In my time spent roaming the NYC streets, looking for something that would kill 4 or 5 hours between an initial audition and dance call back (which was always so, so embarrassing), I would always pass three businesses that, without fail, had a long line in front of them: ShakeShack, The Book of Mormon's box office, and Trader Joe's.
Now, if you have never had the pleasure of entering a TJ's, let me paint a picture for you. You walk into the produce section, filled with fabulously overpriced organic, non-GMO fruits and vegetables. Behind that is a little tasting section that I have only ever seen serve pie (and I go at 8 AM). To your left is a long bookshelf of breads, naans, muffins, wraps and gluten-free offerings, all of which still have wheat in them. And they're all around $6 each.
As you wander through the center aisles, you see the usual (oats, coffee, cookies, tea), but Trader Joe's also does this thing where they, and only they, offer these special snacks that are straight up addictive. Have you seen this?
It's Cookie Butter. You read that right. It's freaking whipped cookie dough, "reminiscent of gingerbread," that you can eat straight out the jar as you journey one step closer to diabetes. But it's so, so very much worth it.
Except we didn't try that.
We tried this:
Trader Joe's Wasabi Roasted Seaweed Snack
A lot of people turned up their noses at this one. Heck, we even put out an original flavored Seaweed Snack and we had to put it away because people were so angry towards it. But I gotta tell you, once you give it a try, it's really quite tasty.
The spicy wasabi flavor on this extremely prominent, but it doesn't completely wipe out the ocean taste of salty seaweed any sushi lover has come to enjoy. The seaweed itself is super duper thin, so it just snaps and disintegrates in your mouth. Personally, I really liked it - a healthy potato chip alternative! Finally!
Hey, I wonder what's in this to make it so tasty. Must be Stevia and all-natural, real wasabi.
Let's check the ingredient label.
"Dried seaweed, canola oil, sugar--". Crap.
Well, nobody's perfect. Maybe now that it's not so healthy, you'll give it a chance, huh?
Rating: 6. It's no Cookie Butter, but it packs a flavor punch.
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