Peanut flavoured anything has to be good...

This is my biggest food fetish.. I love Primo Twiggy Sticks!

I've liked them since I was in primary school, holding my 50 cents and waiting in line to get one that's individually wrapped. I always chose the spicy one... Knowing now how processed it is, I still can't help but love it. Its essentially salami in a miniature stick form. The spicy edition has a very mild kick to it but won't leave you gasping for milk.

Anything with the word's Reese's on it cannot be disappointing can it?

I've never been a fan of chilli chocolate despite how I love both individually... but anything labelled Tabasco deserves a chance...

I recently went on a shopping spree at Coles looking for some ol' skool classics....

So before my final days in the US of A we rushed to Walmart and did a candy shopping spree. I really can't wait for my trip to Hawaii to do the same.
The packaging is so bright and happy but what's on the inside was so not the case.

The taste of the candy are like the consistency of chewable vitamin C tablets. Or the candy braclets you might of had as a kid. The flavours aren't really obvious what is what. You can tell from the colour but a blind taste testing would leave you thinking it's pretty much all the same flavour.

Wow! When I saw this, I had to have it.

The sight of this made me jump with joy... one of my favourite chocolate bars has just been made into a peanut butter interpretation...

As a kid my visits to the doctor would end in a sweet treat to congratulate my bravery. A colourful jar of jelly beans were always on the table...but nothing like these new super beans they've released.

This Jelly Belly range is fantastic. Even if you didn't like Jellybeans. It has a bit of something for everyone and really brings out the kid in you. Bright colours and fantastic flavours, what's not to love.

The traditional jelly bean started out with a plain center where only the outer candy coating was colored and flavoured. In later generations the jelly bean became more superior to break itself from it's own tasteless mould. The center and outer candy shell were enhanced with flavour and even used real fruit juices and natural flavours. The finished product: a Jell Belly bean that contained half the sugar of the regular bean but more flavour than any generic jelly bean sold in store.
The sight and taste of Jelly Bellies reminds me of my time in New York, walking in the candy store for ages. I know it was just candy but it was just so fascinating to see how creative things they can do.
Personally I love blind tasted Jellybellies and just guessing their flavours. Haven't nailed it yet, guess I'll just have to buy another packet....

Thanks to my fiancée's sister-in-law for the home made Polvoron - Cookies 'n' Cream flavoured. I'm a big fan of Filipino desserts because they contain ridiculous amounts of the oh-so-bad-stuff which in turn makes it oh-so-good.

Wow so excited when I saw this at Granville Markets in Vancouver. A market stall with a small selection of chilli sauces. I think my time in Canada and America was filled with chilli adventures.
It had to be wrapped carefully amongst my clothes. So worried that it'd explode in my suitcase and eat through all my stuff.

It has always been on my to-do list to try ghost chilli... but the sauce is probably as brave as I can go. This sits at a massive 650,000 scoville units. Hotter than the last bottle I got. I'm still keen on buying a bottle at the 1 million scoville unit mark.

It's definitely hot. A nice initial taste which is slowly over run by heat, heat and then more heat. I gave it to my workmate and he was coughing for about 30 minutes. Probably not best to be consumed on its own, but where's the fun in that?

So my cousin took me to Wing Dome in Seattle. I attempted a 7 alarm hot wing. I manage to get 2 bites of one wing and the chilli sensation was so strong that my lip was still tingling the next morning. According to the waitress there's pure capsaicin powder mixed in the sauce. Hence the unbelievable burn it delivers.

My other experience was out of a page from Man VS Food. We hit Portland and we had to go to Salvador Molly's and try the Great Balls of Fire. Unfortunately before hand we had some lunch and I was bit full so we decided not to do the eating challenge and just ordered one each. The waitress made a mistake and gave us 5 Habernero Fritters between 3 people. Looking around you notice a warning sign.. that's when you know things just got serious.

My fiancée managed to almost finish one, my cousin took a bite and called it quits, and me (being so Asian) felt it was a waste so I polished off 3. Dear God.. that was a mistake. After sculling down a glass and a half of cold milk, I ran to the bathroom trying to wash the insane burn off my mouth. That didn't work. I started to try and wipe the chilli off with a napkin. That didn't work.
We decided to leave, I just sat there with my tongue hanging out feeling delirious...10 minutes in was the most painful experience of my life. The chilli reached my stomach and was burning everything in sight. I was sweating non stop and tossing and turning in my seat. I felt like everything was melting from the inside out... next thing I know I'm running down a free-way trying to get fresh air and running into a petrol station, spending over an hour in the bathroom (mind you the peeing sensation felt like needles coming out) and in-taking all this antacid and milk.

My stomach was stuffed up for a day and a half. What a chilli experience I'll never forget....

What's more fantastic than seeing people say they can handle chilli taking a few drops of this and running for a glass of milk?

These sauces are extremely hot. Measuring in at a massive 550,000 scoville units. How does that compare to a sauce you might have tasted? Well Tabasco sauce is 5000 scoville units, which makes this sauce 110 times hotter.

This sauce set me back around $20 back in the days but its under $10 easily now.

Well there's plenty of people out there doing stupid things with chilli sauce. This one is one of the best 'cause his nuts. Enjoy!

White chocolate chips and gooey choc centres.. yum!

The oozing center on the packaging attracted my eye
The biscuit taste like flour and sugar. The chocolate flavour is lost amongst all the sugar unfortunately. The oozing center is thin and disappointing and did not live up to the picture (though what product does?)



The after taste has residues of desiccated coconut. Overall it taste like another cheap product trying to break into an over saturated chocolate cookie market.

I realise that I should have bought more snacks in Bali when I had the chance... here's what I managed to grab.

A nice chewy mango candy that has an initial taste of plastic but as you endure through the nice flavour of artificial mango comes through and it's quite pleasant.

Unfortunately nothing fancy nor special. Great to carry in the pocket if you need that little sugar boost on hikes.

Another snack from the wonderful Hunter Valley Chocolate Company. The snack was purchased by my fiance and her fascination with honeycomb and all things pretty.


I have to agree how amazing the pattern on the chocolate looks. Shame its broken into pieces to cater for the tiny plastic packaging.

I think the chocolate is just sweet enough but definitely needs more than the sporadic honeycomb pieces that it offers.  As far as tastes go, I don't think it offers anything mind blowing nor even "Wow I need to tell my friends" but it would make a nice looking gift.

I glazed over at the packaging. I'm really excited when a snack gets rated WTF?!

I opened the bag like a kid at Xmas. I was surprised not to be hit in the face by a chilli fly kick.
Oh no, it's not spicy... at least that's what I thought...
The initial taste of the chip is nice. It only had a mild kick and the potato flavour is fantastic as well.

Suddenly the chilli levels rose from mild to a nice kick like from Kettles.Then that kept increasing and I started to cough and the chilli sensation lingered for about 40 minutes or so from 3 pieces of chip. This is freaken amazing because it's one of the hottest chip snacks I've eaten. Totally worth the $4.50 price tag.

For the brave this can be purchased at Golden Banana in Top Ryde shopping center.
Also a nice touch is the back story they have. Explains the names of their sauces and his passion.

Warning: I got home and tried snacking on this and wolfed down 5 pieces. My stomach wasn't good for a few hours.

Here's a link my workmate sent me randomly which happen to work with this blog. (BTW I got that chilli sauce and will review it soon)
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/05/chili-taste-test-blairs-ultra-death-sauce/

This has been sitting in my fridge for half a year now and as a chocolate lover this has got to be one of the most handy things to have around (my waistline disagrees though).

I'm such a sucker for advertisements. Saw the ad on TV and next thing I know I'm walking out of Woolies with a packet.

First taste...Yum! Tastes just like a packet of Nerds. There is no minty taste, only a nice & strong fruity taste as claimed. Also has a sour after-kick. I'm really liking it and at only 2 calories per Tic Tac, you can eat until you're hearts content.

Flavours inside are: Apple, Orange, Passionfruit and Cherry.

Just noticed there's no Nutritional Information on Tic Tac packets. This got me curious... Apparently if the package size has a surface area of less than 100cm2 it is not required to have an ingredient or nutritional panel. Interesting... you learn something new everyday.

So my mum goes... you need to eat healthier... and suddenly I'm convinced to change my snacking habits to include this....

First off, I love resealable packaging. This should be enforced feature of all snacks.. think of all the hours saved where I don't need to find clips to seal my snacks! Instead the marketing department uses useless tactics like mentioning on the package how it doesn't fat... what's fat got to do with Craisins?

It's enjoyable for something that's suppose to be good for you. Which I'm sure it's not..*double checks nutritional facts* Wow... a nice sugar content percentage of 65.

The classic chocolate chip cookie.. and made by such a reputable company! What can go wrong?

The chocolate chips were not plentiful enough with very small specks throughout the biscuit. Though on the positive side it was an even consistency but just not enough chocolate chips to satisfy the palate. 

There was also a weird hollowness to the biscuit like each one was filled with air. I suppose it gives you that "I need to keep eating" feeling because the snack felt so incomplete.

I found these sitting almost on the lonesome amongst the leftover Easter eggs...


"The Great Kiwi Comeback"? This perplexed me so I did some further digging. Choco-ade were introduced in the 80's in NZ and have been off the market for around two decades. A Kiwi mum, Amber Johnson, started a Facebook page to try and bring back the biscuit. It received over 14000 supporters. She even was on hand during the taste-testing process to ensure that the biscuits perfectly replicated the original.

She fought so hard for them to be sitting in the reject section in Coles. Can't it at least sit amongst the other biscuits in the correct aisle?


The biscuit has an orange flavoured filling and a hard chocolate top encased in a bland and crumbly biscuit. Once you take a bite of all the elements together, its a nice sensation of a perfect chocolate-orange balance. Even though I never grew up with these, the taste is familiar and it's mainly because it tastes like a Jaffa in a biscuit.

Maybe this calls for another trip to Coles before these "rejects" become popular...

Classic Easter treat. It's pricey for what it is.. but how could I resist...
If you're a chocolate lover and you haven't had one of these.... you don't know what you're missing out on. Seriously, why are you still reading, go out and find one. Of all the Easter eggs out there, easily top 3 for me. Sure you can fork out extra money and go get some fancy pants Easter egg from Haigh's... but I still think it won't beat this Easter classic.

This looked amazingly interesting when I first saw it in Haymarket. A corn that's shrink wrapped and multicoloured. Fascinating. Apparently its been around for ages (doh!) and it's one of those foods that you can only enjoy if you grew up with it.
Glutinous corn is its name. When I finally get that tight wrapping off it, it just smells like a normal corn to me. Not the super sweet smell of candied corn as I expected.