Snack Review: Smartfood Popcorn Clusters

I love popcorn for breakfast. Every morning, I always take those 100 calorie bags of kettle popcorn with me to work, because they are low in calories and they take a while to eat. However, for the past few weeks I took Frito-Lay Smartfood popcorn clusters with me to work and not only were they tasty, they seemed to satisfy my hunger every morning.

These delicious clusters contain something different in each flavor. Each flavor was coated in caramel, but not so much that it stuck to your teeth. The popcorn had a fresh crisp texture to it and I had to stop myself from pouring the whole bag down my mouth. There were three flavors that I tried: Chocolate Cookie Caramel Pecan, Honey Multigrain and Cranberry Almond.

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Snack Review: Mountain Dew Voltage

Okay, so I’m probably one of the only people on the planet that hasn’t tried Mountain Dew, which is why I decided to try out Mountain Dew Voltage. Makes sense, right? Yeah, I didn’t think so either.

However, I was fascinated by how they marketed this product. The company decided to make three new flavors of Mountain Dew, but wanted the public to pick which one they liked the best. And yes, you got it, Mountain Dew Voltage won this DEWmocracy.

Mountain Dew Voltage is “a blue colored raspberry-citrus and ginseng flavored Dew.” Does any word in this description sound appetizing to me? If I had to pick the words I like, they would be “a” and “blue”. Having never consumed even a regular Mountain Dew before, I would not at all buy this based on that description. Something about raspberry-citrus and ginseng flavor doesn’t sound too good. Now, if they had a “mint chocolate and peanut butter flavored Dew” I might do it.

So I didn’t think it’d be fair to try Mountain Dew Voltage without trying the original Mountain Dew. As for my thoughts on Mountain Dew original? I think it has a sweet citrusy taste to it, however, it wasn’t as fizzy as I thought it would be. Being an avid dieter, I could almost taste the sugar sticking to my teeth.

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Snack Review: Fiber One Bar Oats & Chocolate

I’ve always loved Fiber One products, especially their cereal. Like many other companies, Fiber One started coming out with lots of cool products, and I decided to try one of their bars.

For one, they are low in calories, have lots of fiber, and since many of their other products are so good, I figured these had to follow and be just as yummy as well.

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Snack Review: Food Should Taste Good Chips

I recently had the chance to review a brand of chips that I had never heard of before called Food Should Taste Good. I thought that was quite a catchy name; one that would most likely make me buy them in the store just because of the cool name.

I was sent many varieties to review and wasn’t quite sure what to pick first. The choices I had were Multigrain, Olive, Buffalo, Jalapeño, Chocolate, Sweet Potato and The Works. These were all exciting-sounding flavors to try. Surprisingly, the one I was most afraid to try became my favorite one of all.

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Snack Review: Chex Mix Turtle Bar

I have to admit. I have a slight obsession with Chex Mix. I’ve tasted pretty much every product they’ve made, and continually stock my cupboards with Chex Mix brands. So when Chex Mix came out with these new snacks in bar form, I was actually excited.

I couldn’t wait to get my paws on this product because not only did it have Chex Mix, it had lots of other delicious-looking items mixed in as well. I was actually suspecting there would be a party in my mouth. But sometimes having high hopes is just a guarantee for a big let-down.

The Chex Mix Turtle bar has caramel-covered Corn Chex pieces, Wheat Chex pieces, chocolate, peanuts and pretzels. When I first pulled the bar out of the package, I noticed how sticky it was. This was due to the bottom layer of caramel that is on the bottom of this bar.

Now, I love my snacks, probably more than the next guy, but I don’t like snacks that leave residue on my fingers, which is just what this bar did. I like my snacks to be clean, not messy. Why? Because if it’s messy, I tend to shove the whole thing in my mouth before it gets all over me, thus ruining the perfect snacking experience.

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