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Mike and Ike Anniversary Edition
Cool Kids Spearmint Flavored Candies

OFFICIAL SNACK REPORT
Sanctioned By WASAW Snack Committee

Reviewed By: Kid Nougat Location: The Exchange Place Place, Jersey City, NJ OFFICIAL NAME OF SNACK: Mike and Ike Anniversary Edition Cool Kids Spearmint Flavored Candies PRICE: $.60 WEIGHT: 2.12 OZ DESCRIPTION OF SNACK: A whole lotta minty-fresh tablets just aching to be squashed by your molars. The box I ate contained 30 missiles of love - numerically, that's right on, baby! (None of that "29" crap - one short of a round number... Oooooo, I hate that!) Most of the "Mikes" looked to be about an inch long (the Kid didn't have his Official Snack Measuring Device handy; an inch is an educated guess). Smaller, half-inch versions were scattered throughout the box. I'm assuming those are the "Ikes." The box tells you that this snack is "not a significant source of fat, cholesterol, fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, or iron. Gee, thanks box! Thanks for clearing that up! I thought I was eating my GNC Mega Men multies!

SNACK LOOKS LIKE:

Miniature hot dogs filled with phlegm. But don't let that put you off!

SSI RATING (SNACK SATISFACTION INDEX - 1-10):

10 (That's right! Ten! A friggin' ten! Yes, this snack is tasty! Tasty to be sure! But it's not so much the snack that gives it a ten as what was happening when I munched one - see "DO I RECOMMEND YOU TRY THIS YOURSELF" for the delicious details!)

UPSIDE:

There's no need to brush your teeth when you're finished snacking. Your mouth'll feel minty fresh, and really, isn't that what life's all about? Am I wrong? You know, about... about your mouth feeling minty fresh being
what life's all about? That IS what life's all about, right? Is that wrong? Am I wrong? Hello?

DOWNSIDE:

I'm of the opinion that anything minty kills your appetite for more snacks - never a good thing. Also, because this product is a special anniversary edition in celebration of Just Born, Inc.'s 75th year in business, it's only
available for a limited time. Stock up while you can!

1ST 4 INGREDIENTS:

Sugar
Corn Syrup
Modified Food Starch
Corn Protein Glaze

LAST 4 INGREDIENTS:

Corn Protein Glaze
Artificial Flavors
Yellow #5 (HIT IT! - a little bit of coloring in my life, a little bit of...)
Blue #1

PACKAGING:

Fantastic! The cool kids are livin' life on THEIR terms, and you gotta respect that. The rosy-cheeked boy Eskimo wears a hooded, water repellent Polartec anorak in red (J.Crew; on sale for $69.99, down from $138.00; call 1-800-562-0258 to order), the equally rosy-cheeked girl sports the same in yellow. (Sold out in royal and navy.) Oh yeah, the candy's on the box, too.

DO I RECOMMEND YOU TRY THIS YOURSELF?

AFFIRMATIVE! Especially if, as your eating one, you're at Shea Stadium watching Todd Pratt blast a Division Series-winning homer to dead center off Diamondback Matt Mantei in the bottom of the 10th! Snack on THAT, Chipper Jones! BRING ON THE BRAVES!*

IF THIS SNACK MELTED IN YOUR HAND, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOUR HAND BE?

Green.

SUM UP YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THREE WORDS OR LESS:

Todd Pratt rules!

* Braves over Mets, 4 games to 2. Sorry, Kid Nougat.

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