![]() They had a reasonable snap to them, but were a bit softer than I'd prefer. They come thickly sliced, far thicker than you'd want on a burger or sandwich, more appropriate for snacking as they intend (although spears are likely better for that anyway). These are classic cucumbers, fairly acidic, light dill flavor. I started with the most basic, the dilly bites. "The original and bestselling fresh dill pickle snacking bites! Perfectly crisp for a satisfying crunch and packed with a dilly flavor." I've tried a number of products, and I still do love the concept and variety, but I'm partial to my family's homemade pickles. They recently expanded to include pickled fruits, including apples and pineapples (!), both of which are available in spiced or plain varieties. ![]() ![]() In addition to a few expected cucumber varieties ("gone dillz" and dilly bites, sassy bites, hotties, and hottie bites), they have pickled "cool beans", "carrot cuties", and "pretty peas". Snacking pickles somehow became mainstream relatively quickly, and this is a concept I can definitely get behind. You can find them at corner stores, Walgreens, Target, Walmart, and more. The products are single serve packages, without brine, to make for easy snacking anywhere, although they do require refrigeration. Take them on a train, eat them on a plane, put them in a drink, or take them to the skating rink. "Our pickles are best enjoyed cold, but beyond that we encourage eating them any and everywhere. Still, I was excited to discover Oh Snap!, a brand of snacking pickles. Why are they so neon green? Why are the seeds in the dill spears so small? The only real generic pickles I tolerate are McDonald's slices on burgers, which I do kinda love, but in the same way that a McDonald's burger patty itself has a special time and place. We did not have store bought pickles in the house ever, and to this day, I find most commercial pickles. My mother made pickles, my great aunt made incredible pickles, pickles, pickles everywhere. I grew up in a pickling family, always with our own homemade pickles of all kinds - yes, dill spears, but also my favorite bread and butter pickles, dilly beans, pickled asparagus, pickled beets, and mixed pickles of all kinds.
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