So apparently the Hostess Chocodile was not just back for the “Summer of Fun”, because as I was searching for this year’s Christmas Crunch cereal (no luck so far), I stumbled across these:
Limited Edition Cherry Flavored Hostess Chocodile Twinkies!
Author: Jon
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Hostess Chocodile Twinkies
After I read about the return of Chocodiles on Dinosaur Dracula, I became determined to find them. Now I live in Canada, and they most definitely do not sell Chocodiles in Canada, so every time I went on a quest for the Chocodiles I had to drive an hour to Bellingham, WA.
I made 3 trips and checked many, many grocery stores trying to find the elusive Chocodile. I’m not kidding in saying I checked 9 different stores in one trip without success.
Finally, Friday August 22nd (my first search with my awesome new wife for a good luck charm) I found the so elusive Chocodile:
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Christmas 2013…
It has been a while since my last post, but I can’t let a holiday season go by without writing about some random crap.
How about Snickerdoodle milk?
Yes, it is a real thing. Sold at Target.
I didn’t remember to grab a picture of what it actually looked like, but the packaging is a good representation. It is basically a little lighter colored than chocolate milk. I was somewhat apprehensive about the taste, but was pleasantly surprised. Basically cinnamony sweet tasting milk, like eggnog with a whole lot more cinnamon.
The sweetness was too much for me though, I only drank half a glass.
More important than Snickerdoodle milk, this year I managed to again find Christmas Crunch cereal!
Christmas Crunch 2013 (Front)
Christmas Crunch 2013 (Back)It had been a while since I’ve had Christmas Crunch. I was unsuccessful in my crunch quest in 2012 and 2011. My last successes were in 2010 and 2009.
Actually I found this year’s Christmas Crunch back in November just before US Thanksgiving. That seems to be the sweet time to find it, last year I checked at least a dozen grocery stores along the I-5 corridor during the first week of December, but I think that it was too late.
Christmas Crunch is essentially just a holiday-ified version of Captain Crunch Crunchberries edition, but that holiday-ification makes all the difference to me. There’s something about Christmas versions of food products that just call out to me.
If you look closely in the Christmas Crunch photos you can make out the caboose of my new train. I’ve always wanted a model train to run around my tree and this year is the year I actually got one. Of course it took over a month, two locomotives, trips to the local train store, and a lot of patience, but eventually had a running train going around my tree.
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The Revenge of the Hostess Donettes!
In case you haven’t heard, Hostess Snack cakes are back! At least sort of…
So far I have seen Twinkies, Cupcakes (the chocolate variety), Mini-Muffins (chocolate chip and blueberry), and Donettes (powdered sugar and chocolate). No Zingers, Ding-Dongs, Ho-Hos, or Coffee Cakes. And most disappointingly, no Apple Cinnamon or Crunch varieties of Donettes. The official Hostess products page lists a number of other items I have yet to see as well.
All I really want to see are the individual packs of Crunch Donettes. After the initial demise of Hostess I tried a number of imitations of Crunch Donettes, such as Little Debbie and Mrs Freshleys, but they did not taste anything like Hostess.
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Best Book I’ve read about Walt Disney World…
I’ve read a few books related to Disneyland and Walt Disney World, and this one is my favorite.
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Halloween Food!
Since the last time I posted here it was Halloween related, it seems appropriate that I pick up again at the same time of year.
This time I have amassed a small collection of Halloween themed food products to share. Well, lets begin… (more…)
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Halloween Crunch: Cap’n Crunch’s Spooky Seasonal Cereal
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Update, November 2026: Halloween Crunch is still made. It was back on shelves as a limited edition in fall 2025, with ghost and ghoul shapes mixed in with the regular pieces, a vampire Cap’n on the box and milk that turns green. Look for Halloween Crunch on Amazon, and see our hunt for its holiday sibling, Christmas Crunch.
Halloween Crunch is a holiday themed cereal that I have unfortunately not had the chance to eat. I only heard about it a couple of weeks ago from X-Entertainment blog. Apparently it has been around since at least 2009! I don’t know how I missed it!I can’t tell you what it tastes like because I’ve been unable to procure a box. If I wanted 14 boxes of it I would be all set, because that’s how Amazon sells it. But considering when I manage to get a hold of Christmas Crunch I don’t even finish one box, 14 seems like it might be a bit wasteful. I’ll try to take one more look for Halloween Crunch when I go grocery shopping this weekend, but I’m not hopeful. I’d rather have Christmas Crunch anyway…
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Hostess Strawberry Cupcakes & 10 days to Walt Disney World! Which is more exciting?
The other day while shopping in Wal-Mart I was excited to find these:
Hostess Strawberry Cup Cakes Now that I look at the photo I’m doubting my ability to spell cupcakes. I’ve always thought it was “cupcakes”, but that box clearly shows “cup cakes”. No matter how you spell it the taste of these sucks. Hostess products never taste that great to begin with, I think it’s more the nostalgia factor that causes me to purchase them more than anything else. I had high hopes that strawberry cupcakes would taste ok, but they don’t. They smell very strongly of fake strawberry, almost like some horrible perfume. And I failed to taste even the smallest similarity to the strawberry flavor that Hostess used and a real strawberry.
Much more exciting is the fact that in 10 days I will be in Walt Disney World in Florida! I went there last year shortly after I had lung surgery and had a lot of fun. This time I will stay for longer and I won’t be still recovering and I will have even more fun. I’m even heading to Universal for one day to check out the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Here are some photos from last year’s trip:
I’ll share some pictures from this years trip when I get back!
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Pepsi Throwback vs Mexican Pepsi: Which Real Sugar Pepsi Tastes Better?
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Update, November 2026: Pepsi Throwback became a permanent product in the US in 2011, was renamed Pepsi-Cola Made with Real Sugar in 2014, and since 2024 has been sold as Pepsi-Cola Soda Shop Made with Real Sugar. Cane sugar Pepsi in glass bottles from Mexico still turns up at Mexican grocers and some warehouse stores. You can also find real sugar Pepsi on Amazon.
I prefer my soda drinks made with real sugar. I may have mentioned this before, but there is a noticeably taste differences between beverages made with real sugar and those made with high-fructose corn syrup. Unfortunately since corn syrup is much cheaper than sugar, real sugar soft drinks are usually few and far between. I’ve written about real sugar soft drinks before, including a comparison of two different versions of real sugar Dr Pepper. Today it’s time to talk about Pepsi.
When it comes to the Cola wars I am generally allied with Coca-Cola. If given the option between the normal versions of Coke or Pepsi I will choose Coke every time. My allegiance to Coca-Cola only wanes when presented with the option of real sugar Pepsi. Throwback Pepsi has been available sporadically since at least the summer of 2008. I always by a case or two when given a chance. Mexican Pepsi is something I’ve only found recently at one grocery store in Bellingham, WA that stocks a large amount of Mexican foodstuffs. I’ve been buying cases of Mexican Coca-Cola from Costco in Bellingham for years now, but I had never seen Mexican Pepsi until just last month.
Pepsi Showdown! For pure appearance it’s obvious that Mexican Pepsi is the winner, glass bottles are superior to aluminum cans. Although for nostalgia the can does remind me a lot of the Pepsi cans I would see as a child. In terms of taste I’m still undecided, I’ve had a lot of cans of Pepsi Throwback but only have drank two bottles of Mexican Pepsi. They both taste much better than normal Pepsi, but I’m having a hard time declaring one the winner.
Actually, scratch that, I already knew the winner before I even started:
The Winner: Mexican Coca-Cola! I choose Mexican Coca-Cola as the winner of the Pepsi battle. I can do that because I made up the rules of my taste test. It has the classic Coke bottle look, and the best taste of any of the real sugar soft drinks I’ve had. Check Costco near you, or go to Mexico, to find some and taste for yourself.
