Pick Up Stix Courtesy Of Pringles

Pringles, the ubiquitous creator of the beautifully stacked potato chips in the tall and short containers, has come out with Baked Wheat Stix. When I purchased these Stix I thought they were actually pretzel sticks but they are lightly flavored crisp cracker sticks. (I wasn't thinking at the time of purchase that a vanilla-flavored pretzel might not actually taste good but nonetheless this still was not enough to discourage me from picking the product up.) Each package include 10 packs of Stix, each less than 100 calories, according to the copy on the front of the box. Since I was looking for something light this seemed to fit the bill. I chose the vanilla-flavored Stix and I have to say that I am pleasantly surprised. There's a decent amount in each bag and the taste of the vanilla is not overpowering at all. The Stix themselves have a nice size to them both in width and height. These Stix would be an excellent on-the-go snack too, and kids would probably love them. Stix also are available in Crunchy Wheat, Pizza, and Honey Butter, the latter two of which I will definitely be trying soon. Looks like I'll be playing pick-up-sticks again, only this time with my snacks.

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Pringles Pickle Chips Really Are Extreme

Potato chips that taste like pickles are not everyone's cup of brine. About a year ago I tried Lay's Dill Pickle Potato Chips which were interesting and quite pickle-y, but a bit on on the bland side, at least for me. Along comes Pringles' Extreme Flavors line which includes Screamin' Dill Pickle, Kickin' Cheddar, and Blazin' Buffalo Wing. I was most interested in the latter chips as my first choice but alas, my local deli only carried Dill Pickle and Cheddar so I bought a canister of Screamin' and thought I'd see what some of my co-workers thought. ML (previously mentioned on this blog for her love of Kinder's Bueno chocolate bar) wasn't all that impressed as she thought they were "too tangy," while Belle and Kristen ate just a few and said they were "pretty good." I suspect they were not exactly feeling the Screamin' pickle chip love and didn't want to indulge any further in my "weird" purchase. I took the Extreme plunge myself too, and I'll admit they are an acquired taste. They are an assault to your taste buds but in a good way. I regard these Screamin' Dill Pickle chips as the nasty cousin to the Lay's Dill Pickle chips. I'd like to say that you cannot possibly eat too many at one time but I just finished them before I wrote this post. Of course that was for research purposes.

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