Mezcla Plant Based Protein Bars

I have tried a *lot* of bars in my time.  No, no, I'm not talking about the places where crowds of humans used to gather, drink, and be merry, I'm talking about bars the food products.  Generally trying to be quasi-healthy, often boasting high protein, usually non-GMO, gluten-free, etc, etc.  They started life as simple granola bars (like Quaker), and have evolved from there (like Nature Valley or Kind bars).  Available in every country...

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Gelato Fiasco

First, let's just get this out there.  If you think grocery store packaged gelato is not "real gelato", then guess what?  Yeah, I basically agree.  I've had some *incredible* gelato in my days, but it has always been from a shop, prepared only a few hours at most before.  The grocery store stuff generally is no different than any other packaged ice cream.  The serving temperature obviously has to be the same as standard freezer temp, like...

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Little Secrets

"WE FIXED CHOCOLATE TO BRING BACK THE MAGIC."Well, that is quite a claim.  And yet it is the tag line for Little Secrets, a chocolate snack food manufacturer. Little Secrets makes 3 product lines: crispy wafers, chocolate pieces, and cookie bars.  The chocolate pieces are crispy chocolate coated like M&Ms, with fun fillings - peanut butter, mint chocolate chip, toasted coconut, sea salted almonds, and sea salted peanuts.  The cookie bars sure look...

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