I have to make room on my phone, so I’m going through and finding photos, voice memos and notes about snack tastings that I have left incomplete. Here’s a roundup of stuff from 2022…
March 8 Hariboo Smurfs: Not worth the sugar.
March 15 Smartfood Cinnamon Sugar Cupcake flavored popcorn: These were delicious, but of course, limited editions with a scary amount of ingredients. After I finished the bag, I became a bit obsessed with sweet-salty-cinammony pocorn. So, I tried a couple of different brands of kettle corn with one addition: I sprinkled cinnamon on them. It’s a delicious combination. Boom Chicka Pop Sweet & Salty Kettle Corn worked the best.
July 8 Hippeas Organic Chickpea Puffs Bohemian BBQ flavor: Similar to the texture of a Funion with an easy crunchy and yummy BBQ flavor. I don’t taste chickpea flour base. I wasn't moved enough to consider buying any of these in the future.
July 28 Trader Joe’s Carolina Gold Style BBQ Flavored Ridge Cut Potato Chips – Upon bag opening, they appear very yellow - there must be a lot of turmeric. Upon first bite, you get mustard and then vinegar and then a little spicy kick… maybe Worcestershire sauce. The flavor is good, but the texture is too hard – feels like ridge cut plus kettle cooked. This flavor would be good on a regular smooth cut fried crisp chip and would be the perfect accompaniment to a hot dog.
August Lay’s Limited Time Flavor Funyuns Onion Flavored Wavy Potato Chips
Lay’s Limited Time Flavor Frito’s Chili Cheese Flavored Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
December Lay’s Adobadas Flavored Potato Chips, official USA snack of the FIFA World Cup 2022
