Hershey's Symphony Bar
What Is It: A giant extra creamy milk chocolate bar.
Packaging: This is kind of an elegant looking wrapper with it's kind of a beige colour and musical looking lines of sorts. I like it.
8 out of 10
Taste/Final Analysis: This is not all that different than a normal Hershey bar. There is a very pronounced creaminess to it that does make this worthwhile. There's not much to say about this but it is pretty good.
8 out of 10
Mrs Buttersworth Original Syrup
What Is It: Syrup for pancakes, waffles, etc.
Packaging: This is one of the more unique bottles you'll ever see. It's like in the shape of a woman with red and yellow labels. It's really cool I think.
9 out of 10
Taste/Final Analysis: Eh I don't know what to say about syrup honestly. Maple syrup purists will say it's too sugary and fake and all that but this is what I grew up on and always prefer to put on my sweet breakfast. I don't find it to be that different tasting than like Aunt Jemima or Log Cabin. I generally end up getting this one most often because I think the bottle is cool. I guess I owe it to the others to review them at some point but as for Mrs Buttersworth this is a solid product.
7 out of 10
Eggo Homestyle Waffles
What Is It/Is It What It Says It Is: These are traditional frozen waffles. 10 come in a box. The box is pretty accurate as to describingwhat they are so all fine here.
Packaging: These come in the traditional yellow box that most if not all Eggo products come in. The front of the box also has a picture of a waffle with syrup and butter as well. I apologize for the fuzzy front picture. Any the box looks ok.
6 out of 10
Taste/Final Analysis: These are the flagship for all frozen waffles. I can't put a finger on what make Eggo waffles better but they just taste better than any other that I've had. They have other flavours some of which I'll probably check out in the future but honestly it's going to be hard to beat the original. Best for me with butter and syrup.
9 out of 10
Duncan Hines Autumn Velvet Cake
What Is It: A velvet cake mix with this one featuring autumn colours.
Packaging: The box looked really awesome do there's that. Tha cake didn't come close to looking as bright and vibrant as the box shows. I know we might not have cooked it perfectly but it would have been almost impossible to match what they did. Thumbs square in the middle.
5 out of 10
Taste/Final Analysis: Despite the fact that it wasn't the best appearance it tasted tremendous. It had the traditional flavour of a red velvet or any other colour velvet cake. It would have been perfect with a better cream frosting but I didn't have any at the time. But as it was it was darn good.
7 out of 10
Snyder's Pretzel Sandwiches Fudge Brownie
What Is It: Hard pretzel sandwiches with fudge brownie flavoured filling in the middle.
Packaging: It comes in a red bag (not sure how red has anything to do with fudge brownie or pretzels) with a lot of the pretzel sandwiches on there. Middle of the road for this I'd say.
5 out of 10
Taste/Final Analysis: This was a great sweet take on a pretzel sandwich. You have the taste you would expect from a pretzel (without the salt) combined with some great fudge flavour that I would expect in a brownie. Great for a snack or a small dessert. As usual a great effort from Snyder's.
8 out of 10
Kroger Cottage Cheese
What Is It: Um.....cottage cheese.
Packaging: Eh it's a run of the mill cottage cheese container that's half white half green. They do have a cow on it so that's something I guess.
5.5 out of 10
Taste/Final Analysis: This is one of the better cottage cheeses out there. A lot of them are way too creamy which is a big no-no when it to cottage cheese for me. That is not the case here as this is nice and thick as opposed to cottage cheese soup. This is definitely my cottage cheese of choice a long with the Daisy brand. One of my favourite ways of eating cottage cheese is to mix in a little parmesan to make it kinda like a lasagna filling. It may sound wierd to some but I like it. As for the product like I said before I approve.
8 out of 10
Charleston Chew
What Is It: A chocolate bar with marshmallow in the middle.
Packaging: Very cool wrapper with lots of bright colours. Very neat logo as well. Very nicely done.
8 out of 10
Taste/Final Analysis: This is a really good candy bar here. Great milk chocolate and when you bring in the marshmallow it really elevates it. Great richness plus fluffy marshmallowness equals happy me.
Happy me out of 10
Hershey's Krackel Bar
What Is It: A Hershey's bar with milk chocolate and crisped rice.
Packaging: It comes in a red and brown wrap with a little bitty chocolate artwork on it. Not very exciting.
4 out of 10
Taste/Final Analysis: This is more or less a Nestle Crunch bar made by Hershey's. It has the stellar milk chocolate that you love from Hershey's just with the addition of crisp rice. Not a bad effort but there are more exciting candy bars out there.
5.5 out of 10
Burman's Aisian Kick Wing Sauce
What Is It: A sweet and sour flavoured Aisian sauce that I got at Aldi for 80 cents.
Packaging: It looks like pretty much any other bottle out there. It just pretty much states what it is on the bottle. Nothing more nothing less.
Taste/Final Analysis: This was a really good effort by Aldi. It's a great sweet and sour flavour that actually has a reasonably good bite to it. I used it for dunking things into like chicke strips but I think this would really shine if you glazed this onto chicken and grilled or baked it. Not a bad way to spend 80 cents.
7 out of 10
Jose Ole Nacho Bites Chicken And Cheese
What Is It: A box of frozen of taquito like Mexican things that have chicken and cheese in them. This box cost in the neighborhood of $3.50.
Packaging: It comes in a blue and gold box with big pictures of the product on here. Looks fairly good I'd say.
7 out of 10
Taste/Final Analysis: This was a pretty decent offering here. It has a fair amount of both chicken and cheese and if cooked properly it is nice and crispy. They are a bit on the bland side as I ended up dunking these in some salsa that I had in the fridge (queso would be perfect for these.) I'd say these would make for a better snack than a meal unless you plan on putting down a whole box. Mild recommendation but only if you have stuff to dip them in.
5.5 out of 10
Candy Jewelry
What Is It: A 16 pack of candy jewelry from the Dollar Tree. Included are 4 necklaces, 4 rings, and 4 lipsticks.
Packaging: Itcomes in a purple bag with artwork of the product on there. The candy itself looks reasonably good as well (for dollar store fare anyway.)
Taste/Final Analysis: The candy necklaces are a lot better tasting than the other two things. The necklaces have a few different flavours on them with the blue being my favourite of those. They all pretty much taste a similar sugary flavour all though they do have subtle differences. The lipstick and the ring are pretty boring sugary almost chalky flavour. Not the most exciting candy in the world but it does look pretty cool and is ok for buying one time I'd say.
5.5 out of 10
