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− | {| class="wikitable" | | + | Wanting to expand my existing [[list of candies]], I started this list. |
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+ | ==Cakes, Donuts, etc== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable sortable" | | ||
+ | ! Product !! Company !! Country !! Notes | ||
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− | | | + | | Boboo || Funday || Egypt || Sponge cake with a tiny amount of strawberry filling. The package says it's supposed to look like a bear, but it's a total mess. Boring flavor. |
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− | | | + | | Brumík - Duo || Opavia || Czech Republic || A bear-shaped sponge cake with a tiny amount of hazelnut chocolate cream filling. Okay. |
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− | | | + | | Cakebites - Classic Italian Rainbow || Cookies United || USA || Three-layer colorful almond cakes with separated by raspberry jam and dipped in dark chocolate. Decent flavor and texture, strong almond flavor, pretty good. |
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− | | | + | | Custard Cream Cake || Lotte || South Korea || A dry sponge cake with a bland custard. Unappealing. |
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− | | | + | | Droo || River || Egypt || Thin sponge cake swirl filled with a small amount of fig jam and cream. Tastes good enough, but the package is very misleading. |
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− | | | + | | Frangipane || Lotus || Belgium || An almond flour cake with a bit of icing. Tastes okay, but it's boring. |
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− | | | + | | Fudgee Barr || Suncrest Foods || Philippines || A small dry chocolate cake with a misleadingly tiny amount of fudge inside. Very underwhelming. |
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− | | | + | | Gangjeong || Shinkung Traditional Food || South Korea || Airy puffed rice in a fried chewy shell. The texture is great, but the flavor is bland. |
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− | | | + | | Genova - Double Crème || Excelo || Morocco || A chocolate cake covered in chocolate. Decent, but very crumbly. |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Lulu L'Ourson || LU || France || A bear-shaped sponge cake with soft milk chocolate filling. Okay. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Marmor Kuchen || KuchenMeister || Germany || Milk chocolate-covered marble cake. Decent flavor, but a bit dry. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Panda Kake || Hilal || Pakistan || Sponge cake that barely (get it?) resembles a bear. Has pink frosting inside. Not that great. | ||
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+ | | Perník - Borůvka || Perníkář || Czech Republic || Two layers of gingerbread cake with a thin layer of blueberry jelly between all dipped in milk chocolate. I like the flavor and texture, but there is very little jelly. | ||
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+ | | Petites Madeleines - Pépites Chocolates || St Michel || France || Small chocolate chip sponge cakes, but not in the typical madeleine shape. Average. | ||
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+ | | Pop Kek - Banana || ETI || Turkey || Sponge cake coated in milk chocolate with banana filling. Decent. | ||
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+ | | Sandwichy - Chocolate || Excelo || Morocco || Two layers of thin white cake topped with chocolate and with a thin chocolate layer in between. Decent flavor, but very messy. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Snoballs || Hostess || USA || A chocolate cupcake with creme filling coated in frosting and grated coconut dyed pink. Not great, but one of the better Hostess desserts. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Strudel Bite || Meijer || USA, Michigan || Pastry filled with jelly. I've had cherry and blueberry. Both were pretty good. | ||
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+ | | Suzy Waffle || Lotus || Belgium || A waffle topped with dark chocolate. Decent. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Toruń || Kopernik || Poland || Heart-shaped glazed gingerbread cake. Strong ginger flavor and nice texture. | ||
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+ | | Twinkies || Hostess || USA || Elongated spongecake filled with very fluffy creme. Pretty bland and flavorless. | ||
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+ | | Ube Cake || Regent || Philippines || Spongecake made with purple yams and coconut milk. Airy texture, interesting color, but quite bland and dry. | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Chips== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable sortable" | | ||
+ | ! Product!! Country || Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Better Made - Barbecue || USA, Michigan || Good flavor, but too salty. | ||
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+ | | Better Made - Dill Pickle || USA, Michigan || Has a powdery coating, but very nice dill flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Better Made - Honey Barbecue || USA, Michigan || Less spicy than the other BBQ flavors with a mild sweetness. My least favorite. | ||
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+ | | Better Made - Potato Sticks - Sour Cream & Onion || USA, Michigan || Same flavor as the chips, but with a better crunch. | ||
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+ | | Better Made - Rainbow Old Fashioned Dark || USA, Michigan || Cooked longer than usual, less salt, very delicious. My favorite chip. | ||
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+ | | Better Made - Red Hot Barbecue || USA, Michigan || Same level of heat as regular BBQ, just with more salt and dye. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Better Made - Salt & Vinegar || USA, Michigan || Decent vinegar tang, but I would prefer it to be stronger. | ||
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+ | | Better Made - Southern Style Sweet Heat BBQ || USA, Michigan || Decent barbecue flavor, but not very hot. | ||
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+ | | Better Made - Sweet BBQ || USA, Michigan || Nice sweet BBQ flavor, better than the regular BBQ. | ||
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+ | | Better Made - White Cheddar Popcorn || USA, Michigan || Good flavor, but not quite as good as Smartfood. | ||
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+ | | Crocky - Bicky || Belgium || Potato chips flavored to mimic a "bicky" burger: deep friend beef, pork, and horse meat (though the chips are vegetarian). Decent flavor. | ||
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− | | | + | | Utz - Boulder Canyon - Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper || USA, Arizona || Kettle potato chips with salt and pepper. Edible, but unimpressive. |
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− | | | + | | Bugles || USA || Cone-shaped corn snacks. Bland and oily. |
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− | | | + | | Burts - Mature Cheddar & Green Onion || UK || Thicker than American chips, but good flavor. |
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− | | | + | | Calbee - Honey Butter Potato Chips || China || Has a sweet buttery flavor. A bit too mild for me. |
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− | | | + | | Calbee - Hot & Spicy Potato Chips || Hong Kong || Spicy with a mild fish flavor. Not horrible. |
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− | | | + | | Choclitos - Limón - Fito Lay || Colombia || Corn strips with a tangy lime salt. Although they're shaped like Fritos, their texture is less crunchy. |
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− | | | + | | Cono - Cones - Fiery Cheese || Egypt || Cone-shaped corn snacks with spicy cheese flavor. Too oily. |
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− | | | + | | Covered Bridge - Homestyle Ketchup || Canada, New Brunswick || Potato chips with a very accurate ketchup flavor. Not a bad flavor, just kind of weird. |
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− | | | + | | Doritos - Bits - Sour Cream || Spain || Tiny fried corn chip twists. Sour cream flavor is mild, but good. |
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| Doritos - Cool Ranch || USA || Corn chips with blue and red speckles. Good crunch and flavor, but they switched to "Cooler Ranch" and decreased the flavor. | | Doritos - Cool Ranch || USA || Corn chips with blue and red speckles. Good crunch and flavor, but they switched to "Cooler Ranch" and decreased the flavor. | ||
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| Doritos - Spicy Sweet Chili || USA || Has a zesty sweet chili flavor. My favorite Doritos. | | Doritos - Spicy Sweet Chili || USA || Has a zesty sweet chili flavor. My favorite Doritos. | ||
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− | | | + | | El Value - Fried Egg || Spain || Plain potato chips with a strange egg-flavor. They have a sulfury flavor like egg yolks. |
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+ | | Estrella - Grill || Sweden || Ruffled potato chips. Slightly sweet with a mild onion flavor. Quite good. | ||
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+ | | Eta - Munchos - Spicy Tomato || New Zealand || Puffed wheat strips. Crunchy with a tangy tomato seasoning. Not bad. | ||
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+ | | Eta - Ripples - Chicken || New Zealand || Ruffled potato chips with chicken seasoning. Not bad, it's like's adding chicken bullion to chips. | ||
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| Fritos || USA || Crunchy corn chips cut into thin strips. Very good, but too salty. | | Fritos || USA || Crunchy corn chips cut into thin strips. Very good, but too salty. | ||
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| Fritos - Chili Cheese || USA || Fritos with a dusting of a cheese powder and chili powder. Decent. | | Fritos - Chili Cheese || USA || Fritos with a dusting of a cheese powder and chili powder. Decent. | ||
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+ | | Fritos - Flaming Hot || USA, Texas || Fritos with a dusting of the Flaming Hot powder from Cheetos. Doesn't taste as good on a corn chip, but builds in heat the same way. | ||
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| Fritos - Honey BBQ Flavor Twists || USA || Fritos twisted into spirals with a honey BBQ flavoring. My favorite Fritos. | | Fritos - Honey BBQ Flavor Twists || USA || Fritos twisted into spirals with a honey BBQ flavoring. My favorite Fritos. | ||
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+ | | Frit-os - Botanota - Chorizo y Chipotle || Mexico || They have a different shape and a slightly musty spice flavoring. Not a fan. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Haitai - Sindangdong Tteokbokki || South Korea || Crunchy fried wheat tubes with a sweet and semi-spicy coating. A lot more sweet than spicy. | ||
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+ | | Hawaiian Brand - Hulapeño || USA, Washington || Kettle style jalapeño potato chips. Kind of bland, the jalapeño flavor is barely noticeable. | ||
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+ | | Hobžovy - Strážnické Brambůrky - Česnekové || Czech Republic || Potato chips with strong garlic flavoring. Pretty good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Jack 'n Jill - Hell's Potato Chips || China || Standard potato chips with cayenne pepper powder. Actually pretty hot, but the flavor is a little off. | ||
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+ | | Jack 'n Jill - Roller Coaster Rings - Mini || Thailand || Potato powder formed into small thin rings (like macaroni), fried and seasoned. Good, but nothing special. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | KP Snacks - Skips || UK || Tapioca starch chips. The have a Styrofoam texture and crunch, which is decent for food. I've only had prawn cocktail flavor, which has a nice tang to it and only faintly tastes like prawns, so it's pretty good. | ||
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+ | | Lay's - Baked - Barbecue || USA || Good flavor, nice crunch, not as oily as regular. More added salt and sugar to make up for the taste, but still fewer calories than regular. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Lay's - Deep Ridged - Pepper Chicken || Taiwan || Even more corrugated than wavy. Decent chili pepper heat, but too salty. | ||
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+ | | Lay's - Flamin' Hot Dill Pickle || USA, Texas || Dill chips with actually spicy heat. Very good. | ||
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+ | | Lay's - Fried Crab || China || Has a crab flavor, but I don't like crab, so... | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Lay's - Limón || USA, Texas || Potato chips with lime flavor. They're okay. | ||
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+ | | Lay's - Numb & Spicy Hot Pot Flavor || China || A delicious savory spicy flavor that does get pretty hot after a few chips. | ||
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+ | | Lay's - Paprika || Portugal || Chips with a very mild paprika flavor. Good, but not spicy enough. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Lay's - Roast Chicken || France || Has a vague chicken flavor. Nothing special. | ||
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+ | | Lay's - Shrimp & Seafood || Thailand || Shrimp and chile pepper flavored chips mixed in the same bag. Decent flavor in each, but I prefer the Chile over the shrimp. | ||
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+ | | Lay's - Sour Cream & Onion || USA || Kind of bland. I would prefer a stronger onion flavor. | ||
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+ | | Lay's - Spicy Korean Ramen || Thailand || A very lovely Oceanic hot spicy flavor. Quite good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Lay's - Sweet Southern Heat Barbecue || USA || A little bland at first, but has a mild heat to it. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Leaderfood - Conikos - Cheese || Morocco || Cone-shaped corn snacks with cheese dust. Essentially Bugles, so not very good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Leaderfood - Leader Chips - Kebab || Morocco || Savory, but rather bland chips. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Mandora - Fried Pumpkin Chips || Thailand || The pumpkin flavor is enjoyable and not overpowering. Nice crunch too. | ||
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+ | | Margarita - Chicken - Pepsico || Colombia || Chicken flavored potato chips. Tastes quite similar to roasted chicken. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Maui Style - Maui Onion || USA, Hawaii || Very strong onion flavor, slightly thicker slices for a stronger crunch. Very delicious. | ||
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+ | | Mejier - Potato Sticks - Cheddar Cheese || USA, Grand Rapids || Too oily and terrible artificial cheese flavor. Couldn't finish them. | ||
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+ | | Off the Eaten Path - Veggie Crisps || USA, New York || Rice flour crisps with peas, corn, and black beans. Decent texture and flavor, but a bit too much rice which makes the texture become slightly mushy and bland as you eat. | ||
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+ | | Off the Eaten Path - Veggie Crisps - Sea Salt & Black Pepper || USA, New York || Adds extra salt and pepper. It helps prevent the bland flavor later on, but the pepper flavor is a bit excessive. | ||
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+ | | Old Dutch - Ketchup || Canada, Alberta || Tangy ketchup flavored potato chips. Very enjoyable. | ||
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+ | | OLW - Dill & Gräslök || Sweden || Ruffled potato chips dusted with dill & chives. Pretty good. | ||
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+ | | Orion - Turtle Chips || South Korea || Four-layered corn chips which create an interesting semi-crunchy texture while you chew. Flamin' Lime is pretty good. | ||
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+ | | Pringles - Salt & Vinegar || USA, Tennessee || Nice tangy flavor, but the potato powder gives them a mealy texture. | ||
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+ | | Pringles - Scorching BBQ || USA, Tennessee || Hotter than most snack food, but still not very hot. Uneven application of flavor, and a very mealy texture. | ||
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+ | | Rap Snacks - Lil Boosie's Louisiana Heat || USA, Florida || Wavy BBQ chips with a decent amount of heat. Good flavor, too salty. | ||
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+ | | Ringolos - Humpty Dumpty || Canada, Alberta || Potato powder shaped into rings. Pretty mealy texture. I've only had BBQ which was pretty bland. | ||
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+ | | Ruffles - All Dressed || Canada || Standard Ruffle texture with a delicious tangy flavor. | ||
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+ | | Ruffles - Baked - Cheddar & Sour Cream || USA || Good crunch, not as greasy, but the flavor is too artificial. | ||
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+ | | Ruffles - Baked - Flamin' Hot || USA || Good crunch, not as greasy, nice level of heat, but not much flavor. | ||
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+ | | Ruffles - Jamón || Spain || Ham flavored ruffled chips. They do taste a bit like ham, which is a bit odd. | ||
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+ | | Ruffles - Lime & Jalapeno || USA || Very nice flavor, tangy and spicy. | ||
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+ | | Shahi - Chilli Chips || Pakistan || Fried potato sticks with chili powder. Ok. | ||
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+ | | Snack City - Chillz - Lemon & Chili || Pakistan || Sour and spicy fried potato sticks. Very good. | ||
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+ | | Snack City - Kurleez - French Cheese || Pakistan || Ruffled potato chips with cheese powder. Too much oil, makes it a soggy crunch. | ||
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+ | | Sun Chips - Harvest Cheddar || USA || Not a very good cheese flavor, and how can cheese have anything to do with the harvest? | ||
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+ | | Takis - Fuego || USA || Rolled corn chips with lime and chile pepper. Decent taste and actually hot. | ||
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+ | | Terra - Real Vegetable Chips - Mediterranean || USA || Deep fried slices of various tubers like taro, sweet potato, batata, parsnip, and yuca. Adequate flavor and crunch, but more starchy than potatoes. | ||
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+ | | Tostacos Picante - Ramo || Columbia || Bland corn chips with almost no spice and not even remotely spicy. | ||
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+ | | Tostitos - Salsa Verde || USA || Corn chips with a salsa powder on them. Nice flavor, but it doesn't taste like salsa. | ||
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+ | | Walkers - Marmite || England || Potato chips with a very light coating of Marmite. Although I'm not a fan of Marmite, these were quite good. | ||
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+ | | Waves - Chili & Lemon || Egypt || Ruffled potato chips with a flavor that starts as salty, changes to sour, then slowly becomes hot. Nice flavor, but too oily. | ||
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+ | |||
+ | ==Cookies / Biscuits== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable sortable" | | ||
+ | ! Product !! Country || Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Bahlsn - Choco Leibniz Minis || Germany || Miniature wheat cookies with a milk chocolate backing. Decent flavor, not too sweet. | ||
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+ | | Bear Paws || Canada, Ontario || Soft wheat cookies with banana and molasses. Okay, but not amazing. | ||
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+ | | BelVita Breakfast - Mondelez || USA, New Jersey || Sweet breakfast biscuits made from oats, rye, wheat, and sugar. Nice taste and texture. Flavors include blueberry, cranberry orange (nice and tart), chocolate (more cocoa), cinnamon, and toasted coconut (bland). | ||
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+ | | Beng Beng White || Thailand || White chocolate creme sandwiched in wafers coated in coconut. Quite good. | ||
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+ | | Benton's - Caramel Coconut || USA, Illinois || Ring-shaped cookies with milk chocolate, caramel, and toasted coconut. A Girl Scout Samoa knock-off. Quite good. | ||
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+ | | Benton's - Chocolatey Coconut Macaroon || Belgium || Soft macaroons with a chocolate base and chocolate stripes. Good, but not worth the calories. | ||
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+ | | Benton's - Danish Butter Cookies || Denmark || Adequate butter cookies. | ||
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+ | | Benton's - Mini Alphabet Cookies || USA, Illinois || Shortbread cookies shaped like letter blocks. Not as awful as most shortbread cookies, but not great either. | ||
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+ | | Bing Bing - Hapi Snacks || South Korea || Small cones filled with chocolate foam. It has a mild cocoa flavor which is nice, but underwhelming. | ||
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+ | | Bisco Luxe - Dates || Egypt || Powdery shortbread biscuits filled with date paste. Okay, but not great. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Biscoff - Lotus || Belgium || Mild ginger biscuits with a thin layer of milk chocolate on the bottom. Not bad. | ||
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+ | | Bisconni - Chocolate Chip || Pakistan || Chocolate cookies with a few chocolate chips. Pleasant mildly burnt flavor. | ||
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+ | | Bisconni - Chocolatto || Pakistan || Wheat cookies with chocolate filling. Kind of dull. | ||
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+ | | Bisconni - Cocomo || Pakistan || Hollow wheat biscuits filled with chocolate cream with a little chocolate design on each one. They're fine; nothing special. | ||
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+ | | Blekis - Dwist - Vanilla || Morocco || Vanilla creme sandwiched between butter cookies. Decent. | ||
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+ | | Blekis - Tobigo - Hazelnut || Morocco || Vanilla sandwich wafers with hazelnut filling. Pretty good. | ||
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+ | | Blekis - Tobigo - Pyramido || Morocco || Chocolate sandwich wafer coated in milk chocolate. Has a slight coffee taste which is pretty good. | ||
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+ | | Burbon - Everyburger || Japan || Hamburger-shaped cookies with chocolate patties. Cute, but not the best cookies. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Charles Chocolate - Tiki Gold - Coconut Craze || Jamaica || Coconut sandwich wafer coated in milk chocolate. Yummy. | ||
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+ | | Chips Ahoy - Chewy - Mini || New Jersey || Soft Small chocolate chip cookies. Adequate, but has an artificial flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Chips Ahoy - Chewy - Red Velvet || Mexico || Red velvet cookie with white chocolate chips and cream cheese filling. Delicious. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Chokis - Chocobase || Columbia || A generic chocolate chip cookies with a coating of milk chocolate on the bottom. Nothing special. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Cocosette - Nestle || Columbia || Coconut sandwich wafer. Decent. | ||
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+ | | Crown - Butter Waffles || South Korea || Thin buttery crunchy waffles. Quite enjoyable. | ||
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+ | | Crown - Couque d'Asse || South Korea || Light crumbly biscuits with a thin layer of filling. Flavors include white torte and Vienna coffee. Delicious flavor and good texture, but they're packaged in a way that makes it very difficult to open them without breaking them. | ||
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+ | | Cuétara - Bocaditos - Limón || Spain || Lemon sandwich cookies coated in sugar. Decent, but nothing special. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | CW - Grand Shell || South Korea || Soft cookies filled with jam. Very delicious. Flavors include apple and Earl Grey with grapefruit. | ||
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+ | | CW - Sticky Chocolate Chip || South Korea || A crumbly double-chocolate chip cookie with a center of sticky rice. The chewy rice gives it an interesting texture, but no flavor. I would just prefer a chewy cookie. | ||
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+ | | Daelmans - Stroopwafels ★ || Holland || Wonderful crun-chewy texture with a delicious taste. Flavors are chocolate caramel, honey, caramel, and maple. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Devon - Chocolate Digestive || Jamaica || Wheat biscuit coated in milk chocolate. Quite good. | ||
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+ | | Diamond Bakery - Kakimochi || USA, Hawaii || Small crunchy cookies. Made with wheat flour rice crackers. A familiar yummy flavor with a hint of uniqueness. | ||
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+ | | Dream Cake - Lotte || South Korea || Thin cake layers with creme and jam, all dipped in milk chocolate. A bit underwhelming. I've had strawberry flavor. | ||
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+ | | Dulcesol - Palmera || Spain || A lightly-sugared puff pastry. Pretty dull. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ETI - Bidolu || Turkey || Chocolate sandwich wafer sandwich filled with a lot of chocolate creme and peanuts. Quite good. | ||
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+ | | ETI - Puf - Renkli || Turkey || A vanilla cookie topped with almond marshmallow and sprinkles. Not bad. | ||
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+ | | Excelo - Biggy - Chocolate || Morocco || Layered wafers sandwiched in and coated with chocolate. Has a slight burnt, almost coffee-like taste which isn't bad. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Fig Newtons || USA || Favorites are blueberry, fig, strawberry. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Freska! Choco Bar || Egypt || Chocolate sandwich wafer coated in white chocolate. Decent. | ||
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+ | | Freska! Sticks || Egypt || Rolled wafers willed with hazelnut cream. Pretty good. | ||
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+ | | Garden - Mini Cream Wafers - Strawberry || Hong Kong || Sandwich wafers with strawberry cream. It has a nice crunch, but the flavor is very subdued, so it's only a hint of strawberry. Rather disappointing. | ||
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+ | | Gamesa - Marias || Mexico || Sweet biscuits. Same texture and appearance as animal crackers (minus the shape), and similar, but markedly different, flavor. | ||
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+ | | Girl Scouts - Samoas ★ || USA, Kentucky || Torus-shaped cookies covered in caramel and toasted coconut with a backing and stripes of milk chocolate. Very delicious. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Girl Scouts - Tagalongs || USA, Kentucky || Cookies dipped in chocolate with peanut butter filling. Quite good. | ||
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+ | | Girl Scouts - Thin Mints ★ || USA, Kentucky || Chocolate cookies with mint flavor dipped in dark chocolate. Very good. | ||
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+ | | Girl Scouts - Trefoils || USA, Kentucky || Shortbread cookies. Pretty awful. | ||
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+ | | Glico - Mikado - Dark Chocolate || France || Pocky made in France. Good, but plain dark chocolate is a little boring. | ||
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+ | | Glico - Pocky - Chocolate Almond Crunch || Japan || Wafer sticks coated in milk chocolate and chopped almonds. Very tasty. | ||
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+ | | Glico - Pocky - Chocolate Banana || Thailand || Chocolate wafer sticks coated in banana cream. Decent banana flavor, not artificial. Quite nice. | ||
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+ | | Glico - Pocky - Cloud Cheesecake || China || Slightly larger than ordinary Pocky. The cheesecake flavor isn't that accurate, but still tastes nice. | ||
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+ | | Glico - Pocky - Crunchy Strawberry || Japan || Chocolate wafer sticks coated in strawberry cream and tiny chunks of strawberry. Delicious. | ||
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+ | | Gol - Mega - Arequipe || Columbia || A large sandwich wafer topped with caramel and dulce de leche all coated in milk chocolate. The texture isn't that great, but the flavor is really good. | ||
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+ | | Haitai - French Pie || South Korea || Puff pastry with jam on top. I've had apple, but there are other flavors. Pretty good, but the pastry has a slightly doughy aftertaste. | ||
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+ | | Hanuta - Kakao & Crispies || Germany || Chocolate sandwich wafer filled with chocolate creme and chocolate crispies. Exactly what you'd expect. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Hawai'i Pretz - Kona Coffee || Japan || Biscuit sticks with a coffee flavor. I don't like coffee, but these were still enjoyable. | ||
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+ | | Henry's - Petit Surfin || Morocco || Simple crunchy wheat tea biscuits. Quite enjoyable. | ||
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+ | | Hilal - Wispy - Stawberry Cream || Pakistan || Long crunchy cookie rolls filled with cream. Not bad, but the strawberry tastes artificial. | ||
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+ | | Island Princess - Choco Mochi || USA, Hawaii || Slightly dark chocolate covered rice crackers. Harder than I would have expected from a rice cracker, but very crunchy and good flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Jack 'n Jill - Fun-O - Vanilla || Thailand || Chocolate sandwich cookies with vanilla creme. Inferior Oreos with deceptively less creme than advertised. | ||
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+ | | Jack 'n Jill - Dewberry || Philippines || Shortbread sandwich cookies with a thin layer of creme and fruit jam. They're okay, but there is little filling and the jam is pretty chewy. Flavors are blueberry and strawberry. | ||
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| Jacob's - Jaffa Cakes || Ireland || Mini sponge cakes with marmalade and chocolate coating. Pretty good, and not too sweet or bitter. | | Jacob's - Jaffa Cakes || Ireland || Mini sponge cakes with marmalade and chocolate coating. Pretty good, and not too sweet or bitter. | ||
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+ | | Joey's Fine Foods - Black and White Cookie || USA, New Jersey || Cake-like cookie with frosting that is white on one side and dark brown on the other. It's decent. | ||
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| Juaninas Cookies || Mexico || Terrible. The jam-filled ones were hard, the butter cookies were powdery, and the box was missing one of the types listed on the assortment. | | Juaninas Cookies || Mexico || Terrible. The jam-filled ones were hard, the butter cookies were powdery, and the box was missing one of the types listed on the assortment. | ||
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− | | Jules Destrooper - Butter Crisps || Belgium || Thin | + | | Jules Destrooper - Butter Crisps || Belgium || Thin crunchy waffles. Sweet buttery flavor, good crunch, but a little boring. |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Keebler - Caramel Nut Dreams || USA, Illinois || Ring-shaped cookies coated in caramel and chopped peanuts, then covered in chocolate. Quite bland. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Keebler - Coconut Dreams || USA || Ring-shaped cookies coated with caramel and roasted coconut and chocolate. Nearly identical to Girl Scouts Samoas. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | Keebler - | + | | Keebler - Fudge Sticks || USA || Fudge flavored sandwich wafers with creme between each layer and all coated in milk chocolate. Overly sweet clashing tastes. |
|- | |- | ||
| Keebler - Grasshopper || USA || Mint chocolate cookies. Nearly identical to Girl Scouts Thinmints. | | Keebler - Grasshopper || USA || Mint chocolate cookies. Nearly identical to Girl Scouts Thinmints. | ||
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| Keebler - Sandies Shortbread - Pecan|| USA || A bland shortbread cookie with pecans. Not very good. | | Keebler - Sandies Shortbread - Pecan|| USA || A bland shortbread cookie with pecans. Not very good. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | Kemy - Chocolate 21 || South Korea || A crispy puffed grain roll filled with chocolate. Nice flavor and enjoyable crunch. |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Khong Guan - Assored Biscuits || Singapore || An assortment of various mostly sandwich cookies of varying flavors and textures. None are especially flavorful, but it's an enjoyable assortment. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Kre Sko - Black || Ukraine || A crispy dark chocolate tube filled with vanilla creme. The creme is good, but the very dark brown, almost black, color of the tube is a bit off-putting. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Kubištovy - Hořické Trubičky || Czech Republic || An incredibly bland round crispy wafer rolled up into a tube and filled with vanilla creme. The creme is good, but the exterior is so bland, it's off-putting. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | La Trinitaine - Galette || France || A small buttery biscuit. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Leibniz - Butterkeks || Germany || Wheat biscuits with a buttery, slightly sweet flavor. Very good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Lotte Koala's March || Thailand || Small four-pointed cookies filled with creme (chocolate or strawberry), with a koala painted on them. The creme filling is nice and the cookie has a good crunch, but it's a bit bitter. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Lu - Véritable Petit écolier Pocket || France || Wheat biscuit with a slab of milk chocolate. Exactly what you'd expect. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Macarons de Pauline || Belgium || Rather dry and crumbly, mild flavor. Flavors are chocolate, strawberry, and pistachio. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Marinela - Sponch || Mexico || Shortbread cookies topped with marshmallow, strawberry jam, and coconut flakes. Decent. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | McVitie's - Jaffa Cakes || UK || A wheat biscuit with orange marmalade and dark chocolate. Pretty good. Has a bit of bitterness to it, but still sweet. Tastes like something an old person would like. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Meijer - Ultimate Cookie - Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate || USA || Not mildly tart and sweet, chewy texture, very delicious. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Meijer - Ultimate Cookie - Peanut Butter || USA || Nice chewy texture, but flavor is a bit mild. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Melly's - Crepe Dentelle - Original || United Arab Emirates || Flaky rolled biscuits with a thin vanilla or chocolate filling. Good crunch, but bland. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | Millville - Fruit & Grain || USA, Illinois || A cake bar with fruit filling. Mixed berry: Good. Apple cinnamon: Okay. |
|- | |- | ||
| Moon Pie || USA || Graham cracker cookie sandwich with marshmallow center, and the whole thing is coated in a glaze. Good flavor, but I'm not a huge fan of marshmallow. My favorites in order are chocolate, vanilla, then banana. | | Moon Pie || USA || Graham cracker cookie sandwich with marshmallow center, and the whole thing is coated in a glaze. Good flavor, but I'm not a huge fan of marshmallow. My favorites in order are chocolate, vanilla, then banana. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | Fig Newtons || USA || | + | | National - Ginger Biscuits || Jamaica || Gingersnap style biscuits. Pretty good. |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Natural Story - Choco Pie || South Korea || Marshmallow sandwiched between two biscuits, all wrapped in chocolate. It's okay. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Nature's Bakery - Fig Bar || USA, Nevada || Essentially larger Fig Newtons at 100 calories a pop. I've only had raspberry, but it was pretty good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Nissin - Stick Wafer || Philippines || Baked cookie tubes. I've had chocolate, and it was delicious. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Novita - Chocolate Wafers || Pakistan || Vanilla sandwich wafers with chocolate filling. Bland. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Novy - Bang Bites || Egypt || Chocolate and hazelnut cream in a short crispy tube. Pretty good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Novy - Munch || Egypt || Long airy corn wafers with a burnt chocolate flavor coated in milk chocolate. Enjoyable. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Olza - Prince Polo || Poland || Airy wafers sandwiched in semi-dark chocolate, all coated in chocolate. Nice and crunchy, not too sweet. Enjoyable, but similar to every other one. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Opavia - Zlaté Polomáčené || Czech Republic || Shortbread biscuits with a milk chocolate backing. Quite boring. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Oreo - Caramel Coconut || USA || Chocolate cookie sandwich filled with a caramel coconut cream. I can only taste the caramel, but I like it. | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Oreo - Carrot Cake || USA || Filled with a spiced cream. Tastes like store-bought carrot cake, that is, far too sweet. | | Oreo - Carrot Cake || USA || Filled with a spiced cream. Tastes like store-bought carrot cake, that is, far too sweet. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Oreo - Chocolate Hazelnut || USA, New Jersey || Filled with a chocolate hazelnut cream. Not bad, but has a slightly artificial flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Oreo - Chocolate Marshmallow || USA || Filled with a chocolate marshmallow cream and has little marshmallow bits in the cookie. Quite good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Oreo - Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie || USA || Graham cookie sandwich with half peanut butter, half chocolate creme. Kind of bland, not very good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Oreo - Lemon || Mexico || Vanilla cookies with lemon creme filling. Decent. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Oreo - Peanut Butter || Canada || Chocolate cookies with a peanut butter creme filling. Decent. | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Oreo - Thins || USA || Less creme and thinner cookie portion. I actually like this better than regular Oreos. | | Oreo - Thins || USA || Less creme and thinner cookie portion. I actually like this better than regular Oreos. | ||
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| Oreo - Thins, Mint || USA || Adds a light minty flavor. I like this more than regular Oreos. | | Oreo - Thins, Mint || USA || Adds a light minty flavor. I like this more than regular Oreos. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | Oreo - Thins, Pistachio || USA || Very nice sweet nutty flavor. My favorite Oreo. | + | | Oreo - Thins, Pistachio ★ || USA || Very nice sweet nutty flavor. My favorite Oreo. |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Oreo - Toffee Crunch || USA, New Jersey || Delicious toffee-flavored creme. Second favorite flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Ovaltine - Cookies || Jamaica || Despite the name, this is much more like a basic wheat biscuit. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Palm Date Valley - Maamoul Date || U.A.E. || Shortbread biscuit with date filling. Crumbly texture, bland flavor. Not very good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Party Wafers - Cappuccino - Gastone Lago || Italy || Sandwich wafers with coffee flavored creme. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pejoy || Thailand || Biscuit cylinders filled with cream. Flavors include cookies & creme and matcha. Good texture and more subdued flavors. The tea flavor is too mild. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pepperidge Farm - Butter Pecan || USA || Crisp buttery flavor. Delicious, but not very many pecans. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pepperidge Farm - Buttercrisp ★ || USA || Crunchy cookie with a strong butter and brown sugar flavor. Very good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pepperidge Farm - Caramel Apple || USA || Soft chewy texture, good spiced apple flavor, not overpowering. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pepperidge Farm - Charleston || USA || Soft chewy birthday cake flavor with white chocolate chips and sprinkles. Too doughy tasting. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pepperidge Farm - Chesapeake || USA, Connecticut || Crunchy buttery cookie with dark chocolate chips and pecans. Great flavor, but a bit light on the chips. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pepperidge Farm - Holiday Nog || USA, Connecticut || A simple buttery cookie with a slight eggnog flavor. Okay, but not great. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pepperidge Farm - Lexington || USA || Crunchy chocolate chip, toffee, and almond cookie. Decent, but nothing special. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pepperidge Farm - Milano || USA, Connecticut || A sandwich cookie with caramel, dark chocolate, and coffee filling. Very good | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pepperidge Farm - Santa Cruz || USA || Chewy oatmeal raisin cookies. Quite enjoyable with a good amount of cinnamon. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pepperidge Farm - Verona || USA, Connecticut || Shortbread with jam. Jam is good, shortbread is not. Comes in cherry and strawberry. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Piaca - Pineapple Cake Shortcrust || USA, Hawaii || Shortcrust cake with pineapple jam filling. The jam is good, and the shortcrust isn't as bland as most. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pillows - Oshi || Philippines || Puffed wheat and rice cocoa crackers filled with milk chocolate. Nice crunch and good flavor, but not amazing. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pilsbury - Soft Baked Cookies - Confetti || USA, Minnesota || Very soft, almost cake-like cookies with rainbow sprinkles. Tastes like confetti cake. Pretty good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pop Tarts - Kellanova || USA || Filled cookies with icing in a rectangle shape to fit into a toaster. I don't like the edges with have neither filling or icing. They're okay. Banana Bread: has spice and a mild banana flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Prince - Chocolate || Pakistan || Wheat cookies with chocolate filling. Pretty good. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | Princessa - Longa Zebra || Poland || Light chocolate wafers sandwiched in layers of creme. Like most sandwich wafers, but very airy and pretty good. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | Rip Van - Wafels - Dutch Caramel & Vanilla || USA, New York || A Dutch stroopwafel. Decent flavor, but not as good as Daelmans. |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Rosca - Jumbo || Colombia || An airy crunchy cassava doughnut covered with rice crispies, chopped nuts, and caramel, all coated in milk chocolate. Not bad. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Scooby-Doo! Snacks - Kellogg's || USA, Michigan || Bone-shaped graham cracker cookies with cinnamon. Decent. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Slasti - Artek Waffles - Chocolate || Ukraine || Chocolate waffled creme wafers. Nice flavor, good crunch. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Snickerdoodle - Homestyle || USA, Illinois || Soft snickerdoodle cookies. A bit dry, but decent tasting. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Strok - Knoppers || Germany || A chocolate sandwich wafer with a layer of milk creme and chocolate creme. Kind of an odd, but not bad, flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Super Kontik - Lemon || Ukraine || Chocolate sandwich cookies with lemon creme. Vastly inferior to Oreos. Chocolate is bland, and not much filling. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Tipo - Mini || Egypt || Wheat biscuit sandwich filled with chocolate cream and all coated with milk chocolate. Decent. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Tirma - Galleta con Cereales y Arándanos. || Spain || Mini blueberry cookies with white chocolate. Very tasty. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Turtle Chips - Choco Churros - Orion || South Korea || Multi-layered wheat chips covered in a cocoa mixture. Nice crunch and good cocoa flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Ülker - Biskrem || Turkey || Cookies filled with chocolate hazelnut spread. Quite yummy. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Ülker - Kat Kat Tat|| Turkey || Puff pastry with hazelnut filling. Flaky and crispy, but very little filling. What little there is tastes great. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Vieira - Maria || Portugal || Wheat biscuits. Exactly what you'd expect. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Vieira - Tarteletes || Portugal || Shortcake tarts filled with strawberry jam. Bland. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | VGs - Gourmet Cookies - Chocolate Chip || USA, Michigan || Okay, but not great. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Voortman - Eggnog Wafers || Canada || Sandwich wafers with eggnog flavoring. Even manages to have a mild boozy flavor. Pretty good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Z Bar - Clif Kid || USA, California || Chewy semi-sweet granola bars. Chocolate Chip: It was okay, but I didn't see any chocolate chips. Chocolate Brownie: a rather odd semi-bitter chocolate flavor. | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Crackers== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable sortable" | | ||
+ | ! Product !! Company !! Country !! Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Arare Rice Crackers || Hapi Snacks || China || Tiny rice crackers with a sweet heat coating on them. Crunchy and delicious. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Bianca's || Italian Breadsticks Bakery || USA, Michigan || Flat crunchy breadsticks with garlic, onion, sesame, and poppy seeds. Pretty good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Butter Cream Crackers || Croley Foods || Philippines || Flavored crackers covered in granular sugar. Quite enjoyable. Flavors are chocolate and ensaymada. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Globitos || Dondé || Mexico || Small puffed crackers. Like oyster crackers, but a more buttery taste. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Gooun Goguma || Haitai || South Korea || Crispy baked sweet potato sticks. Okay, but nothing special. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Grissini || Alessi || Italy || Long light crunchy bread sticks. Flavors are sesamo which are covered in sesame seeds and aglio which have garlic powder. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Finn Crisps - Original || Finn Crisps || Finland || Thin and crispy sourdough rye crackers. Decent flavor, not too salty. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Flint Bread Rusks - Cheese || Gourmet Market || Ukraine || Wheat-rye croutons with cheese powder. Very crunchy, mild flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Graham Crackers - Cinnamon || Honey Maid || USA || Nice graham flavor, and the cinnamon and sugar makes it effectively a cookie. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Krispi || Ülker || Turkey || Crunchy potato bread sticks. A bit starchy and the flavors are too mild. Flavors include taco and ketchup & mayonnaise. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Malkist Crackers || Garden || Hong Kong || Malted wheat crackers with a top-coating of caramelized sugar. Simple, but enjoyable. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Nut-Thins - Smokehouse || Blue Diamond || USA, California || Crackers made with almond flour. Good crunch, but bland aftertaste. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pizza Kraker || ETI || Turkey || Triangular crackers with a hole in the center. They have a savory flavor with a hint of pizza sauce. Not bad. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Potato Flour Snacks || Mi Botanita || Mexico || Round flat potato crackers. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Rice Cracker Balls || Want-Want || China || Crunchy little balls of fried rice with chicken seasoning. Bland oily flavor; not very good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Sky Flakes || M.Y. San || Philippines || Buttery crackers with filling in them. Flavors are condensed milk and chocolate. Not bad, but not great. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Snow Rice Crackers || Bin Bin || Thailand || Crunchy rice crackers with a salty buttery flavor with a drizzle of icing. Delicious. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Wypiekarnia - Bajgle || Lajkonik || Poland || Small bagel crackers with herbs, sesame, chia, and flax seeds. A little mealy. | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Jellies== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable sortable" | | ||
+ | ! Product !! Company !! Country !! Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Ai-Yu Jelly || Chin Chin || Taiwan || Aiyu jelly in a can. I've had green color. Has a fresh taste quite different from animal-based gelatin. Not great, but not unpleasant. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Fruzel || Neo USA || Taiwan || Jelly cups with little cubes of fruit solids. Decent flavor, but very hard to open. Flavors are: grape, pineapple, apple, strawberry, and mango. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Jelly Straws || Tsang Lin || Taiwan || Plastic straws filled with fruit gelatin. Messy and very mild flavors, mostly just tastes wet. Flavors are apple, grape, pineapple, and strawberry. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Peek-a-boo Pororo Straw Jelly || Mamecome || South Korea || Plastic tubes filled with bland fruit gelatin. I've had grape and lychee. Other flavors include mango and peach. | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Jerky & Sausage== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable sortable" | | ||
+ | ! Product !! Company !! Country || Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Beef Biltong - Teriyaki || Simms || USA, Illinois || Very chewy texture, very fatty, flavor is too salty. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Beef Stick || Jack Link's || USA, Wisconsin || A beef sausage that's a little gristly. The Teriyaki flavor is too salty and oily. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Beef Jerky || Jack Link's || USA, Wisconsin || Firm, but generally lean jerky. Flavors are: ★ sweet & hot (delicious), Flamin' Hot (good spice), teriyaki (enjoyable), jalapeño (okay), and original (kind of bad). | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Country Smoker Jerky || Tillamook || USA, Oregon || Lean beef jerky, very salty, mostly soft, but occasionally has very hard sections. Flavors are: old fashioned and honey glazed. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Duke's - Beef Original || Duke's || USA, Illinois || Smoky beef sausages with black pepper. The have a decent flavor, but they're too greasy. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Duke's - Hot & Spicy Sticks ★ || Duke's || USA, Illinois || Nice snap and the serrano peppers give it a good flavor. Spicy, but not too hot. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Elk and Pork Snack Stick || Pearson Ranch || USA, New Mexico || Enjoyable savory meat flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Elk Jerky || Person Ranch || USA, New Mexico || Elk and beef shredded and formed together. Decent flavor, but nothing special. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Frederick's - Southwest Style BBQ Brisket || Meijer || USA, Michigan || Beef brisket jerky with a heavy black pepper barbecue flavor. Kind of tough. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Hot Jerky || No Man's Land Beef Jerky || USA, Oklahoma || Extremely desiccated jerky. Decent flavor, a bit too gristly, but otherwise very good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Hot & Spicy Jerky || Old Trapper || USA || Really tough jerky. It's hot, but not much flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Jalapeno Beef Sticks || Old Trapper || USA, Oregon || They have a nice sweet jalapeno flavor, but all the organ meat leaves an unappealing aftertaste. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Jerky || Paul's || USA, Michigan || Large strips of cured beef. Flavors are Sweet & Spicy (delicious), Hot Darn Beef (decent flavor and quite spicy), Hillbilly Beef (just salty), and Old Fashioned Beef (very little flavor). | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Jerky || Simms || USA, Illinois || Very similar texture to Jack Link's. Flavors are teriyaki and peppered. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Mango Habanero Jerky || Country Archer Provisions || USA, California || The mango flavor is very subtle, but there is a decent level of heat which is spicier than most jerky. Yhe squishy texture isn't very appealing. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Original Jerky ★ || Oberto || USA, Washington || Very chewy, nice flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Snack Sticks || Little Town Jerky Company || USA, Michigan || Little sausages. Death Valley flavor is smoky and spicy. Pepperoni is close to pepperoni, but not as flavorful. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Steak Strips || Jack Link's || USA, Wisconsin || Larger strips of lean beef. Nice flavor and texture. Flavors are: original. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Sweet Chipotle Jerky || Krave || USA, California || Soft chewy texture, feels a little odd. Flavor is okay, but I'm not a big fan of it. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Sweet-N-Hot Jerky || Jerky Outlet, The || USA, Michigan || An adequate sweet and hot, but I wish it were hotter. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Teriyaki Jerky || Simply Nature || USA, Illinois || Good firm texture. Decent flavor, but very salty. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Turkey Sausage Sticks || Old Wisconsin || USA, Wisconsin || Turkey sausages. Decent amount of spice and texture. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Vienna Sausage - Hot & Spicy || Armour || USA, New Jersey || Hot dog slices in a spicy ketchup sauce. Extremely salty, not very good. | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Nuts, Seeds, and Produce== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable sortable" | | ||
+ | ! Product !! Company !! Country || Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Amaz!n Prunes || Sunsweet || USA, California || Flavors are original (just fine) and orange essence (tastes too artificial). | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Apple Chips - Cinnamon || Clancy's || USA, Illinois || Fried slices of apple with sugar and cinnamon. Crunchy like chips. Pretty good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Banana Chips - Original || St. Mary's || Jamaica || Fried green banana slices. Kind of boring. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Nature's Garden || Cibo Vita || USA, New Jersey || Berry Nutty Mix: almonds, cashews, peanuts, raisins, sultanas, and cranberries. High Energy Mix: almonds, cashews, walnuts, raisins, cranberries, and pepitas. Both are quite bland. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Big Roll - Grilled Seaweed || Tao Kae Noi || Thailand || Flat seaweed, rolled into a cylinder. Good sweet and spicy taste, but it's ruined by the disgusting seaweed flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Bigs || Conagra || USA, Illinois || Sunflower seeds roasted and salted in their shell. I like most of their flavors, but they have more empty shells and rotten seeds than any other major brand. Comes in a resealable bag, but they often fail. Flavors include: Takis Chili and Lime, Tapatío Chile Limón (nice and spicy), Vlasic Dill (a bit too salty), Old Bay, Stubbs Tangy Bar-B-Q (nice smoky BBQ flavor), Tapatío, Taco Bell taco supreme, cheese burger, original, Little Caesar's pepperoni pizza (tastes like the smell of a cheap pizzeria), and black pepper. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Boy Bawang - Cornick || KSK || Philippines || Fried corn kernels. Essentially Corn Nuts with less salt and not as hard. Flavors are Chili Cheese (fake cheese with a mild chili powder, not bad), Adobo (pretty good), and Hot Garlic (a bit bland, but the heat eventually builds), | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Boy Bawang - Snack Mix || KSK || Philippines || Coated peanuts, dried fava beans, coated green peas, and crunchy garlic slices. It was okay, but the mealy texture of dried peas hurts the experience. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Caramel Sea Salt Macadamia Nuts || Fredrick's || USA, Michigan || Macadamia pieces coated in hard candy caramel. Quite good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Cha Cha Roasted Sunflower Seeds || Cha Cha || Thailand || Sunflower seeds with very large shells. Multiple flavors, but I've only had "spiced" which is an enjoyable mixture of sweet and spice. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Chinook Seedery || Chinook Seedery || USA, Texas || Roasted sunflower seeds in the shell. Parmesan & Pepper - Decent peppery cheesy flavor. Original - Too little salt, very little flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Choco Dates || Wafia || Qatar || Dates stuffed with almonds and coated in dark chocolate. Not bad. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Coconut Orange Peel Almonds || Lush Gourmet || USA, Michigan || Almonds with a crunchy coconut and orange coating. Quite good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Coconut Ribbon || Ferris Nut Co. || USA, Michigan || Cooked coconut shavings. A bit bland. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Coconut Snacks || Dulzura Borincana || Puerto Rico || Patties of shaved sweetened coconut. Flavors include guava, plain coconut, and pineapple. Decent, but not great. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Corn Nuts ★ || Hormel Foods || USA || Corn kernels deep fried in corn oil and salted. A hard crunch that I love. My favorite is the original flavor. BBQ adds a sweet-savory flavor which is decent, and Ranch adds some zest, but isn't as good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Cranberry Crunch Mix || Ferris Nut Co. || USA, Michigan || Mix of dried cranberries, raisins, yogurt-covered raisins, peanuts, and almonds. Decent, but nothing special. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Crystalized Ginger || Ferris Nut Co. || USA, Michigan || Dried ginger root coated in granular sugar. Very potent. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | David || Conagra || USA, Illinois || Sunflower seeds roasted in their shells. Not as many bad seeds as Bigs. Flavors include Frank's Redhot (pretty close in flavor, but lots of powder), jalapeño (a good bite to it), original (standard roasted and salted), and sweet and salty (which adds sugar and is a bit off-putting). | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Dried Cherries || Ferris Nut Co. || USA, Michigan || Dried tart cherries. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Dried Mangoes || Cebu || Philippines || Dried mango chips lightly sugared. Not bad, but I'm not a big fan of mango. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Dunk || Sunsnack || Thailand || Sunflower seeds coated in a corn and cheese flavored coating. Decent. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Frank's RedHot Almonds || AMES International || USA, Washington || Almonds coated in a RedHot powder. The powder is very close to the flavor of RedHot, and adds nice spice to the almonds. However, the added flavor disappears before you're done chewing the nuts. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Freeze Dried Strawberries || Meijer || USA || Interesting crunch, and quite tart without the water. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Fruit Bar || That's It || USA, California || Fruit bars made from only dried fruit. I've only had the apple cherry bar. It was tart and bland. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Fruit & Nut Snackaballs - Salted Caramel || Tom & Luke || New Zealand || Mealy, bland and quite unappealing. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Giant Sized Sunflower Seeds || South Forty || USA, Washington || Roasted and salted sunflower seeds. The shells are huge, but the seeds are normal sized. The larger shells actually make them harder to crack without splintering. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Giants - Sunflower Seeds || Giants || USA, North Dakota || Original - Higher quality kernels, few bitter seeds, and not a lot of shells at the bottom of the bag. Strange partially-sealable bag. I've had original which isn't overly salty. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Glazed Maple Toasted Pecans || Meijer || USA, Michigan || Very sugary, but also quite good. It has a lovely maple caramel flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Glazed Salted Caramel Cashews || Meijer || USA, Michigan || Cashews with a caramel coating. Not that great. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Golden Figs || Fresh Gourmet || USA, California || Dried golden figs. The sulfur preservative is very noticeable in the flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Hot Nuts ★ || Barcel || Mexico || Peanuts with a thin wheat coating and spiced with lime flavor. Very good. Flavors include fuego (fire) and original. In the USA, they are branded with Takis and the original flavor is called "Flare." | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Kind - Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea Salt || Kind || USA, New York || Almonds and peanuts bonded together in a bar with honey, sugar, and dark chocolate. Not bad. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Kind - Caramel Almond & Sea Salt || Kind || USA, New York || Almonds bonded together in a bar with honey and sugar. Decent, but the caramel flavor is very mild. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Koh-Kae - Coconut Cream || Mae-Ruay || Thailand || Peanuts covered with a coconut cream coating. Flavor is too mild. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Layered Fruit Bar || Pure Organic || USA || Firm gelatin fruit bar. Flavor was pineapple passion fruit. Nice flavor and texture. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Mani Moto || Frito Lay || Colombia || Peanuts with a hard wheat coating. Not bad, but a far cry from Hot Nuts. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 'Nana Pops || Made in Nature || USA || Bananas, raisins, dates, figs, and various nuts and seeds ground together and packed into balls. Probably healthy, but they don't taste very good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Nature Valley - Trail Mix - Chewy Granola Bar || General Mills || USA, Minnesota || A granola bar. I've had Fruit & Nut which has a nice texture and the cranberries give it a nice flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Nature Valley - Sweet & Salty Nut - Chewy Granola Bar || General Mills || USA, Minnesota || A granola bar of almonds, oats, and rice and plenty of sugar. Good texture, nice mid flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Nic Nacs || Lorenz || Germany || Peanuts with a crunchy coating. Only flavor I've had is barbecue, which was decent, but not spicy enough. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Nut Mix || Bhuja || Australia || Mix of peanuts, cashews, peas, chickpeas, almonds, and fried noodles spiced with in Indian spice mix. Decent flavor, but the chickpeas and peas give it a dusty texture. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Oat Bran Sesame Sticks ★ || Meijer || USA || Nice crunch and good flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Salted Pistachios (No shell) || Meijer || USA || Not as enjoyable as eating them from their shells. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Salted Plantain Chips || Ferris Nut Co. || USA, Michigan || Dried plantain slices with added palm oil, and salt. Similar in flavor to potato chips, but with a more mealy texture. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Salted Sunflower Kernels || Meijer || USA, Michigan || Exactly what it says. Tastes fine. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Smyrna Figs || Made in Nature || Turkey || Dried figs without sulfur. A little smaller than regular figs, and the lack of sulfur gives them a hint of fermentation flavor which isn't unpleasant. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Spitz ★ || Frito-Lay || USA, Texas || Sunflower seeds roasted in their shells. Smaller seeds, but fewer shell pieces and rotten ones. Also, less salt than most competitors. This is my favorite brand of sunflower seeds. Sold in resealable bags. Flavors include dill pickle (a bit sweet), Flamin' Hot Limón (quite good), and cracked pepper (just peppery). | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Sunflower Seeds - Original || Lays || USA || I don't know how you screw up roasted sunflower seeds, but they somehow managed. These are awful. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Sweetened Banana Chips || Ferris Nut Co. || USA, Michigan || Dried banana slices with added coconut oil, sugar, and banana flavor. Quite good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Toasted Corn || Horrocks Farm Market || USA, Michigan || Fried corn kernels. Kind of like Corn Nuts, but far more greasy. Not very good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Unsalted Pistachios in Shell ~ Roasted || Meijer || USA, Michigan || The lack of salt really hurts the flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Wasabi Nuts || Big Bob || Ukraine || Roasted peanuts with a candy wasabi coating. Pretty good, but not strong enough of wasabi. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | White Sesame Cake || Nice Choice || Taiwan || Simple sesame seed cakes consisting only of toasted sesame seeds, sugar, maltose, and salt. Quite good. | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Other== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable sortable" | | ||
+ | ! Product !! Company !! Country !! Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Carazza || Bifi || Germany || A mini calzone stuffed with pepperoni, pizza sauce, and cheese. Not horrible. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Club Minis Mix || Kellogg's || USA || A mix of club crackers, pretzels, and cheese puffs. Bland, salty, and powdery texture. Threw it out before I even got halfway through. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Corn Nuts Crunch Mix || Kraft Heinz || USA || Corn Nuts mixed with mini corn chips, corn puffs, and corn sticks. I don't like the corn puffs and the chips are very generic. I would prefer just Corn Nuts. I've only tried Fiery Hot, which is indeed hot. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Fish Bowl Mix || Horrocks Farm Market || USA, Michigan || Mixture of cheesy whale-shaped crackers, spicy crescent-shaped crackers, little pretzel balls, peanuts, small bran chips, and almonds. Pretty good mixture. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Beacon & Bridge Honey Roasted Sesame Sticks || JLM Manufacturing || USA, Michigan || Sweetened wheat and sesame sticks. Enjoyable. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Jjol Byung Snack || Nongshim || South Korea || Dried spiced ramen noodles crushed into discs. Crunchy and flavorful. I've only tried spicy, but other flavors exist. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Sójové Řezy || Zora || Czech Republic || A soft doughy rod of semi-sweet soy. It's like eating the dough of sweet bread. Not horrible, but not good either. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Sweet Crunchy Rice Snack || Jayone || South Korea || Essentially a rice cake in tube form with more sugar. Bland and kind of messy to eat. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Wafle Ryżowe - Z Belgijską Czekoladą Mleczną || Kupiec || Poland || Rice cakes with Belgian milk chocolate on one side. Just as boring as it sounds. | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Popcorn== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable sortable" | | ||
+ | ! Product !! Company !! Country || Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Better Made - Cheddar Cheese || Better Made || USA, Michigan || A nice tasting cheese popcorn. Quite good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Caramel Corn - Butter Caramel || CY Chocolates || USA, California || An adequate caramel corn with a slightly burnt flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Cono Popcorn - Burning BBQ || Cono || Egypt || Popcorn with a mildly spicy BBQ salt. Pretty good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Cretors - Four Cheese Mix || G.H. Cretors || USA || Nice cheesy flavor, but a bit salty. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Fruit Salad Candied Popcorn ★ || Devon's Mackinac Island Popcorn Co. || USA || Candy-coated popcorn with a mix of several flavors including: apple, banana, blue raspberry, cherry, grape, orange, and strawberry. Colorful and delicious. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Handcrafted Kernels || GFS || USA, Michigan || Candy-coated popcorn. Cherry and birthday cake ★ are delicious, piña colada is okay, green apple looks hideous, but is okay, orange has a mild tanginess, strawberry is decent but has a mild flavor, blueberry is kind of dull. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Smartfood White Cheddar Cheese Popcorn ★ || Frito-Lay || USA || My favorite white cheddar popcorn. | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Pretzels== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable sortable" | | ||
+ | ! Product!! Country || Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Better Made - Peanut Butter Filled Pretzels || USA, Michigan || Mini pretzel bites filled with peanut butter. Similar to other brands. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Better Made - Rods || USA, Michigan || Standard pretzel rods. Nice crunch, good amount of salt. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Beskidzkie Paluszki - Bekonu || Poland || Long thin pretzel sticks with bacon salt. Decent, but the bacon salt tastes artificial. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Combos - Buffalo Blue Cheese || USA || It certainly has the flavor of a buffalo wing with bleu cheese dressing, but it's still pretty bland with a salty starchy taste. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Combos - Jalapeno Cheddar || USA || The jalapeno is immediately tasted, but, after that, it's mostly the bland taste of fake cheese, salt, and starch. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Dot's - Homestyle Pretzels ★ || USA, North Dakota || Spicy and buttery pretzel rods. Very good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Dot's - Homestyle Pretzels - Southwest Seasoned || USA, North Dakota || Spicy and buttery pretzel rods. Robust flavor, but too salty. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Dot's - Homestyle Pretzels - Honey Mustard || USA, North Dakota || Has a delicious sweet honey mustard flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Flipz - Star Brands || USA, New York || Chocolate covered pretzels. The dark chocolate ones are delicious. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Havlík - Trvanlivé Tyčinky || Czech Republic || Wheat pretzel rods. Their semi-crunchy texture makes them feel stale. I've had medvědí česnek flavor (bear garlic) which is fine. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Meijer - Pretzel Rods || USA || Bland and with very little salt. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Old Fashioned Pretzel Rods - Utz || USA, Pennsylvania || Crunchy pretzel rods with a medium amount of salt. Decent flavor, but not the best. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pop Daddy Pretzels - Garlic Parmesan || USA, Michigan || Pretzel sticks covered in a garlic Parmesan powder. Not very good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pop Daddy Pretzels - Yellow Mustard || USA, Michigan || Pretzel sticks covered in yellow mustard powder. Tastes very similar to actual yellow mustard. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pretz - Corn || Thailand || Pretzel sticks with buttered corn flavor. Decent flavor, but starchy pretzels. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pretz - Larb || Thailand || Pretzel sticks with larb spice. The flavor is good, but it's very salty and the pretzel is too starchy. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pretzilla Bites || USA, Wisconsin || Soft pretzel bites. Good flavor and texture, but the salt is not on the bites, so you have to apply it yourself from the included packet, which is messy. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Snyder's of Hanover - Pretzel Pieces - Honey Mustard & Onion || USA || Hard sourdough pretzels cracked into pieces covered with a honey mustard & onion powder. Flavor is decent, but I wish it were a bit stronger. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Snyder's of Hanover - Pretzel Pieces - Hot Buffalo Wing || USA || Hard sourdough pretzels cracked into pieces covered with buffalo powder. Flavor is good and tastes similar to wings. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Snyder's of Hanover - Pretzel Rods || USA, North Carolina || Salted hard pretzel rods. Nice crunch, not too salty, but, for some reason, it has a slight fishy taste to me. | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Puffs== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable sortable" | | ||
+ | ! Product !! Company !! Country !! Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Baked Cheese Curls || Dots Homestyle Snacks || USA, North Dakota || Baked cornmeal puffs coated in cheese powder. Too salty, not as good as Cheetos. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Bin Bin Rice Crackers - Original Flavor || Namchow || Thailand || Crunchy and airy rice crackers coated in a fine salty-sweet MSG powder. Very delicious. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Bissli - BBQ || Osem || Israel || Kind of bland, not a very good BBQ. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Bissli - Pizza || Osem || Israel || Kind of bland, not a very good pizza flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Chee Zees - Jalapeño || Sunshine Snacks || Trinidad and Tobago || Same shape and texture as Cheetos, but with a hint of jalapeño to the cheese. Nothing special. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Křupky Arašídové || Bohemia || Czech Republic || Corn puffs coated in peanut dust. Very oily, not that great. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Салют (Salyut) || Zolote Zerno || Ukraine || Corn puff with sour cream, onion, and dill flavoring. Decent, but nothing special. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Cheetos || Frito Lay || USA || A fried crunchy corn puff with cheese powder. Far better than cheese puffs or cheese balls, but very artificial cheese flavor. As a child, I loved them, but now I find them too bland and prefer Flaming Hot Cheetos. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Cheetos - Cheddar Jalapeño Crunch || Frito Lay || USA || Adds a hint of jalapeño to Cheetos. Not as hot as Flaming Hot Cheetos, and not as good of a flavor either. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Cheetos - Flaming Hot ★ || Frito Lay || USA || Same crunch as regular Cheetos, but the cheese is replaced with a sweet red chili powder. It causes a nice burn that slowly increases the more you eat. My favorite Cheetos flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Cheetos - Sticks || Frito Lay || Spain || Puffed corn in stick shape with cheese powder (a bit like Andy Capp's Cheddar Fries). A more robust flavor than American cheese puffs, but still dull. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Cheetos - Turkey || Frito Lay || China || Adds turkey seasoning. Better than regular Cheetos. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Cheezy Voltz - Spicy Monster Paws || National || Jamacia || Greasy corn puffs with a spicy cheese coating. Very artificial flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Chick 'n Chips || Holiday || Trinidad and Tobago || Puffed fries and chicken drumsticks with ketchup powder. Not as bad as it sounds. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Churritos - Chile || Don Nopal || Mexico || Skinny corn puffs coated with red chili powder (very close in flavor to Takis). Pretty good. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Cruncheez || Humpty Dumpty || Canada, Alberta || Canadian Cheetos. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | DoniLokas - Chile Limón || Charras || Mexico || Nice tangy lime and spicy flavor, and the puffed wheat rings are light and airy with a great crunch. Strange after taste, and I don't care for the Jesus fish on the package. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Fruchtiger Knusper Puffreis (Fruity Crispy Puffed Rice) || Frigeo || Germany || Tiny rice and corn puffs with a fruit flavor and a hint of sour. The initial taste is delicious, but the aftertaste is grainy. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Funyuns ★ || Frito Lay || USA || Corn puffs shaped like onion rings with a strong onion flavor. Delicious. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Garden Veggie - Straws || Hain Celestial Group || USA, New York || Puffed potato straws with a great crunch. Spinach and tomato added as well. Flavors are salt and ranch. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Grills - Smoked || Frito Lay || Belgium || Corn puffs shaped like, I guess, grill marks? With a smoky flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Harvest Snaps - Kick'n BBQ || Calbee || USA, Oregon || Lentil and rice based baked ring puffs flavored with spicy BBQ. Good crunch, decent enjoyable BBQ flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Harvest Snaps - Sour Cream & Onion || Calbee || USA, Oregon || Lentil and rice based baked ring puffs flavored with sour cream and onion. Kind of boring. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Harvest Snaps - Tangy Sweet Chili ★ || Calbee || USA, Oregon || Lentil and rice based baked ring puffs flavored with sweet chili powder. Very tasty and a good crunch. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Harvest Snaps - Tomato Basil || Calbee || USA, Oregon || Lentil and rice based baked puffed fries flavored with tomato basil powder. Enjoyable flavor, adequate crunch. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Hula Hoops Puft || KP || UK || Nice crunch and airy texture. I've only had beef flavor, which has a beef-like taste. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Incredi Puffs - Sizzlin' Sriracha || The Snack Brigade || USA, Ohio || Corn puffs with chili pepper dust. Decently spicy, but doesn't taste like sriracha. Not a fan of the texture. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | JagaRico - Hokkaido Butter || Calbee || Japan || Fried puffed crunchy potato fries with butter. Nice crunch, but quite bland. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Mini Cheetos Shots || Frito Lay || Turkey || Small football-shaped corn puffs with a semi-sweet cheesy flavor. More like cereal than Cheetos. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Onion Snack ★ || Nongshim || South Korea || Onion-flavored wheat puffs shaped like onion petals. Very good. Not as intense an onion flavor as Funyuns, but with a hint of sweetness and a softer crunch. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Potato Boom || Zolote Zerno || Ukraine || Cornmeal and potato puffed fries with ketchup flavoring. Tangy, but nothing special. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Rice Crisps || Quaker || USA, Illinois || Mini cakes formed from rice flour and corn grits. Kind of crunchy, but with a soft/hard texture and a starchy consistency that I'm not a fan of. Flavors are sweet barbecue (sweet and savory) and caramel (yummy). | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Roasted Green Onion Snack || Haitai || South Korea || Very similar to Funyuns, but better with a sweeter and stronger onion flavor. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Shrimp Chips - Baked || Calbee || Thailand || Baked wheat puffs with a noticeable shrimp flavor, too much like actual shrimp for me to enjoy. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Shrimp Chips - Yuzu and Black Pepper || Calbee || Thailand || Fried wheat puffs with a very subtle shrimp and yuzu flavor, with a black pepper after taste. A bit underwhelming. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | Space Raiders - Spicy || KP Snacks || Ireland || Corn puffs in the shape of alien heads. Not spicy, but they have a tangy savory flavor. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | Xispazos - Eléctrico || Aspil || Spain || Little corn puffs with mild chili flavoring. Decent flavor and crunch. |
|} | |} | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:39, 21 March 2024
Wanting to expand my existing list of candies, I started this list.
Contents
Cakes, Donuts, etc
Product | Company | Country | Notes |
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Boboo | Funday | Egypt | Sponge cake with a tiny amount of strawberry filling. The package says it's supposed to look like a bear, but it's a total mess. Boring flavor. |
Brumík - Duo | Opavia | Czech Republic | A bear-shaped sponge cake with a tiny amount of hazelnut chocolate cream filling. Okay. |
Cakebites - Classic Italian Rainbow | Cookies United | USA | Three-layer colorful almond cakes with separated by raspberry jam and dipped in dark chocolate. Decent flavor and texture, strong almond flavor, pretty good. |
Custard Cream Cake | Lotte | South Korea | A dry sponge cake with a bland custard. Unappealing. |
Droo | River | Egypt | Thin sponge cake swirl filled with a small amount of fig jam and cream. Tastes good enough, but the package is very misleading. |
Frangipane | Lotus | Belgium | An almond flour cake with a bit of icing. Tastes okay, but it's boring. |
Fudgee Barr | Suncrest Foods | Philippines | A small dry chocolate cake with a misleadingly tiny amount of fudge inside. Very underwhelming. |
Gangjeong | Shinkung Traditional Food | South Korea | Airy puffed rice in a fried chewy shell. The texture is great, but the flavor is bland. |
Genova - Double Crème | Excelo | Morocco | A chocolate cake covered in chocolate. Decent, but very crumbly. |
Lulu L'Ourson | LU | France | A bear-shaped sponge cake with soft milk chocolate filling. Okay. |
Marmor Kuchen | KuchenMeister | Germany | Milk chocolate-covered marble cake. Decent flavor, but a bit dry. |
Panda Kake | Hilal | Pakistan | Sponge cake that barely (get it?) resembles a bear. Has pink frosting inside. Not that great. |
Perník - Borůvka | Perníkář | Czech Republic | Two layers of gingerbread cake with a thin layer of blueberry jelly between all dipped in milk chocolate. I like the flavor and texture, but there is very little jelly. |
Petites Madeleines - Pépites Chocolates | St Michel | France | Small chocolate chip sponge cakes, but not in the typical madeleine shape. Average. |
Pop Kek - Banana | ETI | Turkey | Sponge cake coated in milk chocolate with banana filling. Decent. |
Sandwichy - Chocolate | Excelo | Morocco | Two layers of thin white cake topped with chocolate and with a thin chocolate layer in between. Decent flavor, but very messy. |
Snoballs | Hostess | USA | A chocolate cupcake with creme filling coated in frosting and grated coconut dyed pink. Not great, but one of the better Hostess desserts. |
Strudel Bite | Meijer | USA, Michigan | Pastry filled with jelly. I've had cherry and blueberry. Both were pretty good. |
Suzy Waffle | Lotus | Belgium | A waffle topped with dark chocolate. Decent. |
Toruń | Kopernik | Poland | Heart-shaped glazed gingerbread cake. Strong ginger flavor and nice texture. |
Twinkies | Hostess | USA | Elongated spongecake filled with very fluffy creme. Pretty bland and flavorless. |
Ube Cake | Regent | Philippines | Spongecake made with purple yams and coconut milk. Airy texture, interesting color, but quite bland and dry. |
Chips
Product | Country | Notes |
---|---|---|
Better Made - Barbecue | USA, Michigan | Good flavor, but too salty. |
Better Made - Dill Pickle | USA, Michigan | Has a powdery coating, but very nice dill flavor. |
Better Made - Honey Barbecue | USA, Michigan | Less spicy than the other BBQ flavors with a mild sweetness. My least favorite. |
Better Made - Potato Sticks - Sour Cream & Onion | USA, Michigan | Same flavor as the chips, but with a better crunch. |
Better Made - Rainbow Old Fashioned Dark | USA, Michigan | Cooked longer than usual, less salt, very delicious. My favorite chip. |
Better Made - Red Hot Barbecue | USA, Michigan | Same level of heat as regular BBQ, just with more salt and dye. |
Better Made - Salt & Vinegar | USA, Michigan | Decent vinegar tang, but I would prefer it to be stronger. |
Better Made - Southern Style Sweet Heat BBQ | USA, Michigan | Decent barbecue flavor, but not very hot. |
Better Made - Sweet BBQ | USA, Michigan | Nice sweet BBQ flavor, better than the regular BBQ. |
Better Made - White Cheddar Popcorn | USA, Michigan | Good flavor, but not quite as good as Smartfood. |
Crocky - Bicky | Belgium | Potato chips flavored to mimic a "bicky" burger: deep friend beef, pork, and horse meat (though the chips are vegetarian). Decent flavor. |
Utz - Boulder Canyon - Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper | USA, Arizona | Kettle potato chips with salt and pepper. Edible, but unimpressive. |
Bugles | USA | Cone-shaped corn snacks. Bland and oily. |
Burts - Mature Cheddar & Green Onion | UK | Thicker than American chips, but good flavor. |
Calbee - Honey Butter Potato Chips | China | Has a sweet buttery flavor. A bit too mild for me. |
Calbee - Hot & Spicy Potato Chips | Hong Kong | Spicy with a mild fish flavor. Not horrible. |
Choclitos - Limón - Fito Lay | Colombia | Corn strips with a tangy lime salt. Although they're shaped like Fritos, their texture is less crunchy. |
Cono - Cones - Fiery Cheese | Egypt | Cone-shaped corn snacks with spicy cheese flavor. Too oily. |
Covered Bridge - Homestyle Ketchup | Canada, New Brunswick | Potato chips with a very accurate ketchup flavor. Not a bad flavor, just kind of weird. |
Doritos - Bits - Sour Cream | Spain | Tiny fried corn chip twists. Sour cream flavor is mild, but good. |
Doritos - Cool Ranch | USA | Corn chips with blue and red speckles. Good crunch and flavor, but they switched to "Cooler Ranch" and decreased the flavor. |
Doritos - Cooler Ranch | USA | A less flavorful version of Cool Ranch. |
Doritos - Nacho Cheese | USA | Corn chips with a bright orange cheese powder. Good crunch and flavor, but most of the flavor comes from salt. |
Doritos - Spicy Nacho | USA | Slightly spicier the nacho cheese flavor, and slightly better. |
Doritos - Spicy Sweet Chili | USA | Has a zesty sweet chili flavor. My favorite Doritos. |
El Value - Fried Egg | Spain | Plain potato chips with a strange egg-flavor. They have a sulfury flavor like egg yolks. |
Estrella - Grill | Sweden | Ruffled potato chips. Slightly sweet with a mild onion flavor. Quite good. |
Eta - Munchos - Spicy Tomato | New Zealand | Puffed wheat strips. Crunchy with a tangy tomato seasoning. Not bad. |
Eta - Ripples - Chicken | New Zealand | Ruffled potato chips with chicken seasoning. Not bad, it's like's adding chicken bullion to chips. |
Fritos | USA | Crunchy corn chips cut into thin strips. Very good, but too salty. |
Fritos - Chili Cheese | USA | Fritos with a dusting of a cheese powder and chili powder. Decent. |
Fritos - Flaming Hot | USA, Texas | Fritos with a dusting of the Flaming Hot powder from Cheetos. Doesn't taste as good on a corn chip, but builds in heat the same way. |
Fritos - Honey BBQ Flavor Twists | USA | Fritos twisted into spirals with a honey BBQ flavoring. My favorite Fritos. |
Frit-os - Botanota - Chorizo y Chipotle | Mexico | They have a different shape and a slightly musty spice flavoring. Not a fan. |
Haitai - Sindangdong Tteokbokki | South Korea | Crunchy fried wheat tubes with a sweet and semi-spicy coating. A lot more sweet than spicy. |
Hawaiian Brand - Hulapeño | USA, Washington | Kettle style jalapeño potato chips. Kind of bland, the jalapeño flavor is barely noticeable. |
Hobžovy - Strážnické Brambůrky - Česnekové | Czech Republic | Potato chips with strong garlic flavoring. Pretty good. |
Jack 'n Jill - Hell's Potato Chips | China | Standard potato chips with cayenne pepper powder. Actually pretty hot, but the flavor is a little off. |
Jack 'n Jill - Roller Coaster Rings - Mini | Thailand | Potato powder formed into small thin rings (like macaroni), fried and seasoned. Good, but nothing special. |
KP Snacks - Skips | UK | Tapioca starch chips. The have a Styrofoam texture and crunch, which is decent for food. I've only had prawn cocktail flavor, which has a nice tang to it and only faintly tastes like prawns, so it's pretty good. |
Lay's - Baked - Barbecue | USA | Good flavor, nice crunch, not as oily as regular. More added salt and sugar to make up for the taste, but still fewer calories than regular. |
Lay's - Deep Ridged - Pepper Chicken | Taiwan | Even more corrugated than wavy. Decent chili pepper heat, but too salty. |
Lay's - Flamin' Hot Dill Pickle | USA, Texas | Dill chips with actually spicy heat. Very good. |
Lay's - Fried Crab | China | Has a crab flavor, but I don't like crab, so... |
Lay's - Limón | USA, Texas | Potato chips with lime flavor. They're okay. |
Lay's - Numb & Spicy Hot Pot Flavor | China | A delicious savory spicy flavor that does get pretty hot after a few chips. |
Lay's - Paprika | Portugal | Chips with a very mild paprika flavor. Good, but not spicy enough. |
Lay's - Roast Chicken | France | Has a vague chicken flavor. Nothing special. |
Lay's - Shrimp & Seafood | Thailand | Shrimp and chile pepper flavored chips mixed in the same bag. Decent flavor in each, but I prefer the Chile over the shrimp. |
Lay's - Sour Cream & Onion | USA | Kind of bland. I would prefer a stronger onion flavor. |
Lay's - Spicy Korean Ramen | Thailand | A very lovely Oceanic hot spicy flavor. Quite good. |
Lay's - Sweet Southern Heat Barbecue | USA | A little bland at first, but has a mild heat to it. |
Leaderfood - Conikos - Cheese | Morocco | Cone-shaped corn snacks with cheese dust. Essentially Bugles, so not very good. |
Leaderfood - Leader Chips - Kebab | Morocco | Savory, but rather bland chips. |
Mandora - Fried Pumpkin Chips | Thailand | The pumpkin flavor is enjoyable and not overpowering. Nice crunch too. |
Margarita - Chicken - Pepsico | Colombia | Chicken flavored potato chips. Tastes quite similar to roasted chicken. |
Maui Style - Maui Onion | USA, Hawaii | Very strong onion flavor, slightly thicker slices for a stronger crunch. Very delicious. |
Mejier - Potato Sticks - Cheddar Cheese | USA, Grand Rapids | Too oily and terrible artificial cheese flavor. Couldn't finish them. |
Off the Eaten Path - Veggie Crisps | USA, New York | Rice flour crisps with peas, corn, and black beans. Decent texture and flavor, but a bit too much rice which makes the texture become slightly mushy and bland as you eat. |
Off the Eaten Path - Veggie Crisps - Sea Salt & Black Pepper | USA, New York | Adds extra salt and pepper. It helps prevent the bland flavor later on, but the pepper flavor is a bit excessive. |
Old Dutch - Ketchup | Canada, Alberta | Tangy ketchup flavored potato chips. Very enjoyable. |
OLW - Dill & Gräslök | Sweden | Ruffled potato chips dusted with dill & chives. Pretty good. |
Orion - Turtle Chips | South Korea | Four-layered corn chips which create an interesting semi-crunchy texture while you chew. Flamin' Lime is pretty good. |
Pringles - Salt & Vinegar | USA, Tennessee | Nice tangy flavor, but the potato powder gives them a mealy texture. |
Pringles - Scorching BBQ | USA, Tennessee | Hotter than most snack food, but still not very hot. Uneven application of flavor, and a very mealy texture. |
Rap Snacks - Lil Boosie's Louisiana Heat | USA, Florida | Wavy BBQ chips with a decent amount of heat. Good flavor, too salty. |
Ringolos - Humpty Dumpty | Canada, Alberta | Potato powder shaped into rings. Pretty mealy texture. I've only had BBQ which was pretty bland. |
Ruffles - All Dressed | Canada | Standard Ruffle texture with a delicious tangy flavor. |
Ruffles - Baked - Cheddar & Sour Cream | USA | Good crunch, not as greasy, but the flavor is too artificial. |
Ruffles - Baked - Flamin' Hot | USA | Good crunch, not as greasy, nice level of heat, but not much flavor. |
Ruffles - Jamón | Spain | Ham flavored ruffled chips. They do taste a bit like ham, which is a bit odd. |
Ruffles - Lime & Jalapeno | USA | Very nice flavor, tangy and spicy. |
Shahi - Chilli Chips | Pakistan | Fried potato sticks with chili powder. Ok. |
Snack City - Chillz - Lemon & Chili | Pakistan | Sour and spicy fried potato sticks. Very good. |
Snack City - Kurleez - French Cheese | Pakistan | Ruffled potato chips with cheese powder. Too much oil, makes it a soggy crunch. |
Sun Chips - Harvest Cheddar | USA | Not a very good cheese flavor, and how can cheese have anything to do with the harvest? |
Takis - Fuego | USA | Rolled corn chips with lime and chile pepper. Decent taste and actually hot. |
Terra - Real Vegetable Chips - Mediterranean | USA | Deep fried slices of various tubers like taro, sweet potato, batata, parsnip, and yuca. Adequate flavor and crunch, but more starchy than potatoes. |
Tostacos Picante - Ramo | Columbia | Bland corn chips with almost no spice and not even remotely spicy. |
Tostitos - Salsa Verde | USA | Corn chips with a salsa powder on them. Nice flavor, but it doesn't taste like salsa. |
Walkers - Marmite | England | Potato chips with a very light coating of Marmite. Although I'm not a fan of Marmite, these were quite good. |
Waves - Chili & Lemon | Egypt | Ruffled potato chips with a flavor that starts as salty, changes to sour, then slowly becomes hot. Nice flavor, but too oily. |
Cookies / Biscuits
Product | Country | Notes |
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Bahlsn - Choco Leibniz Minis | Germany | Miniature wheat cookies with a milk chocolate backing. Decent flavor, not too sweet. |
Bear Paws | Canada, Ontario | Soft wheat cookies with banana and molasses. Okay, but not amazing. |
BelVita Breakfast - Mondelez | USA, New Jersey | Sweet breakfast biscuits made from oats, rye, wheat, and sugar. Nice taste and texture. Flavors include blueberry, cranberry orange (nice and tart), chocolate (more cocoa), cinnamon, and toasted coconut (bland). |
Beng Beng White | Thailand | White chocolate creme sandwiched in wafers coated in coconut. Quite good. |
Benton's - Caramel Coconut | USA, Illinois | Ring-shaped cookies with milk chocolate, caramel, and toasted coconut. A Girl Scout Samoa knock-off. Quite good. |
Benton's - Chocolatey Coconut Macaroon | Belgium | Soft macaroons with a chocolate base and chocolate stripes. Good, but not worth the calories. |
Benton's - Danish Butter Cookies | Denmark | Adequate butter cookies. |
Benton's - Mini Alphabet Cookies | USA, Illinois | Shortbread cookies shaped like letter blocks. Not as awful as most shortbread cookies, but not great either. |
Bing Bing - Hapi Snacks | South Korea | Small cones filled with chocolate foam. It has a mild cocoa flavor which is nice, but underwhelming. |
Bisco Luxe - Dates | Egypt | Powdery shortbread biscuits filled with date paste. Okay, but not great. |
Biscoff - Lotus | Belgium | Mild ginger biscuits with a thin layer of milk chocolate on the bottom. Not bad. |
Bisconni - Chocolate Chip | Pakistan | Chocolate cookies with a few chocolate chips. Pleasant mildly burnt flavor. |
Bisconni - Chocolatto | Pakistan | Wheat cookies with chocolate filling. Kind of dull. |
Bisconni - Cocomo | Pakistan | Hollow wheat biscuits filled with chocolate cream with a little chocolate design on each one. They're fine; nothing special. |
Blekis - Dwist - Vanilla | Morocco | Vanilla creme sandwiched between butter cookies. Decent. |
Blekis - Tobigo - Hazelnut | Morocco | Vanilla sandwich wafers with hazelnut filling. Pretty good. |
Blekis - Tobigo - Pyramido | Morocco | Chocolate sandwich wafer coated in milk chocolate. Has a slight coffee taste which is pretty good. |
Burbon - Everyburger | Japan | Hamburger-shaped cookies with chocolate patties. Cute, but not the best cookies. |
Charles Chocolate - Tiki Gold - Coconut Craze | Jamaica | Coconut sandwich wafer coated in milk chocolate. Yummy. |
Chips Ahoy - Chewy - Mini | New Jersey | Soft Small chocolate chip cookies. Adequate, but has an artificial flavor. |
Chips Ahoy - Chewy - Red Velvet | Mexico | Red velvet cookie with white chocolate chips and cream cheese filling. Delicious. |
Chokis - Chocobase | Columbia | A generic chocolate chip cookies with a coating of milk chocolate on the bottom. Nothing special. |
Cocosette - Nestle | Columbia | Coconut sandwich wafer. Decent. |
Crown - Butter Waffles | South Korea | Thin buttery crunchy waffles. Quite enjoyable. |
Crown - Couque d'Asse | South Korea | Light crumbly biscuits with a thin layer of filling. Flavors include white torte and Vienna coffee. Delicious flavor and good texture, but they're packaged in a way that makes it very difficult to open them without breaking them. |
Cuétara - Bocaditos - Limón | Spain | Lemon sandwich cookies coated in sugar. Decent, but nothing special. |
CW - Grand Shell | South Korea | Soft cookies filled with jam. Very delicious. Flavors include apple and Earl Grey with grapefruit. |
CW - Sticky Chocolate Chip | South Korea | A crumbly double-chocolate chip cookie with a center of sticky rice. The chewy rice gives it an interesting texture, but no flavor. I would just prefer a chewy cookie. |
Daelmans - Stroopwafels ★ | Holland | Wonderful crun-chewy texture with a delicious taste. Flavors are chocolate caramel, honey, caramel, and maple. |
Devon - Chocolate Digestive | Jamaica | Wheat biscuit coated in milk chocolate. Quite good. |
Diamond Bakery - Kakimochi | USA, Hawaii | Small crunchy cookies. Made with wheat flour rice crackers. A familiar yummy flavor with a hint of uniqueness. |
Dream Cake - Lotte | South Korea | Thin cake layers with creme and jam, all dipped in milk chocolate. A bit underwhelming. I've had strawberry flavor. |
Dulcesol - Palmera | Spain | A lightly-sugared puff pastry. Pretty dull. |
ETI - Bidolu | Turkey | Chocolate sandwich wafer sandwich filled with a lot of chocolate creme and peanuts. Quite good. |
ETI - Puf - Renkli | Turkey | A vanilla cookie topped with almond marshmallow and sprinkles. Not bad. |
Excelo - Biggy - Chocolate | Morocco | Layered wafers sandwiched in and coated with chocolate. Has a slight burnt, almost coffee-like taste which isn't bad. |
Fig Newtons | USA | Favorites are blueberry, fig, strawberry. |
Freska! Choco Bar | Egypt | Chocolate sandwich wafer coated in white chocolate. Decent. |
Freska! Sticks | Egypt | Rolled wafers willed with hazelnut cream. Pretty good. |
Garden - Mini Cream Wafers - Strawberry | Hong Kong | Sandwich wafers with strawberry cream. It has a nice crunch, but the flavor is very subdued, so it's only a hint of strawberry. Rather disappointing. |
Gamesa - Marias | Mexico | Sweet biscuits. Same texture and appearance as animal crackers (minus the shape), and similar, but markedly different, flavor. |
Girl Scouts - Samoas ★ | USA, Kentucky | Torus-shaped cookies covered in caramel and toasted coconut with a backing and stripes of milk chocolate. Very delicious. |
Girl Scouts - Tagalongs | USA, Kentucky | Cookies dipped in chocolate with peanut butter filling. Quite good. |
Girl Scouts - Thin Mints ★ | USA, Kentucky | Chocolate cookies with mint flavor dipped in dark chocolate. Very good. |
Girl Scouts - Trefoils | USA, Kentucky | Shortbread cookies. Pretty awful. |
Glico - Mikado - Dark Chocolate | France | Pocky made in France. Good, but plain dark chocolate is a little boring. |
Glico - Pocky - Chocolate Almond Crunch | Japan | Wafer sticks coated in milk chocolate and chopped almonds. Very tasty. |
Glico - Pocky - Chocolate Banana | Thailand | Chocolate wafer sticks coated in banana cream. Decent banana flavor, not artificial. Quite nice. |
Glico - Pocky - Cloud Cheesecake | China | Slightly larger than ordinary Pocky. The cheesecake flavor isn't that accurate, but still tastes nice. |
Glico - Pocky - Crunchy Strawberry | Japan | Chocolate wafer sticks coated in strawberry cream and tiny chunks of strawberry. Delicious. |
Gol - Mega - Arequipe | Columbia | A large sandwich wafer topped with caramel and dulce de leche all coated in milk chocolate. The texture isn't that great, but the flavor is really good. |
Haitai - French Pie | South Korea | Puff pastry with jam on top. I've had apple, but there are other flavors. Pretty good, but the pastry has a slightly doughy aftertaste. |
Hanuta - Kakao & Crispies | Germany | Chocolate sandwich wafer filled with chocolate creme and chocolate crispies. Exactly what you'd expect. |
Hawai'i Pretz - Kona Coffee | Japan | Biscuit sticks with a coffee flavor. I don't like coffee, but these were still enjoyable. |
Henry's - Petit Surfin | Morocco | Simple crunchy wheat tea biscuits. Quite enjoyable. |
Hilal - Wispy - Stawberry Cream | Pakistan | Long crunchy cookie rolls filled with cream. Not bad, but the strawberry tastes artificial. |
Island Princess - Choco Mochi | USA, Hawaii | Slightly dark chocolate covered rice crackers. Harder than I would have expected from a rice cracker, but very crunchy and good flavor. |
Jack 'n Jill - Fun-O - Vanilla | Thailand | Chocolate sandwich cookies with vanilla creme. Inferior Oreos with deceptively less creme than advertised. |
Jack 'n Jill - Dewberry | Philippines | Shortbread sandwich cookies with a thin layer of creme and fruit jam. They're okay, but there is little filling and the jam is pretty chewy. Flavors are blueberry and strawberry. |
Jacob's - Jaffa Cakes | Ireland | Mini sponge cakes with marmalade and chocolate coating. Pretty good, and not too sweet or bitter. |
Joey's Fine Foods - Black and White Cookie | USA, New Jersey | Cake-like cookie with frosting that is white on one side and dark brown on the other. It's decent. |
Juaninas Cookies | Mexico | Terrible. The jam-filled ones were hard, the butter cookies were powdery, and the box was missing one of the types listed on the assortment. |
Jules Destrooper - Butter Crisps | Belgium | Thin crunchy waffles. Sweet buttery flavor, good crunch, but a little boring. |
Keebler - Caramel Nut Dreams | USA, Illinois | Ring-shaped cookies coated in caramel and chopped peanuts, then covered in chocolate. Quite bland. |
Keebler - Coconut Dreams | USA | Ring-shaped cookies coated with caramel and roasted coconut and chocolate. Nearly identical to Girl Scouts Samoas. |
Keebler - Fudge Sticks | USA | Fudge flavored sandwich wafers with creme between each layer and all coated in milk chocolate. Overly sweet clashing tastes. |
Keebler - Grasshopper | USA | Mint chocolate cookies. Nearly identical to Girl Scouts Thinmints. |
Keebler - Sandies Shortbread - Pecan | USA | A bland shortbread cookie with pecans. Not very good. |
Kemy - Chocolate 21 | South Korea | A crispy puffed grain roll filled with chocolate. Nice flavor and enjoyable crunch. |
Khong Guan - Assored Biscuits | Singapore | An assortment of various mostly sandwich cookies of varying flavors and textures. None are especially flavorful, but it's an enjoyable assortment. |
Kre Sko - Black | Ukraine | A crispy dark chocolate tube filled with vanilla creme. The creme is good, but the very dark brown, almost black, color of the tube is a bit off-putting. |
Kubištovy - Hořické Trubičky | Czech Republic | An incredibly bland round crispy wafer rolled up into a tube and filled with vanilla creme. The creme is good, but the exterior is so bland, it's off-putting. |
La Trinitaine - Galette | France | A small buttery biscuit. |
Leibniz - Butterkeks | Germany | Wheat biscuits with a buttery, slightly sweet flavor. Very good. |
Lotte Koala's March | Thailand | Small four-pointed cookies filled with creme (chocolate or strawberry), with a koala painted on them. The creme filling is nice and the cookie has a good crunch, but it's a bit bitter. |
Lu - Véritable Petit écolier Pocket | France | Wheat biscuit with a slab of milk chocolate. Exactly what you'd expect. |
Macarons de Pauline | Belgium | Rather dry and crumbly, mild flavor. Flavors are chocolate, strawberry, and pistachio. |
Marinela - Sponch | Mexico | Shortbread cookies topped with marshmallow, strawberry jam, and coconut flakes. Decent. |
McVitie's - Jaffa Cakes | UK | A wheat biscuit with orange marmalade and dark chocolate. Pretty good. Has a bit of bitterness to it, but still sweet. Tastes like something an old person would like. |
Meijer - Ultimate Cookie - Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate | USA | Not mildly tart and sweet, chewy texture, very delicious. |
Meijer - Ultimate Cookie - Peanut Butter | USA | Nice chewy texture, but flavor is a bit mild. |
Melly's - Crepe Dentelle - Original | United Arab Emirates | Flaky rolled biscuits with a thin vanilla or chocolate filling. Good crunch, but bland. |
Millville - Fruit & Grain | USA, Illinois | A cake bar with fruit filling. Mixed berry: Good. Apple cinnamon: Okay. |
Moon Pie | USA | Graham cracker cookie sandwich with marshmallow center, and the whole thing is coated in a glaze. Good flavor, but I'm not a huge fan of marshmallow. My favorites in order are chocolate, vanilla, then banana. |
National - Ginger Biscuits | Jamaica | Gingersnap style biscuits. Pretty good. |
Natural Story - Choco Pie | South Korea | Marshmallow sandwiched between two biscuits, all wrapped in chocolate. It's okay. |
Nature's Bakery - Fig Bar | USA, Nevada | Essentially larger Fig Newtons at 100 calories a pop. I've only had raspberry, but it was pretty good. |
Nissin - Stick Wafer | Philippines | Baked cookie tubes. I've had chocolate, and it was delicious. |
Novita - Chocolate Wafers | Pakistan | Vanilla sandwich wafers with chocolate filling. Bland. |
Novy - Bang Bites | Egypt | Chocolate and hazelnut cream in a short crispy tube. Pretty good. |
Novy - Munch | Egypt | Long airy corn wafers with a burnt chocolate flavor coated in milk chocolate. Enjoyable. |
Olza - Prince Polo | Poland | Airy wafers sandwiched in semi-dark chocolate, all coated in chocolate. Nice and crunchy, not too sweet. Enjoyable, but similar to every other one. |
Opavia - Zlaté Polomáčené | Czech Republic | Shortbread biscuits with a milk chocolate backing. Quite boring. |
Oreo - Caramel Coconut | USA | Chocolate cookie sandwich filled with a caramel coconut cream. I can only taste the caramel, but I like it. |
Oreo - Carrot Cake | USA | Filled with a spiced cream. Tastes like store-bought carrot cake, that is, far too sweet. |
Oreo - Chocolate Hazelnut | USA, New Jersey | Filled with a chocolate hazelnut cream. Not bad, but has a slightly artificial flavor. |
Oreo - Chocolate Marshmallow | USA | Filled with a chocolate marshmallow cream and has little marshmallow bits in the cookie. Quite good. |
Oreo - Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie | USA | Graham cookie sandwich with half peanut butter, half chocolate creme. Kind of bland, not very good. |
Oreo - Lemon | Mexico | Vanilla cookies with lemon creme filling. Decent. |
Oreo - Peanut Butter | Canada | Chocolate cookies with a peanut butter creme filling. Decent. |
Oreo - Thins | USA | Less creme and thinner cookie portion. I actually like this better than regular Oreos. |
Oreo - Thins, Dark Chocolate | USA | The filling is a more bitter chocolate cream. Not that great. |
Oreo - Thins, Mint | USA | Adds a light minty flavor. I like this more than regular Oreos. |
Oreo - Thins, Pistachio ★ | USA | Very nice sweet nutty flavor. My favorite Oreo. |
Oreo - Toffee Crunch | USA, New Jersey | Delicious toffee-flavored creme. Second favorite flavor. |
Ovaltine - Cookies | Jamaica | Despite the name, this is much more like a basic wheat biscuit. |
Palm Date Valley - Maamoul Date | U.A.E. | Shortbread biscuit with date filling. Crumbly texture, bland flavor. Not very good. |
Party Wafers - Cappuccino - Gastone Lago | Italy | Sandwich wafers with coffee flavored creme. |
Pejoy | Thailand | Biscuit cylinders filled with cream. Flavors include cookies & creme and matcha. Good texture and more subdued flavors. The tea flavor is too mild. |
Pepperidge Farm - Butter Pecan | USA | Crisp buttery flavor. Delicious, but not very many pecans. |
Pepperidge Farm - Buttercrisp ★ | USA | Crunchy cookie with a strong butter and brown sugar flavor. Very good. |
Pepperidge Farm - Caramel Apple | USA | Soft chewy texture, good spiced apple flavor, not overpowering. |
Pepperidge Farm - Charleston | USA | Soft chewy birthday cake flavor with white chocolate chips and sprinkles. Too doughy tasting. |
Pepperidge Farm - Chesapeake | USA, Connecticut | Crunchy buttery cookie with dark chocolate chips and pecans. Great flavor, but a bit light on the chips. |
Pepperidge Farm - Holiday Nog | USA, Connecticut | A simple buttery cookie with a slight eggnog flavor. Okay, but not great. |
Pepperidge Farm - Lexington | USA | Crunchy chocolate chip, toffee, and almond cookie. Decent, but nothing special. |
Pepperidge Farm - Milano | USA, Connecticut | A sandwich cookie with caramel, dark chocolate, and coffee filling. Very good |
Pepperidge Farm - Santa Cruz | USA | Chewy oatmeal raisin cookies. Quite enjoyable with a good amount of cinnamon. |
Pepperidge Farm - Verona | USA, Connecticut | Shortbread with jam. Jam is good, shortbread is not. Comes in cherry and strawberry. |
Piaca - Pineapple Cake Shortcrust | USA, Hawaii | Shortcrust cake with pineapple jam filling. The jam is good, and the shortcrust isn't as bland as most. |
Pillows - Oshi | Philippines | Puffed wheat and rice cocoa crackers filled with milk chocolate. Nice crunch and good flavor, but not amazing. |
Pilsbury - Soft Baked Cookies - Confetti | USA, Minnesota | Very soft, almost cake-like cookies with rainbow sprinkles. Tastes like confetti cake. Pretty good. |
Pop Tarts - Kellanova | USA | Filled cookies with icing in a rectangle shape to fit into a toaster. I don't like the edges with have neither filling or icing. They're okay. Banana Bread: has spice and a mild banana flavor. |
Prince - Chocolate | Pakistan | Wheat cookies with chocolate filling. Pretty good. |
Princessa - Longa Zebra | Poland | Light chocolate wafers sandwiched in layers of creme. Like most sandwich wafers, but very airy and pretty good. |
Rip Van - Wafels - Dutch Caramel & Vanilla | USA, New York | A Dutch stroopwafel. Decent flavor, but not as good as Daelmans. |
Rosca - Jumbo | Colombia | An airy crunchy cassava doughnut covered with rice crispies, chopped nuts, and caramel, all coated in milk chocolate. Not bad. |
Scooby-Doo! Snacks - Kellogg's | USA, Michigan | Bone-shaped graham cracker cookies with cinnamon. Decent. |
Slasti - Artek Waffles - Chocolate | Ukraine | Chocolate waffled creme wafers. Nice flavor, good crunch. |
Snickerdoodle - Homestyle | USA, Illinois | Soft snickerdoodle cookies. A bit dry, but decent tasting. |
Strok - Knoppers | Germany | A chocolate sandwich wafer with a layer of milk creme and chocolate creme. Kind of an odd, but not bad, flavor. |
Super Kontik - Lemon | Ukraine | Chocolate sandwich cookies with lemon creme. Vastly inferior to Oreos. Chocolate is bland, and not much filling. |
Tipo - Mini | Egypt | Wheat biscuit sandwich filled with chocolate cream and all coated with milk chocolate. Decent. |
Tirma - Galleta con Cereales y Arándanos. | Spain | Mini blueberry cookies with white chocolate. Very tasty. |
Turtle Chips - Choco Churros - Orion | South Korea | Multi-layered wheat chips covered in a cocoa mixture. Nice crunch and good cocoa flavor. |
Ülker - Biskrem | Turkey | Cookies filled with chocolate hazelnut spread. Quite yummy. |
Ülker - Kat Kat Tat | Turkey | Puff pastry with hazelnut filling. Flaky and crispy, but very little filling. What little there is tastes great. |
Vieira - Maria | Portugal | Wheat biscuits. Exactly what you'd expect. |
Vieira - Tarteletes | Portugal | Shortcake tarts filled with strawberry jam. Bland. |
VGs - Gourmet Cookies - Chocolate Chip | USA, Michigan | Okay, but not great. |
Voortman - Eggnog Wafers | Canada | Sandwich wafers with eggnog flavoring. Even manages to have a mild boozy flavor. Pretty good. |
Z Bar - Clif Kid | USA, California | Chewy semi-sweet granola bars. Chocolate Chip: It was okay, but I didn't see any chocolate chips. Chocolate Brownie: a rather odd semi-bitter chocolate flavor. |
Crackers
Product | Company | Country | Notes |
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Arare Rice Crackers | Hapi Snacks | China | Tiny rice crackers with a sweet heat coating on them. Crunchy and delicious. |
Bianca's | Italian Breadsticks Bakery | USA, Michigan | Flat crunchy breadsticks with garlic, onion, sesame, and poppy seeds. Pretty good. |
Butter Cream Crackers | Croley Foods | Philippines | Flavored crackers covered in granular sugar. Quite enjoyable. Flavors are chocolate and ensaymada. |
Globitos | Dondé | Mexico | Small puffed crackers. Like oyster crackers, but a more buttery taste. |
Gooun Goguma | Haitai | South Korea | Crispy baked sweet potato sticks. Okay, but nothing special. |
Grissini | Alessi | Italy | Long light crunchy bread sticks. Flavors are sesamo which are covered in sesame seeds and aglio which have garlic powder. |
Finn Crisps - Original | Finn Crisps | Finland | Thin and crispy sourdough rye crackers. Decent flavor, not too salty. |
Flint Bread Rusks - Cheese | Gourmet Market | Ukraine | Wheat-rye croutons with cheese powder. Very crunchy, mild flavor. |
Graham Crackers - Cinnamon | Honey Maid | USA | Nice graham flavor, and the cinnamon and sugar makes it effectively a cookie. |
Krispi | Ülker | Turkey | Crunchy potato bread sticks. A bit starchy and the flavors are too mild. Flavors include taco and ketchup & mayonnaise. |
Malkist Crackers | Garden | Hong Kong | Malted wheat crackers with a top-coating of caramelized sugar. Simple, but enjoyable. |
Nut-Thins - Smokehouse | Blue Diamond | USA, California | Crackers made with almond flour. Good crunch, but bland aftertaste. |
Pizza Kraker | ETI | Turkey | Triangular crackers with a hole in the center. They have a savory flavor with a hint of pizza sauce. Not bad. |
Potato Flour Snacks | Mi Botanita | Mexico | Round flat potato crackers. |
Rice Cracker Balls | Want-Want | China | Crunchy little balls of fried rice with chicken seasoning. Bland oily flavor; not very good. |
Sky Flakes | M.Y. San | Philippines | Buttery crackers with filling in them. Flavors are condensed milk and chocolate. Not bad, but not great. |
Snow Rice Crackers | Bin Bin | Thailand | Crunchy rice crackers with a salty buttery flavor with a drizzle of icing. Delicious. |
Wypiekarnia - Bajgle | Lajkonik | Poland | Small bagel crackers with herbs, sesame, chia, and flax seeds. A little mealy. |
Jellies
Product | Company | Country | Notes |
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Ai-Yu Jelly | Chin Chin | Taiwan | Aiyu jelly in a can. I've had green color. Has a fresh taste quite different from animal-based gelatin. Not great, but not unpleasant. |
Fruzel | Neo USA | Taiwan | Jelly cups with little cubes of fruit solids. Decent flavor, but very hard to open. Flavors are: grape, pineapple, apple, strawberry, and mango. |
Jelly Straws | Tsang Lin | Taiwan | Plastic straws filled with fruit gelatin. Messy and very mild flavors, mostly just tastes wet. Flavors are apple, grape, pineapple, and strawberry. |
Peek-a-boo Pororo Straw Jelly | Mamecome | South Korea | Plastic tubes filled with bland fruit gelatin. I've had grape and lychee. Other flavors include mango and peach. |
Jerky & Sausage
Product | Company | Country | Notes |
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Beef Biltong - Teriyaki | Simms | USA, Illinois | Very chewy texture, very fatty, flavor is too salty. |
Beef Stick | Jack Link's | USA, Wisconsin | A beef sausage that's a little gristly. The Teriyaki flavor is too salty and oily. |
Beef Jerky | Jack Link's | USA, Wisconsin | Firm, but generally lean jerky. Flavors are: ★ sweet & hot (delicious), Flamin' Hot (good spice), teriyaki (enjoyable), jalapeño (okay), and original (kind of bad). |
Country Smoker Jerky | Tillamook | USA, Oregon | Lean beef jerky, very salty, mostly soft, but occasionally has very hard sections. Flavors are: old fashioned and honey glazed. |
Duke's - Beef Original | Duke's | USA, Illinois | Smoky beef sausages with black pepper. The have a decent flavor, but they're too greasy. |
Duke's - Hot & Spicy Sticks ★ | Duke's | USA, Illinois | Nice snap and the serrano peppers give it a good flavor. Spicy, but not too hot. |
Elk and Pork Snack Stick | Pearson Ranch | USA, New Mexico | Enjoyable savory meat flavor. |
Elk Jerky | Person Ranch | USA, New Mexico | Elk and beef shredded and formed together. Decent flavor, but nothing special. |
Frederick's - Southwest Style BBQ Brisket | Meijer | USA, Michigan | Beef brisket jerky with a heavy black pepper barbecue flavor. Kind of tough. |
Hot Jerky | No Man's Land Beef Jerky | USA, Oklahoma | Extremely desiccated jerky. Decent flavor, a bit too gristly, but otherwise very good. |
Hot & Spicy Jerky | Old Trapper | USA | Really tough jerky. It's hot, but not much flavor. |
Jalapeno Beef Sticks | Old Trapper | USA, Oregon | They have a nice sweet jalapeno flavor, but all the organ meat leaves an unappealing aftertaste. |
Jerky | Paul's | USA, Michigan | Large strips of cured beef. Flavors are Sweet & Spicy (delicious), Hot Darn Beef (decent flavor and quite spicy), Hillbilly Beef (just salty), and Old Fashioned Beef (very little flavor). |
Jerky | Simms | USA, Illinois | Very similar texture to Jack Link's. Flavors are teriyaki and peppered. |
Mango Habanero Jerky | Country Archer Provisions | USA, California | The mango flavor is very subtle, but there is a decent level of heat which is spicier than most jerky. Yhe squishy texture isn't very appealing. |
Original Jerky ★ | Oberto | USA, Washington | Very chewy, nice flavor. |
Snack Sticks | Little Town Jerky Company | USA, Michigan | Little sausages. Death Valley flavor is smoky and spicy. Pepperoni is close to pepperoni, but not as flavorful. |
Steak Strips | Jack Link's | USA, Wisconsin | Larger strips of lean beef. Nice flavor and texture. Flavors are: original. |
Sweet Chipotle Jerky | Krave | USA, California | Soft chewy texture, feels a little odd. Flavor is okay, but I'm not a big fan of it. |
Sweet-N-Hot Jerky | Jerky Outlet, The | USA, Michigan | An adequate sweet and hot, but I wish it were hotter. |
Teriyaki Jerky | Simply Nature | USA, Illinois | Good firm texture. Decent flavor, but very salty. |
Turkey Sausage Sticks | Old Wisconsin | USA, Wisconsin | Turkey sausages. Decent amount of spice and texture. |
Vienna Sausage - Hot & Spicy | Armour | USA, New Jersey | Hot dog slices in a spicy ketchup sauce. Extremely salty, not very good. |
Nuts, Seeds, and Produce
Product | Company | Country | Notes |
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Amaz!n Prunes | Sunsweet | USA, California | Flavors are original (just fine) and orange essence (tastes too artificial). |
Apple Chips - Cinnamon | Clancy's | USA, Illinois | Fried slices of apple with sugar and cinnamon. Crunchy like chips. Pretty good. |
Banana Chips - Original | St. Mary's | Jamaica | Fried green banana slices. Kind of boring. |
Nature's Garden | Cibo Vita | USA, New Jersey | Berry Nutty Mix: almonds, cashews, peanuts, raisins, sultanas, and cranberries. High Energy Mix: almonds, cashews, walnuts, raisins, cranberries, and pepitas. Both are quite bland. |
Big Roll - Grilled Seaweed | Tao Kae Noi | Thailand | Flat seaweed, rolled into a cylinder. Good sweet and spicy taste, but it's ruined by the disgusting seaweed flavor. |
Bigs | Conagra | USA, Illinois | Sunflower seeds roasted and salted in their shell. I like most of their flavors, but they have more empty shells and rotten seeds than any other major brand. Comes in a resealable bag, but they often fail. Flavors include: Takis Chili and Lime, Tapatío Chile Limón (nice and spicy), Vlasic Dill (a bit too salty), Old Bay, Stubbs Tangy Bar-B-Q (nice smoky BBQ flavor), Tapatío, Taco Bell taco supreme, cheese burger, original, Little Caesar's pepperoni pizza (tastes like the smell of a cheap pizzeria), and black pepper. |
Boy Bawang - Cornick | KSK | Philippines | Fried corn kernels. Essentially Corn Nuts with less salt and not as hard. Flavors are Chili Cheese (fake cheese with a mild chili powder, not bad), Adobo (pretty good), and Hot Garlic (a bit bland, but the heat eventually builds), |
Boy Bawang - Snack Mix | KSK | Philippines | Coated peanuts, dried fava beans, coated green peas, and crunchy garlic slices. It was okay, but the mealy texture of dried peas hurts the experience. |
Caramel Sea Salt Macadamia Nuts | Fredrick's | USA, Michigan | Macadamia pieces coated in hard candy caramel. Quite good. |
Cha Cha Roasted Sunflower Seeds | Cha Cha | Thailand | Sunflower seeds with very large shells. Multiple flavors, but I've only had "spiced" which is an enjoyable mixture of sweet and spice. |
Chinook Seedery | Chinook Seedery | USA, Texas | Roasted sunflower seeds in the shell. Parmesan & Pepper - Decent peppery cheesy flavor. Original - Too little salt, very little flavor. |
Choco Dates | Wafia | Qatar | Dates stuffed with almonds and coated in dark chocolate. Not bad. |
Coconut Orange Peel Almonds | Lush Gourmet | USA, Michigan | Almonds with a crunchy coconut and orange coating. Quite good. |
Coconut Ribbon | Ferris Nut Co. | USA, Michigan | Cooked coconut shavings. A bit bland. |
Coconut Snacks | Dulzura Borincana | Puerto Rico | Patties of shaved sweetened coconut. Flavors include guava, plain coconut, and pineapple. Decent, but not great. |
Corn Nuts ★ | Hormel Foods | USA | Corn kernels deep fried in corn oil and salted. A hard crunch that I love. My favorite is the original flavor. BBQ adds a sweet-savory flavor which is decent, and Ranch adds some zest, but isn't as good. |
Cranberry Crunch Mix | Ferris Nut Co. | USA, Michigan | Mix of dried cranberries, raisins, yogurt-covered raisins, peanuts, and almonds. Decent, but nothing special. |
Crystalized Ginger | Ferris Nut Co. | USA, Michigan | Dried ginger root coated in granular sugar. Very potent. |
David | Conagra | USA, Illinois | Sunflower seeds roasted in their shells. Not as many bad seeds as Bigs. Flavors include Frank's Redhot (pretty close in flavor, but lots of powder), jalapeño (a good bite to it), original (standard roasted and salted), and sweet and salty (which adds sugar and is a bit off-putting). |
Dried Cherries | Ferris Nut Co. | USA, Michigan | Dried tart cherries. |
Dried Mangoes | Cebu | Philippines | Dried mango chips lightly sugared. Not bad, but I'm not a big fan of mango. |
Dunk | Sunsnack | Thailand | Sunflower seeds coated in a corn and cheese flavored coating. Decent. |
Frank's RedHot Almonds | AMES International | USA, Washington | Almonds coated in a RedHot powder. The powder is very close to the flavor of RedHot, and adds nice spice to the almonds. However, the added flavor disappears before you're done chewing the nuts. |
Freeze Dried Strawberries | Meijer | USA | Interesting crunch, and quite tart without the water. |
Fruit Bar | That's It | USA, California | Fruit bars made from only dried fruit. I've only had the apple cherry bar. It was tart and bland. |
Fruit & Nut Snackaballs - Salted Caramel | Tom & Luke | New Zealand | Mealy, bland and quite unappealing. |
Giant Sized Sunflower Seeds | South Forty | USA, Washington | Roasted and salted sunflower seeds. The shells are huge, but the seeds are normal sized. The larger shells actually make them harder to crack without splintering. |
Giants - Sunflower Seeds | Giants | USA, North Dakota | Original - Higher quality kernels, few bitter seeds, and not a lot of shells at the bottom of the bag. Strange partially-sealable bag. I've had original which isn't overly salty. |
Glazed Maple Toasted Pecans | Meijer | USA, Michigan | Very sugary, but also quite good. It has a lovely maple caramel flavor. |
Glazed Salted Caramel Cashews | Meijer | USA, Michigan | Cashews with a caramel coating. Not that great. |
Golden Figs | Fresh Gourmet | USA, California | Dried golden figs. The sulfur preservative is very noticeable in the flavor. |
Hot Nuts ★ | Barcel | Mexico | Peanuts with a thin wheat coating and spiced with lime flavor. Very good. Flavors include fuego (fire) and original. In the USA, they are branded with Takis and the original flavor is called "Flare." |
Kind - Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea Salt | Kind | USA, New York | Almonds and peanuts bonded together in a bar with honey, sugar, and dark chocolate. Not bad. |
Kind - Caramel Almond & Sea Salt | Kind | USA, New York | Almonds bonded together in a bar with honey and sugar. Decent, but the caramel flavor is very mild. |
Koh-Kae - Coconut Cream | Mae-Ruay | Thailand | Peanuts covered with a coconut cream coating. Flavor is too mild. |
Layered Fruit Bar | Pure Organic | USA | Firm gelatin fruit bar. Flavor was pineapple passion fruit. Nice flavor and texture. |
Mani Moto | Frito Lay | Colombia | Peanuts with a hard wheat coating. Not bad, but a far cry from Hot Nuts. |
'Nana Pops | Made in Nature | USA | Bananas, raisins, dates, figs, and various nuts and seeds ground together and packed into balls. Probably healthy, but they don't taste very good. |
Nature Valley - Trail Mix - Chewy Granola Bar | General Mills | USA, Minnesota | A granola bar. I've had Fruit & Nut which has a nice texture and the cranberries give it a nice flavor. |
Nature Valley - Sweet & Salty Nut - Chewy Granola Bar | General Mills | USA, Minnesota | A granola bar of almonds, oats, and rice and plenty of sugar. Good texture, nice mid flavor. |
Nic Nacs | Lorenz | Germany | Peanuts with a crunchy coating. Only flavor I've had is barbecue, which was decent, but not spicy enough. |
Nut Mix | Bhuja | Australia | Mix of peanuts, cashews, peas, chickpeas, almonds, and fried noodles spiced with in Indian spice mix. Decent flavor, but the chickpeas and peas give it a dusty texture. |
Oat Bran Sesame Sticks ★ | Meijer | USA | Nice crunch and good flavor. |
Salted Pistachios (No shell) | Meijer | USA | Not as enjoyable as eating them from their shells. |
Salted Plantain Chips | Ferris Nut Co. | USA, Michigan | Dried plantain slices with added palm oil, and salt. Similar in flavor to potato chips, but with a more mealy texture. |
Salted Sunflower Kernels | Meijer | USA, Michigan | Exactly what it says. Tastes fine. |
Smyrna Figs | Made in Nature | Turkey | Dried figs without sulfur. A little smaller than regular figs, and the lack of sulfur gives them a hint of fermentation flavor which isn't unpleasant. |
Spitz ★ | Frito-Lay | USA, Texas | Sunflower seeds roasted in their shells. Smaller seeds, but fewer shell pieces and rotten ones. Also, less salt than most competitors. This is my favorite brand of sunflower seeds. Sold in resealable bags. Flavors include dill pickle (a bit sweet), Flamin' Hot Limón (quite good), and cracked pepper (just peppery). |
Sunflower Seeds - Original | Lays | USA | I don't know how you screw up roasted sunflower seeds, but they somehow managed. These are awful. |
Sweetened Banana Chips | Ferris Nut Co. | USA, Michigan | Dried banana slices with added coconut oil, sugar, and banana flavor. Quite good. |
Toasted Corn | Horrocks Farm Market | USA, Michigan | Fried corn kernels. Kind of like Corn Nuts, but far more greasy. Not very good. |
Unsalted Pistachios in Shell ~ Roasted | Meijer | USA, Michigan | The lack of salt really hurts the flavor. |
Wasabi Nuts | Big Bob | Ukraine | Roasted peanuts with a candy wasabi coating. Pretty good, but not strong enough of wasabi. |
White Sesame Cake | Nice Choice | Taiwan | Simple sesame seed cakes consisting only of toasted sesame seeds, sugar, maltose, and salt. Quite good. |
Other
Product | Company | Country | Notes |
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Carazza | Bifi | Germany | A mini calzone stuffed with pepperoni, pizza sauce, and cheese. Not horrible. |
Club Minis Mix | Kellogg's | USA | A mix of club crackers, pretzels, and cheese puffs. Bland, salty, and powdery texture. Threw it out before I even got halfway through. |
Corn Nuts Crunch Mix | Kraft Heinz | USA | Corn Nuts mixed with mini corn chips, corn puffs, and corn sticks. I don't like the corn puffs and the chips are very generic. I would prefer just Corn Nuts. I've only tried Fiery Hot, which is indeed hot. |
Fish Bowl Mix | Horrocks Farm Market | USA, Michigan | Mixture of cheesy whale-shaped crackers, spicy crescent-shaped crackers, little pretzel balls, peanuts, small bran chips, and almonds. Pretty good mixture. |
Beacon & Bridge Honey Roasted Sesame Sticks | JLM Manufacturing | USA, Michigan | Sweetened wheat and sesame sticks. Enjoyable. |
Jjol Byung Snack | Nongshim | South Korea | Dried spiced ramen noodles crushed into discs. Crunchy and flavorful. I've only tried spicy, but other flavors exist. |
Sójové Řezy | Zora | Czech Republic | A soft doughy rod of semi-sweet soy. It's like eating the dough of sweet bread. Not horrible, but not good either. |
Sweet Crunchy Rice Snack | Jayone | South Korea | Essentially a rice cake in tube form with more sugar. Bland and kind of messy to eat. |
Wafle Ryżowe - Z Belgijską Czekoladą Mleczną | Kupiec | Poland | Rice cakes with Belgian milk chocolate on one side. Just as boring as it sounds. |
Popcorn
Product | Company | Country | Notes |
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Better Made - Cheddar Cheese | Better Made | USA, Michigan | A nice tasting cheese popcorn. Quite good. |
Caramel Corn - Butter Caramel | CY Chocolates | USA, California | An adequate caramel corn with a slightly burnt flavor. |
Cono Popcorn - Burning BBQ | Cono | Egypt | Popcorn with a mildly spicy BBQ salt. Pretty good. |
Cretors - Four Cheese Mix | G.H. Cretors | USA | Nice cheesy flavor, but a bit salty. |
Fruit Salad Candied Popcorn ★ | Devon's Mackinac Island Popcorn Co. | USA | Candy-coated popcorn with a mix of several flavors including: apple, banana, blue raspberry, cherry, grape, orange, and strawberry. Colorful and delicious. |
Handcrafted Kernels | GFS | USA, Michigan | Candy-coated popcorn. Cherry and birthday cake ★ are delicious, piña colada is okay, green apple looks hideous, but is okay, orange has a mild tanginess, strawberry is decent but has a mild flavor, blueberry is kind of dull. |
Smartfood White Cheddar Cheese Popcorn ★ | Frito-Lay | USA | My favorite white cheddar popcorn. |
Pretzels
Product | Country | Notes |
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Better Made - Peanut Butter Filled Pretzels | USA, Michigan | Mini pretzel bites filled with peanut butter. Similar to other brands. |
Better Made - Rods | USA, Michigan | Standard pretzel rods. Nice crunch, good amount of salt. |
Beskidzkie Paluszki - Bekonu | Poland | Long thin pretzel sticks with bacon salt. Decent, but the bacon salt tastes artificial. |
Combos - Buffalo Blue Cheese | USA | It certainly has the flavor of a buffalo wing with bleu cheese dressing, but it's still pretty bland with a salty starchy taste. |
Combos - Jalapeno Cheddar | USA | The jalapeno is immediately tasted, but, after that, it's mostly the bland taste of fake cheese, salt, and starch. |
Dot's - Homestyle Pretzels ★ | USA, North Dakota | Spicy and buttery pretzel rods. Very good. |
Dot's - Homestyle Pretzels - Southwest Seasoned | USA, North Dakota | Spicy and buttery pretzel rods. Robust flavor, but too salty. |
Dot's - Homestyle Pretzels - Honey Mustard | USA, North Dakota | Has a delicious sweet honey mustard flavor. |
Flipz - Star Brands | USA, New York | Chocolate covered pretzels. The dark chocolate ones are delicious. |
Havlík - Trvanlivé Tyčinky | Czech Republic | Wheat pretzel rods. Their semi-crunchy texture makes them feel stale. I've had medvědí česnek flavor (bear garlic) which is fine. |
Meijer - Pretzel Rods | USA | Bland and with very little salt. |
Old Fashioned Pretzel Rods - Utz | USA, Pennsylvania | Crunchy pretzel rods with a medium amount of salt. Decent flavor, but not the best. |
Pop Daddy Pretzels - Garlic Parmesan | USA, Michigan | Pretzel sticks covered in a garlic Parmesan powder. Not very good. |
Pop Daddy Pretzels - Yellow Mustard | USA, Michigan | Pretzel sticks covered in yellow mustard powder. Tastes very similar to actual yellow mustard. |
Pretz - Corn | Thailand | Pretzel sticks with buttered corn flavor. Decent flavor, but starchy pretzels. |
Pretz - Larb | Thailand | Pretzel sticks with larb spice. The flavor is good, but it's very salty and the pretzel is too starchy. |
Pretzilla Bites | USA, Wisconsin | Soft pretzel bites. Good flavor and texture, but the salt is not on the bites, so you have to apply it yourself from the included packet, which is messy. |
Snyder's of Hanover - Pretzel Pieces - Honey Mustard & Onion | USA | Hard sourdough pretzels cracked into pieces covered with a honey mustard & onion powder. Flavor is decent, but I wish it were a bit stronger. |
Snyder's of Hanover - Pretzel Pieces - Hot Buffalo Wing | USA | Hard sourdough pretzels cracked into pieces covered with buffalo powder. Flavor is good and tastes similar to wings. |
Snyder's of Hanover - Pretzel Rods | USA, North Carolina | Salted hard pretzel rods. Nice crunch, not too salty, but, for some reason, it has a slight fishy taste to me. |
Puffs
Product | Company | Country | Notes |
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Baked Cheese Curls | Dots Homestyle Snacks | USA, North Dakota | Baked cornmeal puffs coated in cheese powder. Too salty, not as good as Cheetos. |
Bin Bin Rice Crackers - Original Flavor | Namchow | Thailand | Crunchy and airy rice crackers coated in a fine salty-sweet MSG powder. Very delicious. |
Bissli - BBQ | Osem | Israel | Kind of bland, not a very good BBQ. |
Bissli - Pizza | Osem | Israel | Kind of bland, not a very good pizza flavor. |
Chee Zees - Jalapeño | Sunshine Snacks | Trinidad and Tobago | Same shape and texture as Cheetos, but with a hint of jalapeño to the cheese. Nothing special. |
Křupky Arašídové | Bohemia | Czech Republic | Corn puffs coated in peanut dust. Very oily, not that great. |
Салют (Salyut) | Zolote Zerno | Ukraine | Corn puff with sour cream, onion, and dill flavoring. Decent, but nothing special. |
Cheetos | Frito Lay | USA | A fried crunchy corn puff with cheese powder. Far better than cheese puffs or cheese balls, but very artificial cheese flavor. As a child, I loved them, but now I find them too bland and prefer Flaming Hot Cheetos. |
Cheetos - Cheddar Jalapeño Crunch | Frito Lay | USA | Adds a hint of jalapeño to Cheetos. Not as hot as Flaming Hot Cheetos, and not as good of a flavor either. |
Cheetos - Flaming Hot ★ | Frito Lay | USA | Same crunch as regular Cheetos, but the cheese is replaced with a sweet red chili powder. It causes a nice burn that slowly increases the more you eat. My favorite Cheetos flavor. |
Cheetos - Sticks | Frito Lay | Spain | Puffed corn in stick shape with cheese powder (a bit like Andy Capp's Cheddar Fries). A more robust flavor than American cheese puffs, but still dull. |
Cheetos - Turkey | Frito Lay | China | Adds turkey seasoning. Better than regular Cheetos. |
Cheezy Voltz - Spicy Monster Paws | National | Jamacia | Greasy corn puffs with a spicy cheese coating. Very artificial flavor. |
Chick 'n Chips | Holiday | Trinidad and Tobago | Puffed fries and chicken drumsticks with ketchup powder. Not as bad as it sounds. |
Churritos - Chile | Don Nopal | Mexico | Skinny corn puffs coated with red chili powder (very close in flavor to Takis). Pretty good. |
Cruncheez | Humpty Dumpty | Canada, Alberta | Canadian Cheetos. |
DoniLokas - Chile Limón | Charras | Mexico | Nice tangy lime and spicy flavor, and the puffed wheat rings are light and airy with a great crunch. Strange after taste, and I don't care for the Jesus fish on the package. |
Fruchtiger Knusper Puffreis (Fruity Crispy Puffed Rice) | Frigeo | Germany | Tiny rice and corn puffs with a fruit flavor and a hint of sour. The initial taste is delicious, but the aftertaste is grainy. |
Funyuns ★ | Frito Lay | USA | Corn puffs shaped like onion rings with a strong onion flavor. Delicious. |
Garden Veggie - Straws | Hain Celestial Group | USA, New York | Puffed potato straws with a great crunch. Spinach and tomato added as well. Flavors are salt and ranch. |
Grills - Smoked | Frito Lay | Belgium | Corn puffs shaped like, I guess, grill marks? With a smoky flavor. |
Harvest Snaps - Kick'n BBQ | Calbee | USA, Oregon | Lentil and rice based baked ring puffs flavored with spicy BBQ. Good crunch, decent enjoyable BBQ flavor. |
Harvest Snaps - Sour Cream & Onion | Calbee | USA, Oregon | Lentil and rice based baked ring puffs flavored with sour cream and onion. Kind of boring. |
Harvest Snaps - Tangy Sweet Chili ★ | Calbee | USA, Oregon | Lentil and rice based baked ring puffs flavored with sweet chili powder. Very tasty and a good crunch. |
Harvest Snaps - Tomato Basil | Calbee | USA, Oregon | Lentil and rice based baked puffed fries flavored with tomato basil powder. Enjoyable flavor, adequate crunch. |
Hula Hoops Puft | KP | UK | Nice crunch and airy texture. I've only had beef flavor, which has a beef-like taste. |
Incredi Puffs - Sizzlin' Sriracha | The Snack Brigade | USA, Ohio | Corn puffs with chili pepper dust. Decently spicy, but doesn't taste like sriracha. Not a fan of the texture. |
JagaRico - Hokkaido Butter | Calbee | Japan | Fried puffed crunchy potato fries with butter. Nice crunch, but quite bland. |
Mini Cheetos Shots | Frito Lay | Turkey | Small football-shaped corn puffs with a semi-sweet cheesy flavor. More like cereal than Cheetos. |
Onion Snack ★ | Nongshim | South Korea | Onion-flavored wheat puffs shaped like onion petals. Very good. Not as intense an onion flavor as Funyuns, but with a hint of sweetness and a softer crunch. |
Potato Boom | Zolote Zerno | Ukraine | Cornmeal and potato puffed fries with ketchup flavoring. Tangy, but nothing special. |
Rice Crisps | Quaker | USA, Illinois | Mini cakes formed from rice flour and corn grits. Kind of crunchy, but with a soft/hard texture and a starchy consistency that I'm not a fan of. Flavors are sweet barbecue (sweet and savory) and caramel (yummy). |
Roasted Green Onion Snack | Haitai | South Korea | Very similar to Funyuns, but better with a sweeter and stronger onion flavor. |
Shrimp Chips - Baked | Calbee | Thailand | Baked wheat puffs with a noticeable shrimp flavor, too much like actual shrimp for me to enjoy. |
Shrimp Chips - Yuzu and Black Pepper | Calbee | Thailand | Fried wheat puffs with a very subtle shrimp and yuzu flavor, with a black pepper after taste. A bit underwhelming. |
Space Raiders - Spicy | KP Snacks | Ireland | Corn puffs in the shape of alien heads. Not spicy, but they have a tangy savory flavor. |
Xispazos - Eléctrico | Aspil | Spain | Little corn puffs with mild chili flavoring. Decent flavor and crunch. |