Birthday Cake Oreos

Birthday Cake Oreos

What Is It: Regular Oreos with a birthday cake like center meaning they combined some sprinkles in the center. At least that was all I really noticed.

Packaging: It comes in a blue package like most Oreo products do with a big picture of a birthday cake on it and an Oreo cookie. They even took the time to make all the candles different colours. Great stuff.

10 out of 10

Taste/Final Analysis: I'm kind of mixed on these. I love regular Oreos so I Ioved these. The problem is that the package sold these as birthday cake and they didn't really remind me of a birthday cake at all. It had a few sprinkles to colour the creme in the center. It might be some sort of frosting but to me it tasted like a regular Oreo. Soooo...

10 out of 10 as a regular Oreo

2 out of 10 as a Birthday Cake anything

Chesters Flamin Hot Fries

Chesters Flamin Hot Fries

What Is It: A baked corn and potato snack with a coating of flamin hot flavour. It costs $2.

Packaging: It comes in a yellow bag with a picture of the cheetah (Chester) on top. And right in the middle it says $2 only.  Seen better seen worse.

6 out of 10

Taste/Final Analysis: This is kinda like an Andy Capps Hot Fries with the coating Flamin Hot Cheetohs. Unfortunately it kinda makes you wish you had those other snacks. This type of fry like baked snack makes me wish for the awesome coating of Andy Capps. It's not a bad snack but like I said makes me wish for more.

4.5 out of 10

TGI Friday's Frozen Buffalo Wings

TGI Friday's Frozen Buffalo Wings

What Is It: Frozen chicken wings with a buffalo sauce coating.

Packaging: A mostly black box with a big picture of chicken wings on there. Pretty nice and made me want to buy it.

7 out of 10

Taste/Final Analysis: This is a darn good product. As long as you cook them right the chicken is juicy and the buffalo coating tastes really good. They're kind of on the small side though. They probably don't measure up to the restaurant version but they are very good for a frozen product. Definitely a good thing to have on hand during a late night when you don't want tp go anywhere. Thumbs mostly up

7 out of 10

Kroger Parker House Style Dinner Rolls

Kroger Parker House Style Dinner Rolls

What Is It: Dinner Rolls

Packaging: Eh it comes in a pretty nondescript bag with a picture of the rolls on it. Kinda boring.

4 out of 10

Taste/Final Analysis: These are some darn good rolls. You throw them in the oven for a few minutes and boom. Warm, yeasty goodness. Ideally you serve this as part of a big dinner but I bought these as a late night snack. Just spread some butter on them and awesomeness. So simple yet so tasty. Thumbs up.

8 out of 10

Doritos Heatwave Chipolte Sour Cream

Doritos Heatwave Chipolte Sour Cream

What Is It: A multilayered type of flavoured Dorito with the coolness of the sour cream and finished with the heat of the Chipotle.

Packaging: It comes in a cool looking black bag with a bit of green for the coolness of the cream and yellow representing the heat. I like it. 

9 out of 10

Taste/Final Analysis: Another winning effort by Doritos here. You first get the cooling flavour of sour cream and then you get the finish of the heat albeit slight heat from the chipolte. The chipolte is definitely more noticeable than the sour cream but both are definitely present. I can't say it's my favourite flavour from Doritos but there's a lot to like here.

7 out of 10

Ritz Toasted Chips Sour Cream And Onion

Ritz Toasted Chips Sour Cream And Onion

What Is It: The title says it all.

Packaging: It comes in a red, green, and white bag with a few of the chips pictured on the front. Very attractive bag I think.

8 out of 10

Taste/Final Analysis: Well Ritz has a great reputation of great crackers and this product certainly didn't make me think any different. Great sour cream and onion flavour really give you a pleasant punch in the face (I know that statement makes no sense but thats the best way I can explain it.) They are great plain but I put a bit of cream cheese on them and that really was a magical bite. A great product for sure.

8 out of 10

Banquet Chicken Fingers And Macaroni And Cheese

Banquet Chicken Fingers And Macaroni And Cheese

What Is It: A frozen tv dinner with 3 chicken fingers and a portion of macaroni and cheese.

Packaging: As per every Banquet meal it comes in a deep red box with a picture of the product covering most of the front of it. Nothing flashy but not bad.

5.5 out of 10

Taste/Final Analysis: For a $1 meal this really impressed me. The chicken was nice and juicy and the breading had decent flavour. I had some bbq sauce in the fridge that I used for a dipping sauce. The mac and cheese wasn't the most exciting version but it wasn't terrible either. All in all a satisfying and filling meal for just a buck. A win in my book.

8 out of 10

Lunchables Dirt Cake

Lunchables Dirt Cake

What Is It: The package contains gummy worms, chocolate covered marshmallow cream, and chocolate cookie crumbs (think Oreo).

Packaging: It looks like most Lunchables packages as it is yellow with a picture of the gummy worm like burrowing into the chocolate. Really cool.

9 out of 10

Taste/Final Analysis: Despite what this sounds like this is ridiculously good. The sourness of the gummy worms is a great contrast to the straight sweetness of the cookie crumbles and frosting. This is very messy so I'm not sure it's the best on the go thing or just bring a roll of paper towels. This a dream come true for any kid or for a junk food junkie like me. I give this an enthusiastic thumbs up.

9 out of 10

Hostess White Fudge Ding Dongs

Hostess White Fudge Ding Dongs

What Is It: Once again quoting a box "White Fudge Covered Golden Cake With Creamy Filling".

Packaging: It's a mostly white box with a big product picture in the middle and the logo really nicely put upper center. Not the most exciting box ever but not bad either.

6 out of 10

Taste/Final Analysis: Well most people know the classic chocolate Ding Dongs (Wait have I reviewed those?!) so here's a different take on that. The golden cake and cream were all present and delicious as they should be in a Ding Dong. The white fudge wasn't bad per say but I found myself missing the richness of the regular chocolate from the original. It was a decent enough snack and I probably would have liked it more if it hadn't been sold as a Ding Dong because it made me think of the original which probably was unfair to this. As it is I have to say thumbs squarely in the middle.

5 out of 10

Viennese Sandwich Cookies

Benton's Viennese Sandwich Cookies

What Is It: As the package says "Cocoa sandwich biscuits with a milk chocolate filling."

Packaging: This was a very basic package with the white background and product picture in the middle and info on the left. Not very interesting.

3 out of 10

Taste/Final Analysis: While the package was boring the cookies were not. The cocoa flavour from the outer cookie was great but the filling was the star of this show. It was so rich and delicious and when combined with the awesome outer cookie made a great combination. You can even dunk them in milk for even more goodness. A great and inexpensive option from Aldi.

9 out of 10

Private Selection Beef Brisket Hot Dogs

Private Selection Beef Brisket Hot Dogs

What Is It: As the name suggests these are hot dogs made with beef brisket. These are a product of Kroger.

What Is It: Looks like most packs of hot dogs with the clear package and this one with a simple black label with the product information. The fact that these look like premium looking hot dogs certainly helps too. Thumbs in the middle here.

6 out of 10

Taste/Final Analysis: These are some darn good wieners here. They have a slight smoky flavour and the quality of beef really is evident too. I boiled these in water on the stove and that worked fine but I would say these would really shine on the grill with some char. Put some ketchup, mustard, or whatever your favourite hot dog topping is throw them on a steamed bun and chow down.

9 out of 10

Pace Picante Salsa Hot

Pace Picante Salsa Hot

What Is It: The title says it all.

Packaging: It comes in a clear glass jar so you can see the salsa and has snazzy label with a sun and pepper on it. Really attractive.

8 out of 10

Taste/Final Analysis: This is my go to salsa here. I particularly have a delicious queso dip that this is a big part of. On it's own as a product it's delicious as well. I like to just use tortilla chips and go to town. The salsa packs plenty of flavour and plenty of punch too. I'm telling this will wake you up. It's great on its own but is even better as an addition to other dishes. Great stuff.

9 out of 10

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Fruit Gushers

Fruit Gushers

What Is It: A fruity, gummy candy with a gooey almost liquid center of the same colour of the candy (if it's a red cherry outside the middle will be red cherry also). Other colours include orange, green (apple), and blue (blueberry).

Packaging: This is a really fun looking box as it's a yellow box with all of the colours of the candies kinda splashed in the middle. Really cool.

9 out of 10

Taste/Final Analysis: This is among my favourite's of gummy candy. The outside is great as with any great gummy but the middle set's this apart. As the name suggests the middle really is a gush of almost tart flavour. The cherry and orange are my favourites as with most fruity candy but the tartness of the green apple and explosion of flavour of blueberry can't be overlooked. This is real winner in my book.

10 out of 10