Tasting! Annnie Chun’s Seaweed Snacks (WTH?)

Go on and call me the uncooperative sea hag, but I have my limits. My gag reflex just won’t allow it. I was extremely optimistic about Annie Chun’s Seaweed Snacks, especially after my temptation to chew on some free seaweed straight off the beach. Yet my food curiosities have officially gone too far.

The Annie’s seaweed package uses fancy words like savory, bursting with flavor and chock full of vitamins to make you forget that you’re actually about to eat seaweed. I was almost sold on the propaganda. Then I opened the package and got a huge, involuntary whiff of the stench. The sea odor assaults the nose holes, causing your nostril hairs to shrivel while immediately vaporizing any boogies from the “stale seawater” scent. It’s very strong and can be quite an embarrassing odor if someone doesn’t realize you have seaweed in the room.

But I have to go through with this, right?

Seaweed Snacks tastes just like seawater, plus some extra salt thrown in for good measure. I couldn’t get the stuff down my trachea. This is the first Taste Test in Yum Yucky history that literally made me almost vomit every single time I tried to eat it ((serious face on)). I Googled “seaweed benefits” and a whole bunch of glitter & unicorn-ish health benefit info popped up.

But noooo. This is more like Lochness Monstress vs. Mermaid Zombie. Those are some scary b!tches.

SEAWEED NOTES

Price Paid: $1.19 for  30 sheets (3×2-inch sheet size)Serving size: 10 sheetsCalories: 30Fat Calories: 20Total Fat: 2.5gSodium: 70mgCarbs: 1gProtein: 1g

REACTIONS FROM THE TASTE TEST CREW

Health-hater Husband: F*ck no. I know you heard me. F***CK NOOO!

Greedy Kid #2: There’s no way I’m eating that, so stop asking.

Greedy Kid #3: It stinks.

Yum UP! to: Mermaid Zombie. I hope she wins the battle. Who you voting for?

Yuck Down to: Embarrassing seaweed odors.

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