Snyder's Eat Smart Gluten Free Cheese Puffs

I don't know what happened here. It all went so wrong so fast. 

Upon opening the bag the smell of what can only be described as "feet and hot death" came stumbling from the bag. I understand that cheese isn't the greatest smelling product to begin with but there is no reason for white cheddar to smell so terrible. 

Against my better judgment, I ate one. 

You know how when a smell is really bad you can taste it?  You know how a smell is sometimes so awful that it permeates everything else around it with its funk? There was a mix of both of those things at play. 

I wasn't sure if I was tasting the rank smell or if the cheese puffs in fact tasted rank. Either way I threw the bag away. 

Verdict? sucky

Annie's Gluten Free Macaroni n Cheese

Kraft Macaroni and Cheese was such a great kid food. Believe it or not but I didn't really have it until I got into my teen years. My mom always made Mac n Cheese from scratch. As a teenager I discovered the artificial yumminess of that blue box. At sleep overs we would make several boxes and chow down while asking the Ouija Board questions or playing Truth or Dare. 

As a celiac adult I've experimented with creating gluten free mac and cheese from scratch and just haven't got it yet. I think I need a pasta that can withstand the heavy cheese sauce. Since I don't have a "go-to" mac and cheese recipe I picked this up one day when I was seriously craving it. 

I was really disappointed. The pasta was pretty good but the cheese sauce was just bad. It doesn't taste like cheese which is something you tend to be looking for when eating mac and cheese. This was just like mac and flavorless white sauce - not good. 

Verdict? Sucky

Coleman's Gluten Free Chicken Nuggets

As I said before, I love chicken fingers. I love chicken nuggets just as much. In fact if you bread and deep fry a shoe I'll eat it.

I figured since Ian's knocked it out of the park that Coleman's would be just as great. After all it touts right on the package "Kids Love 'Em!"

Who could argue with that? Kids know their fried chicken products and they don't have time to screw around. There are playdates and other important kid business.

Upon opening the package I was super disappointed. The chicken nuggets were about the size of a quarter. I'm a grown woman - I'll probably need to eat the entire box - great. Way to make me feel like a total fat ass Coleman Naturals.

I'm hoping the fact that I might have developed an eating disorder upon opening the box would be made up for by the delicious taste of chicken nuggets.

Nope.

Okay so the chicken nuggets are about the size of a quarter and the chicken contained inside of the nugget is about the size of a dime. Again who tells people that Celiacs are hot for GF breading? Who spreads such vicious lies? You don't even get that much breading on a wheat chicken nugget. Its always a thin, crispy breading encasing a delicious piece of a chicken. Was there a screw-up at the Coleman's factory? Did someone switch up the recipe?

Either way - these are not worth the price. They aren't terrible but they just are not worth the price especially when there are many far superior products in your friendly grocer's freezer section.

Verdict? Sucky

Kinnikinnick Maple Glazed Donuts

This all kinds of a fail.

First of all these weigh a bagillion pounds a piece - which is NEVER a good sign with GF baked goods.

Secondly, when microwaved the "maple glaze" does not heat it - it stays rock hard and the donut underneath gets brutalized.

Thirdly, the donut just flat out sucks. It's texture is bad. It wants really badly to taste like a cake donut and it fails at every measure.

Verdict? Sucky. Please, please do not waste your money here. I'm so mad that I did.

Namaste Foods Perfect Flour Blend

 

Let's just put this out there. This sack of flour cost me a whooping $10 at Whole Foods. For that price I was expecting a lot. My thought process was "Okay no bean flour - whoever the hell thinks celiacs LOVE bean flour is sadly mistaken. Guess what people hate? The taste of beans coming through a cupcake....hey look this has no bean flour and at this price there is no way this sucks."

I'd also like to say that this was also in a slight moment of desperation. I was baking a big fancy German Chocolate cake for my Mother's birthday and everyone would be eating this cake. So again, I had some high expectations. 

The cake did come out super moist which was awesome. The cake also rose beautifully - just like a wheat cake. The taste was okay. The flour left a bit of an aftertaste in the cake. I did use the flour again a few weeks later to make a pizza crust and again the taste of the flour was really strong, I think it was the arrowroot flour. 

Verdict? Not the worst GF flour I've ever used but I think it's actually one of the best - which really isn't saying that much. However I doubt I will spend the $10 on another sack of it.