{"id":385,"date":"2006-08-06T23:16:04","date_gmt":"2006-08-07T09:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2006\/08\/06\/tastykake-butterscotch-krimpets\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T17:52:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T03:52:25","slug":"tastykake-butterscotch-krimpets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2006\/08\/06\/tastykake-butterscotch-krimpets\/","title":{"rendered":"Tastykake Butterscotch Krimpets"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tastykake<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Oh, hello there. Benjamin Franklin here, but please feel free to call me “Benji.”<\/p>\n

Being a founding father of America and having my signature on both the United States Constitution and The Declaration of Independence, I get some perks here in heaven. For example, because I loved doing experiments with lightning when I was alive, I sometimes get to create lightning storms. <\/p>\n

Although, I haven’t recently because I accidently struck a few people on a golf course in Utah. I kind of find it ironic that I, the inventor of the lightning rod, struck a couple of people holding lightning rods in the form of golf clubs.<\/p>\n

Anyway, another perk I get here up in heaven is getting to enjoy delightful food from my beloved colony…Um, I mean…state of Pennsylvania, like the Philly Cheesesteak, stromboli, and lots of Hershey’s chocolate.<\/p>\n

The Pennsylvanian food product that I’m most intrigued with is the Tastykake<\/a>. I’m intrigued by it because it’s the only snack-sized, pre-packaged, and mass-produced pastry that has a name that gives me a clear picture of what I’m about to eat…A tasty cake. <\/p>\n

It’s also one of the few snack-sized, pre-packaged, and mass-produced pastries that has a name that doesn’t sound like something I would be offered in sexual explicit spam emails, like HoHos, Ding Dongs, and Twinkies.<\/p>\n

Plus, by eating Tastykakes, it doesn’t give Thomas Jefferson the opportunity to quip, “You know, Benji. You are what you eat.” He always says that whenever I eat a HoHo, a Ding Dong, or a Twinkie. <\/p>\n

Jefferson is a dear friend, but he’s such a crazy guy.<\/p>\n

Did you know that he’s to blame for the crack in the Liberty Bell<\/a>? There are all kinds of theories behind it, but the truth is that Jefferson wanted to turn the Liberty Bell into a beer funnel, or what the young people of today call a “beer bong.” <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

So he grabbed Samuel Adams, who supplied the beer, and myself, who held the bell upside down while he tried to bore a hole into the Liberty Bell. Unfortunately, the hole caused a crack and all the beer spilled onto Jefferson. Oh, it was a sight to behold. Good times. Good times.<\/p>\n

Anyway, recently I tried the Tastykake Butterscotch Krimpets, which are Twinkie-sized pieces of sponge cake with butterscotch icing on top. It sounded wonderful, it had a nice moist texture, it wasn’t too sweet, and it tasted all right, but I was slightly disappointed with them because they didn’t seem to have a butterscotch taste at all. However, for some reason, I did detect a slight beef jerky aftertaste.<\/p>\n

Besides the beef jerky aftertaste, another thing that disturbed me about the Tastykake Butterscotch Krimpets happened when I placed one on top of two sheets of paper for about 30 seconds. When I lifted it off of the paper it left an oily mark on it. I wouldn’t have noticed this if I had a plate, but heaven has no plates thanks to Jefferson’s attempts to balance spinning plates on sticks.<\/p>\n

As I said previously, that Jefferson is a crazy guy.<\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Tastykake Butterscotch Krimpets
\nPrice:<\/b> FREE
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Received free from co-worker Lia
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Yum…Icing. Moist texture. Not insanely sweet. Decent tasting. Benjamin Franklin. Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration of Independence. The United States Constitution.
\nCons:<\/b> No butterscotch taste. Beef jerky aftertaste. Leaves oily mark when placed on paper. Being called a HoHo, Ding Dong, or Twinkie by Thomas Jefferson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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