Two weekends ago, I went to Springfield to visit my aunt. I wrote a whole blog post about it over on my other blog. (You could read it if you'd like.) As suggested by the title, this particular blog post is not about my trip but rather a review of the road trip snacks I had during my drive down.
It's about a three hour drive and I left before lunch, so I kind of stocked up on snacks. Plus, I didn't have any audio books loaded on my iPod so I was in one of those need-to-snack-on-things-in-order-to-occupy-myself-and-not-get-highway-hypnotized positions. Anyway, this is what I took:
- GoPicnic Ready-to-Eat Meal: Peanut Butter & Crackers
- Ferrero Rocher 3 Pack
- CLIF Bar: White Chocolate Macadamia Nut
- Sparkling Ice: Peach Nectarine
The Ferrero Rocher, White Chocolate Macadamia Nut CLIF Bar, and Peach Nectarine Sparkling Ice are all old favorites. You can get each, individually, for less than $2.00. I would highly recommend all of them, but this review isn't really going to be about any of them. Though, I will take a moment to note: I used to drink 1-2 Sparkling Ices a day. They're delicious and relatively healthy. But, I did get a curious rash/allergic reaction/breakout deal on my face. I don't know "for fact" that the Sparkling Ice caused it, but I think it is a possibility. I mean, I had a bit of a similar rash/allergic reaction/breakout recently, too, which could be because of that Sparkling Ice I drank.
If that is the case, I'm really disappointed, because those Sparkling Ices are delicious.
Okay, but my review is going to be more focused on the GoPicnic. Every now and again, I have considered getting a GoPicnic for various reasons (bring to work or school for lunch, take as a snack on the road, take with me for a busy day of running about and questing) but I had never purchased one before. Before I really get into my review, let me just say: I really wish I had picked up two of everything before I went down. I ended up drinking orange soda and eating ritz crackers and sour patch kids on the ride back. Which, don't get me wrong, I like all of those things individually but when you eat them all together you are bound to acquire a stomach ache, headache, and general grossness.
Now! GoPicnic Review, just for you.
Now! GoPicnic Review, just for you.
Okay, so basic information:
This thing was comprised of peanut butter, honey wheat crackers, cheddar crackers, gummy candies, and applesauce. The whole thing is 390 calories with 9g of protein, and 5g of fiber. Which is not too bad for a meal.
So, one down fall was that I was driving. As such, I couldn't spread the peanut butter on the crackers, and ended up eating each separately. I wouldn't recommend it because the crackers peanut butter-less were pretty bland. The peanut butter... taste healthy. Which is to say, "they didn't taste as good as peanut butter that is chocked full of sugar and super processed."
The cheddar crackers were good. They were shaped like the card suits, which I appreciated. They tasted like any other cheddar crackers--like, less salty cheeze-its. The gummy jets were good, too, they tasted like any other gummy candies.
I hate applesauce. It's awful. But I ate the applesauce in order to write a complete review. So, yeah, I suffered through it for you. Anyway, as far as applesauce goes, this was really sucky applesauce. (But, you know, I'm biased by my intense hatred of applesauce.) Anyway, it was basically just mushed up apples, but somehow less sweet than apples usually are.
So, I would recommend them as an occasional thing. You know, if you need one for an afternoon or a road trip or if you want to stock up in case you're running late and don't have time to prepare a meal. However, they use a lot of packaging and if you were to eat them regularly, the expense would really accumulate. So, if you're looking for a similar thing to eat on a daily/semi-daily basis, I would not go the GoPicnic route. Instead, I'd get a lunch box (like, perhaps one of the Laptop Lunch Bento Boxes) that lets you section off serving sizes of foods and pack your own meals/snacks.
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