What snack or treat you couldn't wait to try made you go MEH?

wizzlesticks on 11/09/2020 - 21:15
Last edited 13/09/2020 - 14:31

Seeing as Ozbargain had a popular 'Didn't like that movie' thread https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/564235, thought I would post the same idea, this time for snack foods. Were you ever looking forward to chowing down on a chocolate bar, or packet of lollies, only to be disappointed?

Some of my most notable letdowns were:

  • Infuzions (Potato Mix Thai Sweet Chilli) - so unsatisfying and bland
  • Cadbury Favourites - tiny and overpriced, even when half price!
  • Allen's Party Mix - used to love the variety, but now all the lollies seem to have the same texture and less flavour
  • Haagen-Dazs (supermarket tubs) - meh, although totally concede the ingredients are 100 times more natural than other ice creams

Also, what foods do you wish they'd bring back? I totes miss Lanes (Ritz) In-a-Biskit series. Apparently they did reintroduce these a while back, but they went straight to the clearance bins on Catch and the Reject Shop, so obviously not popular enough.

Food & Grocery

Comments

                  • Orico on 15/09/2020 - 21:24

                    @Dadidalol: Is it that really tiny shop with like 1 person at the front who serves you behind a glass counter? There's like room for 3 people in the shop.
                    It's been a while.

                    • lainey13 on 16/09/2020 - 10:38

                      @Orico: Doughnut Time died due to overexpansion

  • sahh on 11/09/2020 - 23:28
    -1

    Celery and peanut butter was definitely a meh

    • hymio on 13/09/2020 - 21:53

      Chuck some raisins on there for "ants on a log." Elevates the whole thing I reckon!

  • Frank Murphy on 11/09/2020 - 23:46

    Yep - Caramilk - meh.

    Hungry Jack's used to have these chicken nuggets that were crumbed and had a slight spicy kick to them.They were magnificent and certainly better than anything else out there. About 15 years ago they changed their supplier, and ever since, their nuggets are virtually identical to Maccas. Yuck.

    • Powershopz on 16/09/2020 - 10:27

      Those chicken nugget strips with the BBQ plum sauce were epic.

  • Justahappymortal on 12/09/2020 - 00:04
    +2

    I actually thought Infuzions was pretty good. It feels light and airy and I feel less guilty finishing a whole bag. In fact, I love the sour cream and chives version more and found the Thai chilli version to have a pretty strong flavour. Honestly I’m surprised that you found it bland xD

  • [Deactivated] on 12/09/2020 - 01:41
    +4

    New recipe pizza shapes.

    • ashanrath on 14/09/2020 - 13:19

      What an absolute mess that was. I'd love to see tha sales figures for the new crap versus the "Original".

      • BobLim on 16/09/2020 - 01:45

        Woolworths at least seems to only sell "Originals" plus 'lamb and rosemary' (new) and 'nacho cheese' (changed recipe)

        I'd say not at all well…

  • dylo on 12/09/2020 - 06:23

    Cadbury Caramilk

  • batfastard on 12/09/2020 - 07:25
    +12

    My first marriage.

  • Rogaor on 12/09/2020 - 08:02
    +2

    Cherry ripe

    • DazMon on 12/09/2020 - 11:05
      +4

      whaaaat?

    • Carmen Sandiego on 14/09/2020 - 19:34

      They're honestly the reasons child me thought I hated cherries

      • Dadidalol on 15/09/2020 - 20:27
        +1

        Agree. Taste like cough syrup, nothing like real cherries.

        • Carmen Sandiego on 15/09/2020 - 21:23

          That and the coconut.

          I will eat them in a box of Favourites if I don't have a choice but, that's a pretty hard no for me

  • timthetoolman on 12/09/2020 - 08:23
    +3

    Caramel violet crumble. Was super excited but it sucked

    • DazMon on 12/09/2020 - 11:06
      +1

      What about the recent dark one?

      • timthetoolman on 12/09/2020 - 11:25
        +1

        Yeah not too bad. Not far off the normal

  • axloz on 12/09/2020 - 08:35

    Does anyone remember a chocolate bar that came out around the time of the 1988 olympics called 'Gold'?
    It was just a chunk of milk chocolate and had small pieces of peanuts and super crumbly honeycomb mixed all through. Green wrapper, about the size of a mars bar.
    I want those back.

    Oh, and Polly waffles!

  • wittyusername on 12/09/2020 - 09:21
    +9

    Flamin' Hot Cheetos - I've seen them get so many accolades but they were very meh when I got some :(

    • oO0Dam0Oo on 14/09/2020 - 06:08

      Love spicy things but these were horrid!

    • bardlee on 15/09/2020 - 07:01

      The hot twisties were crap as well.

    • Jofzar on 15/09/2020 - 09:42
      +1

      Was these the puff ones or the imported US ones?

      The flamin' imported (and the xxtra spicy) are my all time favourite chip.

      Puff ones are disgusting.

  • Speckled Jim on 12/09/2020 - 09:35

    Weenie tots

  • captaincabinets on 12/09/2020 - 09:56
    +2

    Cronut. I was hyped about it after seeing it on TV

  • jimbobaus on 12/09/2020 - 10:18
    +5

    Caramilk was a massive let down
    Golden Gaytime Ice Cream (the tub one)
    Cherry Coke
    Dr Pepper
    "New" Mountain Dew
    Taco Bell
    Carls Jnr
    Cool Ranch Doritos

    • mapax on 12/09/2020 - 10:36

      Which version of cool ranch did you try?
      According to my wife the Aus ones have a citrus flavour that the North America ones don’t have.

      • jimbobaus on 12/09/2020 - 11:03

        Have had both, The NA ones were better but still terrible

        • Daabido on 13/09/2020 - 13:29

          I prefer the turbo ones.

    • Baa on 12/09/2020 - 14:10
      +9

      Dr Pepper is a slow burn, now it is the only one true drink

    • freefall101 on 13/09/2020 - 12:39

      I'm another for Carls Jnr/Taco Bell. Pretty much all fast food chains brought to Australia have sucked.

      Starbucks - in some cities in North America they hire real baristas who know how to make an espresso shot. It's better than the little cafes by far, but here it's just for sugary milk.
      A&W - I think there was only ever like one store and it sucked compared to what I had in Canada. Dunno how you can mess it up, they're such simple burgers
      Quizno's - granted, that was apparently a big con job to suck in investors, but again in Canada it shits all over Subway.

      I'm really scared for the Five Guys launch here. Five Guys is amazing, but I'm sure they won't have the peanuts, the dumping of 500 million chips into the bag, the beef will be portioned controlled, etc. It'll run for 2 years with the first 3 months making massive profits before it tanks.

  • mapax on 12/09/2020 - 10:40
    +1

    I don’t really get excited by snacks but I guess I was disappointed when I ate some microwave popcorn last week and it wasn’t salty or buttery enough.

    • baker bob on 13/09/2020 - 12:24
      +1

      Microwave popcorn leaves this horrible taste in my mouth for hours later, it FEELS like you have just eaten some horribly over processed crap which you certainly have but most other snack products are good at hiding immediate physcial effects of the food on you, quite the opposite, I never feel bad knocking off a pack of tim tams but this microwave popcorn feeling, its enough that I will never touch it even if starving.

      • mapax on 13/09/2020 - 12:44
        +1

        It’s the first time I’ve eaten it in a few years but I didn’t notice any after taste. I only ate a small amount though and was drinking hot coffee with it so maybe that prevented it? It was from Aldi

  • sharkyoz on 12/09/2020 - 11:18
    +3

    salt n vinegar chips. Used to be heaps of strong vinegar used, now its a whimper

    • Gnosh on 13/09/2020 - 10:49
      +1

      Came here to say this as well. Pro-tip, you can buy salt & vinegar or just vinegar powder online. Add it to the chips (or you know, everything).

    • nephilim on 13/09/2020 - 23:22

      Check the reject shop for the UK chips section

    • SnakeCasablanca on 14/09/2020 - 09:50
      +3

      Ruffles Salt and Vinegar were the best!

    • baskinghobo on 15/09/2020 - 10:09

      Try natural co salt and vinegar! I'm a big salt and vinegar fan and these still have lots of flavour in them.

    • Dean29 on 15/09/2020 - 16:35

      Samboy salt and vinegar with the extra flavour sachet

  • spackbace on 12/09/2020 - 11:33

    What I'd like brought back:

    Warp Icecream

    Just a simple icecream with chocolate flakes in it, but the simplicity makes it tasty (though, a Chocolate Billabong is always a fave)

    Vice Versas

    Like M&Ms but not

    Poly Waffle

    Let's see if it lives up to memory

    • Baa on 12/09/2020 - 14:10
      +1

      I loved Vice Versas.

      Feel so old!

      • imnotgoingtopayrrp on 13/09/2020 - 18:00

        I remember when the "Magnum" ice cream first came out and everyone lost their s$@t over them.

  • Loopholio on 12/09/2020 - 18:26

    Deep-fried Oreos in Vegas. It tasted like oil and made me feel sick. I have no idea how these are a thing.

    • chriise on 14/09/2020 - 17:27
      +2

      But on the other hand, deep fried mars bars are godly

  • emibel19 on 12/09/2020 - 19:42

    Haagen-Dazs - meh, although totally concede the ingredients are 100 times more natural than other ice creams

    In what way did H-D disappoint? I think the Mango and Raspbery is the creamiest supermarket ice cream I've aver tasted.

    • wizzlesticks on 13/09/2020 - 14:28

      The strawberry and cream variety didn't taste as good as I'd hoped. Strawberry ice cream is my absolute favourite, and I think I had strawberry HD in the US which I really liked, so was hoping to relive that experience.

  • pa33w0rd on 13/09/2020 - 06:28
    +2

    M&M ice-cream bar. I have got a sweet tooth and I like M&Ms in general, but these ice-cream bars, meh… too sugary even for my liking.
    M&M-Woolworths

    • JungliChilli on 13/09/2020 - 13:49
      +2

      Yup agreed. I also did not like the kitkat ice-cream and many many variations of the golden gaytime

  • grr1701 on 13/09/2020 - 10:01
    -2

    Durian. Spit, splutter, cough, gag!

  • Brick Tamland on 13/09/2020 - 10:15
    +2

    Cadbury Caramilk was more than meh it was actually quite unpleasant. I was ready to love as I really like those little yellow caramel buds.

  • s1Lence on 13/09/2020 - 10:58
    +1

    Dr Pepper

  • knk on 13/09/2020 - 10:58
    +1

    Not a snack or treat but Kraft (I think it was Kraft) used to makes this high protein cheese. It was like 10grams of protein and 1g fat with no sugar or something like that.

    You could literally just replace protein shakes with a ridiculously overfilled cheese toastie. Wasn't as nice as normal cheese by any means.

    Bring back my protein cheese Kraft, you assholes.

    • serpserpserp on 13/09/2020 - 19:24
      -2

      You also get a massive hit of saturated fat and salt. What a sweet deal.

      • knk on 14/09/2020 - 09:15

        you'd get 1 gram of fat per 10 grams of protein, that's perfectly fine.

        Sodium on the other hand I can't remember, but probably not great.

    • t2kb123 on 14/09/2020 - 15:45
      +1

      yes! that was so great especially when dieting. Was devastated when they got rid of it.

  • Ryk on 13/09/2020 - 11:02

    Shapes

    • imnotgoingtopayrrp on 13/09/2020 - 14:12

      Aldi's "Snakos" are of superior flavour.

      • wizzlesticks on 13/09/2020 - 14:24

        OK, I must try.

      • mudkipz on 14/09/2020 - 03:31

        I tried Aldi's version of Shapes a long time ago, and I recall it having a softer texture, that I didn't quite enjoy. Is it still the case or is it more akin to Shapes? I guess I'll give it a go some time.

        • imnotgoingtopayrrp on 14/09/2020 - 18:17

          Blind taste tests in our family proved my earlier comment.

  • ozbjunkie on 13/09/2020 - 11:51
    +3

    Can't believe anyone doesn't like Haagen-Dazs.

    I personally miss iced vovo biscuits.

    I am never disappointed with a food item, the disappointment solely rest on me for lacking impulse control and good decision making.

    I have definitely been eating too much crap food during covid. On a positive note, as a male, my breasts look amazing.

    • wizzlesticks on 13/09/2020 - 14:22
      +2

      I don't dislike Haagen Dazs. Just did not give me the wow factor you usually get with ice cream. But as someone mentioned, I think that could be the Aussie supermarket version. I got the strawberry and cream flavour not so long ago because I remember liking this when I had it in the US years ago, but was sadly disappointed.

      • ozbjunkie on 13/09/2020 - 14:42
        +1

        Yeah the ingredients list for the strawberry and cream flavour is literally strawberries, milk, and "cold". I definitely found that the most underwhelming flavour. Not at all bad, but too close to "cold creamy strawberries" to be "wow". Sounds dumb as I write that, but also best explains my experience.

        The caramel one is awesome, and the chocolate brownie, chocolate frappe. Basically everything aside from the strawberry one.

        Happy ice creaming.

        • Loopenip on 13/09/2020 - 19:22

          Some haagen-dazs I really like, some flavours I absolutely hate. I dunno why they're such an extreme spectrum for me

  • serbpie on 13/09/2020 - 12:34

    Hazelnut kitkat really sucked, and I'm a huge fan of KitKat. I had it on Friday with the munchies, it really had every opportunity to impress, but it failed.

    • imnotgoingtopayrrp on 13/09/2020 - 14:11
      +3

      Green tea KitKat is surprisingly nice.

    • snoopster on 13/09/2020 - 19:06
      +1

      I was disappointed with some of the 'Japan only' KitKats. I love the KitKat chunkies, they are on to a winner there

      • serbpie on 13/09/2020 - 20:08

        I had bubble tea kitkat in Vietnam, that was great! So let down, I really thought my taste buds would be blown away with the fusion of my favs, hazelnut and kitkat.

  • revheadgl on 13/09/2020 - 13:02
    +1

    Oreo's. Disgusting.

    • wizzlesticks on 13/09/2020 - 14:18
      +1

      They are one of my fav biscuits, mainly for the crunchy texture.

    • serbpie on 13/09/2020 - 20:09

      Not sure why down voted. I agree, so over rated and synthetic.

      • revheadgl on 13/09/2020 - 20:29

        Haha, I had Americans describe them as disgusting to me before I had
        tried them.

  • imnotgoingtopayrrp on 13/09/2020 - 14:08
    +11

    All of Hershey's chocolate, Baby Ruth bars, Milk Duds, almost all American chocolate products apart from Reeces peenut products.

    • wizzlesticks on 13/09/2020 - 14:19
      +4

      Agree, Hershey's is like biting into plastic. There is virtually no chocolate taste.

      • Carmen Sandiego on 14/09/2020 - 19:40

        I told my brother about this and he informed me that this is the difference between chocolate and compound chocolate.

        The latter is cheaper and what hot chocolate is made out of.

      • imnotgoingtopayrrp on 15/09/2020 - 14:55
        +1

        I remember while on holiday in Hawaii I was so excited to get to the supermarket to spend big on candy etc. Got back to the cheap motel (as I just spent my backpacker allowance on candy etc), and started to try the various products. Disappointment after disappointment.

        My opinion on good USA candy etc:

        Poptarts
        All Reeces peanut products
        Frosties
        Cornpops
        A&W root beer and cream soda

  • snoopster on 13/09/2020 - 19:04
    +2

    I wish they would bring back: Arnotts Scotch Finger with the chocolate layer on the bottom.

    Although it can easily be recreated by melting some dark chocolate and applying a layer to the stock Finger and allowing to cool

    • revheadgl on 13/09/2020 - 20:30
      +1

      I used to eat these, didn't know they were no longer available. They go down a treat with a cup of green tea.

    • bennos on 13/09/2020 - 22:06
      +1

      I'm sure these are still around 🤔 I buy chocolate teddy bear biscuits (a superior biscuit) and they are often next to them.

    • skid on 13/09/2020 - 22:30
      +1

      Currently on special at Coles 2 packs for $5.

      https://shop.coles.com.au/a/alexandria/product/arnotts-biscu…

      • revheadgl on 15/09/2020 - 20:39

        Cheers, just added to my shopping list.

    • snoopster on 15/09/2020 - 07:58

      Oh they still exist! I gotta get onto it..

  • serpserpserp on 13/09/2020 - 19:23
    +1

    Grill'd

    • SupeNintendoChalmers on 14/09/2020 - 10:27
      +1

      THIS. When they first came out I thought they were great, but then better burger joints started coming, with better burgers.

  • BuyoTheCat on 13/09/2020 - 19:45
    +2

    I used to love whittakers peanut slab. Recently had one and I found I didnt enjoy it at all. It has been a long time so I cannot say why I didnt like it as much as I thought I did

  • SadKen on 13/09/2020 - 20:03
    +7

    Golden gaytime ice cream in a tub.

    On a stick, brilliant. In a tub, just wasn't the same.

    Still ate the whole thing in one sitting though

    • serbpie on 13/09/2020 - 20:10

      You get a like for that commitment! Sounds like a evening influenced 🚬

  • rehevoli on 13/09/2020 - 20:13
    +2

    Twinkies, maybe I was exepecting more as it was overhyped, when I tried it, meh

    • imnotgoingtopayrrp on 13/09/2020 - 20:17

      That's because when we were all kids we have had the Hostess cream-filled cupcakes from Woolworths and they are so much better.

    • blighst on 13/09/2020 - 21:37

      Agree, super terrible

    • khangu on 16/09/2020 - 10:46
      +1

      I first came to know of Twinkies from Zombieland lol.

      Tried it last weekend as someone had bought a box of 10 for $25 (bloody ex), and it was just processed crap with so much sugar.

      The sponge has a texture of… not soft cake, but rough almost like a wash sponge. The cream had a taste and consistency of some artificial mush. Nothing tasted like it should.

      I mean the concept is the same as a swiss roll. It's fresh cream in a layer of cake. It taste nothing of the sort.

      Interestingly, it had no shelf date on the box? I can't even tell if it's still good to eat or not.

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