Showing posts with label Thingamajig. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thingamajig. Show all posts

Monday, April 13, 2009

Hershey's Thingamajig: I Waited 40 Days and 40 Nights for This?


As you may remember, I've had this Hershey's Thingamajig sitting on my desk for several weeks now, waiting for the candy bar fast to be over. I'll admit: I had high hopes for it, as I loved the original Whatchamacallit.
This version was described as having "cocoa crisps and peanut butter." When I opened it, the first whiff immediately reminded me of something, but I couldn't place it. (I've been having that experience a lot lately. Kinda scary, this getting old thing.)
My first bite was disappointing. The crunchies seemed ever-so-slightly stale, although now that I think about it, Cocoa Pebbles always tasted stale, too. But it was the peanut butter that was baffling. What did it taste like? And then it hit me: this candy bar tasted like a Girl Scout Tagalong cookie (or at least the way I remember them tasting.) The chocolate, the peanut butter-- all had a kind of fakeness to them. So overall, I was unimpressed. They're not the worst candy bars in the world, but hardly the kind of thing I should've broken the fast over. What do you think?

Monday, March 30, 2009

Hershey's Thingamajig!

Here it is folks-- the Hershey's Thingamajig. Let me tell you, I scouted all over the place for this baby. I wanted to get it while No-Nuts was here because I was under the mistaken impression that there wasn't any peanut butter in it, so I figured she could be my guinea pig because of the self-imposed candy fast. Wrong.
As the wrapper says, it's "Chocolate, Cocoa Crispies and Peanut Butter."
So much for my brilliant ideas. I haven't been this excited about a candy bar in a long time, because I used to LOVE Whatchamacallits before they went and messed them up with caramel. So now I have this baby sitting on my desk, haunting me. Easter can't get here fast enough. But you tell me: have you tried one? Whaddya think?
UPDATE: Several of you have asked where I found it. I looked at lots of places and finally found it at one Walgreen's (after visiting other ones). It was at the checkout counter.