Snyder’s of Hanover York Peppermint Pretzel Sandwich Dips & CONSMR.com (Shameless Pluggaroo)
Junk Food Nation, whenever I put up a new blog post on this website, I do a few things to promote it:
(1) I tweet it (follow my Twitter feed on this website or by going here @junkfoodguy).
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(4) And lately, I’ve been putting a snippet of my review up on CONSMR.com.
What is CONSMR.com? Simply put, CONSMR is sort of like the Yelp.com of packaged goods (not just junk food). Of course, my reviews are all junk food based – but you can go to CONSMR.com to try and find any product you might enjoy, and see ratings for them. People have added comments; it is a decent resource for brand product commentary.
As the site indicates: “Consmr is an independent, unbiased website whose mission is to ensure that consumers make informed decisions about everyday products…By encouraging users to share their opinions online, we can take back control of our grocery and drugstore purchases. In our vision, a supermarket would only be one aisle filled with the best choices.”
Hells yes. So that’s my shameless plug…of a site I’m not even involved with!
Today’s junk food: Snyder’s of Hanover York peppermint Pretzel Sandwich Dips!
The Money Shot
Snyder’s of Hanover York Peppermint Pretzel Sandwich Dips…I know the first question you’re asking is where did you get this. Silver Spring, Maryland, in a Giant food grocery store.
Ok, now that thats out of the way…O. M. G. Back when I reviewed Snyder’s Peanut Butter Pretzel Sandwich Dips, my friend Nana told me about these. And since then I’ve been jonesing for them. So when I saw these I jumped out of my skin and purchased them without looking at the price.
(Incidentally what the hell does that mean, jump out of your skin? Why did I just say that?) (Incidentally, I don’t think it means what I thought it meant.)
MmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmYork
Mint and pretzel in one bite, covered in dark chocolate? There’s no way this is NOT a winner. No. Way. Unless the mint is poison. Which, even then…still a winner.
MmmmmmYork again
I mean just LOOK at these? Pretzel circles, sandwiched around sweet minty cream, and then DUNKED in dark chocolate. These are good, plain and simple. I like the touch of the sprig of mint down in the left hand corner. Classy, Snyder’s…like a garnish.
Little stacks of mint chocolate wazzzuuup
And you get a sh*t-ton of them inside the bag too! Lucky me!
Sounds elegant...now get in my mouth
I think it really genius and a no-brainer – mix pretzels, chocolate and mint? BINGO. Mix pretzels, chocolate and peanut butter? BLAMMO. I mean, let’s keep going with this, Snyder’s – mix pretzels, chocolate and…malt? Caramel? Snickers? JUST DO IT! DO IT ALL!
It's like a little crunchy cake...
These are some thick sumbitches. Good chocolatey smell already. A little scratched up from rubbing against other pieces in the bag, but that’s ok. Time to bite…
...that's not a cake at all! Instead - AWESOME PRETZEL
…and there it is. AWESOME FLAVOR, as I expected. And really, its not rocket science. Crunchy pretzel with a nice saltiness to it. This goes with the dark rich chocolate, making everything sweet. And then that light creamy minty stuff wedged right in there? An amazing combo. And the mint wasn’t over powering, nor was the chocolate drowning of the mint. Really just a good combo through and through. A+ performance, Snyder’s.
Thoughts? Tell me in the comments below or hit me on Twitter @junkfoodguy or on my Facebook Page.
Sincerely, Junk Food Guy
Discuss - 5 Comments
Holy synergy, Batman! I swear there’s just a guy in a room somewhere figuring out ways to mix and match all the food products under the same brand. What’s next – DiGiorno Pizza with Tostino’s Pizza Rolls on top?
Thanks for the consmr mention, just a reminder that anyone who wants a special reviewing account should email blogs [at] consmr.com
I never would have thought to do mint and pretzel, but now you’ve got me curious. I’ll have to try these.
Just picked up a bag o these yum yums for $2 at Big Lots in Dallas this morning….had a couple with my Starbucks vanilla frappacino ice cream after lunch….now the bags is on my coffee table…..will be lucky to have any left tomorrow….totally blowing my diet but there’s always tomorrow….
@Karen – They are the bomb, for sure. I need to get me to a Big Lots!
Dissenting vote. I myself can’t muster up any appetite for anything at all which is in the slightest bit ‘mint-flavored’. Mint is one of the worst flavors out there and I’ll tell you why: its usually used as a decoy to mask other, nastier, or boring stuff. But it doesn’t work. Consider: mint chewing gum (Trident, Orbit, fifty other brands) to help kill bad stale breath. Menthol cigarettes. Mint mouthwash. Mint toothpaste. After-dinner mints in the jar as you leave a restaurant. Mints in the candy dish on the coffee table for little old ladies playing bridge. Mint chapstick. Mint car wax. You can flavor anything with mint to get it to sell; its the most-relied on, most conventional, oldest-standby of a flavor trotted out for anything and everything.
The other flavor I avoid in every way possible is cherry. Cherry always tastes exactly the same no matter what it actually is used in. I always re-live the taste of Vick’s Cherry-Flavored Cough Syrup or Luden’s Cherry Cough Drops or some other cherry-flavored medicine. That is its signature purpose, to mask nasty tasting medicines…just sayin’