As I looked myself in the mirror this morning, I threw on my best Eastwood impression and gruffly asked myself:<\/p>\n
\u201cDo ya feel impulsive<\/i>? Well, do ya, punk?\u201d<\/p>\n
Having done so, I felt confident enough to introduce myself here to you all. So hello, fellow Oreo orators, Yoo-hoo gurus, and savants of all things savory; I\u2019m Dan! And despite the reference above, please<\/i> don\u2019t call me \u201cDirty Dan.\u201d It\u2019s hard enough to make friends when all I talk about is fruit snacks, waffle tacos, and the like. Instead, feel free to do what others do and go with just Dan, Dan the Man (though I wonder if they really think I\u2019m the man, or if they just say it because it rhymes) or my personal favorite: Raisin Dan Crunch.<\/p>\n
As a sprightly university student, I study advertising with hopes of some day working in\u2014you guessed it\u2014the dynamic and creative field of food advertising. Where is my base of operations, you ask? Right in the good ol\u2019 mitten-shaped, Great Lake-loving, Canada-hugging state of Michigan, of course! Here, regional favorites like Vernors and Faygo \u201cpop\u201d (soda is a foreign word to me), as well as Better Made and ketchup chips have fostered a lifelong love in me for offbeat junk foods.<\/p>\n
Yes, while other kids bragged of sports and party conquests, I was the one shouting, \u201cHey guys! Have you seen this green ketchup<\/i>?” And for better or worse, this passion has stuck with me.<\/p>\n
If I could be said to have a \u201cspecialty,\u201d it would have to be breakfast cereals. With a signed letter from Cap\u2019n Crunch on my wall and a mail ordered box of South Korean Oreo O\u2019s at my side, every part of my day is \u201cpart of this complete breakfast.\u201d<\/p>\n
And it is this very love of cereal, chips, cookies, and more that I hope to share with you all here. So I\u2019d like to raise a toast, or at least some French Toast Crunch, through thick and thin…and through ruffled, waffle-cut and kettle-cooked, let\u2019s all snack together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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