This snack review has Jelly Belly Monster Mash Jelly Beans, Lay’s Wavy Funyuns Onion Flavored Chips, and Pepperidge Farms Soft Baked Charleston Birthday Cake Cookies.
Jelly Belly Monster Mash Jelly Beans
Score: 5.5 / 10
For the most part, most of these taste like they’re advertised. The one that wasn’t good and weird was the caramel corn flavor; the others, though, were mostly spot-on, although artificial tasting. None were too sweet, either. I liked the variety, but they need to fix the caramel corn!
According to some online sources, this appears to have been released around early fall 2022 for the Halloween season. Found at Stop & Shop.
Lay’s Wavy Funyuns Onion Flavored Chips
Score: 6.5 / 10
Funyuns have a strong onion taste, and compared to these, there’s no comparison: these chips are much less strong and won’t offend those picky about onion flavors. The onion flavor is there, but it’s evenly mixed with the potato. The texture is that of typical Lay’s Wavy chips, which are thick and a bit crunchier than regular chips.
Released for a limited time in August 2023 alongside Cheetos, Kettle Cooked All Dressed Ruffles, and Cool Ranch variants. Found at Walmart. You can find my review of these other variations here.
Pepperidge Farms Soft Baked Charleston Birthday Cake Cookies
Score: 6.5 / 10
It is a pretty thin, fairly sweet, sugar-tasting cookie. Even though the package says “Birthday Cake,” any vanilla birthday cake was mostly overshadowed by the sugary taste, though, interestingly, despite a sugary taste, it wasn’t overly sweet either; it was just missing more pronounced flavors. The texture was fairly moist and soft, reminiscent of an underbaked cookie
Released in March 2023. These were inspired by Charleston, South Carolina’s Rainbow Row.
