{"id":16142,"date":"2014-01-20T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=16142"},"modified":"2020-12-24T11:32:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T21:32:59","slug":"review-frito-lay-mountain-dew-corn-snack-mountain-dew-cheetos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/20\/review-frito-lay-mountain-dew-corn-snack-mountain-dew-cheetos\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Frito Lay Mountain Dew Corn Snack (Mountain Dew Cheetos)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mountain<\/a><\/p>\n

I like spaceships. Serenity<\/a>, the Enterprise<\/a>, Galactica<\/a>, Bebop<\/a>, the Nostromo<\/a>, the Yamato<\/a>, the Heart of Gold<\/a>, the Protector<\/a>, the Discovery<\/a>, Prometheus<\/a>. All of them. I even like real spaceships like the space shuttle Atlantis and the Millennium Falcon.<\/p>\n

They represent what’s out there. The great unknown. The vast expanses of the galaxy and the universe. And it saddens me that the national space program is in such a state of decline. If we don’t continue to expand our presence into the Local Group<\/a>, how are we going to colonize and terraform Mars? How are we going to make first contact? How can we even start to think about making the Kessel Run in under twelve parsecs? <\/p>\n

The answer is that none of these things is going to be happening anytime soon unless we find a major reason to motivate us. Clearly the huddled masses aren’t interested in learning or human achievement, so I believe the motivation lies in snack food.<\/p>\n

At some point, we’re going to run out of food ideas. Mathematically this seems inevitable. There is a finite number naturally occurring foods on our planet, so there is an equally finite number of ways to combine them. We are already there. When molecular gastronomists are forced reduce garden peas to their essence to be huffed from a balloon animal made from a section of a bison\u2019s intestinal tract, it seems the end is almost nigh.<\/p>\n

We’ve already started remixing with our processed foods. Bacon\u2019s been smashed into every product in every grocery aisle. Name something you bought in October or November that didn’t have pumpkin in it. Impossible.<\/p>\n

Even the corporations who are in charge of these things are running out of ideas. They’ve been reduced to farming out ideas to the common man through flavor contests. <\/p>\n

The end is on its way, you guys. And that end, that day when everything has been combined with everything else, is going to be the day we head back into space. People may not be excited about studying moon rocks, but they’ll sure as hell be excited about the possibility of Limited Edition Romulan Ale Doritos and Blue Bantha Milk Oreos.<\/p>\n

Until that day, we\u2019ll continue dreaming and smashing together things we have. And we do that today with these Mountain Dew Cheetos from the Japanese arm of Frito-Lay. <\/p>\n

\"Mountain<\/a><\/p>\n

As with the Pepsi-flavored Cheetos I reviewed a while back<\/a><\/a>, the color of these things bothers me. Not making them bright Mountain Dew green is a wasted opportunity. This kind of product is a novelty and an attention getter, and their color should reflect that. Orange Cheetos-dusted fingers are a tradition. How great would obnoxiously green Mountain Dew Cheetos fingers be?! Pretty damn great.<\/p>\n

The nosegrope of these Cheetos is very intensely citrus. There is a lot of lemon, and they smell sweet. There is also an underlying current of stale, flat cola. They smell very similar to the Pepsi Cheetos but with the lemon ratcheted up.<\/p>\n

The flavor recreation they were going for falls a bit short of their goal. There is an initial blast of sour lemon flavor that is followed by some underlying sweetness. The lemon flavor tastes pretty artificial. I don\u2019t have a problem with artificial flavors, obviously, but it tastes artificial to the point where it forces you to stop and think of the artificialness. <\/p>\n

\"Mountain<\/a><\/p>\n

The sour blast is a bit too much here. It takes the Cheetos from the realm of \u201cMountain Dew\u201d to the realm of\u2026something with a lot of lemons. I know people who have consumed a Star Destroyer\u2019s worth of Mountain Dew in their lives, and I\u2019m not confident they could blind taste this and come up with anything other than a quizzical \u201csomething lemony.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like the Pepsi Cheetos, the aftertaste of these lingers for a very long time. I also didn\u2019t get as much mouth-fizzing action as I hoped for. The Pepsi Cheetos are definitely the superior hybrid food, but that\u2019s not saying a lot.<\/p>\n

\"Mountain<\/a><\/p>\n

These are not bad. A lemon-flavored corn snack is not a terrible idea, but a lemon-flavored corn snack is really all we get here. Nothing transcendent, nothing revelatory. Just a good idea that is off the mark. <\/p>\n

I\u2019m already looking forward to Dr. Pepper Cheetos (and distantly to Klingon Bloodwine Kit Kats.) Until then!<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 188 kcal, 10.3 grams of fat, 221 milligrams of sodium, 22.1 grams of carbohydrates, and 1.8 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Frito Lay Mountain Dew Corn Snack (Mountain Dew Cheetos)
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $4.50
\nSize:<\/b> 35 grams
\nPurchased at:<\/b> eBay
\nRating:<\/b> 5 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Lemons. Sour blasts. Spaceships.
\nCons:<\/b> Wrong color. Too much lemon to be Mountain Dew. Lingering aftertaste. Lack of fizz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I like spaceships. Serenity, the Enterprise, Galactica, Bebop, the Nostromo, the Yamato, the Heart of Gold, the Protector, the Discovery, Prometheus. All of them. I even like real spaceships like the space shuttle Atlantis and the Millennium Falcon. They represent what’s out there. The great unknown. The vast expanses of the galaxy and the universe. 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