Traveling Munchie #13 - Herr's Chocolate Covered Potato Chips

Today's traveling munchie comes from my sons Forrest and Craig, who were lucky enough to go on a tour of the Herr's Potato Chip factory in Nottingham, Pennsylvania with the Boy Scouts.

Thinking of Dear Old Dad, they managed to pitch in and buy me this container of Chocolate Covered Potato Chips with the money they didn't blow on game room games, snacks for themselves, and other souvenirs.

These chips, by the way, taste fantastic! I love the salty - sweet combination and the crunchy - smooth combination that the chocolate and the potato chip provide as contrast to one another.

The most amazing thing is they survived the 6 hour bus ride home!

Traveling Munchies #12: Kurkure Snacks

Our latest Traveling Munchie comes from Jyoti, who shared an Indian snack (of course owned by Pepsi )with a brand name of Kurkure.

There were four flavors of Kurkure snack that we sampled:
Green Chutney Rajasthani Style
Red Chili Chatka
Masala Munch
Tamatar Hyderabadi Style

The most popular flavor in our taste tests were the Masala Munch. It had lots of tasty Indian spices, but not too much heat. The Tamatar Hyderabadi style were the hottest, most overpowing flavor out of the bunch. The were all very addictive.

Thanks for the munchies Jyoti.

Traveling Munchie #11 - Baby Star snacks and other Asian munchies

Traveling muncher Joe just got back from Hong Kong and brought us a delectable assortment of snack foods. Included in the bunch were Shrimp Chips, Hot and Spicy potato chips, Smoked Flavor Roller Coasters which appear to be some sort of potato snack shaped like Calamari, and some noodle snacks with great cartoon directions on the back which are titled "Way to Eat". The directions go as follows:

"Can eat by hand
Can eat from bag
Suits the time when drink beer or tea"

This munchie adds Asia to the list of continents from which our munchies have traveled leaving only Africa and Antarctica to go. So if you are a scientist freezing your buns off in Antarctica send us a picture of whatever it is you eat down there for snacks. Send your pictures to travelingmunchies@gmail.com.

Traveling Munchie #10 - Papas fritas from Mexico

Good old Jairo. He just brought back a whole bag full of different papas fritas (potato chips) from Mexico. I really like the Sabritas chips. Sabritas is the Mexican cousin of Lays as it is also owned by Pepsi Co. Of course they have been duly entered into the virtual potato chip bag collection.

Traveling Munchie #9 - Choc Koala from Australia

Got another contribution from traveling muncher Shar who sent in this chocolate koala bear from Australia and writes:

G'Day Mate, here's a fair dinkum munchie from Down Under.

Took this picture in Sydney, Australia. The zoo in Canberra had some baby platypusses, called "puggles." They were swimming and cavorting in some bubbly water but, alas, no pictures were allowed because they are shy.

Thanks for the munchie Shar! Keep 'em coming.

If you would like to submit a traveling munchie to the blog, send your photo to travelingmunchies@gmail.com.

Traveling Munchie #8 - American Nutri-Grain in Mexico

Jairo took a Nutri-Grain bar from Connecticut, USA to Guadalajara, Mexico to see the sights. Here are a couple of photos of the munchie's tour.


TM#8 contemplates its own mortality as a perishible food item as it looks at a statue of "La Muerte".


TM#8 Enjoys the lighter side of Mexico City art.

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Traveling Munchies Radio - Episode 1: Fruit snack vs. nut snack

We are experimenting with trying to add audio to the Traveling Munchies experience. To that end, here is the first experimental sound track of the Traveling Munchies crew analyzing the local vending machine and debating the age old topic: Would you rather be a fruit snack or a nut snack?

To listen, download the mp3 file here.

Final Stop for Munchie #5

This just in from Nick via camera phone. The final stop for Munchie #5.

Thanks for the update Nick. I hope #5 was tasty.

Although I am sad to see the well-traveled munchie come to its inevitable fate, I am also heartened to see that someone has a desk drawer that is actually more crammed full of junk than mine is. It kind of reminds me of the Capital One "What's in your wallet?" commercials.

Send us a picture all you people out there. What's in your desk?

Traveling Munchie #7

Jeepers! It's a traveling munchie all the way from Canada, eh? There was a lack of vending machines in the campground and surrounding small town, but this munchie was released from the local A&P. It is even called "Munchies", by Frito Lay.

So the lucky Munchie, was freed from the supermarket and got to go camping for 2 weeks and had a brief tour of Ottawa, the capital of it's homeland. It hitched a ride back to the USA, where it now awaits it's next big adventure.

Here is a slideshow of the camping trip and Ottawa visit.

Or you can visit this way-cool interactive munchie map.

Traveling Munchie #5 Tours New York City

Taveling Munchie #5, the animal crackers from Nashville, have just come back from their exciting tour of New York City with Christine. Of course, what else would animal crackers want to see? They visited the zoo and various eating establishments. And, in honor of being set free and having fun out in the world they visited the Statue of Liberty and Coney Island. This tour even included another munchie first in that these are the first traveling munchies to completely blur the lines of reality. Animal crackers made by Elves in a tree sent into the real world and taken to a real world reprentation of the fictional Simpson's Kwik-E-Mart for a look at the Squishee machine. It hurts my brain just to think about it.

The other thing I love about these munchies is if you look closely at the bag it says "On Safari". They sure are! Thanks for the tour Christine.


Follow along on Google Maps to see where all they have been.

Traveling Munchies #6

First International Munchie!
In a process known as "reverse rendition," Traveling Munchie #6 was released from this undisclosed location in Stockholm and transported to the U.S. by an unnamed Homeland Security official through airports operating under heightened security, then ... um ... "debriefed" by Homeland Security technicians and analysts at a secure facility in Washington D.C..

Traveling Munchie #5

Howdy Ya'll! Traveling Munchie number 5 comes from Nashville, TN. Scott freed this one from the hotel gift shop, because for some reason the hotel did not see fit to have any snack machines at all. This country music snack is now on its way to The Big Apple with Christine to see The Statue of Liberty.

View my munchie map here.

Traveling Munchie #4

California here I come. Traveling munchie #4 was freed in the munchie homeland of Hartford, CT. But it is now California bound in the company of Leda. Good luck little munchie.

Traveling Munchie #3

Woo Hoo! Our first traveling munchie orginating from outside Hartford, CT. This munchie is currently traveling with DearOldDad who writes:

These munchies reportedly came from a retro vending machine buried deep in an undisclosed location by the Department of Homeland Security. They begin their travels at Iwo Jima, with DC monuments in the background.

Declassified photo	Munchie #3 at Iwo Jima Memorial

Join The Fun

We want you to join the fun with the traveling munchies. If you receive a traveling munchie from a friend and want to upload the munchie's status. Send an e-mail with the munchie's identifier (Traveling Munchie #) and where you are. If you like you can include your name, some information about the place or the munchie, whatever you like and we will post it to the blog. We would really like to have a picture too.

Just send the info to travelingmunchies@gmail.com and we'll do the rest.

Or better yet, buy a munchie from your favorite snack machine and send it's on its way. Let us know about it and we'll assign it an official Traveling Munchie # and upload it to the blog.


Have fun!

Traveling Munchie #1

Today Nick and I started our new hobby. The traveling munchies. The idea is to get a snack out of a vending machine then send it on a trip. We'll track it's progress and post picture from all the destinations it visits before it is ultimately eaten. Here is the first ever traveling munchie.

We bought this package of Fig Newtons from a vending machine in Hartford CT. It then travelled to Tolland CT for a visit with the chickens at Horse Hill Farm.

Traveling Munchie #1 - just born


Traveling Munchie #1 - on the farm


Traveling Munchie #1 - in Newington


Traveling Munchie #1 - Visiting Jonathan in Southington


Traveling Munchie #1 - With Scott in Westchester, NY (First out of state Munchie!)


Traveling Munchie #1 - Little Fig in the Big Apple, Traveling with Jonathan to Times Square, NYC