Cup Noodles, Wile E. Coyote in Coyote vs. Acme, and Olivia Rodrigo and the You Seem Pretty Pink for a Baja Blast. / Snackology, Warner Bros. Animation, Taco Bell
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Wile E. Coyote and Will Forte in Coyote vs. Acme. / Warner Animation Group
The folks who tried to kill Coyote vs. Acme should be in jail
That any movie gets made is a tiny miracle. Coyote vs. Acme is two miracles.
It’s a miracle that a Looney Tunes movie with this much heart and love for its characters exists in 2026. We saw a few years ago with Space Jam: A New Legacy that this franchise can easily be warped into something soulless.
And it’s a miracle that Coyote vs. Acme defied the greed of wealthy executives who wanted to throw the finished film away in exchange for a few more million dollars to add to their already overflowing pockets.
Coyote vs. Acme should not exist. But it does. And we are all the luckier for it. (Read more)
Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. / Sony
Spider-Man: Brand New Day thwips into Endgame territory
We’re in the endgame, folks. The Avengers: Endgame territory, that is. Spider-Man: Brand New Day added an estimated $39 million to its domestic haul this weekend, putting the runaway phenomenon less than $4 million away from passing the Infinity Saga finale ($858.4 million) to claim the No. 2 spot on the all-time North American chart. (Read more)
Olivia Rodrigo and Taco Bell’s You Seem Pretty Pink for a Baja Blast. / Taco Bell
Grab your driver’s license. We gotta go to Taco Bell to try Olivia Rodrigo’s You Seem Pretty Pink for a Baja Blast.
I love Mountain Dew Baja Blast. The iconic soda, which began its life as a Taco Bell exclusive, has been heavily covered in Snackology. I recently got to taste Mountain Dew Baja Leo Zero Sugar. I was there when Mountain Dew Baja Midnight launched. I’ve included Baja Blast in my rankings of all the Zero Sugar variants I had in our home. And I absolutely tracked down the absurd Mountain Dew Baja Blast Pie.
The news that Olivia Rodrigo is a Baja Blast fan is already exciting enough. (I’ll never not listen to “my way” when it pops on the radio.) The news that Rodrigo has partnered with Taco Bell to launch You Seem Pretty Pink for a Baja Blast is even more exciting. (Read more)
The contents of the Cup Noodles x Dash Dorm Survival Kit. / Snackology
The Cup Noodles x Dash Dorm Survival Kit is the perfect college roommate
It’s been a long time since I graduated college. Long enough that my college had not only the time to rebrand itself as a university, but also plenty of time to bulldoze the college newspaper office that I pretty much lived in to make way for a shiny, new business school. It turns out journalism majors don’t donate enough money to earn their own buildings, I guess ...
Despite being more than two decades out from college, I still have dreams about forgetting to go to a class for an entire semester and then waking up and having to remind myself that I graduated, so I think that still qualifies me to review the Cup Noodles x Dash Dorm Survival Kit. (Read more)
Cheetos Sweet Phantom Heat Puffs. / Snackology
Spooky? Scary? Spicy? Are you afraid of Cheetos Sweet Phantom Heat Puffs?
It’s been a spicy summer over here at Snackology. Thanks to Trolli Spicy Crawlers, the Blue Moon Spicy Orange Challenge and Mountain Dew Baja Leo Zero Sugar, I’ve tasted the full gamut of spiciness. The Spicy Orange made me sweat. The gummi worms were perfectly balanced. And I wasn’t sure where Baja Leo’s heat was supposed to be.
Pumpkin Spice Lattes might be back on the menu, but the minds behind Cheetos have something much more devious in store for us this spooky season: Cheetos Sweet Phantom Heat Puffs. (Read more)
Oreo Apple Pie a la Mode cookies. / Snackology
Apple Pie a la Mode Oreos are back and still full of apple-y goodness
It turns out that Snackology isn’t alone in its mid-August transition to fall. Oreo Apple Pie a la Mode cookies are already back on shelves as I type this review. We first got this cookie flavor last year, and it seems that it was a big enough success for Oreo to immediately bring it back instead of making fans wait a few years for another chance to enjoy it. (Read more)
I tried my best to find all three Pringles x Buffalo Wild Wings collabs
It’s been several years since I was last in a Buffalo Wild Wings, but there was a time when you could find me there at least once a week. This was back in the days before the chain rapidly expanded and shifted cozier locations into cavernous chicken warehouses, and we were able to post up back by the bar and order our wings straight from the bartender back then. Opening up tubes of Pringles x Buffalo Wild Wings brought me back to those days. (Read more)
We have a new secret to crack thanks to Little Bites Mystery Muffins
Gather ’round, kids, it’s time for another Snackology mystery! While last month’s review of Chips Ahoy! Mystery Cookies stumped me, I think I have a lead on the secret hiding in each bag of Little Bites Mystery Muffins. (Read more)
Snack Chat: Lindsay Lohan and Amy Sedaris ring in the Reese’s Oreo Cup’s 1st birthday
Can you believe that it’s been a whole year since Oreo and Reese’s finally stopped flirting with each other and released official Oreo Reese’s Cups and Oreo Reese’s Cookies? (Snackology wasted little time in sending reviews your way of both the candy and the cookie.) Hershey is now celebrating the Oreo Reese’s Cup’s first birthday, bringing Lindsay Lohan and Amy Sedaris on board to help. (Read more)
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‘Coyote vs. Acme’ is a miracle stacked on a miracle. PLUS: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ returns to theaters, ‘The Pitt’ gets a Season 3 trailer, and did Sony wait for Facebook news to tease ‘The Social Reckoning’?
‘One of my favorite drinks ever is a Mountain Dew Baja Blast, so I genuinely cannot believe You Seem Pretty Pink for a Baja Blast is real,’ the pop star said.
