Comments on: I Try It So You Don’t Have To: Bamba Peanut Snack

By: Youppi

Youppi — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:03:36 +0000

That Bamba Baby is strong!!!

By: Mishi

Mishi — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:24:21 +0000

Peanut butter straight from the spoon? You’re brave to admit that so publically. That’s a little habit that most people try to hide – and the pretend they have no idea how the multiple spoon shaped gauges appeared in the peanut butter jar during the night.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:39:40 +0000

Are you kidding? BAMBA is the best! I probably only think that because it reminds me of my childhood, as they are classic Israeli snacks which most kids there grow up eating.

I grew up in the US, so every time a relative came over we’d get to scarf these down. YUMMM!!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:54:48 +0000

Ah, man, I remember I was watching over a class of first-graders and one of them had these “snacks” for lunch, and there was another little girl who was deathly allergic to peanuts and we had to hide her in the bathroom. Good times.

By: KassyK

KassyK — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:36:48 +0000

B–This is a HUGE product in the Middle East–Osem is an Israeli brand which is really good–I hate Bamba though. But its been around for decades.

Lemm–I wish you had asked me, I would have told you they are HORRIFIC. Grew up with them around…

Osem makes some amazing snacks but Bamba is just horrible. People LOVE it there though.

They have this BBQ like corn chip called Bisli that is amazing.

By: danielle

danielle — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:05:19 +0000

these are HUGE in israel. when i went over on a group trip, the israeli soldiers we met all told us that bamba is like the quintessential israeli snack.

By: Eick

Eick — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:10:10 +0000

“unending search for the perfect safety word”???

That might be your best note since “the perils of being a pretty, pretty princess”

By: Lemmonex

Lemmonex — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:26:12 +0000

I had no idea something like this ever existed.

I think it has to survive in impulse buys, B. I see no other way.

By: JT

JT — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:48:59 +0000

Jon – they were P.B. Crisps:

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/159/

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:07:01 +0000

If you don’t love peanut butter, I don’t really want to be your friend

Words to live by.

By: B

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:45:45 +0000

What is the business model involved with creating and marketing a product this crappy or, at best, tasteless (literally, that is)? It can’t involve repeat customers – I would imagine that nearly all consumers would buy this and, like you, find it crappy and a waste of money and calories. So do they survive merely on impulse, novelty buys? Seriously, I want to know …

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:36:28 +0000

Do you remember Planters had a similar product available at one time… They were fake peanuts with a cookie shell filled with Peanut Butter. I remember loving them when I was a kid and before I knew any better.

The name escapes me and a Google search didn’t help me either.

By: LiLu

LiLu — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:06:11 +0000

You’re welcome for the Reese’s yesterday.

Also, I ate a High School Musical chocolate coin with strawberry pop rocks in it. Well, I started to, until I realized what it was and had to sit down until the queasy passed. If you can find those, they’d make some damn good fodder… VOM.

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