Junk food Nation, yesterday was a long day of “WHAT THE” for me. First, my Bills actually beat the Chicago Bears, which normally would be a good thing, but sure enough as a tortured Bills fan I chose the Chicago Bears to win in my high stakes Survivor League. So THAT’S done.  Second, I must’ve watched Antonio Brown try to leap frog the Browns’ punter 20x, and each time expected him NOT to kick the guy in the face:

Nope, same result each time. You know when I watched in real life I thought it was an accident – like he tried to leap, couldn’t make it, and the unfortunate side effect was a face kick.  But when you see the replays from the front – nope, it was a boot to the head.

Finally, during last night’s Broncos-Colts game, there was a commercial where one of major points was that the Toyota Prius has been around for fourteen years. FOURTEEN YEARS!  Now that, THAT, blew me away. As a culture we are inundated with Buzzfeed lists of toys that used to be around when we were kids, what child actors look like now, etc. But the fact that the electric hybrid car has existed for fourteen years is surprising to me, because it’s a huge cultural shift. I remember PRE-hybrid car where there were battles, and I mean BATTLES, over whether electric cars would EVER become mainstream. I heard all the arguments – “It’s just as bad for the environment as gas cars” “it’s too cost prohibitive” “why would you ever drive that when you can’t go 120MPH” blah blah blah. BIG GASOLINE dumped millions into discrediting this technology.  People would get into huge HUGE debates over the actual feasibility of electric cars. Plugging your car in at a station to charge was a futuristic dream back then.

And look, maybe the debate STILL rages…but it’s been FOURTEEN YEARS.  Electric cars are here and have BEEN here.  There are kids who are about to be drivers who have never NOT known electric cars existing. Dude.

I dunno, does this blow any of you away like it does me? Let me know in the comments below. Or just tell me how your football Sunday went!

Today’s junk food: Hershey’s Candy Corn “Chocolate”!

Hershey’s Candy Corn Chocolate was discussed on the Nosh Show recently. When I look at this bag, I’m not sure what this even is.  It says “Candy Corn Creme with Candy Bits.” Wait, what? Is this…chocolate?  Is it a squeeze package of creme?  I mean, the bag just says Hershey’s Candy Corn…is this candy corn?

Nope, it’s chocolate. I think.

Hershey’s Candy Corn Chocolate contains “resinous glaze.” That’s the first time I’ve seen that phrase in food before.

Hershey’s Candy Corn Chocolate IS chocolate however, and from the looks of the package, I’m going to guess it’s sort of like a white chocolate that tastes like candy corn which has bits of candy corn in it.  Am I right?

I AM! I think.

When I opened up this tiny Hershey’s Candy Corn Chocolate bar, the smell of candy corn was QUITE PUNGENT. Of course, it was so strong that eventually I wasn’t sure if I was smelling candy corn, white chocolate, or just general confection. But the Junk Food Gal came walking into the room as I was photographing and exclaimed, “WHOA, WTH is that.” So yeah – pungent.

Hershey’s Candy Corn Chocolate was soft in texture – and now that I’ve tasted it – I’m NOT sure if this is chocolate at all.  WTF Hershey’s. WHAT IS THIS?

Basically, the part that I thought was “white chocolate” was like a creme confection that was hardened and shaped like a traditional Hershey’s bar.  This white confection melted in my mouth like chocolate, and did have a slight white chocolate vibe, but the flavor of the bar was definitely candy corn/vanilla in flavor.

The bits of candy corn were not noticeable to me – the texture of those bits mixed right in white the creme bar seamlessly.  I’m guessing they just provided some flavor/color and that’s it.  It’s as if someone took candy corn and blended it with creme and vanilla and fashioned it into this bar.

I put this in the “wouldn’t each again” category, not because it was BAD – if you like candy corn, you’ll actually probably enjoy this creamy-bar-like-take on the whole flavor profile.  But having eaten this bar, I actually WANTED it to have some white chocolate taste.

To recap: this didn’t taste bad. But THIS IS NOT CHOCOLATE.

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Junk Food Guy