"Kookamunga Dippers Milk Chocolate Covered Red Licorice is made with the finest ingredients. Chewy Red Licorice gets dipped in real milk chocolate for a delightfully decadent combination. You'll be hooked!"
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Taste: These snack cakes looked from the picture on the box to be a lot like Twinkies, but with the addition of a wide stripe of chocolate on top, running the full length of the cake. It wasn't a full exterior chocolate coating like Chocodiles so they still closely resembled Twinkies. As a fan of Twinkies and a fan of milk chocolate, that sounded like a great combination to me! I bit in to find the expected soft Twinkies texture, with plenty of sweetness from both the cake and the creme filling, and it was nicely enhanced by the chocolate on top. Very good!Shop: Buy snacks at Amazon.comAroma: Smells like Twinkies, but with some chocolate too."Bakers since 1923"
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Aroma: Smells like roasted vegetables with spices, definitely can smell the celery.
"A snack that's right for right now. Thanks to today's healthy lifestyles, families eat better, exercise better, and now, even eat better. Good Natured Selects? are made from wholesome ingredients, including poppy,flax, sesame and caraway seeds. There are no artificial ingredients and they are gluten free." ... "Good Natured Selects? Tuscan Garden Medley A savory blend of carrots, onion and celery, flavored with a touch of roasted garlic, tomato and bell pepper. This multigrain crisp will sure to please your snacking appetite."
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Taste: This box contained six individually wrapped candy bars, each fairly small. Each bar had a chocolate exterior with kind of a rough texture, and it appeared that the bar was a mix of crunchy things and milk chocolate. I initially thought it was maybe something like Rice Krispies, but the ingredients had various other things, including wheat and corn, that presumably constituted the crunchy elements of the bar. The taste and feel were quite good: lots of chocolate, but a light feel overall, less dense than a standard chocolate bar. It was hard to eat just one of the bars, but thankfully there were six of them, and three bars seemed to be a good serving size.Shop: Buy snacks at Amazon.comAroma: Good milk chocolate smell."Ingredients: Sugar, Wheat Flour, Cacao Mass, Whole Milk Powder, Vegetable OIl, Cocoa Butter, Egg, Corn Puff, Sweetened Condensed Skim Milk, Skim Mil Powder, Wheat Puff, Salt, Soybean Lecithin, Sorbitol, Artificial Flavor, Sodium Bicarbonate, Annatto Extract, Turmeric Color."
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"Vegetarian Green Pea Snack" ... "Rich in Iodine Provide Protein Iron Vitamin B1 and Dietary fiber"
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"WHAMmmmm! A melty peanut butter & chocolate high five to the taste buds."
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Taste: This box contained six 100-calories packs of what were described by the manufacturer as cookies, but each pack's clear wrapper revealed three cake-like slices whose cross-sections had lots of exposed cranberries and almonds. Each piece was cut thin at about an eight of an inch, about three inches wide, with a dome top maxing out at about an inch and half high. Our snackers were curious to try these, and everyone who took a slice (or even half a slice) enjoyed the taste. The feel was crunchy, though not a very hard crunch. The pieces were somewhat brittle and not at all bendable, and brittleness showed in the presentation, as many of the slices had broken apart into multiple pieces. The taste was nicely sweet, with a good hint of cinnamon, with plenty of sweetness from the cranberry pieces as well, without being anywhere near too sweet. There was also a strong hit of almond, especially in the aftertaste. We shared the 100-calorie packs around, and most of our snackers ate just one slice, or even a partial slice, and liked it. So maybe not quite "addictive" but still satisfying.Shop: Buy snacks at Amazon.comAroma: Smells like a sweet, fruity cake. Nice. 
"Made with real fruit & loaded with almonds" ... "light ? sweet ? crunchy"
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"Ever wish you could find deliciously cheesy Jax taste in another great product? Look no further! Jax Puff'n Corn is another scrumptious way to curb your snack cravings! Our hulless corn puffs are coated with delicious, real cheddar cheese. Their unique shape and texture is fun to munch on."
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Aroma: A sweet and tangy smell.
"If variety is the spice of life, Herr's Cajun Flavored Cheese Curls will be the life of any party. Cops with a zesty mix of Creole spice and cool ranch seasonings. A satisfying snack that brings down home flavor to your home."
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"Made with whole grain no artificial preservatives"
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Taste: These cookies were a lot like the Hostess Fudge Striped Shortbread Cookies, as they were round shortbread cookies with elaborate designs, fully coated on the bottom and thinly striped on the top with a fairly solid coating of caramel instead of fudge in this case. They were nicely crunchy and pretty good, with a lot of caramel taste. They were also fairly filling, as we didn't need to eat all that many cookies to be satisfied, yet they were good enough that we usually ended up returning to the package and eating a few more cookies than planned.Shop: Buy snacks at Amazon.comAroma: Good, sort of a mix of caramel and vanilla."0 grams Trans Fat per serving" ... "artificially flavored"
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"Nothing says summer better than potato chips and baseball. We know you will love Gardy's favorite flavors in his signature series line." .... "Available during the Minnesota Twins season only, grab some today!"
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"Enjoy the delicious satisfaction of Thin'n Right pretzels as a snack for a tasty accompaniment to salads, drinks or other foods." ... "Bachman Pretzels are not only a snack, they are a real food."
Trivia: These were sort of an accidental purchase. While doing a final check the chip aisle after picking out several snacks, another shopper accidentally grabbed our cart and headed away with it. We tracked her down and got the cart back, but we later noticed two extra bags of pretzels (including these) that she had placed in the cart. We decided to buy them anyway.Share your comments on this snack here. For general snack discussion, please visit our Chip Talk forum
Taste: This milk chocolate and pistachio bar and an unusual square shape and was fairly thick, with a 3x4 section grid. Inside the outer paper wrapper was a gold foil wrap bearing the word "Golden" all over it. The shape of the bar was quite unusual as the sections were widely separated by a fairly thick chocolate, with chocolate shaped sort of like pipes rising up above the separator (but still far below the elevated sections themselves) connecting the sections together. From the top, there was no visible sign of pistachios, but the outlines of (lots and lots of) pistachios could be seen on the bottom of the bar, with most of them fully embedded in the chocolate but a few jutting out. I broke off some sections and could see lots of pistachios in the cross-sections. I but in to find varying texture of pistachios, with some fairly soft and others somewhat crunchy. They definitely didn't hold back on including lots of pistachios, and the mix of chocolate and pistachios was quite tasty.Shop: Buy snacks at Amazon.comAroma: Nice chocolate and pistachio smell."B?nt?n antep fistikli s?tl? ?ikolata"
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Taste: This milk chocolate and pistachio bar and an unusual square shape and was fairly thick, with a 3x4 section grid. Inside the outer paper wrapper was a gold foil wrap bearing the word "Golden" all over it. The shape of the bar was quite unusual as the sections were widely separated by a fairly thick chocolate, with chocolate shaped sort of like pipes rising up above the separator (but still far below the elevated sections themselves) connecting the sections together. From the top, there was no visible sign of pistachios, but the outlines of (lots and lots of) pistachios could be seen on the bottom of the bar, with most of them fully embedded in the chocolate but a few jutting out. I broke off some sections and could see lots of pistachios in the cross-sections. I but in to find varying texture of pistachios, with some fairly soft and others somewhat crunchy. They definitely didn't hold back on including lots of pistachios, and the mix of chocolate and pistachios was quite tasty.Shop: Buy snacks at Amazon.comAroma: Nice chocolate and pistachio smell."B?nt?n antep fistikli s?tl? ?ikolata"
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"Homemade Happiness?" ... "Hey mouth, come get your whuppin'. You've found the holy grail of heat. So stop searching and start enjoying." ... "Paqui [pah-kee] is the Aztec word that means 'happy'. Our happiness is found creating delicious tortillas and chips with original, mouth-watering flavors. We never add preservatives, and use only the best ingredients we can find. So open a bag of Paqui Tortilla Chips and make your day a little happier. Don't worry. Be Paqui."
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Taste: This wide bar consisted of four wafer layers separated by three chocolate creme layers, with a dark chocolate coating over the whole exterior. I bit into the bar to find a very light feel with a whole lot of chocolate intensity. It tasted very good, quite excellent, but the internal wafer structure made it quite messy, as pieces of wafer and chocolate were flying all over the place. So if cleanliness is a priority, might want to eat this one over a plate.Shop: Buy snacks at Amazon.comAroma: Mild dark chocolate smell."Made in Poland" ... "artificially flavored"
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Taste: These square pastries did indeed look flaky, as they had a croissant-like exterior, with a bit of purplish and white filling spilling out of two opposite ends of the square. The whole thing felt very light in my hand, so I wasn't expected all that much filing, but when I munched in, I found there was plenty of very flavorful fruit filling. It had a nice real fruit taste with plenty of creaminess and sweetness, without being overly sweet. The pastry around the filling was very light, and the mix of tastes and textures was top-notch. Only six pastries came in the box, so not that any people got to try these, but those who did were very, very impressed.Shop: Buy snacks at Amazon.comAroma: Sweet, fruit and mild. Nice!"Artificially flavored apple-raspberry 6 flaky pastries"
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"Distr. by/por Pringles Manufacturing Company 1306 Highway 70 Bypass Jackson, TN 38301-5072" ... "Made in the USA" ... "Once You Pop ... You Can't Stop!"
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Taste: This tube contained fairly large cookie sandwiches, each consisting of large two round beige cookies, three inches in diameter, enclosing a chocolate filling. The texture of the cookies was surprisingly light, soft and crumbly, though still crisp and not bendable. The combination of cookies and rich chocolate filling was a big hit among our tasters as they enjoyed some beers after a run. People were eager to grab a cookie from the tube and then quite happy with the who experience once they crunched in. Beware of the crumbs, as these made lots of them!Shop: Buy snacks at Amazon.comAroma: Smells like those chocolate wafer cookies."10 adet 280 g" ... "Buradin a?iniz/open here"
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Taste: These potato sticks had a light yellow color, with lots of bits of dark green all over them. We crunched into a handful to find a fairly sweet taste of seaweed and potato. It was pretty tasty and not "fishy" at all. The mere presence of seaweed on the label had some potential tasters worried that eating some might be something that they would regret, but when people actually tried some, there were no major complaints, as a common these was that these were "not that bad" compared with what was expected.Shop: Buy snacks at Amazon.comAroma: Mostly like potatoes, but a mild seaweed smell too. Not bad at all."I ♥ French Fries"
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"Made with Molasses and Real Peanut Butter."
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Taste: This chocolate bar was positively huge, measuring a massive 3-1/2 inches by more than 7 inches, and with a 3x5 section grid, each section was impressively big too. It was also a bit thicker than your typical chocolate bar. Each section had a design on it similar to the New Orleans Saints logo. I bit in to find that the bar was surprisingly soft and melty in the mouth, with a different type of chocolate taste than most milk chocolate bars. It was sweet and had a slight hint of fruitiness, with a middling chocolate intensity that was countered a bit by the fact that each section was so darn big. Pretty good, especially for the combination of size/price.Shop: Buy snacks at Amazon.comAroma: Good chocolate smell, a bit on the bittersweet side."Net Wt. 5.29 oz (150g)" ... "indulge yourself with creamy, smooth choceur chocolate"
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"Kookamunga Dippers Milk Chocolate Covered Potato Chips are made with the finest ingredients! Our wavy potato chips are dipped in sweet tasting real milk chocolate for an irresistible sweet-salty combination. This scrumptious treat in the resealable pouch is the perfect on-the-go snack."
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"Meat! Since the days of the caveman, it's been in our genes. Man must have meat. And, Ruffles? Max? Flame-Grilled Steak flavored chips bring you that char-grilled meat taste that makes the caveman in you smile and want to club something."
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"Meat! Since the days of the caveman, it's been in our genes. Man must have meat. And, Ruffles? Max? Flame-Grilled Steak flavored chips bring you that char-grilled meat taste that makes the caveman in you smile and want to club something."
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"Kookamunga Crunch Nutty Caramel Corn is made with only the finest all natural ingredients. Freshly popped popcorn and salty peanuts are mixed with golden caramel made with real butter. You'll be hooked! This scrumptious treat in the resealable pouch is the perfect on-the-go snack."
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"Tapatio is a registered trademark of Tapatio Foods, LLC. used under license."
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"Rich brownie taste with a cookie crunch!" ... "No more fighting for that Corner Piece!" ... "All natural" ... "Like many brownie aficionados, Sheila is particularly fond of the crispy edges. In fact, on many an afternoon she would walk through the bakery gathering the brittle batter off the edges of the sheet pans as the brownies cooled in their racks. That started her wondering: How could she create a whole pan of crunchy edges? Well, lucky for us, she figured it out!"
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By Jeremy Selwyn
Chief Snacks Officer
07.12.2013
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Popchips has been quite flattered for a while, as there has been a string of knockoffs: Popped Chips from Herr's; Popped Crisps from Olde Cape Cod; Special K Cracker Crisps from Kellogg's; Snackin' Puffs from Barrel o' Fun; Nutradia Chips from SA Diabeticom of Belgium; and probably many more that we haven't eaten yet.
But Popchips can be more flattered than ever now, as today I discovered that snack industry leader (or perhaps follower in this case) Frito-Lay entered the arena in a big way by lending the Lay's brand to a product called Air Pops. (Even Frito-Lay has been in this game before, selling Popped Chips under their Smartfood brand. But using the company's namesake Lay's trademark and selling three flavors whose bags look a heck of a lot like the corresponding flavors of Lay's Potato Chips seems like a very big deal.)
We'll be reviewing the three flavors soon. But with the proliferation of Popchips-style chips continuing, it seems like time to ask some questions:
1) Are you a fan of Popchips? (We know lots of people are; so do those companies making the knockoffs.) If so, have you tried any of the other kinds, and what did you think?
2) We've been putting this style of chips mostly in our potato crisps category (except for some kinds that use other grains). We created "potato crisps" years ago for things like Pringles. Do these kinds of snacks belong there? If not, what should this category be called?
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Taste: This waffle was kind of oval-shaped, but with the usual square sections, and it was about an inch thick. I put it onto a plate and figured I could cut off a piece with a fork, as is my usual practice with waffles. This proved to be difficult, because the waffle had a dense, bread-like feel, so it took some force to push the fork through the waffle. I did manage to do it, and after getting a small piece loose, I found a somewhat chewy texture with a sugary layer on top, a good taste. It didn't duplicate the crunchy outside/soft inside that you can get with a freshly ironed or (to a lesser degree) toasted waffle, as there was no crunch, and the inside wasn't light and fluffy, but very dense instead. It might be easier to eat if you bring a fork and a knife. The waffle was just OK, and far from great. It waffle didn't come anywhere close to being like the best waffle I've ever eaten, which was actually in Belgium, a hot-off-the-iron one from a waffle stand inside a subway station in Brussels.Shop: Buy snacks at Amazon.comAroma: Very nice. Just mildly sweet."Ideal for snack, lunch and dessert"
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Taste: We bought this snack without any hesitation because our Chief Snacks Officer and most of our usual snack tasters are runners, so having a snack named after us seemed like a really cool thing. One glance at the front of the bag revealed that the actual snacks were shaped like cars, not runners, but still, we liked the name. The car at the bottom left of the bag looked a lot like a VW Beetle, and the former Chipmobile (retired in 2012) was a VW Beetle, so that was even more reason to like these. We opened the bag to find that the actual shapes of the cars were flatter than the ones pictured, so they looked like squished cars (or maybe cars that runners had stood on top of and squished?). The also had some very intense red seasoning. We crunched in to find that the Runners were extremely crunchy, made from the same type of material as Fritos, except far crunchier. They had a fairly strong helping of spicy chile and lime flavor, with maybe some mustard in there too. The aftertaste was particularly hot ??and tasty too. Our search for snacks shaped like actual runners will have to continue, but for now, these will do.Shop: Buy snacks at Amazon.comAroma: Fairly mild chile and lime smell. 
"Made in Mexico" ... "Chile and lime flavored corn snacks" ... "May contain soy, milk, egg and FD&C yellow No. 5"
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"product of thailand"
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"Nothing says summer better than potato chips and baseball. We know you will love Gardy's favorite flavors in his signature series line." .... "Available during the Minnesota Twins season only, grab some today!"
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Police officers in central Rome lead away one of dozens arrested for organised crime in Ostia on July 26, 2013.Police launch two large-scale anti-Mafia operations in ItalyPolice make 51 arrests in Ostia, near the capital, RomeAn additional 65 people are detained in a separate operation in CalabriaPolice say their operations have struck at the leadership of Mafia groupsRome (CNN) -- More than 100 people suspected of Mafia involvement were arrested Friday in Italy as police launched two separate operations near Rome and in the country's southern Calabria region.
Police made 51 arrests in Ostia, a coastal community on the outskirts of the capital, for alleged crimes connected to the Sicilian Mafia, known as Cosa Nostra, police said in a statement.An additional 65 people were detained in a separate operation in Calabria, where those arrested are suspected of links to the powerful 'Ndrangheta Mafia.The operation in Ostia is one of the largest ever carried out against organized crime in the Rome area, a police news release said.More than 500 police officers, as well as maritime and dog units, were involved, police said.The alleged crimes under investigation in Ostia range from extortion to murder, to international drug trafficking to illegally controlling the slot machine market and business activities related to the beach, police said.Police say their operation has delivered a "mortal blow" to the leadership of the Mafia organization in the capital.Entire Mafia clans have been hit by the arrests, they say. Among those detained are alleged Mafia boss Carmine Fasciani.Members of another Mafia clan, Vincenzo Triassi and his wife, have been arrested on the Spanish island of Tenerife thanks to coordination with Interpol, another police statement said.They are being held in a Spanish jail awaiting extradition proceedings, police said.Politicians, businessman, lawyers, doctors and even members of the prison police were arrested in the second operation, which targeted Mafia leadership around Lamezia Terme, a city in Calabria, another police news release said.Those arrested are accused of crimes including murder, criminal association and extortion, it said.Every year, the release said, the criminal gang made millions of euros through a system of insurance fraud, with the funds used to finance the acquisition of arms and drugs."We are particularly satisfied with the investigation," Rodolfo Ruperti, police chief of the city of Catanzaro, whose force carried out the Lamezia Terme operation, told CNN by telephone.He said the inquiry shone a spotlight on the "gray area" of relations among politicians, businessmen and Mafia groups suspected of carrying out dozens of murders in past years./* push in config for this share instance */cnn_shareconfig.push({"id" : "cnn_sharebar2","url" : "http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/26/world/europe/italy-mafia-crackdown/index.html","title" : "Italy police arrest more than 100 people in Mafia crackdown"});
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