Top 10: If you could create a new flavour for a popular snack, what would it be?
- From milk tea Oreos to garlic chocolate, here are the tastiest – and most unusual – flavours our readers would love to invent
- This week’s question: What is one thing you recently gave up on, and why?
If you could create a new flavour for a popular snack, what would it be? Photo: Shutterstock This week’s question: What is one thing you recently gave up on, and why?
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Here were the tastiest snack suggestions from our readers ...
Anson Ng Wai-yan, 12, St Mary’s Canossian College: Coffee-flavoured potato chips offer a unique taste for exhausted students seeking an energy boost. By combining the crunch of chips with the taste of coffee (without caffeine), these portable snacks provide quick refreshment during study sessions. They would gain momentum and become the go-to school snack for students aiming to recharge during their academic endeavours.
Howard Chan Pok-ho, 15, Sheng Kung Hui Tsang Shiu Tim Secondary School: Potato chips with a Chinese herbal tea flavour. Potato chips are one of the most popular snacks in the world. They are made by deep-frying potatoes, which have a crispy texture. However, since they are deep-fried, they are very unfriendly to those who want to adopt a wholesome lifestyle. The unhealthy flavours offered make them even more fattening and oily. Thus, I would like to fuse the traditional Cantonese beverage leung cha with potato chips to make the snack a bit healthier.
Yeung Hoi-ching, 14, Christian Alliance SC Chan Memorial College: I would create a chilli candy because this weird flavour could entice people. It can be used while playing games with friends. When someone loses the game, they will receive a chilli candy and must eat it immediately. You can also eat a chilli sweet when you feel sleepy. The spice from the chilli sweet would immediately make you feel alert. If you don’t drink enough water, you could also try this candy, as it would make you feel like consuming more liquids. Chilli flavour candy is a good snack for teens or families.
Students share the foods that look better than they taste
Pinky Chan, 16, Fung Kai Liu Man Shek Tang Secondary School: I would create a flavour that smells like a new book. I take a deep whiff of the pages whenever I get a new book. The aroma is very fragrant, and I am addicted to it. However, there are no such snack flavours available on the market. As a result, I would create a flavour that smells like a new book if I had the chance.
Minnie Chan Wing-yi, 17, Leung Shek Chee College: If I could manufacture a new flavour for a popular snack, I would combine Oreo biscuits and milk tea. Oreo has launched various flavours since 1912 but has never released a milk tea flavour. For me, milk tea is not only a part of Hong Kong culture but also part of my childhood memories. I can imagine how scrumptious it would be to combine the two. I believe it would be a craze when released to the public.
Chevy Liu Ka-tung, 14, Stewards Pooi Tun Secondary School: I would invent an ice cream-flavoured bubblegum. I love ice cream but can’t eat it during winter because I get brain freeze. Therefore, the new bubblegum flavour would save me the trouble and allow me to enjoy my favourite dessert, no matter the temperature.
Lin Sze-man, 16, TWGHs Li Ka Shing College: I want to design a chocolate full of garlic flavour, because many people dislike this taste, but chocolate is loved by everyone. Therefore, I believe everyone can overcome the psychological barrier and try this unique flavour of chocolate more.
Chan Suet-lai, 14, Pope Paul VI College: I would choose to create bitter melon-flavoured candies. Most people would think bitter melon and candy are impossible to combine, but I think it would be a very interesting flavour. You could taste the bitterness in the candy but also sense some sweetness, which would neutralise the taste.
What is your favourite after-school snack, and why?
Eric Liu Dong-wei, 15, Sheng Kung Hui Tsang Shiu Tim Secondary School: A watermelon-flavoured sachima. Because of its exquisite taste and crunchy texture, it would be a favourite of foodies from pole to pole. Summer is around the corner, so there is an imperative need to introduce a watermelon-flavoured sachima as a “summer speciality.” On a scorching summer day, a thirst-quenching watermelon is undoubtedly a necessity. Now imagine savouring a satisfying bite of some perfectly fried sachima, coupled with the aromatic and tropical scent of watermelon.
Tania Lee Yee-wing, 12, Pooi To Middle School: I would create matcha-flavoured Chelsea candy. Even though these candies are no longer being produced, they were some of the best candies I’ve ever eaten. They only had yogurt, butterscotch, and coffee flavours. As a matcha lover, I would be ecstatic if Chelsea candy had a matcha flavour. I would never stop eating it.