybe get someone to hide them as you might eat them all in one sitting.

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Jaffa Jonuts

What is it? - A jaffa cake shaped like a doughnut?

Is it anything like a real doughnut? - Sadly nope, they've taken a normal jaffa cake shaped it like a doughnut & removed the best part about a jaffa cake (the jelly orange bit under the chocolate) & instead put the orange flavour through the cake-y bit instead.

Do I recommend them? - Nah, just buy normal Jaffa cakes.

I've been eying up Takis for some time so it sounds like I should have took the plunge earlier. I would say the Jaffa Jonuts are unironically better than Krispy Kreme's Jaffa inspired donut but I'd also agree with a regular Jaffa Cake being the gold standard still.