{"id":520,"date":"2007-08-26T22:19:03","date_gmt":"2007-08-27T08:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2007\/08\/26\/caramel-doritos-sweets\/"},"modified":"2021-07-08T16:00:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T02:00:33","slug":"caramel-doritos-sweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2007\/08\/26\/caramel-doritos-sweets\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Caramel Doritos Sweets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Whenever I purchase or receive a product that on the outside seems like it’s going to make me cringe, like finding an Adam’s apple on a blind date I met through Craigslist, I try to prepare for it the best I can. After receiving the Caramel Doritos Sweets from Japan, I went into full preparation mode, getting all my senses ready for what I felt was going to be gag worthy. It’s the same thing I did before trying the Pepsi Cucumber Ice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To prepare my sense of touch, I plunged both arms into a bucket of ice. To get my sight ready, I stared at Tara Reid bikini pictures, which if you see them, you will know that it is 100 percent less sexy than it sounds. <\/p>\n

To prepare my hearing, I listened to my poor attempts at becoming a turntablist<\/a> during my high school years, scratching the 45 RPM record single for Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over.” <\/p>\n

Don’t…chicka…chicka…chick…Don’t dream it’s over.<\/i><\/p>\n

I prepared my sense of smell by making a three-bean chili, giving it all to a hungry homeless dude, and standing downwind from him. To prepare the sense of taste, I punished my tongue with a whip that came with the non-sanctioned Ken & Barbie Malibu After Dark S&M set with real leather that I bought in the Mature Audiences section of eBay.<\/p>\n

While lashing my tongue with the small whip, I wondered if Japanese companies use things like prototypes, focus groups, or common sense when coming up with new food products. They have a tendency to make items that seem like something consumers don’t want, like breaded meat without the meat in bar form<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After my senses were prepared for the Caramel Doritos Sweets, I slowly opened the bag and a slightly sickly sweet aroma billowed out of it. “That smell is not a good sign,” I thought to myself as I peered into the packaging. <\/p>\n

The Doritos inside didn’t look like the triangle-shaped Doritos that most people know and love. Instead they looked like small screw bits, which is appropriate, since this flavor seems like Frito-Lay Japan is screwing with us.<\/p>\n

With all the preparation I did, I was ready for its taste to be unsurprisingly horrible, just like going ass-to-mouth, but it ended up tasting like slightly sweetened Fritos corn chips. The combination of sweet and salty was good with this crunchy snack, but I didn’t think its flavor was caramel-ish, it seemed more pancake syrup-ish.<\/p>\n

Preparing my senses for a possibly bad tasting product was unnecessary this time. I got lucky with the Caramel Doritos Sweets, which is a tasty original product. I wish I could say the same for my Craigslist blind dates. Maybe I should stop looking in the Misc Romance section. <\/p>\n

(Editor’s Note: Thanks to Impulsive Buy reader Melbatoast for sending me a bag of Caramel Doritos Sweets from Japan. If she ever wants a Wendy’s Baconator, I’ll be glad to send it to her, although it probably won’t be edible by the time she gets it.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Caramel Doritos Sweets
\nPrice:<\/b> FREE
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Received from reader Melbatoast
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Surprisingly good. Good combination of sweet and salty. Mature audiences section of eBay. Only available in Japan. Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over.”
\nCons:<\/b> Smells sickly sweet. Not caramel-ish. My turntablist skillz. Tara Reid in a bikini. Adam’s apples on blind dates. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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