Hi Everyone, how are you? I am fine.
I went away this weekend, with my friends
because I’m young and cool. We played pool for an hour, went on a train to a
pub and then played shuffleboard for a solid 2 hours after that. Cool is as
cool does, that’s what all the cool kids say anyway.
I also ate some popcorn this week. It had stuff in
it. But does putting stuff in with other stuff work? There’s only one way to
find out.
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| Toffee Apple Popcorn? Or Toffee Popcorn, and Apple? Or Both? or Neither? #Confusing |
Taste
I feel like I need to be clear on what this
product actually was.
Firstly, it was mostly popcorn, but not just
popcorn. Some of it, but not all of it, was toffee popcorn, some of it was just
kind of plain popcorn, and some of it was pieces of dried apple.
It’s a product that is marketed on its low cal
characteristics, which always rings alarm bells. We all know that if you’re
cutting down on calories, there’s going to have to be taste and texture sacrifices.
Well, maybe a bit, but not too much actually.
Toffee and apple go together well, just ask Halloween, but the fact that the
toffee was not all over the place like a mad woman’s custard.
It wasn’t sickly or overpowering, and it had fruit
in it, so it was basically a health food. Bonus.
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| Helpful picture of the product outside the packet, in case you were having trouble picturing it. |
Texture
Its popcorn isn’t it? So that easy, the texture
was popcornish. Except hold your horses, because there’s apple to thing about
too isn’t there? Not so clever now are we.
The dried apple in this bag was actually a real
masterstroke, firstly due to the flavour, because apples taste nice, but also
the texture, thin and crispy (that’s how I like my apples), and just the right
amount in combination with the popcorn.
Packaging
Fine. It said new on it, it mentioned the
calories, it was green, like a green apple is green, it had pictures of popcorn and
appley things. A bit like Jordan Henderson marking GCSE’s, it ticked all the
boxes in a very efficient if unimpressive way. (He’s a footballer, and that’s a
very clever simile actually, just so you know)
Marketing
Well, they wrote a blog about it. So better than
nothing. (https://metcalfesskinny.com/remember-remember-the-fifth-of-november/)
It’s a shame we know for a fact that every
single blog post ever written is nothing more than a huge waste of time for
both the writer, and the reader (if their blog is actually lucky enough to get
any readers).
But still, as I say, better than nothing.
Novelty Factor
I’m going to say that was pretty high. They’ve
put actual bits of fruit in a packet of popcorn. That’s genius in the novelty
food world, and not something I’ve seen done before.
Welcome to the world of tomorrow!
Final Scores
Taste- 7.5/10
Texture- 7/10
Packaging- 5/10
Marketing- 3/10
Novelty Factor- 8/10
Overall- 30.5/50
Middle of the road score wise, but a very solid
product. I like popcorn. I like apple flavour things and I like toffee. I also
like not being fat, and while that’s not possible due to the way I live my
life, consuming the product made me feel like it was even for the briefest of
moments.
Does putting stuff in with other stuff work? It
very much depends what stuff you’re putting in with the original stuff, but in
this case it most certainly does!
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