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 A wise man once said, "Pretzels are for drunks and hosers". Well, wise might be an overstatement. Regardless, sometimes it's pretzel time. Tonight is one of those times thanks to some 56g bags of Pretzel Pzazz that I found at the Dollar Tree recently. As I was walking down the "chip aisle" after grabbing some 102g bags of Covered Bridge some brightly coloured little bags caught my eye near the candy section of the "chip aisle". Upon closer inspection, these bright little bags were flavoured pretzels, Spicy Dill Pickle to be exact. As I let my eye wander slightly to the left I noticed that there was also an All Dressed flavour. Well dang, how can I pass up on a 56g deal like these. I'm not generally into pretzels but the flavours were quite promising. Because spicy dill pickle smacks on chips I grabbed 2 bags. I consumed my first bag of Pretzel Pzazz 'seasoned pretzel pieces' Spicy Dill Pickle variety a week or so ago. My initial impression was there was too much pretzel flavour and not enough spicy dill pickle. Lets see what impression I get from these pretzels tonight. Pzazz mixes mini pretzel sticks, mini blown up pretzel sticks (like the airy ones that you sometimes find filled with "cheese" and such [these ones however have no filling, just less dense pretzel sticks {last time I found myself wishing that they injected pockets of seasoning into the blown up pretzel sticks, that'd be tight}]) and typical pretzel shaped mini pretzels. There's quite a kick to the spicy side of these dill pickle pretzels, it's almost like a tobasco kick. The airy pretzel sticks blend better with the seasoning than the mini sticks and 'pretzel' shaped pretzels, however the pretzel shapes often have flavour caking in the little pretzel holes which is fantastic. The dill pickle half of the seasoning is a slightly sweet dill pickle that hits you at the same time as the heat. Not overly vinegary. Cruncy, salty and bready with a kick. 

I have never seen Dillinger Four live, up until a couple years ago I didn't even own any of their albums. They've been on my radar since..I don't know, somewhere between Situationist Comedy and Civil War, but for some reason I let them remain in the influenced my favourite bands category as opposed to the part of my collection category. Either way, D4 bangs. If you're unfamiliar with them, they laid the road for the midwest pop punk sound. When I say midwest pop punk I'm not referring to the warped tour vein of pop punk. Melodic throaty vocals, gruff harmonies, abrasive mix of hardcore and pop punk. Angry, sarcastic, witty, intelligent..depth for days. Oh, and their live shows are notorious for being drunken shit shows. All hail the godfathers.

The All Dressed seasoned pretzel pieces from Pretzel Pzazz smell very BBQ heavy. They taste a bit smoky, some onion..when I search my mouth I can find a lil hit of vinegar. There's a kick in there too, it's not quite spicy, but just a little tingle tangle on the tip of my tongue. The seasoning tastes slightly unique, but it can't quite compete with the breaddyness of the pretzels. For me these would benefit from a slightly heavier seasoning coverage. It's the same mix of mini sticks, mini airy sticks and mini pretzel shapes as the other bag. Once I got to the bottom of the bag I started to get a bit more seasoning residue when grabbing some pretzels and was picking up on some sugary sweetness. There was quite a lot of granular sugar at the bottom of the bag. Interesting take on all dressed, I think it'd be great to try on a potato chip.

Stay hydrated,

Marc



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