3 Musketeers Truffle Crisp bars.

I have been seeing these for a bit in the stores but since the usual 3 Musketeers candy bar does nothing for me, I wasn't excited to try them. But once you start writing for a fat guy food blog, there is an automatic excuse to try any and all things new. So...I did.
And?
Well they aren't that good at all.
They give you two slim bars. Both of which feel so light that a stiff wind could carry them away.

What do they taste like?
Well they taste like someone cut slivers of that Astronaut Ice Cream that you can get in museum gift shops, the freeze dried stuff. Then they take those slivers and put a thin layer of the nougat from a regular 3 Musketeers bar on top, then cover it all in a very light chocolate. So it pretty much disintegrates in your mouth after the initial bites. Crunch, crunch, liquid.

I just didn't find anything satisfying about this. I'm glad I tried it because I strive to try all new and strange snacks, But don't expect to see me around town munching on one of these any time soon.
FGFB Rating: D

KC's Rib Shack: Ever had a burger with Peanut butter as a topping?

A week or so ago the FATGUYFOODBLOG crew hit up KC'S Rib Shack in Manchester, NH.

Why did we go there? Well we found ourselves watching a Phantom Gourmet marathon and during the segment on KC'S, they showed not only its various bbq delicacies but also a few of their more ridiculous menu items- like the burger that has peanut butter on it. Oh, and Maple Bacon ice cream.

Fast forward two hours and we're sitting at a table in the place waiting for our food.

I got the GRACELAND. This is a half pound burger with mayo, onions, bacon and peanut butter. But there was something missing. CHEESE. So I had them throw a slice of cheddar on it and here's what this monstrosity looked like...

It was delicious. Not in that "I'm eating something weird that shouldn't be good but isn't THAT bad so I will say it's really good" way either. It was legitimately good. The actual burger itself was delicious. You knew you were getting a serious burger and not some frozen patty that came off of a truck. It was some delicious lean ground beef, smothered in cheddar cheese and onions with crisp bacon that wasn't so thick that it was hard to eat and not so thin that you feel screwed over after eating it. Top it all off with peanut butter and mayo and somehow it all congealed together into a mouth watering beast of a burger. If I had one complaint it would be that I wish they had grilled the onions. They were slightly distracting from the burger as a whole.
Here's a shot of it all put together...

Then for desert we tried their Maple Bacon Walnut Ice Cream! I am always up for trying off the wall recipes with bacon in them. A couple years ago for Christmas I made Chocolate Chip Cookies with bacon in them and they were delicious. This was no different. They gave you two small scoops in a little tiny bowl...

This was pretty strange. Not bad though. It's not something you'd want to eat a ton of, and you wouldn't want to eat it everyday, but it was a very unique treat. Like most crazy bacon recipes it relied on the Sweet and Salty combination and it worked quite well. I was worried I'd have to deal with maybe some bacon fat blobs in it but that wasn't the case at all. It was sweet, creamy Maple Walnut ice cream with chunks of smoky bacon.  Here's a closer look...

Pretty delicious. I'd absolutely recommend trying it out if you get a chance!

You can find KC's on the net, where they have a website full of weird pictures and flashing stuff.
http://ribshack.net/index.html

MINI CANDY PARTY

This post will be the complete opposite of Rich's previous post. The beauty of fatguyfoodblog is that although we're pigs who jam candy into our faces like it's air to a dying man, we still have differing opinions. 

I have always been of the opinion that too much peanut butter in a chocolate/peanut butter mixture is bad- that the beauty of Reese's candy is the perfect marriage between the two flavors. Chocolate is the glue that sticks flavors together- the one constant in a chaotic world of sugar variety.  I feel like too much peanut butter sends this perfect harmony into chaotic discord, and you're left eating just a giant pile of peanut butter. I like a perfect ratio.  

That being said, I thought these were fantastic:

They literally are this small:

For someone who respects the perfect relationship between chocolate and peanut butter like me, these ruled. I think I still prefer the mini ones I get in candy canes for Christmas, but these are a fun snack. The bag will be gone INSTANTLY though. 

And sticking with the theme of mini candy, I re-visited this somewhat new product:

Not a big fan of these. 

The idea is neat, but they decided to add a weird cookie-esque crisp that vaguely resembles a fortune cookie. So, it goes: chocolate, fortune cookie, tiny amount of butterfinger, and peanut butter.

They're a decent snack, but for Butterfinger, which is one of my all time favorites, they don't live up to the name. The last creation Butterfinger had was Butterfinger BBs, which, for someone who likes mini versions of awesome, ruled.

Man, I now miss the hell out of these. 

So, yea. Butterfinger snackers- worth a taste for something different, but I won't be buying them again. They really seem like just a random peanut butter snack instead of being a variant of Butterfinger goodness. 

Reese's Minis: A

Butterfinger Snackerz: C- (bonus points for the use of the Z though)

-Dirty Mike

The Reeses...chocolate bar?

While walking through the candy aisle at Walmart, the actual candy section, not the display near the registers, I noticed this. A Reeses product I had never seen before. It has no exciting or catchy name...it's just...

A chocolate bar filled with Reeses signature Peanut Butter. So you're expecting a peanut butter cup, spread out into a chocolate bar format, right? I know I was, and that's pretty much all it is. Now, I'm sure by not you're noticing the negative tone of this post. Here's why...

Looks fancy enough, Reeses logo on each little square. Problem is, when you try to break a square away, it cracks in the wrong spot most times and gets a little messy. That's not really too big of a drawback. The actual problem with this candy bar lies within our next picture...

The reason I wasn't a huge fan of this, even though I love almost everything with a Reese's logo on it, is the peanut butter to chocolate ratio, for one. There's too much chocolate and not enough peanut butter. In an age where we are spoiled with the heavenly treat that is the BIG CUP, when faced with something like this, I scoff at it. The chocolate is nothing special at all, definitely not the same that they use in their cups. It was less flavorful and even a little bland. The peanut butter was a bit more dry than usual and despite what my picture shows here, there wasn't enough in it. There were some bites where I wasn't sure I could taste ANY. 

In closing, I would eat this candy bar over something like a plain Hershey Bar. But as far as Reeses Products go, it's at the bottom of the list. The Big Cup is king, and the rest fall in under him.

All hail king Big Cup. 

I give this a D on the candy bar scale. For Disappointing. 

SNICKERS: PEANUT BUTTER (squared)

Most people up until a few weeks ago used to look at me like I was crazy when I told them about Peanut Butter Snickers. They would act like it was some wild fantasy I had made up. Even when I described to them the red wrapper and how delicious it was. The details weren't enough. They wanted to see a pic of it online. Well...there's legitimately only ONE picture of it on the damn Internet. Here it is.

It's small and it's crappy but there you go. That's solid proof.

Well none of that means anything anymore because Snickers has brought back the Peanut butter version, but this time it's in little squares. So for all of you out there, I decided it needed to be reviewed on FGFB!

Not sure why they decided to go with the yellow packaging on this one. Maybe I'm just fond of the old red look. Probably just because I'm the only one who remembers it. Like one of those sci-fi movies where someones life gets erased and they are the only one who knows the truth. 

You get two of these little squares in every pack. Don't be fooled by the shape, thinking you're getting a full candy bar. They had to get fancy and whip this one up in little fancy squares. So how was it?

It's a squishy mix of Chocolate, caramel, nougat, and peanut butter. How could that be bad? It's a little different than the original from back in 1998. In that one it was basically chocolate, nougat and a thick layer of peanut butter with some nuts. This one seems to be a bit lighter , probably due to the nougat being a different recipe. That and the addition of the caramel. 

Did I like it? Yes I did. I've now probably eaten four or five of them. Did I love it? Ehhhhhh. I'm on the fence. It's missing something. I think the flavors somewhat blend together a bit too much. Perhaps MORE PEANUT BUTTER would tip the scales and make it a truly fantastic candy bar. But don't get me wrong, it's quite delicious and I recommend it. 

On the candy bar scale, I'd give it a B. 

(apparently we adopted an A-F scale?)

PIZZA SUPREME DORITOS

Upon finding Pizza Supreme Doritos at the store, I immediately knew I had to try them. The question was, would they taste anything like pizza? So many chips have failed at trying to capture the flavor of pizza, and those that have succeeded have usually made me realize that I don't like the flavor of pizza on chips- or at least whatever the chemicals making up the flavor believe the taste of pizza to be. 

The first bite of these tasted like pizza- kind of. There is definitely a strong flavor of parmesan and some extra spices like oregano or perhaps Basil. A few more chips in and I realized that the flavor of corn chips worked quite nicely with this flavor (where potato probably wouldn't). After thinking I was done, and then picking up the bag 4 more times, I realized that these chips were in fact, quite good. 

They don't really taste like pizza though. They do at first, but the more I ate, they just tasted like a combination of cheeses and a few extra "pizza-ey" spices. They remind me a lot of a recent favorite- Doritos' Stadium Nacho (R.I.P.- damn you, Doritos) in both flavor (just with those extra pizza-ey flavors), and inability to stop eating them. These are definitely worth buying. And buy quick- if the history of new Doritos chips is any indication, these will disappear within a few months (again, damn you, Doritos.) 

A solid B+.

Review by Mike.

5 GUYS BURGERS AND FRIES

This past weekend I had the pleasure of finally visiting the Five Guys Burgers and Fries location in Manchester, NH. I've been hearing about this chain for a while now and every time someone asks me if I've ever been to one and I say no, I get the same response. A wide eyed, unbelieving stare followed by some sort of yelling about how much I'd like it and I'm dumb for not trying one sooner. 

So we did.

The inside of the place was clean and minimal. Nothing fancy. Bags of potatoes ran along the main walkway, just to let you know that they do, indeed hand cut their fries right here.  The menu? TINY. You know why? Five Guys aren't messing around filling their menu up with BS. It's right to the point. Hamburgers. Cheeseburgers. Bacon Cheeseburgers. Fries. BOOM. That's pretty much it. Well there may have been some hot dogs on there too, but come on. Who the hell is going to order one of those? 

So I stepped up to the plate and found that with my Bacon Cheeseburger, I got to choose as many items from their condiment list as I wanted. I decided on BBQ sauce, Mayo and grilled onions. I figured those, coupled with the cheese and bacon should make for a solid Burg. Along with this I threw in a large order of fries, which from all the stories I had been told, is supposed to be legendary. 

This is what I was met with. Burger looks like a mess right? It was. But you know what else it was? DELICIOUS. There isn't enough room on the internet for me to say how much I liked it. If I wasn't so damned full by the time I finished it along with the 30 pounds of fries, I would have marched right up and got a second one. The bacon was crispy, the BBQ sauce sweet and tangy, lots of cheese and the actual patties were just wonderful and cooked to perfection. 

See that big ass cup full of fries? I ate the entire thing and then was able to fill the cup back up from all the fries in the bag that it all came in. They were crispy and fresh, and reminded me of the fries you get when you go to the fair. Hand cut and tasty. Not like fast food at all. 

So all in all, a great first experience here. I can't wait to go back. I just wish there was one closer to where I live!

Review by RICH