Saturday, June 13, 2026

Lay's Baked Barbecue Potato Crisps

Baked Lay's are not sliced potatoes. Their shape would indicate they are made of batter than is cut and then baked. The are potato flat bread or potato crackers. 

Does that make them bad or bad for you? No.

To be dead honest the barbecue verieaty tastes fine. I get strong notes of sugar and sage. They crunch like chips and are almost as good as the real thing. 

You can't really scoop your avocado with them. Things are brittle and flimsy,  but they taste fine.  
 

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Blake's Roasted Chicken


 Blake's Roasted Chicken is chicken and rice with sauce and broccoli. There needed to be more broccoli and rice. I could have done with more chicken, but with so little rice and broccoli this was a very small meal in a rather large  box. 

It should be noted that the big box mean that the food cooks faster because less food does cook faster. Still, it's too little food to be a meal.  

I will add that the chicken was on the tough side. It did look to be real enough, but still, tough.

So I ate every bit of this frozen meal, not that there was much to it, and that makes it better than average. Not good, but better than average.  

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Warheads Sour Soda Peach

Warheads Sour Soda Peach is peach only in color and taste like Granny Smith Apple. This can of disappointment is often hard to find at my local Dollar Tree and I think that they should change up this flavor because it just doesn't live up to its name.

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Monster Juice Khaotic Orange Citrus

Monster Juice Khaotic Orange Citrus tastes just like an orange ice-pop. I will admit that this was a little too rich for me and the flavor was something that could use a thinning  but man was this good. 

I had this with chipped ice, from a room temperature can, and it was a dream in glass. 

I'll grant that I wouldn't drink another one in short order but then you shouldn't do that with am energy drink. 

These things are killer good.
 

Monday, June 8, 2026

Saffron Road Vegetable Bibimbap


 Saffron Road Vegetable Bibimbapn is the kind of thing that is just slopped together and not mixed so that the flavor can really be inconsistent. It is a little on the spicy side. I'm not a big fan of Tofu but it has almost no flavor and will simply taste like the spicy sauce. 

This is not my cup of tea. The rice is soggy, as are the vegetables, and the whole thing just falls flat.  

It is edible, which says a lot for frozen food, but it isn't good either.  

In a world were people need food and this is food you may find this at the right price. If you do, it will keep you alive, but will life be worth living if you have to eat this? 

McDonald's Mango Pineapple Refresher

Shortly before midnight I came home from McDonald's to try this Mango Pineapple Refresher. I feel insulted that I was expected to pay almost five dollars for a medium this thing. 

There was bitter pineapple, definitely not the superior Hawaiian variety, and all most no mango to be tasted.

The worst part is those red things that get stuck in the ice and cannot be tasted unless you dig them out or wait for the thing to melt. I mean, what's the point?

Anyway, fail, not worth the money.    
 

Sunday, June 7, 2026

Costco Food Court Chocolate Ice Cream


 Costco Food Court Chocolate Ice Cream is some good old soft serve. I wouldn’t call it great or memorable but as with everything Costco it’s the right deal for the price.

I mean, good stuff really but it could use a bit more pizzazz.

Saturday, June 6, 2026

Krispy Kreme New York Cheesecake Filled Doughnut

Krispy Kreme New York Cheesecake Filled Doughnut would be a good deal better if there was any cheesecake filling to be tasted. Cheesecake is a bit stronger in flavor than what this is filled with and eating this just makes me wish I had real cheesecake. 

The crumble on top is just as pointless not having the flavor of cheesecake crust. I figure it would be odd to have that on top but this stuff is odd to have at all. 

This is rich like cheesecake, but hasn't got the right flavor. I wouldn't get it again. 

Fail! 
 

Friday, June 5, 2026

Krispy Kreme Cringer Claw Cookie Dough Doughnut


 Krispy Kreme Cringer Claw Cookie Dough Doughnut is a simple pastry that is colored after the He-Man character that I think was called "battle cat" so Cringer was his un-transformed name I guess.  

Anyway, this is a solid doughnut. What we have is a standard glazed with some added frosting that fleshes it out some. I don't know if there is so much flavor in the frosting but this will keep well and tastes good. 

I'm not sure what more one wants in a doughnut.  

Thursday, June 4, 2026

Krispy Kreme He-Man Caramel Crunch Doughnut

Krispy Kreme He-Man Caramel Crunch Doughnut is supposed to have cheesecake flavored frosting. There is that word "flavored" again meaning not real but it's fine because this didn't taste anything like cheesecake. 

The He-Man thing that is hard for you to see is chewy and the bits on top are cookie crumbs. I don't care for that in doughnuts, because they get stale fast and really had little to the experience. 

Overall I think this is just a blob of sugar and I wouldn't really want to eat another. They just fall short of being good eating.

I'm going to call this a skip.   
 

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

7-Select Cinnamon Sugar Mini Donuts

7-Select Cinnamon Sugar Mini Donuts have a little more flavor than the doughnuts you normally get at gas stations. I love to have these with coffee, but they can make a mess. Less of a mess than the powdered ones because they're brown and brown doesn't show as much. 

Anyway, if you haven't tried these they are about the best of the doughnuts of their nature. To get better you need to go to a shop instead of a gas station. 

I would get these again if I were not a great fat blob.  
 

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Chips Ahoy! Big Chewy Chocolatey Brownie

Chips Ahoy! Big Chewy Chocolatey Brownie is the kind of thing that makes you think brownies stink. Thin, clay like, and not very tasty these need some vanilla.

If you're a brownie fan then you shouldn't eat these because they taste synthetic and are a shadow of what a good brownies should taste like.  
 

Monday, June 1, 2026

Lay’s Brazilian-Style Garlic Sauce Potato Chips

Lay’s Brazilian-Style Garlic Sauce Potato Chips really tastes like garlic. I mean it really tastes like garlic. It will make you smell like garlic. There will be garlic on your breath until you brush your teeth with strong toothpaste. 

I can detect the creamy vibe of what I guess would be the sauce part. I've never had Brazilian-Style Garlic Sauce, so I don't know. 

To be fair, I'd skip this because it makes you stink and would be bad for nooky after the game. Unless she's into dirty men. I knew a few folks who were. 
 

Sunday, May 31, 2026

Nature Valley Peanut Butter Chocolate Crispy Creamy Wafer Bars

Nature Valley Peanut Butter Chocolate Crispy Creamy Wafer Bars are a bit lighter than what I remember Nature Valley bars to be like. I'd still call them candy and I don't think they have the same benefits. 

They taste fine, but the chocolate isn't as rich and I would think it should be and the flavor isn't very chocolate. 

As with most granola bars, these really don't fill you up. I would say that they do work as food on the go but are still fall and should still be thought of as junk food. 

Eat in moderation but not bad.  
 

Saturday, May 30, 2026

Lay's Honey Butter Potato Chips


 When I got these Lay's Honey Butter Potato Chips they were well within their expiration date but didn't taste as fresh as normal Lay's. They didn't have as much flavor as the original and were subdued. 

This is not to say they were bad. They were fine. I wouldn't get them over the original. 

Friday, May 29, 2026

Carl’s Jr. Lemonade

Carl’s Jr. Lemonade is well, lemonade, it has the quality of being lemonade only it’s on the pithy side tastes like more of the lemon than was right got into the mix. I don’t think much of it. I wouldn’t recommend it and I wouldn’t get it again. 


 

Thursday, May 28, 2026

Kindling Power Twists Dill Pickle Pretzels


 Kindling Power Twists Dill Pickle Pretzels are a good thing to have if you buy your avocados at the discount store and need to eat them in short order. 

Kindling Pretzels in general tend to be dry and unpleasant to eat without dip. I have never been big on dipping pretzels, but I have never been big on pretzels. 

Anyway, yeah, they taste like pickles. I detect no dill but then dill can be mild an overshadowed by other flavors.

I don't get the whole "tastes like pickle" thing, but if you run that way these are for you.  

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

McDonald's Strawberry Watermelon Refresher


 McDonald's Strawberry Watermelon Refresher is more than four dollars of sugar water for a medium. You can have two of these or a twelve pack of your top soda.

As for flavor, I can't taste the watermelon but the strawberry is there. I'll grant that those strawberry are freeze dried and feel funny in hour mouth, but they are real. 

If there is one thing we should all stop doing it's buying soda at fast food places. They cost too much and are bad for us. This is the latest effort from the clown to empty your wallet. 

Don't let him do it! 

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Stouffer's Bowl-Fulls Slow-Roasted Steak & Potatoes

Stouffer's Bowl-Fulls Slow-Roasted Steak & Potatoes is almost as much water as it is Frozen Meal. You need to cook the crap out of it before the mashed potatoes, that's right mashed, are firm enough to not be soup. 

Now the meat is some of the worst scraps I've had in a long time. This beef should have become hamburger rather than been served like this. 

I would call this small, but it really is poorly balanced anyway so I wouldn't call it a meal.  

If you're going to eat this you probably have little choice in the matter and I feel for you. Let's hope the economy gets better and Americans remember that this isn't really food.  
 

Monday, May 25, 2026

Zipfizz Energy Drink Powder Pina Colada

Zipfizz is a dry energy supplement that fizzes up when you put it in water. The Pina Colada flavor is interesting, but I’ve never had a Pina Colada so I can’t say how much it tastes like the real thing.

I had one with a shot of vodka and it was good enough for me to ask a friend to try.

I’m a big fan of the Zipfizz, because I can keep a few in my work bag and have them when I need them. Good stuff really.

 


 

Sunday, May 24, 2026

Frontera Chicken Fajita Bowl Frozen Meal

Frontera Chicken Fajita Bowl is the kind of Frozen "Meal" that doesn't have enough of the most basic ingredients. Sure it has piles of onions and bell peppers but the chicken, rice, and beans were missing. 

To be fair they had a few but just not enough to make this worth eating. I have to say this was small, sad, and almost flavorless. 

If you like squishy bell pepper then by all means eat this, but if you want a Fajita Bowl this just isn't your party.  
 

Saturday, May 23, 2026

Jones Watermelon Soda

 Jones Watermelon Soda isn’t the best watermelon soda that I’ve ever had. It tastes more like rind than watermelon and it’s more tart than it should be. I’ve made watermelon smoothies with nothing but watermelon and coconut water and they taste like what this should be.

I’m not that impressed but it isn’t bad.

Friday, May 22, 2026

Armour LunchMakers Turkey & Cheese, Crackers & Butterfinger

At two hundred Calories these Armour LunchMakers Turkey & Cheese, Crackers & Butterfinger things should all them selves snack makers. I wasn't expecting much but a small human would need ten of these a day. 

The cheese is cheese and the crackers are crackers so I figure they are about as good or bad as they may be, but that turkey is so poor quality that it should be in government. I'll grant that these things weren't right out of the refrigerator, but dang, that turkey was sweating so hard it could have been on the Epstein List.

Small, cheap, and with little substance these would only be worth feeding to a three year old. I wouldn't put this in your child's lunch.       
 

Thursday, May 21, 2026

Odyssey Classic Cola Sparkling Energy Drink


 Odyssey Cola is almost cola. It isn't cola in terms of Coke of Pepsi but it is kind of cola like. I may try adding this to some cola and seeing what happens. 

Anyway, this is a way to get your caffeine with the mushrooms that people say are so good for you. It has Lion's Mane and Cordyceps. I didn't feel any major change after drinking this so if you think this is some kind of magic super drink you're wrong.

I mean, it was fine, I wouldn't have called it good, but it had a lot less sugar than cola normally has so I guess it has it's merits.  

Kindling Power Twists Sea Salt Pretzels

Kindling Power Twists Sea Salt Pretzels are some kind of health food that I don't understand. You take pretzels, okay, not good for you, they you do something that makes them taste, um, dry. 

I can't say they taste bad but just dry and kind of ashy. I didn't care for them until I got out an avocado and used these to scoop it out of it's skin. 

With avocado the dryness went away and these were okay. I don't think I'd get them again. I don't know how these are better, but maybe I'll wake up tomorrow feeling really good.   
 

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

7-Eleven Quesadilla Salvadorena


 7-Eleven Quesadilla Salvadorena is an odd bird indeed. Made from Cotija, which is a cow milk cheese I have never had, it heavy and thick with a strong flavor and chewy bits. 

I must say that this was something worth trying if only because it's different than other products. It's still on the wet side and has bits that stay in the wrapper, but I thought it was delightful.  

I'll grant that at four hundred and forty Calories it should be. I mean, good as this was I should never eat one again... or at least only eat them on days when I work out.  

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

McDonald's Stranger Things Happy Meal Toys Mike


 Number 7 on the McDonald's Stranger Things Happy Meal Toys list Mike Wheeler here is a toy I wouldn't take much joy in if I were still a kid. There is very little to play with here and that pink box it comes in make me look up the character to see if he was they gay one. 

These feel a little flat. I guess the fact that they come with the box should make them better, but I don't know if kids would really want to play with the box. 

All in all, I'm not impressed. 

Monday, May 18, 2026

Doritos Sweet Tangy BBQ Tortilla Chips


 Few snacks are as wonderful as Doritos. I love them so much. Haven't had them in a spell, but I'm a blob and shouldn't eat them anyway. 

Doritos Sweet Tangy BBQ Tortilla Chips are what you get when you take something great and make it okay. I mean, I'm learning that chips and avocado are a poor mix but Doritos are more something you eat on their own than with dip.

Anyway, this have all the mess of getting that stuff that looks like radio active bee pollen on my hands, but have none of the cheese goodness of their namesake.   

It may just be that these are too different from what I expected, but it may also be that this flavor is just not a good combination.   

Fail. 

Sunday, May 17, 2026

McDonald's Dirty Dr. Pepper


 Oh, the price we pay for sugar water. This sugar water is around four bucks for a medium and they call it McDonald's Dirty Dr. Pepper. I must say that if I weren't getting ripped off this would be really good. 

It has vanilla cream and cold phome giving it a thick mocha like taste and texture. Stuff is bad for you and costs too much but I have to say it tastes great. 

Saturday, May 16, 2026

7-Select Mini Powdered Donuts

7-Select Mini Powdered Donuts are kind of basic fair. I mean, these are the powdered doughnuts that I have eaten many a time before in a different package. If that isn't true they sure fooled me.

In any case, these are what I would expect and would mention that they can get powdered sugar on your uniform and around your work. This could attract ants. 

Past that, classic.  
 

Friday, May 15, 2026

Snack n' Go Dustin figure


 This is #6 of the Stranger Things Happy Meal toys and I think this is part of the cartoon spinoff because I have no idea where this fits into the plot. That blue thing is a plastic box that looks like something that I'm sure comes from the cartoon.

All in all, this is okay. I mean, I wouldn't call it cool. I wouldn't call it fun, but hey, this is a crappy toy that comes with a meal.