A Short (Very Short) In Stores Now, A Thank You & My Week 13 NFL Picks
Yawn. Good morning, Junk Food Nation. Last night’s birthday party was a success. Thank you to everyone who came out…it was a great time, and we raised a lot of money for charity. Special thanks to my friends Pooja, Chai, Penelope and Whitney for helping make the event happen.
So…yeah. Woke up a little late today. Like, really late. Like….just a few moments ago. Yeah….oof. Anyways, let’s get right to it!
Last week in the NFL, I went 11-5, putting me at 109-66-1 on the season. Let’s get right to it with my Week 13 Picks…and I haven’t even turned on the TV yet, so I have no idea how these games are going:
ATLANTA over NEW ORLEANS: After seeing how Brees played against the Niners, it wasn’t hard to pick the Falcons.
BUFFALO over JAX: Never bet against Buffalo. C’mon Buffalo…do this for me.
CHICAGO over SEATTLE: Seahawks play awful on the road. Easy choice.
SF over STL: No more ties…the Niners will win this one. Colin K. justifies Harbaugh’s choice.
NE over MIA: After watching the beatdown the Pats gave the Jets…I’m not worried about the Fins.
NYJ over ARZ: I mean, two awful QBs, picks galore? I’m just rolling with the home team here.
DET over INDY: Heartbreaker loss for the Lions on Thanksgiving…extra rest means they will take it to Indy.
GB over MINN: Packers look to get back on track after the Giants beatdown.
HOUSTON over TENNESSEE: The Texans aren’t going to let a divisional matchup on the road get in the way of the number 1 overall seed.
CAROLINA over KC: Awful story about the suicide/murder in KC…and they are still going to play the game. Ugh. I don’t know how KC is going to have their head in this game.
DENVER over TB: Peyton Manning at home is money in the bank.
CLEVELAND over OAKLAND: Tough to pick Cleveland on the road…but I think they can do it. Oakland is a disaster.
CINCINNATI over SD: See the prior pick…I think Cincy has the talent to win on the road against the disaster of SD.
BALTIMORE over PITTSBURGH: No Ben Roth against the tough Ravens means that this is the easiest pick of the week.
DALLAS over PHILLY: Two awful teams looking to save some face…Dallas does it this week.
WASHINGTON over NYG: UPSET SPECIAL. Yeah I know the Giants bludgeoned the Packers. But I can see upset written all over this game…New York on the road, looking ahead to a matchup at home with New Orleans. Plus, Redskins at home…I dunno. It’s a tough call for the Skins…but I can see them pulling it out.
And now for just a few more things I’ve seen in stores:
In Stores Now
Found in Walmart: I love Ghirardelli chocolate, and this was the first time I’d seen their Peppermint Bark in Dark Chocolate form. Yummy.
In Stores Now
Found in Walmart: The Dark Chocolate Peppermint trend continues with these Lindt Dark Peppermint Truffles.
In Stores Now
Found at Walmart: I took a picture of these Milk & Caramel bars because I’d never seen this before…just a big honking bar of Ghirardelli chocolate? These Caramel filled bars were the size of a small notepad. Wow.
In Stores Now
Found in Giant: Finally these new Santa Brownies were extremely funny to me. Hey why not? I like Little Debbie’s creativity in dressing up the common brownie here.
Alright, Junk Food Nation…I’m going back to bed.
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Sincerely,
Junk Food Guy
Discuss - 11 Comments
I c u didn’t take nicks advice about buffalo 🙂
Hey give them credit, they’re destroying….Jacksonville. Why yes that was an insult.
@Nick: LOL. Oh stop – WIN IS A WIN, BABY!
Ya I need to insert foot in mouth
Sleeping in is good! 🙂
I’d love to give the peppermint bark with dark chocolate a try this year. The Lindt Dark Peppermint truffles are a return flavor–they’re all right.
Too bad the Lindt store closed in Montgomery Mall about 2 years ago! (Rent was getting steep) It was nice to get the self-service loose truffles.
@Elisa: I remember that Lindt store! I agree – those loose truffle bins were the best
yes i really hoped you would start reviewing more dessert type snacks. my weakness is chocolate and every week i have a cheatmeal on saturday night and always have a bunch of different chocolate. this week it was milkyway midnight (mini),reeses tree, 1 hershey bliss meltaway center(white chocolate) and 1 dove peanut butter meltaway…not too big of a cheatmeal but i like to sample a bunch of different chocolates, i think the reeses was my favorite
@Nate: Yeah, I tend toward salty snacks, but sometimes I do get on a stretch of sweet things. Reese trees/pumpkins/eggs are the BEST. I love the higher ratio of PB than chocolate — better ration than in normal Reeses cups.
ya i had the reeses trees last saturday, so goddamn good. i really reccomend the quest bars (for a healthy alternative) you should really consider getting them/reviewing them. crazyfooddude did a few reviews on them but they just came out with new healthy pb cups (200cals,21grams protein) and their literally amazing i have no idea how they do it. (www.questproteinbar.com)
@Nate: I’ll definitely look into those Quest bars! Have you tried Justin’s Peanut Butter Cups? They are great too
yes i have but take a look at the macros on these quest peanut butter cups
Calories= 240
Sugar= 1
Carbs= 4
Protein= 21