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

  • kusama on 11/09/2020 - 21:19
    +27

    HJ Big Jack

    • wizzlesticks on 11/09/2020 - 21:20
      +5

      Did the Big Mac ever impress though?

      • kusama on 11/09/2020 - 21:23
        +10

        It's my favorite Macca's burger

        • elgrande on 11/09/2020 - 22:32

          Was it the special sauce?

        • Orico on 11/09/2020 - 23:02

          yuck

          • enwar on 21/09/2020 - 23:09

            @Orico: So brave…

            • Orico on 21/09/2020 - 23:12

              @enwar: I tried it yesterday, mate. It was yuck!!!! Why is there so much bread and why is the beef black? Burnt maccas with that disgusting orange sauce that smells like a smelly fridge.

        • smartazz104 on 13/09/2020 - 13:39
          +4

          That bar is low though.

        • imnotgoingtopayrrp on 13/09/2020 - 17:50
          +1

          Yeah, it is the best if they get it right (cold cheese, hot beef, in one piece - not smashed into the box).

    • Clear on 11/09/2020 - 21:39
      +1

      Mega Jack is a lot better due to the size.

      • Mechz on 11/09/2020 - 22:16
        +5

        It's really not.

        • Clear on 11/09/2020 - 23:27
          +1

          It's terrible when they don't put enough sauce.

          • Inzo on 21/09/2020 - 22:41

            @Clear: 100% confirmed dry and not pleasant

            • Clear on 21/09/2020 - 22:43

              @Inzo: I find that to be the case with a lot of their menu. Like their chicken nuggets.

      • spiff on 16/09/2020 - 11:20
        +1

        Surprised that it was $12+ just for the burger alone. Tasted like a double whopper with half the vegetables.

    • Godric on 11/09/2020 - 23:10

      Agree

    • striker5950 on 13/09/2020 - 13:00

      this!

      • capslock janitor on 14/09/2020 - 11:16
        +1

        Am I only one not a fan of seeing these forum posts

        • SnakeCasablanca on 15/09/2020 - 14:38
          +1

          this! :)

          But yeah agree with you… Feel like one could just like the comment.

        • pufffdragon on 16/09/2020 - 12:53

          I prefer this kind of post over the usual "I got a parking ticket" and "help me decide which $80k car to buy" posts you see here all the time.

    • drprox on 13/09/2020 - 14:41

      sadly i agree :(

    • whatgift on 13/09/2020 - 16:24
      +2

      I disagree, I think it is better because the meat actually has some thickness and flavour to it, still love Big Macs though!

    • blighst on 13/09/2020 - 21:30
      +8

      Big Jack is a substantial improvement over a big Mac imo. Bigger, and the meat tastes better.

      Far less consistent though, especially on the sauce side of things…

      • Krankite on 14/09/2020 - 07:23
        +1

        I actually think tasting the burger pattie detracts from the big mac, to me it is all about the sauce and the unnatural lettuce/onion texture that maccas gets

      • t2kb123 on 14/09/2020 - 15:37
        +1

        I agree,

        i found the big jack to be an improved big mac. Bigger and i prefer the flame grilled meat. I found it delicious!

  • Hybroid on 11/09/2020 - 21:20
    +18

    Honestly? TimTams. Really don't see what's so special about them here. British chocolate is much better tasting than Australian versions in general (sorry!) e.g. KitKat, Mars, Dairy Milk etc.

    I've heard theories that they add extra components here to resist the heat which alters the flavour.

    • wizzlesticks on 11/09/2020 - 21:23
      +1

      I was of the same view, but then recently tried a Tim Tam (thanks To the Qantas PJ deal), and was pleasantly surprised how good they were. Probably because it had been so long since I tried one. Absolutely must be refrigerated though. Otherwise I'd totally pass.

    • tabz on 11/09/2020 - 21:33
      +46

      I dunno man. I fkn love Tim Tams.

      • Hybroid on 11/09/2020 - 21:59

        Try a Penguin if you can find one (basically what TimTams copied). Miles better though.

        • onetwothreefour on 12/09/2020 - 07:27
          +12

          Lol you are the first person I have ever heard say that penguins are better than Tim tams. Most English people come to aus and say "have you ever tried a Tim tam, they are like penguins but better!"

        • wittyusername on 12/09/2020 - 07:53
          +16

          I understand you're entitled to your opinion but Penguin biscuits are effing trash.

          • Trekky on 12/09/2020 - 08:58
            +3

            @wittyusername: I tried Penguins about a month ago and in my opinion, Tim Tams are way better. And I like my Tim Tams not in the fridge! (but my nephew will only eat them after they have been refrigerated)

        • pikapika on 14/09/2020 - 10:44
          +1

          Penguins are so so sweet! I grabbed a packet out of curiosity and couldn't even finish one. Turned over the packet to see High Fructose Corn Syrup on top of normal sugar. Blegh

        • pufffdragon on 16/09/2020 - 12:58

          Penguins. The most forgettable biscuit I have ever eaten.

    • Polt on 11/09/2020 - 22:25
      +8

      Dark chocolate Tim Tams, and they must be refrigerated. Those things are like crack

      • serpserpserp on 13/09/2020 - 19:20

        They were the things I was dying to try and hated :/

    • follow on 12/09/2020 - 07:03
      +13

      Mint slice is better tasting

      • wizzlesticks on 13/09/2020 - 14:34
        +6

        I also like the Coles mint slices. Pretty close to the original for a great price.

    • lunchbox99 on 12/09/2020 - 08:21
      +2

      I agree, but it’s not only Tim tams. I think Arnotts biscuits as a whole are trash. I never buy any of them.

      • netjock on 13/09/2020 - 20:01
        +2

        Arnotts are like Cadbury's once they get bought out by overseas companies they start messing with it to cut costs.

        • pikapika on 14/09/2020 - 10:45
          +1

          👆 This! Plus they're owned by a US company now.

    • frondono on 12/09/2020 - 08:53
      +11

      I agree with the timtams well regular ones anyway. But have you tried the double coat? they are seriously what tim tams are meant to be. amazing.

      • crashloaded on 12/09/2020 - 21:26
        +3

        Double coat, man, don't even buy a pack, they're like meth.

        • wizzlesticks on 13/09/2020 - 14:37
          +10

          Number of servings in pack: 1 (and preferably consumed in one sitting).

      • Pratty on 13/09/2020 - 22:52
        +1

        So agree. Double Coat are what standard Tim Tams should be.

    • Yarkin on 12/09/2020 - 15:51
      +5

      Unfortunately I can't agree on Kit Kats. When I lived in the UK I was so excited to find that I could buy a 4 pack of kit kat chunky for £1 on special. But then I realised the chocolate is just not the same. It might be the vegetable fats (palm et al.) added in the UK but not in Australia. Same story with Cadbury Dairy Milk (surprisingly!)

      • crashloaded on 12/09/2020 - 21:27
        +4

        I think UK chocolate tastes way better than ours.

        • gromit on 13/09/2020 - 08:03
          +7

          personally I hate the taste of UK chocolate, it is the vegetable fat they add to it. Having said that I don't like Australian much either, prefer belgium or swiss. But worst of all is american.

          • [Deactivated] on 14/09/2020 - 14:35

            @gromit: I don't want to bash Americans or anything but the foods they have to offer are full of preservatives, chemicals and unhealthy stuff. I wanted those things many decades ago when they were a novelty but as soon as I tried them and read the ingredients I was MEH big time!

            • gromit on 14/09/2020 - 14:44

              @[Deactivated]: true, but I think it is the excessive sugar content that is the real killer to the taste there.

      • SadKen on 13/09/2020 - 19:59
        +1

        Couldn't agree more. Was so happy to see in London that kit kats were cheap and everywhere. So disappointed that the chocolate was different, just didn't taste as good

        While Australian kit kats are the food equivalent to crack. Just can't get enough

        • chriskq on 15/09/2020 - 09:44
          +1

          Kit gold caramel gold…… drools…. also what happened to the chunky kit kat bar with the goey caramel.. not that tri flavour crap

    • Loopholio on 12/09/2020 - 18:28

      This. Last time I had one (over a year ago) all I could taste is sweet muck.

    • luffyex2010 on 13/09/2020 - 10:51

      British kitkats +ve

    • imnotgoingtopayrrp on 13/09/2020 - 17:52
      +2

      Not sure if anyone has mentioned this but TimTams are best when used as a straw for Coffee or Hot Chocolate.

    • JackFrost on 13/09/2020 - 20:58

      Just got back from the UK. Kit Kat’s are awful there. At least the Australian KitKat Chunk’ys use real chocolate…

  • tabz on 11/09/2020 - 21:40
    +11

    Also, what foods do you wish they'd bring back?

    Kellogg's Corn Pops. Used to eat this straight from the box.

    • ChocStrawberries on 13/09/2020 - 14:50

      This! High school camp back in the 90s - teachers told us not to bring junk food" so my mum snuck a box of these into my bag. "But Miss, it's cereal!" That box didn't last long once everyone realised I had them.

      Could still get them in the States until recently.

    • imnotgoingtopayrrp on 13/09/2020 - 15:18

      I got a box of these for Christmas when I was a kid and it was the best present from them all.

  • omguleh on 11/09/2020 - 21:47
    +6

    Haagen-Dazs overseas are awesome. The ones with table side service. The supermarket stuff here is rubbish.

    • diddy50 on 16/09/2020 - 15:21
      +1

      Isn't it imported? Might be from the same factory.

      Perhaps you're judging it based on the experience of dining in rather than out of a tub?

      • omguleh on 16/09/2020 - 16:18

        Might be from the same factory but taste different. I reckon the supermarkets are getting a lower quality version.

  • skid on 11/09/2020 - 21:57
    +26

    Caramilk. Out of stock for months and then meh.

    • [Deactivated] on 12/09/2020 - 01:40
      +2

      Caramilk philadelphia cream cheese is like a bizarre industrial by-product.

    • Seraphin7 on 13/09/2020 - 19:57

      Agree. Nothing special at all.

    • chriskq on 15/09/2020 - 09:46

      make Caramilk cheesecake slice… easy to make and hard to stop eating

  • kthomas on 11/09/2020 - 21:58
    +8

    Not quite what you’re after but the new Twix recipe is awful. Used to be my favourite chocolate bar, had one a few months ago and it was a legitimately awful, the texture was what I imagine eating glass shards would be like.
    I googled Twix and sure enough the recipe had changed a few years ago.

    • Daabido on 13/09/2020 - 13:27
      +1

      Snickers used to be good, until they started making them in China. I used to love Coles scorched almonds until they changed the recipe.

      Supermarkets driving down prices on the manufacturers is taking the taste out of food.

      • wizzlesticks on 13/09/2020 - 14:40
        +1

        Holy crap I did not know they were making choc bars in China now. I wouldn't eat them if so. Now I'm too scared to look.

        • netjock on 13/09/2020 - 20:03

          Some M&Ms are made in China too.

    • Last Seen on 24/09/2020 - 14:20

      Last one I bought was made in Egypt. So very ordinary.

  • Lexan on 11/09/2020 - 21:59
    -3

    Sheeps always go meh

    • jackinyourbox on 11/09/2020 - 22:21

      meeeeeeeeeeH

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

        Feel slighted

  • [Deactivated] on 11/09/2020 - 22:03
    +3

    Meat pie and spaghetti bolognese potato chips

    • DazMon on 12/09/2020 - 10:52

      yeah, just did not deliver!

  • ShannonN on 11/09/2020 - 22:20
    +4

    ginger nut biscuits in general, nothing like the old arnotts back in the day, closest i have got is a nz brand called red seal, hard to find though

    • wizzlesticks on 11/09/2020 - 23:14
      +7

      Yep, everything Arnott's is not what it used to be. How I used to love Monte Carlos when they actually tasted like Jam and Cream, instead of sugar paste.

      • baskinghobo on 15/09/2020 - 10:01
        +1

        I don't understand why chocolate companies can't release premium versions with good quality ingredients. They can release 20 different flavours but they can't release any with decent ingredients.

    • lechuck123 on 13/09/2020 - 17:39
      +7

      https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-20/arnotts-ginger-nut-bi…

      Have you changed states? There's 4 different types of ginger nuts across Australia.

      I grew up in and still live in Sydney. I don't think they've changed for me.

    • imnotgoingtopayrrp on 13/09/2020 - 17:54

      I swear i remember the marshmallow on iced vovo's being more off the biscuit than they are now.

  • jackinyourbox on 11/09/2020 - 22:21
    +17

    Ages ago but krispy kremes wehn they were first introduced in Australia

    • imnotgoingtopayrrp on 13/09/2020 - 17:56
      +3

      I found these to quite interesting how they would be quite different if you ate them hot from the store as compared to cold at home. They really changed.

  • Polt on 11/09/2020 - 22:27
    +1

    Coles chicken nugget flavoured chips. Not bad, but did not taste like nugs

    • Jimothy Wongingtons on 14/09/2020 - 21:09

      i thought it was okay - but defo not nug flavoured. I got a pack of the apple pie flavour one too but im betting it's going to be like my experience with the smith lamington flavoured one (terrible).

    • ldt on 15/09/2020 - 19:20

      Yes! I thought they were pretty tasteless!

  • Prince K on 11/09/2020 - 22:31
    +1

    Taco bells

  • elgrande on 11/09/2020 - 22:33
    +23

    schmackos

    • wizzlesticks on 11/09/2020 - 23:15
      +5

      Good for the teeth but.

  • Orico on 11/09/2020 - 23:02
    +3

    Krispey Kreme Donuts

    • serpserpserp on 13/09/2020 - 19:21
      +1

      Have you tried Krispy Kreme Donuts though?

      • Orico on 13/09/2020 - 19:22

        yeah like 15 years ago. They're shit.

        • Krankite on 14/09/2020 - 07:25

          I liked them 15 years ago when they were made on premise but since they did the big 7-eleven role out they are shit. The key to a good donut is freshness.

          • Orico on 14/09/2020 - 10:15

            @Krankite: Actually, I tried them a few weeks ago at a family member's place. They were so bland and spongy.

            Collins St in Melbourne has that famous donut shop. Best!!! :D

            • Dadidalol on 15/09/2020 - 20:25

              @Orico: Daniels donuts. Best in Melbourne.

              • Orico on 15/09/2020 - 20:56

                @Dadidalol: damn that's far. lol
                Any in the city?

                I'm from NSW anyway

                • Dadidalol on 15/09/2020 - 21:04

                  @Orico: Daniels donuts is on Collins St.
                  Their original store was in Springvale and before COVID days there was always a massive queue.

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