Junk Food Nation, Daylight Savings Time is ruining my day.  Everyone loves the Fall Back, but the Spring Forward is AWFUL.  You’d think it would suit me – as an aging fuddy duddy, I am already on a schedule of get in bed early, early to rise.  I’m already one of those people who grimace, hold their back, and tell their friends, “Man…I just can’t sleep in on the weekends.  My body is too accustomed to waking up early, youknowwhatImean?” On any given night, I get anywhere from 5-7 hours of sleep.  So changing one silly hour to save daylight wasn’t going to affect me. Nope.  I climbed into bed at midnight, like I usually do, and passed out.

But this morning, when my alarm went off, it literally felt like someone broke a glass dish over my head.  One eye popped open, and as my pre-selected song went off, louder than I remembered it ever being, I literally said aloud YOUHAVEGOTTOBEKIDDINGME.  I guess my body is more used to getting up at a certain TIME, no matter when I went to bed, rather than getting a certain AMOUNT of sleep.  Point learned.

And so, while my mornings had recently been filled with sunlight, I got up, dressed in the dark, muttering obscenities the entire way.  I don’t remember Daylight Savings Time being this brutal, but this year it was.  Has it been killing you, too? Let me know in the comments below…

Today’s junk food: New Cracker Jack’D Cocoa Java & Vanilla Mocha Power Bites!

New Cracker Jack’D Cocoa Java & Vanilla Mocha Power Bites: The Money Shot

I found these caffeinated cookie bites the same day I bought the Cracker Jack’D Hearty Mixes.  If you’ll remember, I didn’t LOVE the Hearty Mixes, mostly because I didn’t love the idea of Cracker Jack trying to go in a non-popcorn direction.  And here we are again, with something that is AGAIN not popcorn.  I am not sure where you’re going with this, Cracker Jack.  You don’t see Honda making DVD burners, do you?  I’m worried about these.

First up, New Cracker Jack’D Cocoa Java Power Bites!

New Cracker Jack’D Cocoa Java Power Bites: The Money Shot

New Cracker Jack’D Cocoa Java Power Bites: Not recommended for people sensitive to caffeine? Well, DUH

New Cracker Jack’D Cocoa Java Power Bites: Little brown lumps…

New Cracker Jack’D Cocoa Java Power Bites: …filled with crushed Oreo?

When I crunched into one of these New Cracker Jack’D Cocoa Java Power Bites, I didn’t hate it.  Basically a chocolate covered cookie, the outer layer was generically chocolatey – no deep richness or anything.  The inside was a deeper cocoa cookie flavor, sort of like a ground up Oreo.  The overall flavor was chocolatey, and I could taste the caffeine, probably because (as the package indicated) there is ground coffee in this treat.

Overall, I could taste a coffee hint, masked by a greater generic yet dark chocolate flavor.  So, did this taste like a cocoa and coffee mix? Sure did.  Was it a good version of it?  …..Meh.

Moving onto the New Cracker Jack’D Vanilla Mocha Power Bites!

New Cracker Jack’D Vanilla Mocha Power Bites: The Money Shot

New Cracker Jack’D Vanilla Mocha Power Bites: Just pointing out that this tiny bag is 290 calories.  Holy moly.

New Cracker Jack’D Vanilla Mocha Power Bites: slightly tan lumps…

New Cracker Jack’D Vanilla Mocha Power Bites: …filled with Whoppers?

These New Cracker Jack’D Vanilla Mocha Power Bites I liked better than the other flavor…but only slightly.  Again, this was a lightly crunchy chocolate covered cookie. The vanilla flavor, however, was definitely more present, and the overall chocolate coating had a lighter sweetness to it.  Additionally, unless my mind was playing tricks on me, there was a semi-Hazelnut flavor to these bites as well.

Eaten as a whole, these did actually feel like a cookie version of a vanilla mocha.  Was it a great version of vanilla mocha? Not the best…but if the goal was to have the flavor translate over to these coffee cookies, then I think Cracker Jack’D has to be pleased with the result.

Both of these Power Bites varieties were ok, but the question remains: who is this for?  Is it for someone who hates coffee but wants caffeine? If so, why wouldn’t they just drink a soda?  Is it for someone who likes caffeine and wants it in more forms than just coffee?  Maybe, but they why not munch of some chocolate covered expresso beans?

I dunno, the customer who wants to buy these specific cookies escapes me.  Not sure what their niche market is here. Me? I liked them ok, but would not be buying these again.  Did they give me a caffeine boost?  I didn’t finish a whole bag, so I dunno – these are a baffling snack to me.   Who is buying this??

Check out the Impulsive Buy’s take on these here.

PURCHASED AT: Walgreens

COST: $1.50 each on sale

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Sincerely,

Junk Food Guy