A Classic Cookie Makes a Comeback
Given the choice between Hyrdrox and Oreos as a kid I chose Hydrox—I preferred the texture of the latter. I’m in luck, the Hydrox is back, for a limited time only. Kellogg’s, which owns the Sunshine brand, has resurrected the cookie that originally debuted in 1908, several years before the Oreo.

Another Candy Contest
Folks, you’ve got five more days to vote for the new JellyBelly flavor. The finalist flavors include: Honey, Sublime Chili Lime, Thai Ice Tea, Mojito and Acai Berry. I’m no candy expert, but it seems odd to make an artificial honey flavored jelly bean. Wouldn’t it be tastier to eat real honey?

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Jamba Juice takes back the smoothie
In what appears to be a direct poke in the eye to Starbucks and its new Vivanno, Jamba Juice last week announced a limited time ‘Orange Refresher’ all fruit smoothie available as of July 17 for $2.95. The 16 oz. beverage is 210 calories and touted to contain 100% natural ingredients, contain no high-fructose corn syrup and have no added sugar.

According to the release, “Jamba is taking steps to educate the consumer of the benefits of Jamba smoothies, which not only taste great, but are good for you. Jamba believes its product offerings, store atmosphere, and overall customer experience offers a competitive advantage over those whose primary business is serving coffee or hamburgers.”

That’s right Starbucks, they are talking to you. And to further turn up the heat, Jamba is offering coupons for a free smoothie with the purchase of any other smoothie. The coupons will be distributed electronically and also available at www.jamba.com. They are valid from July 17, 2008 through July 30, 2008.

Having your cake and yogurt, too
Yoplait Light introduces three new cake-inspired flavors: Strawberry Shortcake, Raspberry Cheesecake and Pineapple Upside-Down Cake to be introduced nationwide in August 2008

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Jamie Oliver gets his game on
The British chef teams with Atari for What’s Cooking? a new game for Nintendo DS to be released in time for Christmas 2008. The game walks players through cooking scenarios including, shopping, chopping and plating. Players can bring the game into the kitchen to try their hand at the 100 recipes included. And with features such as an interactive shopping list (it saves ingredients from recipes, organizes them by food type, and also allows you to add other items to the list using keypad or text recognition), even my non-cooking boyfriend says, “wow a game that’s actually useful and could potentially get Kristin out of the grocery store in under an hour!”

Starbucks renames the smoothie

Another difficult to pronounce word–Vivanno™–is nothing more than a fruit smoothy with protein and fiber powder added. And according to Serious Eats, they taste awful.

Even more cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs
There’s a new flavor out today: chocolate and vanilla combo. Hopefully this will satisfy all the kids in the house.

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