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| It looks like a good idea for a snack food, no?? |
WHY didn’t I heed the warning signs and take it out of my
cart then?
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| Look - David thought it would be an IMPROVEMENT on your everyday, run of the mill caramel corn... |
Here is what David, who was driving while taste testing
this, said, “This is NOT an improvement on caramel corn. In fact, it is a DE-provement. It is like
somebody squeezed a coconut and dripped the coconut
pee all over your good caramel corn.
I didn’t even remember that there was supposed to be mango
associated with it, but I can only presume that mango is what gives it that
sort of
“too-flavorful-like-somebody-has-rubbed-an-air-freshener-dangling-from-their-rear-view-mirror”
onto the popcorn after the coconut pee has been on it. I am gonna give this a 2.5, and hope that god rewards me in heaven for my charity.”
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| He wasn't as happy with it here, in the car, after he had actually TASTED it |
Side note: DAVID
LOVES ROAD TRIP SNACKS. He would eat snacks
the entire 14 hour drive in the car if he could. In fact, he has eaten so many “natural”
(white cheddar) Cheetos on a road trip once that he got sick. All of this is to say, David will basically
eat ANYTHING on a road trip (except an Arby’s sandwich, he draws the line at
Arby’s “meat”…). Yet, I still had to
practically force him to eat bites 3 and 4 of this popcorn so that he would
have tasted enough to form a considered opinion for this review.
As for me, I regret buying this. At the time, it seemed like a good idea. But even when I pulled this out of the bag of
road trip snacks to open it, I was hesitant.
After we tasted the first bite I understood why I was nervous to try
it.
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| Misleading (but clever) signage. I wouldn't say there was a "party" in this bag of popcorn. I would say there was an AIR FRESHENER in this bag of popcorn. |
First off, when you open the bag, it SMELLS BAD. It doesn’t smell like FOOD. David hit the nail on the head when he called
it an “air freshener”. That’s what it
smells like! And the mango tastes fakey
to me. I don’t imagine it is – I mean,
most stuff at TJ’s is pretty darn healthy, but it tastes fake in this product.
The coconut tastes like suntan lotion – ewww. We love caramel corn! So honestly, this product could have been a
big winner! Like, an improvement on
caramel corn! If they nailed the
flavoring on this one I think we would have really liked it. But I would rather have naked caramel corn any day of the week than this.
We adore Trader Joe’s Caramel and Cheddar Mix (formerly
known as Chicago Style) – reviewed here. You
should buy THAT instead of this yucky seasonal caramel corn. As for the Mango Coconut Flavored Caramel
Corn, they need to nix the mango and coconut flavorings and just make it plain
ol’ caramel corn – that would be yummy.
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| We don't like to return stuff, but we just had to bring this bag back. Not to worry though, we filled our cart with our yummy stuff at Trader Joe's! |
David says that even though he remembers eating so many
Cheetos before on a road trip that he threw up, he prefers to eat the last 1/3
of the bag of Cheetos that remain in the car and risk getting sick again instead
of eating more of this caramel corn. (David
also ate at least 8 store bought chocolate chip cookies on this road trip… We are all about the healthy, apparently!!)
I am surprised at David’s high rating of this. I can’t give it any higher than a 2. I recommend you do not buy this one. David (in
a rather hesitant voice) says, “It is CRUNCHY, and this IS some caramel in
there… So if you are desperate, it’ll do….”
BONUS ROAD TRIP PHOTO!!! No drive down I-95 would be complete without a stop at SOUTH OF THE BORDER!!!! And I have a new photo series called "Dhavid's Dhoti" - where he wears his dhoti (men's attire from Southern India) in fun and interesting locations! So here is Dhavid at South of the Border!! Classy, no??
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| Dhavid's Dhoti at SOB |
Price – $2.99
Rating (average of 2 raters) – 2.25
