According to Hofmann: Variety can be the over-spice of life
I remember when Hershey Kisses with an almond inside were introduced. It rocked my world.
Before that, we had the Hershey Kiss, a perfect little dab of chocolate goodness, but they shook things up by putting an almond inside! I was so overwhelmed, I had to give myself a timeout.
Yes, I have no life.
Next thing I knew, potato chips and Oreo cookies took it to another level by throwing a variety of varieties of items in my face, in my mouth and down my throat.
Lays potato chips released new and limited flavors that really pushed the limits like tacos, avocado toast, New York-style Reuben, biscuits and gravy, gyro, bacon macaroni and cheese, cappuccino, garlic bread and a full-three course dinner at Red Lobster.
With Oreo cookies, I无毛视频檝e seen Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie, Pistachio Thins, Cherry Cola, Pina Colado, Kettle Corn, Cinnamon Bun, Blueberry Pie, Strawberry Shortcake, Carrot Cake, Cotton Candy, Key Lime Pie, Cookie Dough, Pumpkin Spice (because Oreo can无毛视频檛 be left out of the 918,112 other pumpkin-spice products we see in the fall), S无毛视频橫ores and there无毛视频檚 even s无毛视频檓ore than that!
At first, the varieties came slowly as we were eased into the new additions无毛视频搈uch like when they say a frog won无毛视频檛 notice it无毛视频檚 being cooked in a pot of water if the temperature is turned up a little at a time or if bits of garlic are floating in the water.
However, in the past couple of years, they not only cranked the heat on the frog无毛视频檚 water at full blast, they also put a flamethrower to the frog to cook it cajun style, which is probably a potato-chip flavor by now.
In the time it took me to write this sentence, Oreo has released new flavors including Shoo Fly Pie, Breath Mints, Corn Dogs and Jello Shots.
The one Oreo flavor that really took me to the prom was the Golden Oreo-cookies with the filling flavored as fruit punch.
The idea was to capture that taste of drinking fruit punch while eating vanilla cream cookies.
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It was like I was stuck in a sci-fi movie, which was why I made sure there wasn无毛视频檛 a Soylent Green flavor on the shelf.
I can无毛视频檛 wait for follow-up memory flavors like Ice Cream Your T-ball Coach Bought For You After Losing the Playoff Game and The Chewing Gum You Almost Choked on During Your First Kiss.
Alcoholic beverages aren无毛视频檛 even safe anymore无毛视频s compared to being perfectly safe before.
While there无毛视频檚 a multitude and multiplex of flavor-infused spirits out there, I want to focus on vodkas, which makes sense because someone had the idea of adding a flavor to vodka other than vodka无毛视频檚 base flavor, which is rubbing alcohol.
There are flavors like cucumber, pineapple, peach, apple, vanilla, raspberry, chocolate, strawberry, pepper, sweet tea, pomegranate, pear, watermelon, lavender, grapefruit, jalapeno, mint, cinnamon, rose, roasted peanut, peanut butter, pickle, apple pie, caramel, pecan pie, peach cobbler, pumpkin spice (of course), salty caramel popcorn, honey, cupcake, ginger snap, creme brulee and bacon to name a few.
Just imagine what you can achieve when you mix and match those combinations.
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If all of that seems overwhelming, then you无毛视频檙e right, but if you think all of it isn无毛视频檛 a big deal in the long run, then you无毛视频檙e as wrong as a sardine sandwiched between two Oreo cookies, which is probably a new flavor by now.
You see, there无毛视频檚 a reason I had believed I was in a sci-fi movie when seeing that cookie flavor; it无毛视频檚 because I无毛视频檓 always what I call 无毛视频渟ci-fi ready无毛视频�.
If you don无毛视频檛 know what that means, if you ever saw a sci-fi movie and when odd things begin to happen, the main character doesn无毛视频檛 comprehend that aliens are taking over the Earth or time travelers are hiding their socks, etc., until it无毛视频檚 too late.
That无毛视频檚 why I无毛视频檓 totally willing to accept that all our foods are going to be discontinued and then repurposed into cookies, potato chips and booze无毛视频搕he latter mainly because we无毛视频檒l be too drunk to notice what无毛视频檚 happening.
Imagine if you have a hankering for a pastrami sandwich on rye bread with a kosher pickle, but the deli stopped selling it and the store no longer carried the fixings for it; however, there无毛视频檚 a potato chip with that flavor and you can wash it down with pickle vodka.
From that point, we无毛视频檒l be eating whole meals in a pill.
If you don无毛视频檛 believe me and think I don无毛视频檛 have any proof, well all I can say is the proof is in the pudding, which is probably a new martini drink by now.
According to Hofmann is written by staff reporter Mark Hofmann of Rostraver Township. His books, 无毛视频淕ood Mourning! A Guide to Biting the Big One无毛视频nd Dying, Too无毛视频� and 无毛视频淪tupid Brain,无毛视频� are available on Amazon.com. He co-hosts the 无毛视频淟ocally Yours无毛视频� radio show on WMBS 590 AM every Friday.