Review: Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzel Dips Peppermint Pretzel Snaps Made With Hershey’s Special Dark, Backup QB vs. JFG: NFL Week 10, & $3,750 Wine!!
Junk Food Nation, yesterday was one of those days where the buildings crumbled, the ground caught on fire, and the world exploded. Oh yeah, and I wasn’t able to put a post up.
TODAY, however, I’m back (albeit a bit late) and ready to talk football and food! Quick side story – did you hear about the man who went to Atlantic City to the Borgata Casino and ordered wine at Bobby Flay’s restaurant? Apparently he asked the waitress to help recommend something because he didn’t have his glasses, so she pointed out a wine on the menu and stated that it cost “thirty seven fifty.” The man buys it, thinking $37.50 is a great deal for a bottle of wine, and his group enjoys the bottle…only to find out later that the bottle actually cost THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS.
Yeah you heard me right. Almost four grand, people! Now my question is, what would YOU do? I mean, the guy is SORT of an idiot for not asking for clarification, but what’s the WAITRESS doing pointing out the most expensive bottle on the menu? (“HER JOB” Bobby Flay would say). Still, like in all cases of communication, I think everyone involved should’ve made the effort to make sure everyone was on the same page. I hate this idea of “well, he didn’t ask, so I didn’t explain.” That’s why I ask a billion questions, always. #Lawyer
They eventually reduced the price to around $2000, but that’s still a bitter bullet to swallow. So tell me, JFNation – what would YOU do in this situation? Comment below.
FRIDAY FOOTBALL TIME! Here’s the tally so far regarding the season long bet between me and the BackUp QB:
| Backup QB Picks | JFG Picks | |
|---|---|---|
| WEEK 9 | 9-3-0 (13 pts) | 7-5-0 (7 pts) |
| SEASON | 62-58-5 (70 pts) | 62-58-5 (74 pts) |
Oh man. I had another TANK of a week last week, losing both the $ of games correct AND my lock pick. The BQB of course hit his, making up SIX POINTS on me. Despite the identical record, I cling to a shallow four point lead. Ouch.
The BQB’s lock is CARDINALS -7. No explanation, so I’ll do it for him: “Blah blah blah Carson Palmer at home blah blah blah Rams weak D blah blah Arizona defense will feast on Austin Collie. Austin Rivers? Wait, who QBs the Rams again?” Yeah that sounds like him.
My LOCK OF THE CENTURY…OF THE WEEK… is the Steelers -5. I know Big Ben is on the road. I know that it’s Vick, not Geno, for the Jets, and that the Jets defense isn’t that bad. But seriously – TWELVE TDs in the past two weeks for the Steelers? They’ll cover the 5. OH THEY’LL COVER THE 5.
The rest of our picks here:
| GAME | Backup QB Picks | JFG Picks |
|---|---|---|
| Chiefs @ BILLS | BILLS +1.5 | BILLS +1.5 |
| Dolphins @ LIONS | Dolphins +2.5 | LIONS -2.5 |
| Cowboys @ JAGUARS | JAGUARS +6.5 | Cowboys -6.5 |
| Niners @ SAINTS | SAINTS -4.5 | SAINTS -4.5 |
| Titans @ RAVENS | RAVENS -10 | RAVENS -10 |
| Steelers @ JETS | JETS +5 | Steelers -5 (LOCK) |
| Falcons @ BUCS | BUCS +2.5 | Falcons -2.5 |
| Broncos @ RAIDERS | RAIDERS +11.5 | Broncos -11.5 |
| Rams @ CARDINALS | CARDINALS -7 (LOCK) | CARDINALS -7 |
| Giants @ SEAHAWKS | Giants +9 | Giants +9 |
| Bears @ PACKERS | PACKERS -7.5 | PACKERS -7.5 |
| Panthers @ EAGLES | Panthers +6 | EAGLES -6 |
Six more teams on BYE, and the BQB and the JFG differ on six picks…should be a very good week. CMON MARTAVIUS BRYANT!
Today’s junk food: Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzel Dips Peppermint Pretzel Snaps Made With Hershey’s Special Dark!
Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzel Dips Peppermint Pretzel Snaps Made With Hershey’s Special Dark: The Money Shot
Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzel Dips Peppermint Pretzel Snaps Made With Hershey’s Special Dark is officially one of the longest names of a snack I’ve reviewed. Good Lord. Thank God for cut and paste. I’m not sure if these are ENTIRELY new, because Snyder’s has a whole bunch of various chocolate dipped pretzels on the market including these Peppermint Patty Sandwich Dips.
Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzel Dips Peppermint Pretzel Snaps Made With Hershey’s Special Dark: SPECIAL DARK
I do like the fact that these pretzels are, apparently, covered in SUPER dark chocolate. I can’t remember the last time I had a Special Dark chocolate bar alone. Did it absorb all the light around me? I cannot remember.
Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzel Dips Peppermint Pretzel Snaps Made With Hershey’s Special Dark
Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzel Dips Peppermint Pretzel Snaps Made With Hershey’s Special Dark
Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzel Dips Peppermint Pretzel Snaps Made With Hershey’s Special Dark – the name explains all the ingredients, right? BTW, who knew that these checkerboard square pretzels were known as Pretzel Snaps? Not me…some JFG *I* am, I guess.
Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzel Dips Peppermint Pretzel Snaps Made With Hershey’s Special Dark
Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzel Dips Peppermint Pretzel Snaps Made With Hershey’s Special Dark
So dark chocolate covered salty pretzels covered in bits of candy cane. Despite my not being a HUGE fan of peppermint, these sound pretty tasty. I like crunch and texture, and these sound right up my alley.
Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzel Dips Peppermint Pretzel Snaps Made With Hershey’s Special Dark: impressive
Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzel Dips Peppermint Pretzel Snaps Made With Hershey’s Special Dark came individually coated, and sprinkled with a decent amount of candy cane pieces. Amazingly, the pretzel snaps were coated just right – not TOO much chocolate so I could no longer see the grid shape, but still enough to not leave any UN-filled holes. The bag smelled delightful – lots of dark chocolate aroma and slight peppermint fumes.
Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzel Dips Peppermint Pretzel Snaps Made With Hershey’s Special Dark: ZOMG
I popped a few of these Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzel Dips Peppermint Pretzel Snaps Made With Hershey’s Special Dark, and yes, these are pretty spectacular. The dark chocolate coating is immediately tasted – nice and dark yet full of cocoa flavor. The darkness of the Hershey’s Special Dark is almost bitter, but then I started getting the salty hints of the crunchy pretzel within, and that made the chocolate taste sweeter and sweeter with each chew. On top of that the candy cane pieces were nice and sugary, adding to the battle of flavors in my mouth. The result was an interesting salty-sweet, bitter-sugary combination.
The texture, however, is really the champion of this snack. The pretzels themselves are perfectly bite size, and light and crunchy. The chocolate isn’t drenching it, so the chew remains normal, but the candy cane pieces add an extra element of crispiness and sugary grit that I REALLY enjoyed.
I couldn’t stop popping these into my mouth. Seriously, these were very very good. One of the better chocolate peppermint combos I can remember. Buy these – If only ALL holiday snacks were this good.
PURCHASED AT: Giant Grocery, Germantown, MD
COST: $3.00 on sale
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Discuss - 26 Comments
Damn. I’m sorry, but “Thirty seven fifty” means $37.50. But did you see the entire meal then came to almost 5K? Problems of the 1%.
The restaurant erred because nothing is worth the bad press they’re getting on the internet now. If they knew for a fact the waitress said, “Thirty seven fifty,” then IMO the smart business move would have been to have the customers leave happy. This was all on the waitress and she should not have gotten away with that.
@Indigo – I just feel like there’s certain societal norms when it comes to saying number. Like, you give your phone number as: 8-6-7-5-3-0-9, NOT eight sixty-7, fifty three oh nine. Who DOES that?
I’d tell them we’re going double-or-nothing on one hand of blackjack. They win, I pay the $3,750. I win, they pay the $3,750.
(Hope I don’t have to split . . .)
@BQB: Want insurance?
I would had been pissed off as hell. That was very dirty of Bobby Flay (whom I don’t like anyway) ‘s restaurant. Personally I would have screamed my head off or threatened to sue.
One thing I know is I’m never ordering wine in a restaurant without carefully checking & I will never give Bobby Flay & his products a dime.
@MP: I’ve been to two Bobby Flay joints – one was amazing, the other sucked. I’m not sure what I’m getting with him sometimes.
every time i saw you write “popping” i read it as “pooping” – doesn’t make for a good mental picture.. ha! these sound pretty good, even if i’m not a huge fan of peppermint (i do love peppermint + dark chocolate combos).
@Kaitlyn – get your head out of the gutter! 😉
I would do one of two things if that bill came across my desk: (1) eat as much free bread as necessary to make up the $3,712.50 or (2) just sit at that table until the damn restaurant closes so the waitress can’t turn it over and seat new people (no new table, no new tip).
@Steve B: That’s a LOT of bread. If it were Red Lobster cheddar biscuits, though – I’M IN
I don’t care for Bobby Flay either – can’t watch TV without his mug showing up in some sort of commercial. Has that waitress been rubbing shoulders with rich people so long she’s picked up their habit of dropping decimals? If I heard the price the way she said it, I too would think $37.50 (which is pricey for me).
@MKC: That was the restaurant’s argument – that they really only get high rollers in there.
If I owned a restaurant and the wine thing happened, I’d would definitely just take the hit and pay for the wine. A $3750 bottle of wine isn’t going to break Bobby Flay and he would have looked like a nice guy. Thus, bringing in more business and more dollars. That’s just my two cents.
As for these pretzels, they look pretty good. I’ve had another brand of dark chocolate covered pretzels with peppermint before, but I’ll admit I brushed off most of the candy cane chunks. That just left them a very faint peppermint taste, which I didn’t mind as much. The bitterness of dark chocolate really works with salty pretzels though. I want Snyder’s of Hanover to come out with a product that’s just called “This.” Then, you can be like “Hey guys, I tried This. This was great.” 😉
@Heather: LOl – I WANT *THIS*
LOL @ the name for these. Ridiculous. Not surprised they were delicious, though. I mean, combining Hershey’s Dark with Snyder’s couldn’t possibly suck.
@Canned Walrus – Agree. More Special Dark, everywhere, please
I would like to contact u about something that I don’t want mention here. What is ur email address?
I could have done that for much cheaper.
@Alek: Junkfoodguy @ Junkfoodguy .com
I looked this up. The man said he didn’t know anything about wine and if she could suggest something. The waitress is scam artist for first of all suggesting a bottle of wine at that price to him and secondly a moron for saying thirty-seven fifty to mean three thousand seven hundred and fifty.
@JohhnyP – I wonder if she suggested any other bottles first?
I will just continue to order my Diet Coke.
I think I’m looking at a bad week this week. I picked 8 road underdogs to cover this week, not sure how often that happens, but some of these spreads felt too far off.
Well, that was ugly. 2-12 heading into MNF game.
@Sascha: OUCH
@Sascha – I LOVE THAT YOU”RE BETTING ALONG WITH ME!
If you like these Snyder’s with Hershey’s chocolate, please compare them with Snack Factory Dark Chocolate & Peppermint. I think the Snack Factory has a better balance of salty and sweet.
@Xerxes – I reviewed those here: http://www.junkfoodguy.com/2011/12/15/limited-edition-snack-factory-dark-chocolate-peppermint-pretzel-crisps-the-great-peppermint-pretzel-challenge-pt-1/
It was a while ago…but I think I liked these better only because I think the quality of the chocolate was better.