Cinnamon Toast Crunch Bites and the end of The Nosh Show

It's a sad day in the world of podcasting. Ok, most of the planet won't notice, but I certainly will. It's going to be weird not talking to my Nosh Show cohorts every other Wednesday. It's been 4.5 years since the first episode and I've grown accustomed to being able to share my love of food in this unique way. Without the show, where is my excuse to try things like new Oreos and...

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Bites

soft donut bites with a sweet cinnamon filling

There are 18 bites in a box and 4 bites per serving. As you might suspect, they look way more sugary on the box than they do in real life. That's a shame since they could use the extra sugar.

So you can microwave six in a circle or you can heat them in the oven for 8 minutes at 350 degrees. This is what happens when you microwave just one while waiting for the rest to cook in the oven. In its defense, it didn't taste that bad or rubbery this way.

I will sum up my thoughts saying that they aren't terrible, but they aren't that good either. They basically taste like a generic, dry cinnamon roll that you buy when you can't find the excellent Immaculate Baking Company version. Yes, it has the cinnamon-ish filling, but I'd much rather have some kind of confectionery glaze to try to elevate the dryness. If you don't think about it too hard you can skim through a quick serving or two, but I can't say I have any urge to buy them again.

Technically you can let them cool down and eat them later if you want, which is what I did because I didn't actually want to eat both servings this morning. I did have the random thought to squirt a package of Toaster Strudel frosting on the remaining ones to see if that helps balance them out.

And now back to the Nosh Show, or the lack there of....

Will you be sad? Will you miss your bi-weekly audio dose of junk food? I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. Well, step back. Overall, yes, I'm like 90% sad 10% relieved it's over. Relieved because my Wednesdays will be free but sad because it's all over. I'm mixed about whether it was the right time to close up shop. On one hand I think that we were starting to find a new groove with JunkBanter, but on the other hand I often felt like we were still just saying the same old things. It may be a new treat from Taco Bell, but it's still Taco Bell. Same goes for Oreo.

I will be forever grateful to Marvo for giving me the chance to participate even if I am sad that we never got super famous. Well, at least a little famous. I think Marvo had a great idea in this podcast and it would have been awesome to see the podcast steadily grow over the years, but I guess it wasn't meant to be. Wait, I'm not saying we had like 5 listeners, but it's not like we went from thousands of listeners to tens of thousands over the years. That would have been awesome and amazing to inspire that many people to try (or avoid) the latest in junk food, fast food, and more.

Feel free to leave your parting thoughts on the show. It's ok to miss it but also say that maybe it was time to move on anyway. Would you want a Nosh Show 2.0 someday or would you prefer your junk food updates in small and more frequent bits and bites/bytes? I assume no one is interested in me occasionally reviewing junk food still (though it will probably still pop up on my twitter feed).

Have a good weekend everyone. Back to ice cream on Wednesday.