From the Russell Stover website. I now wanna try the caramel and peanut butter rabbits too... |
Debuting a new, semi-regular feature! I
tryout questionable food items so that you don’t have to in… Steveats. (Note:
Title developed in about 10 seconds of brainstorming.)
It’s the
first time sensitive Steveats! Since Easter was about two weeks ago, I took
advantage of the 50 percent off sales at CVS, and Stop and Shop, for some noms.
Don’t worry – I got plenty of normal stuff. But I also did my best to get some
of the more bizarre items to try, such as…
The Reese’s
white chocolate and peanut butter egg, and the Milky Way Simply Caramel bunny.
First things first, the Reese’s egg looks and feels disgusting. The chocolate felt
like it was going to crumble as I touched it, and it was like, white-white, as
you can probably see from the photo. Something about that made me uneasy. Maybe because it looked like a bar of soap? Still
though, it was an OK piece of candy. Not great, but it wasn’t horrible for the
49 cents I paid for it.
However, the
Milky Way bunny? That was hot fire. It was really good, and I would totally
have another one. (And in fact, I did go back and buy a couple more.) They have
a surprising amount of caramel, and it’s the same delicious chocolate product
used in the normal Milky Way bar. I’m glad they’ve gotten into the Easter candy
game.
I also had
some M&M’s Eggs, which had peanut butter inside of them. These weren’t
really anything special though. They are basically the usual peanut butter
M&M’s in egg-shaped servings. The change in shape made them slightly
thicker, but overall, they tasted the same. No need to go out of your way to experience
them.
Next up… The
Frankford Cookies and Cream bunny. This thing was friggin’ disgusting. I was
expecting something similar to the Hersey’s cookies and cream candy bar, which is
an occasional, delicious treat for me from a gas station. However, this was way
more cheap white chocolate with barely any chocolate cookie crunch. Hard pass.
Not pictured
by me though, that I had with Karen – a cookie-dough filled bunny from Russell
Stover, I believe. This was just OK at first, but then we had a great
brainstorm – Put it in the fridge! Once the cookie dough was a bit chilled, it
was so much better, and we ate the whole thing in a single sitting as we
watched Journey to the Center of the
Earth. (Apparently, it’s not scientifically accurate for a 1959 film! Although
it was awesome to see James Mason, the basis for Bill Hader’s best impression.)
Moving on to
marshmallowed sweets… Orange Crème Peeps were surprisingly good! Although as a
warning, they were messy and strongly scented. Like, they stained my fingertips
slightly orange, like I was a filthy Cheetos eater. Also, who is the Peeps company
fooling with this “three servings” stuff? If I’m opening a package of Peeps as
an adult, I’m eating ALL of the Peeps. I’m plowing through them like a fox
would an actual nest of bunnies. (Or whatever bunnies live in.)
Far less
tasty were Party Cake Peeps. They were just as messy as the Orange Crème ones,
and not as good, and I’m a man who normally enjoys birthday cake-flavored ice
cream more than actual birthday cake. You also got two less peeps! They were
slightly larger than the Orange Crème ones, but the overall weight was slightly
lower.
So then! My
odd Easter candy power rankings: 1) Cookie dough bunny. 2) Milky Way caramel
bunny. 3) Orange Crème peeps. Then a biggggg gap. 4) Birthday Cake peeps. 5)
Reese’s white egg. Big gap again. 6) Cookies and cream bunny. I’d add that the
first two are the only ones I’d include with the true classics, like the
Cadbury cream eggs and straight-up Peeps. (And don’t you worry – I bought CVS
out of their supply of the Cadbury eggs, and about five things of Peeps from
Stop and Shop.)
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have a request for a future Steveats, leave it in the comments on here or on my
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