Junk Food Nation, sorry to make you wait. You know I love you, Nation.  But, life gets in the way, as always. A quick announcement – there will be NO post tomorrow (Tuesday) because I’ll be super busy tonight watching the US Women’s National Soccer Team take the field here in DC against Haiti. I’m STOKED. I am a huge supporter of female athletes, and I *always* get up for the women’s soccer team.  I’m ready to see some DOMINATION tonight.  Temperatures project to be about 56 degrees….which means it’s going to feel more like 40 degrees.  Sh*t.  Glad I brought an extra pair of socks.

Second: Did you guys read this story about “Crazy Doritos”? Growing up, I was familiar with the snack known as “Travelling Tacos” – basically a bag of Fritos that was opened, chili was dumped inside along with cheddar and sour cream.  You ate the mess with a fork. It was awesome.

But “Crazy Doritos”? Apparently, in Mexico, carts are selling bags of Doritos that customer then heap ingredients on top of.  Not just a few ingredients – up to 27 INGREDIENTS.  Here is the example the news article states; let me take you through my thought process as you read it:

“She held a plastic fork in one hand. Her other cradled a bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos sliced open, (sounds fine) lengthwise, then heaped with grated carrots, jicama, cucumber, (common taco toppings, I’m down) pickled pork rinds, (that sounds pretty good, I love pork rinds!) peanuts (wait, what?), jellied candies (WHAT???), lime juice (wait….), two kinds of chili powder (ok, WAIT), and swirls of several kinds of fruity syrup (GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH) and hot sauce (STOP STOP STOP).”

Uh, yeah, Junk Food Nation.  What do you think of this?  It sounds horrifying, but I am somewhat intrigued.  One of my first Twitter followers tweeted me way back when that her favorite snack was to take a sour Rips gummy ribbon and wrap it around a jalapeno Cheeto…that flavor profile seems very much like this one.  Maybe this is good?  Or maybe this is poison?  What do you think – would you try it? Tell me in the comments below.

Today’s junk food (speaking of gummies): Sour Haribo Gold-Bears!

Sour Haribo Gold-Bears: The Money Shot

Oh Haribo.  I love your gummies, I just do.  I’ve eaten Haribo gummy snacks for years and years.  As long as you don’t get those sugar free ones, full of things that make you poo, regular Haribo gummy bears are the SH*T.  Poor choice of words? Yes.

Sour Haribo Gold-Bears: SOUR!

But Sour Haribo Gold-Bears?? I’ve never seen these before until I saw them over on The Impulsive Buy. I mean, I love Sour Patch Kids, so can Haribo compete with these? I hope so.

Sour Haribo Gold-Bears: 150 cal per serving

Sour Haribo Gold-Bears: Why is strawberry green

Sour Haribo Gold-Bears look like what you’d expect sour gummy bears to look like – regular gummy bears covered with sour crystals.  Yes, “sour crystals” is the official term for whatever is coated on the outside of these gummies that makes them sour.

Sour Haribo Gold-Bears: GREEN?

Sour Haribo Gold-Bears come in five flavors: red for raspberry, orange for orange, yellow for lemon, white for pineapple, and green for….STRAWBERRY???  WTF.  How does THAT make sense.  I get that you don’t want two reds…but GREEN?  No, Haribo. NO.

Sour Haribo Gold-Bears: Yummy

I chewed on each of these Sour Haribo Gold-Bears separately, and was really pleased.  They are just regular gummy bears with an extra sour kick – not SUPER sour, I didn’t pucker my lips once.  Instead, the sourness had the effect of making the fruit flavors taste more real, to be frank.  The citrus tasted MORE like citrus because the sour added that saliva-inducing curl on top of the fruit flavor.

The raspberry was spot on. The orange and lemon tasted nice and citrus-y.  The pineapple was more sour than I preferred real-life pineapple, but was still tasty.  And the strawberry?  Yeah, that was probably the weakest one, because I am not sure what sour strawberry is supposed to taste like.

All in all, I liked the sour gummy bears way more than regular gummy bears.  The sour notes, I felt, enhanced the already good fruit flavor.  Haribo bears are a little firmer than standard gummy bears too, and these were no exception.

If you can find these, I recommend them.  Definitely an upgrade over regular gummy bears.

PURCHASED AT: Target, Germantown, MD.

COST: $1.50

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Sincerely,

Junk Food Guy