A blog series, in which OC staff procures the wackiest, most buzzed about junk-slash-fad food on the global market, then conducts highly professional taste tests.
NOT RECOMMENDED
Alive & Radiant Chockalet Chip Kale Krunch
Price: $5.69 at Amazon
Quantity: 2.2 ounces
Origin: Oakland, California
Color: Brown, like rock covered in moss
Smell: Earthy
Jack Johnson was wrong—things are not always better together. Take these raw, vegan, dehydrated, yeast-free, gluten-free, antioxidant-rich Chockalet Chips. The label reads, "Chocolate and Kale? Yes! Try it." (The "chocolate" bit is actually a thickening of cacao powder, pumpkin seeds, and coconut palm sugar.) But, "Chocolate and kale?! Augh," said one reviewer, gingerly turning the meteorite-like clump in his fingers. "Pretty grody," he declared. Said another, "It looks like...you know."
Pooh-poohed by exactly everyone on staff, this was "chocolate gone bad," with reviewers citing notes of "dirty dust" with a "bitter, skunky aftertaste." "I want to like it, but look at my face right now." (The face was scrunched.) The best tasting notes came from the health nuts in the OC fam, commenting chipperly, it's near reminiscent of "Cocoa Krispies, if you take a big enough bite" or the "Mighty Mouse calcium vitamins I ate as a kid."
We're calling it: "The bacon-chocolate craze, these chips are not."
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Photo by Jessica Chou
NOT RECOMMENDED
Alive & Radiant Chockalet Chip Kale Krunch
Price: $5.69 at Amazon
Quantity: 2.2 ounces
Origin: Oakland, California
Color: Brown, like rock covered in moss
Smell: Earthy
Jack Johnson was wrong—things are not always better together. Take these raw, vegan, dehydrated, yeast-free, gluten-free, antioxidant-rich Chockalet Chips. The label reads, "Chocolate and Kale? Yes! Try it." (The "chocolate" bit is actually a thickening of cacao powder, pumpkin seeds, and coconut palm sugar.) But, "Chocolate and kale?! Augh," said one reviewer, gingerly turning the meteorite-like clump in his fingers. "Pretty grody," he declared. Said another, "It looks like...you know."
Pooh-poohed by exactly everyone on staff, this was "chocolate gone bad," with reviewers citing notes of "dirty dust" with a "bitter, skunky aftertaste." "I want to like it, but look at my face right now." (The face was scrunched.) The best tasting notes came from the health nuts in the OC fam, commenting chipperly, it's near reminiscent of "Cocoa Krispies, if you take a big enough bite" or the "Mighty Mouse calcium vitamins I ate as a kid."
We're calling it: "The bacon-chocolate craze, these chips are not."
Photo by Jessica Chou