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kids, but even adults can’t get enough of these pocket-sized granola bars. Packed with organic oats and chocolate chips, they taste like a soft-baked cookie (if you close your eyes). Ali, our associate groceries editor,keeps one in her bag for snack emergencies.

$11.84 for 6 bars at Amazon, the chocolate-covered biscuit straws have withstood the snacking test of time. Kristina Razon, our deputy food editor, has loved them since childhood. “The crisp biscuit and thin chocolate coating make it the perfect afternoon pick-me-up.” We absolutely agree. It’s crunchy, chocolaty, and totally nostalgic.$1.13 for 1.41 ounces at Walmart

Few candies have garnered as much fanfare as. The infamous snack was dubbed the “Movie Night Must-Have” in last year’s

and continues to steal the hearts of our editors. Rachel, our culinary producer, gushes that its “chewy center holds all the tangy crunchy Nerds together, doing the impossible” — making something that’s better than the original.

, $3.79 (on sale!) for 8 ounces at AmazonWhile wandering the narrow alleyways around Pike Place Market, I was slowed down by groups of tourists stopping to take selfies in front of a vibrant brick wall. The wall was spackled with an array of hues from peach to periwinkle.

At first, I thought the specks of color were dried-up chunks of paint. But when I saw a pedestrian pull a gooey wad out of their mouth and stick it on the brick wall, I realized the wall was a gum canvas.I was shocked and a little grossed out upon my realization, but when I focused on how the wall actually looked rather than the germ-infested materials, I thought it was a playful work of art.

Before you ask, no, I didn't add my own contribution to theI was surprised to find a three-story target downtown.