Funyuns might be my favorite food. They are Kiera Knightley, I am Andrew Lincoln, and to me, they are perfect. You’d think that being a big Funyuns guy would make me the ideal candidate to review a new Funyuns flavor. Maybe, maybe not. I will say that being a big Funyuns guy makes me a highly discerning critic of new Funyuns flavors. So what did Sporked’s resident Funyuns guy think of new sour cream and onions Funyuns (aka Sour Cream & Funyuns, sigh)? Read on to find out.
When you bust open a bag of these new Funyuns, you get absolutely walloped with the smell of powdered sour cream. So I think we were justified in expecting that sour cream and onion Funyuns were going to be very sour cream and onion-y. That wasn’t really the case!
Pros: The main pro? They’re still Funyuns, so they’re still great. The extruded cornmeal rings are crispy-crunchy and fun to eat. They have a much less intense onion flavor than original Funyuns. If you’re not addicted to alliums like I am, you might appreciate the more tame flavor profile.
Cons: Frankly, I love the bold onion flavor of Funyuns (even on potato chips!), so these were a letdown. Even if they were going for a milder green onion flavor, it sort of misses. The powerful sour creamy aroma doesn’t translate that well, but it does dampen the overall onion-y experience. As I said, these are still good because they share a great deal of DNA with original Funyuns, but I’d be hard pressed to pick up a bag of these if I could have the real deal instead.
Gwynedd Stuart, Sporked’s managing editor, is an L.A.-based writer and editor who spends way, way too much time at the grocery store. She’s never met an Old El Paso taco or mozzarella stick she didn’t like.
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