Snacks of the Month - delicious dill and disappointing "delights"

I bought these crisps in a pub. They are amazing!

There's no pictures of the crisps because they look like crisps. And also I ate them. They had a real spicy tasty kick. Probably my best crisp discovery since finding out Rib'n'Saucy Nik Naks are sold in six packs.

At the other extreme of the snacking continuum, Cathy picked me up these to try.

I used to be quite partial to a Fry's Turkish Delight. And these were cherry flavour, and generally I like cherry flavour. (I still grieve the loss of cherry Tango from the soft drink pantheon.)

The seven bars in the packet were individually wrapped.

This next picture has my finger in to give a sense of scale. The chocolate enrobing the Turkish Delight was very thin.

These were unpleasantly sweet. The milk chocolate didn't work with the cherry flavour at all and not enough flavouring was added to the Turkish Delight to counteract the sweetness. The overall effect was pretty horrid and left me very disappointed.

Snack of the Month - spicy crunchy nuts

Cathy brought these Walkers Max double coated peanuts home for me to try (and to blog). They're something a bit different.

The description on the back sums them up. They are roasted peanuts in a crunchy shell dusted with a cheesy jalapeno flavouring. They make good on their promise for "max crunch" but they aren't teeth-wreckingly hard.

The bag is 175g and the recommended serving size is 30g. In case you're wondering, 30g looks like this. (Yes, I weighed it out.)

And here's a close up - where you can see the cheesy jalapeno flavour powder coating the snacks. 

On the plus side Walkers did not skimp on the flavouring. The jalapeno has a real kick and leaves a pleasant afterburn tingle (if you like that sort of thing like I do). The serving size is just about the right amount, really, although it would be possible to pig the entire bag in one sitting while watching sport on TV. I know that would leave me feeling bloated and remorseful though, so I've been rationing them out.