Would be awesome if that squirrel picture was not photoshopped, but was instead a genuine local squirrel eating a real KIND bar at the Mediocre office.
@xobzoo I too prefer the marketing bullshit aimed at me to be organically and authentically staged at great trouble and expense rather than cheaply 'shopped at the last minute by a squirrel intern.
@xobzoo While I’m certain you were kidding, I would like to point out that chocolate is most certainly not good for squirrels. Looks like the same things you can’t give dogs you can’t give to squirrels via a quick google.
@Doooood@xobzoo very intriguing lens through which to contemplate: are dogs and squirrels affected similarly? I’ve never considered that before. Learned something new today!
Ironically, dogs eat squirrels. So there’s that.
@Doooood@JWhirly@xobzoo yes, rodents and canines have the same inability to metabolize caffeine and theobromine, having to excrete it instead - which is much slower.
@kuoh@mediocrebot Drat. I’m probably going to be too old to enjoy chocolate much by 2052.
Will there be any smaller chocolate insurgencies or scuffles before then?
@kuoh@mcanavino If you believe the cocoa alarmists, there’s a blight threatening to wipe out the commercial plantations everywhere, and nobody’s sure what to do about it.
@kuoh@mediocrebot@Telanis@Trinityscrew Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I think the war was started by Candy Corn proxies to distract from their own internal political turmoil.
To this day you will still hear them muttering
“There can be no peace of chocolate”
Certified owner checking in. These are tasty. Not spectacular, but nothing wrong with them. It’s worth noting that the second photo is not a joke. This is just a big box with 99 granola bars in it, not a case of smaller packs like other products.
I’m in the “would buy again if I didn’t have several months’ supply already” camp.
My favorite fact about Kind is you say they’re a great brand but not a ton of people know they’re owned by Mars Candy to round out their portfolio and try to cater to a more health conscious market who wouldn’t buy candy bars but would by a Kind bar.
Well, they’re probably mildly tasty, but FOUR types of sugar, and 10% of RD sugar intake in 8/10 of an ounce of “food?” You’d have to eat 4 of them to have a 3 ounce snack, so that’s 40… oh, never mind. I’d get these as Halloween treats though, so ask again later.
I get the feeling that these are surplus airline snacks, but it’s not as obvious then they don’t have an airline’s logo on the little packs. (The last couple of flights I’ve taken had snacks with no carrier logo. Neither was recent, do they still hand out snacks or do they charge for them now?)
@werehatrack depends… our latest legacy airline flight [Delta] they still doled out free snacks. If I remember correctly, those were still heavily logoed. Our most recent low-cost carrier [Southwest] also had free snacks. Allegiant did not.
A side gripe: too often the free snacks that low-cost carriers distribute are not GF; they charge extra for anything GF or moderately healthy, like a bag of nuts.
@JWhirly I have been bringing my own snacks when I fly for a very long time, and often sandwiches, too. The only flight I’ve taken in the past two decades that had good grub was on Air New Zealand, and it was a 13-hour run.
@werehatrack agreed! We also take an adequate stash of “healthy” snacks and protein bars along when we travel. Never know what the journey throws at you and don’t want to be stuck with the standard airport/C-store fare.
@werehatrack i did a search on kind and the item number on my box from the last sale, and the third result was about the FAA ordering inspections of door plugs on airplanes.
so these might be flight-certified structural snack bars.
/showme wright brothers airplane made out of granola bars, sepia photograph
The ones in my box definitely taste meh… One of the downsides of all these fake health foods is the lack of preservatives. Anyone know how long the best-by on a brand new box of these things is??
@caffeineguy The last ones I bought had 11 months to go when purchased, so I’m guessing that it was a year for that flavor (Dark Chocolate Cherry Cashew). They may adjust the date according to the ingredients; I haven’t bought many of them.
Specs
Product: 99-Pack: KIND Kids Chewy Chocolate Chip Bars
Model: 602652417696
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$66.83 (for 99) at Kind
$56.31 (for 99) at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Jan 29 - Tuesday, Jan 30
What KIND of margaritas will these make?
@yakkoTDI Chunky and a bit chewy. And the chocolate clashes a bit with the tequila. Do not recommend this recipe.
Would be awesome if that squirrel picture was not photoshopped, but was instead a genuine local squirrel eating a real KIND bar at the Mediocre office.
VAN GOGH! MANGO! TANGO! AWESOME!
@xobzoo I too prefer the marketing bullshit aimed at me to be organically and authentically staged at great trouble and expense rather than cheaply 'shopped at the last minute by a squirrel intern.
@bmtka @xobzoo Do you have any idea what it costs to hire a licensed squirrel wrangler? And the insurance, monitoring by PETA, …
@xobzoo While I’m certain you were kidding, I would like to point out that chocolate is most certainly not good for squirrels. Looks like the same things you can’t give dogs you can’t give to squirrels via a quick google.
@Doooood @xobzoo very intriguing lens through which to contemplate: are dogs and squirrels affected similarly? I’ve never considered that before. Learned something new today!
Ironically, dogs eat squirrels. So there’s that.
@Doooood @JWhirly @xobzoo yes, rodents and canines have the same inability to metabolize caffeine and theobromine, having to excrete it instead - which is much slower.
So many wrappers for such a relatively modest portion of granola bar. Any snack that weighs in at less than an ounce isn’t too compelling.
@melonscoop Would you kindly destroy our planet?
bought these last time, perfectly fine bars for 25¢/bar. would buy again if i didn’t still have like 75
Again? i would’ve thought they’d’ve run out of kids by now.
@phendrick people keep squirting them out
/showme chewy
@mediocrebot is that a tank?
@awk Is that a tank?
The best kind of tank: a chocolate tank.
how about 10 for $2.50?
@ponagathos Because… Shipping.
@ponagathos @Trinityscrew I’d like a sampler for a buck. Or a fiver, tops.
$25 for 100 is too much like commitment for a snack I haven’t even dated.
/showme a chocolate tank fighting in the great chocolate wars of 2052
@mediocrebot Wow, chocolate helitanks even! 2052 is going to be a great year to be in the international chocolate arms business!
KuoH
@kuoh @mediocrebot Drat. I’m probably going to be too old to enjoy chocolate much by 2052.
Will there be any smaller chocolate insurgencies or scuffles before then?
@mediocrebot @mehcuda67 One of my CIA contacts mentioned something about things possibly starting to heat up in the Bay of Chocolate Pigs.
KuoH
@kuoh That was most political posturing, lots of ganaching of teeth.
@kuoh @mcanavino If you believe the cocoa alarmists, there’s a blight threatening to wipe out the commercial plantations everywhere, and nobody’s sure what to do about it.
/showme dark and milk chocolate signing a peace treaty after the great chocolate wars of 2052
@mediocrebot who invited white chocolate
@mediocrebot @Telanis
🫣
Oh no you didn’t…
@mediocrebot @Telanis White chocolate is an abomination, clear evidence that Satan is real…
Who do you think negotiated the treaty?
@mediocrebot @Telanis @Trinityscrew It’s a setup by the peanut butter and caramel cartels!
KuoH
@kuoh @mediocrebot @Telanis @Trinityscrew Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I think the war was started by Candy Corn proxies to distract from their own internal political turmoil.
To this day you will still hear them muttering
“There can be no peace of chocolate”
@kuoh @mediocrebot @mehcuda67 @Telanis @Trinityscrew Where do you stand on Reese’s cups with caramel?
@blaineg @kuoh @mediocrebot @mehcuda67 @Telanis @Trinityscrew
I try not to as they tend to stick to my shoes.
@blaineg @mediocrebot @mehcuda67 @Telanis @Trinityscrew I heard the Twix mafia and their little friend are on the way to say their hellos.
KuoH
I bought a batch of these, and if they get some more next fall, I’ll probably want them by then.
@werehatrack
I can’t decide…
Approximately, how big are they in inches?
Please…
@Lynnerizer @werehatrack about 3.5x1.25 inches
Wouldn’t agree make them more chewy?
Bought last time, these are ok. I bought the kind minis 2x or more, if those were back, I’d get another box in a heartbeat. For these, I’ll pass.
Certified owner checking in. These are tasty. Not spectacular, but nothing wrong with them. It’s worth noting that the second photo is not a joke. This is just a big box with 99 granola bars in it, not a case of smaller packs like other products.
I’m in the “would buy again if I didn’t have several months’ supply already” camp.
I do not need 9900 calories to eat, about 3-4 bars a day, over about a 4 week period (based on ship by date and best by date).
@Kidsandliz Just eat a box of chalk. Fewer calories, and the taste isn’t much different.
@blaineg No way I’d eat chalk if I had any. The kids love drawing on the driveway. It would be a waste to eat chalk!!!
My favorite fact about Kind is you say they’re a great brand but not a ton of people know they’re owned by Mars Candy to round out their portfolio and try to cater to a more health conscious market who wouldn’t buy candy bars but would by a Kind bar.
@show_the_maw https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2023/12/12/exclusive-mars-strategy-to-double-snacking-revenue-to-36-billion/?sh=d58b382559ff
My wife insists these would be much more KIND if not for the unhealthy canola oil. /pass
Well, they’re probably mildly tasty, but FOUR types of sugar, and 10% of RD sugar intake in 8/10 of an ounce of “food?” You’d have to eat 4 of them to have a 3 ounce snack, so that’s 40… oh, never mind. I’d get these as Halloween treats though, so ask again later.
I get the feeling that these are surplus airline snacks, but it’s not as obvious then they don’t have an airline’s logo on the little packs. (The last couple of flights I’ve taken had snacks with no carrier logo. Neither was recent, do they still hand out snacks or do they charge for them now?)
@werehatrack depends… our latest legacy airline flight [Delta] they still doled out free snacks. If I remember correctly, those were still heavily logoed. Our most recent low-cost carrier [Southwest] also had free snacks. Allegiant did not.
A side gripe: too often the free snacks that low-cost carriers distribute are not GF; they charge extra for anything GF or moderately healthy, like a bag of nuts.
@JWhirly I have been bringing my own snacks when I fly for a very long time, and often sandwiches, too. The only flight I’ve taken in the past two decades that had good grub was on Air New Zealand, and it was a 13-hour run.
@werehatrack agreed! We also take an adequate stash of “healthy” snacks and protein bars along when we travel. Never know what the journey throws at you and don’t want to be stuck with the standard airport/C-store fare.
@werehatrack i did a search on kind and the item number on my box from the last sale, and the third result was about the FAA ordering inspections of door plugs on airplanes.
so these might be flight-certified structural snack bars.
/showme wright brothers airplane made out of granola bars, sepia photograph
/buy
@midstarrynight It worked! Your order number is: hardy-clear-trout
/image hardy clear trout
@midstarrynight
/giphy hardy-clear-trout
These are good. Bought them a while back and they are a bit tough, but not inedible. Don’t regret the purchase, but won’t buy again for many moons.
I also bought them last time and agree that they are good and came at a great price.
I bought these last time and they do last several months. As far as taste, well realize that you are buying them on Meh.com hence the meh tastiness.
/showme the aftermath of the great chocolate wars of 2052
/showme Wright Brothers airplane made out of granola bars, sepia photograph
I got these last time too. The number of chocolate chips in these is much lower than the pictures show.
@zachdecker So far, however, I haven’t encountered one that had just one chip or none at all. My sample size may not be big enough.
The ones in my box definitely taste meh… One of the downsides of all these fake health foods is the lack of preservatives. Anyone know how long the best-by on a brand new box of these things is??
@caffeineguy The last ones I bought had 11 months to go when purchased, so I’m guessing that it was a year for that flavor (Dark Chocolate Cherry Cashew). They may adjust the date according to the ingredients; I haven’t bought many of them.