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WEEKLY CANDY: Meiji Pucca Choco Pretzels
I was the big effing blue whale and they were the baleen.
WEEKLY CANDY: Meiji Pucca Choco Pretzels
Once a week, Team Meal Ticket shares its latest sugar-laden fixations. Do not tell 0ur dentist.
IN QUESTION: Meiji's Pucca Choco Pretzels! These jawns are little goldfish-shaped crunchy pretzel lifeforms injected with "choco cream" (similar to Nutella).
WHERE TO BUY: Friend of Meal Ticket JF kindly bought us these little guys from Mitsuwa Marketplace, the gigantic Japanese supermarket in North Jersey. To be honest not sure where to cop in Philly region ... perhaps Maido in Narberth? We know that Food & Friends at 20th and Spruce carries Meiji brand products. Get at us in the comments with any advice.
HOW MANY DO WE TYPICALLY EAT IN ONE SITTING: I ate the entire school of choco cream-impregnated pretzel fish in a single sitting. I was the big effing blue whale and they were the krill.
FINER POINTS: While I in no way subscribe to the "don't eat anything with a face" philosophy, the little-kid me had occasional qualms with eating Pepperidge Farm goldfish just because they were smiling so earnestly. I'd be like I'm sorry goldfish, but I'm about to turn y'all grins into violent mush with my underdeveloped teeth. These sweet and fun-to-eat Puccas have no faces so I don't feel nearly as uncomfortable about shattering marine exuberance in the name of snacking. Also, I very much dig this particular sub-classification of "pretzel," even if it's really more like a cracker than the salt-studded twists we're accustomed to.
Photo: Drew Lazor
You made the fish into your teeth? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baleen
maybe they were the krill or the plankton?— bje55- Yep, I meant krill, not baleen.
Is this you? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u8KUgUqprw
The sea was angry that day, my friends. Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli...— Drew Lazor - Would you mind if I used your picture for the Wikipedia article on Pucca?— Miguel85
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