Junk Food Nation, tonight the World Series begins! And I will take FULL CREDIT for ….predicting the two wrong teams in the World Series.  Oops.  I said it’d be Cards-Yankees, and it’s Giants-Tigers.  The Yankees realized they had more holes than Augusta in their swings, and the Cards learned the hard way that power pitching is what wins championships. If only they still had Kent Bottenfield.

Let’s go back to our playoff predictions and see how the early season choices did, shall we?  We recently tallied how scores on how many correct division winners / playoff teams my friends and I selected…let’s springboard off that and give 2 points for every correct Championship Series participant selected, and 4 points for every correct World Series participant:

Junk Food Guy: Regular season: 5.5 out of 10. Correctly selected Yankees, Tigers, Cardinals = 6 points. Zero correct selections for World Series.  TOTAL = 11.5.

Corey: Regular season: 4.5 out of 10. Correctly selected Yankees and Cardinals = 4 points. Zero correct selections for World Series.  TOTAL = 8.5.

Kahnfucius: Regular season: 3.0 out of 10. Correctly selected Tigers for ALCS = 2 pts.  Correctly selected Tigers for World Series = 4 pts. TOTAL = 9.0.

Hebrew Nationals: Regular season: 4.5 out of 10. HB then selected no one else correctly. Sucks to your assmar, Hebrew Nationals. TOTAL = 4.5.

Still in the lead…but maybe not for long.  Kahnfucius predicted that the Tigers would take it all this year, and he may be right. I will say that I did SORT OF foresee this World Series happening.  Back on October 2nd, I stated that the two teams that seemed very dangerous in the playoffs were Detroit and San Fran.  And here we are.  Someone get me to Vegas.

So who do I think wins? Well the format will be two games in SF, three in Detroit, and the last two in SF.  I think Verlander beats Zito on the road in Game 1, but then Bumgarner beats Fister in Game 2.  The series heads then to Detroit, where I think the Giants Vogelsong and Cain contain the Tigers to take a 3-1 series league.  Verlander comes back in Game 5 to win over Lincecum to bring the series back to 3-2, and then we head back to SF.  In Game 6, Bumgarner loses to Fister this time around, taking the series to a deciding 7th Game.  And in a Cain vs. Scherzer matchup, both pitching on short rest, Cain prevails. GIANTS IN SEVEN.  You heard it here first.

Your World Series prediction?  Tell me in the comments below.

Today’s junk food: Pretzel Crisps Peanut Butter Crunch!

Pretzel Crisps Peanut Butter Crunch: The Money Shot

I’ve reviewed Snack Factory pretty sparingly on this blog, but those Pretzel Crisps varieties I have tried I’ve liked quite a bit.  I expect Pretzel Crisps Peanut Butter Crunch to be no different.  As soon as I saw a Pretzel Crisp being dipped into a bowl of peanut butter (and NO ONE IN LIFE has ever put peanut butter into a bowl), I knew I needed to eat these.

Wait…dipped in peanut butter AND streaked with chocolate????

Salty pretzel with visible salt being dipped into peanut butter, and then streaked with chocolate? Yes, please.  I’m not sure if this Pretzel Crisps Peanut Butter Crunch is seasonal or new or whatever, but its not listed on the Snack Factory website.  Hmmm.

Each crisp is about 32 calories

Yeah…each crisp in this Pretzel Crisps Peanut Butter Crunch is around 32 calories…which doesn’t sound bad, until you eat the entire bag.  Ooops.

*drool*

I applaud Pretzel Crisps Peanut Butter Crunch for encouraging the salty and sweet revolution.  We need more of this!  I wanna see Carrot Cake Crunch next!

OIL OIL EVERYWHERE!

Pretzel Crisps Peanut Butter Crunch ingredient #1: Sugar. Yes. Ingredient #2: Oil. YES.  Yeah………..these aren’t healthy.

Covered in PB and streaked with chocolate.  Amazing.

The opened bag of Pretzel Crisps Peanut Butter Crunch gave off an immediate peanut butter and chocolate smell.  Each piece was coated with oil-filled peanut butter chocolate coating.  Still, really intriguing.  I’m excited to try these.

Coated completely

Pretzel Crisps Peanut Butter Crunch tastes amazing.  Yes, it’s full of hydrogenated oils…the coating started to melt on my fingertips almost immediately as I grabbed it.  But so what? In this instance, I’m willing to overlook the bad.  Assertive ignorance? Perhaps.

The flavor is pretty rich for such a simple chip.  I actually thought the initial flavor was almost coffee-like…and then the sweetness grew to bring out the nice peanut butter flavor and then the much sweeter peanut butter and chocolate flavor.  This, in turn, mixed with the crunchy pretzel chip inside, which still had salt kernels in it.  The salt then mixed with the outer coating to become even more rich and sweet.  A very tasty treat all around.

This takes the flavor of Reese’s and adds the crunch of a salty pretzel.  I want to give this product five thumbs up.  Excellent work, Snack Factory.

PURCHASED AT: Safeway

COST: $3.99 (NO SALE!  BOOO)

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Sincerely,

Junk Food Guy