Vanilla Ice Cream Flavour Monster Munch

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I saw this on sale in Sainsbury's today. It sounds like the worst idea in crisp history. Has anyone else seen this and have you tried it?

― Chriddof (Chriddof), Thursday, 22 May 2003 19:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Thursday, 22 May 2003 21:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Do the ingredients say "artificial vanilla flavoring"? Fake vanilla flavor is nasty.

― j.lu (j.lu), Thursday, 22 May 2003 21:11 (twenty-three years ago)

I haven't checked the ingredients, but I'm quite certain its artifical.

It's such a daft choice for a Monster Munch flavour. It's much too bland for crisps - crisps are supposed to have strong, salty flavours.

― Chriddof (Chriddof), Thursday, 22 May 2003 22:26 (twenty-three years ago)

quite certain

I mean, "reasonably sure". Not "quite certain". I mean, you haven't checked the back of the packet properly, Chriddof, you great daftie.

― Chriddof (Chriddof), Thursday, 22 May 2003 22:27 (twenty-three years ago)

If there's real vanilla in it I'll eat my hat. Or a packet of these gacky snacks.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 23 May 2003 00:25 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought they were white chocolate flavour due to the packaging being the same as that of a Milky Bar. But the indispensable http://www.snackspot.org proves me wrong.

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 23 May 2003 09:00 (twenty-three years ago)

This is gopping. They brought back Roast Beef flavour MM though which made me very happy before I gave up crisps.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 23 May 2003 09:06 (twenty-three years ago)

dee-licious.
it's the start of the whole new sweet
crisps thing, and that's why they had to kick
off with a relatively bland-ish flava, to get
people used to the idea. they couldn't
have jumped straight out with strawberry cheesecake
or whatever, this is britain - there'd have been riots.

― piscesboy, Friday, 23 May 2003 09:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Roll on the curry flavoured ice cream...

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 23 May 2003 09:13 (twenty-three years ago)

I saw these the other day, i am very keen to try them, but i bet they're yucky!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 23 May 2003 09:17 (twenty-three years ago)

I bought some as a present for the Arsemonkey as a part of a cunning sugar experiment. They taste just like second rate sugar puffs. Unsurprisingly.

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 23 May 2003 09:19 (twenty-three years ago)

its the the snack only a post-modernist coke-head could have come up with.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 23 May 2003 10:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Well if you eat them with a can of coke you have no need for the vanilla varient.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 23 May 2003 10:25 (twenty-three years ago)

two years pass...

Can anybody solve an ongoing debate with me and a workmate. The three original flavours of Monster Munch were Roast Beef, Pickled Onion and ???

I think it was always Flamin' Hot, my friend thinks they were some sort of Bacon flavour!! On an aside, i had a nightmare about the Roast Beef flavour monster when i was about 8 or 9. I was sitting in my parents car in the countryside when he jumped out of the bushes and started trying to smash his way into my car. Scary stuff.

― dmun drive-in (dmun), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 18:36 (twenty years ago)

I think it was Papaya Lime

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 19:11 (twenty years ago)

Is this your workmate?

― stet (stet), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 20:47 (twenty years ago)

Flamin' Hot wasn't an original flavour, btw.

― stet (stet), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 20:48 (twenty years ago)

The originals were: Hot and Spicy, Pickled Onion and Beefy. Here endeth the lesson.

― stet (stet), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Thanks for putting my mind at rest. So, we were both wrong.

― dmun drive-in (dmun), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 08:50 (twenty years ago)

Are you sure there was Hot n Spicy in the "early days"?

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 09:04 (twenty years ago)

i think it was spicy tomato flavour, beef, pickled onion

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 09:47 (twenty years ago)

hot n spicy are a more recent flavour. was the other original some kind of cheesey flavour?

― teh_kit has 20 friends (g-kit), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 10:08 (twenty years ago)

Advert :

This Monster is having his favourite dream —
The one where Monster Munch grows on trees —
Giant trees of course!
There's one tree for Pickled Onion flavour,
One tree for Saucy flavour,
And one tree for Roast Beef flavour —
Which is all very nice and fun for him —
But not so for his somewhat smaller friends!
However, while he's enjoying his dream —
Guess who's enjoying his Monster Munch?
Monster Munch from Smith's in three flavours
The biggest snack pennies can buy!

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 11:30 (twenty years ago)

The mystery third pack was a mystery sweet, meaty flavour in a pink bag I think! But none of the names people are suggesting ring a bell, and I am near-certain it wasn't chilli-hot in any sense. My memory is some kind of ersatz rib-type taste, not as nice as the others.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 11:37 (twenty years ago)

Saucy!

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 11:40 (twenty years ago)

Ste is correct. I never realised how rubbish that was tho. Saucy flavour? What the hell is that meant to be? am i rite?

― Johnny B Was Quizzical (Johnney B), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 11:49 (twenty years ago)

If it was Saucy flavour then it is rubbish. I was expecting to be hit with some forgotten nostalgia, but i dont ever remember eating Saucy crisps. Would it be like a Tangy Toms-esque tomato sauce flavour?

― dmun drive-in (dmun), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 11:55 (twenty years ago)

i just don't think anybody actually bought the saucy flavour ones.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 12:27 (twenty years ago)

Aforementioned advert!

http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/commercials/commercials_m-o/monstermunch1977.rm

― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 12:36 (twenty years ago)

There was some form of chutney flavour, wasn't there?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 13:01 (twenty years ago)

no the chutney flava was for space invaders.
KP made them i believe.

definitely saucy tho on the MM flavas circa '77 front.

― pisces (piscesx), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 14:45 (twenty years ago)

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