eat with me, tori!

There’s a new candy hitting the shelves at Target today officially, and I gave it a try!  One night while scrolling through YouTube shorts, I ended up coming across a video from a creator named Ryan Trahan. He stated in the video that he owns a “better-for-you” candy company called Joyride, and that their candy would be hitting Target stores on June 15th (that’s today), but on the bottom shelf. He went on to describe what it means to have your brand on the bottom shelf: that bottom shelf brands don’t usually perform as well, as they are out of eye-level. His goal with this advertising tactic is to grow his brand into becoming the number one best selling candy in the candy section- making attempts to knock out the competitors such as Trolli, Haribo, etc. for the number one spot! But of course, that cannot happen if there aren’t enough sales. So naturally, this made me curious about the quality and taste of his candy brand. I was interested in finding and purchasing at least one of ...

      Hello everyone!  I had hoped to get all of my individual review posts for this year's Food & Wine Festival uploaded to my Instagram before the festival ended its run at the end of April, but unfortunately that was not the case, so I have decided to make a big leap and create a blog! Instead of individual posts, I will be sharing everything all at once here. The Festival This year's festival was held from March 1 to April 22, 2024, with a good mix of returning booths and items, as well as brand new booths and items. There were 10 booths total, as well as special offerings at certain dining locations throughout the park. Throughout my multiple visits to the festival, I was able to try 15 items! Usually, on my Instagram, I would just post the items in the order that I tried them. Instead, I will be listing the items I tried by how I felt about the dishes, under titles such as The Good, The Bad, and the Just Okay. These won't be in any specific order! Just by ...