After completing another Sunday dinner and getting the kids
ready for bed, it occurred to me that storage pantry was bare for preparing
kids lunches for the week. I made a run to Meijer to pick up a few essentials
for the school week. Amidst my travels up and down the food aisles, I spotted
several sale items in the main aisle displays. One of these displays were
various Snyder flavored pretzel combinations. The one that really stuck out was
the Hanover Snyders Buffalo Wing flavored pretzel bites. I have a passion for
buffalo wings and thought that someone was genius enough to pair up that
recognizable zesty flavor with pretzels seemed like a plausible idea. The
regular price was $3.69, but the sale knocked the price down to $2.50 for 12
ounce bag. At this price,this venture seemed worth pursuing.
Returning home and putting away recently purchased items, I
sat in front of the television and kept thinking about that new bag of pretzels
that I had originally intended to save for later in the week. Nope, Iran up
stairs to grab a cold beverage and brought with me the new buffalo wing
flavored snacks.
Physical Characterics of Snyders Buffalo Wing Pretzel Pieces
The bag is not very large, nor are the pretzel pieces. These
pieces are really just “bits” and not even
“bites”. I would expect these to resemble the shape and size of the
“combos” pretzel snacks but these look like someone took a bag of pretzel rods
and ran them through the wood chipper several times over. Some pieces were bite
size nubs, while most where tiny fragments that were not easy to pick up.
The bits were heavily coated in the flavor dust and coated
the fingers quite easily with each bite. My laptop keys still have dust
remnants from eating these while browsing on the couch.
Despite being someone put off by the lower quantity per bag
as well as the tiny shrapnel size pieces of pretzel, the taste was a saving
grace for this Snyders treat. The taste lived up to my expectation and more.
First and second bites, I was thinking these are pretty solid; but then I found
myself craving more and more of these. My wife joined in on my snack session
and the bag was depleted soon thereafter.
Verdict on Snyders Buffalo Wing Flavored Pretzel Pieces
As the sale of this coveted snack is most likely over, I am
unsure I could go back and pay $3.69 for a bag. For certain occasions, I will
make an exception because these taste so damn good. I really regret not
hoarding these when the sale existed. I also wish Hanover Snyders would have
made the pieces slightly bigger as they were difficult to pick up.
Manufacturers that sell under generic or store brand label might want to take
notice that there is room for competition to produce a buffalo wing flavored
pretzel at a cheaper price. Those that take on this challenge just better be
sure their designed pretzel bit measures up to the excellent flavor produced by
Snyders.
