Kit Kat Blueberry Muffin

 

Product circa: 2022

I like almost all food, but many folks are surprised to hear that I don’t like blueberries, or really any food/candy that they’re in.  I guess it’s a strange dislike to have.

With that said, this candy is impressive and delicious.  They’ve used white chocolate instead of milk/dark, thank goodness.  Upon opening the wrapper, you’ll see that the white chocolate is visually tinged with blue/purple, and olfactorily tinged with a fragrant blueberry smell.

The taste has the perfect amount of blueberry flavoring in the chocolate, and a natural flavor at that, which is not often found with blueberry products.  The wafer of the Kit Kat also has what I might deem as cinnamon added to it.  At the very least, it is not quite the regular Kit Kat wafer in this.

Anyway, this is good as hell, my own preferences notwithstanding. 

Snickers Cinnamon Bun

Product circa: 2021

Fun fact: when it comes to cinnamon buns, the distinct taste we know and love is arguably more about vanilla than actual cinnamon.

Well, Snickers took that tack here.  The only change to this product is that the nougat is more heavily flavored with vanilla, with only the slightest bit of cinnamon flavor.  If you ate this without a wrapper, you might have a hard time knowing it’s not an original Snickers.

Tic Tac Coca-Cola & Sprite

Products circa: 2019 & 2023, and intermittently after

For ages the only flavors of Tic Tac were various minty ones, and orange.  But over the last decade, they have started marketing more flavors, most of them fruity.  A few of them cross over into odd cross-branded promotions, like these. 

Coca-Cola - Using the same flavoring utilized by cola-flavored candy, this flavor goes quite well with the Tic Tac candy base.  After some moments, the candies take on a strange perfumey taste, which I don't hate, but is likely very polarizing.  Also the adorable Coca-cola logo on each candy is overkill, but an impressive attention to detail.

Sprite - These tastes immediately of a flavor recognizable as "lemon-lime", but in this case it reminds me more of Gatorade than Sprite.  However, quite quickly these become intensely bitter, almost as if the candy is trying to simulate citrus pith.  If so, that would be impressive, but in the end, these are very unpleasant. 

Reese's Oreo & Oreo Reese's

Product circa: 2025

The meta shit here is really getting screwy.  The brands are getting cheeky with it, and I'm here for it.

Reese's Oreo - A Reese's cup, half of whose chocolate is "white creme" in the style of Oreo, with Oreo cookie bits embedded in the peanut butter filling.  While the white creme is likely just white chocolate, upon the bite I find that it really doesn't taste much different than the original peanut butter cup.  The Oreo bits add a nice crunch, but on the whole, this snack is perilously close to the taste and experience of the original.

Oreo Reese's - A completely different conclusion than the one above.  Allegedly regular Oreo cookies with a peanut butter filling that is mixed with Oreo cookie crumbs/dust, much like the Cookies & Cream Oreos of old.  As coincidence would have it, I just so happen to have regular Peanut Butter Oreos on hand to compare.  The cream for this product is not the same as the PB Oreos; both my tongue and logic would say that this product's creme is more like Reese's, which is to say crumbly and salty.  It feels softer and fattier as well.  Along with the Oreo crumbs, it's delicious, much better than the PB Oreos.  The cookie is where these truly stand out: they are more brittle and less crunchy than your average Oreo cookie, in a way that is very pleasing to eat.  I find myself reaching for more in a fashion that I don't do with regular ones.  This product is special. 

Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Mallow-Top

Product circa: spring 2021

The top layer of chocolate is white, but it's hard to tell if it’s white chocolate or something else.  The bite is notably different than the original.  It's hard to discern a marshmallow flavor present, but otherwise it's very tasty.  What an odd snack.  

Doritos 3D Crunch Chili Cheese Nacho

Product circa: 2022

These are a "re-release" of the original Doritos 3D from 1998.  I indubitably remember the originals from 1998, and these are completely different.

The originals were indeed tortilla chips that were somehow inflated during the cooking process, and the texture was sublime.

This version is more of a corn snack than a tortilla chip - think the texture of Bugles.  With that said, these are tasty.  The texture in the mouth is very pleasant, and the cheese flavor is good.  There isn't a heavy hand with the "chili" seasoning. 

 

Lay's Cheetos (potato chips)

Product circa: 2021 and intermittently after

These indeed have the same seasoning on them as Cheetos snacks.  Unfortunately, the seasoning isn’t nearly as good on potato chips.  It’s that simple.