Product: Organic Pastilles Gingermints
Description: If Cinnamon Imperials and peppermint Altoids mated, you’d get these little dandies, which are distinguished by a specific twinge of organic ginger root. Add to their identity the French word for small lozenges (pastilles), and your dull palate will spring back to life faster than you can blow a kiss to a receptive admirer.
High points: They taste both spicy and sweet while offering a titillating sting to the back of the throat. The “mints” contain only 5 calories each—and without the help of artificial sweeteners. Which means you can eat them lawlessly despite the fact they closely resemble candy.
Low points: Though stimulating to the palate, you’ll need a veritable breath mint or a toothbrush to diminish the smell of that burpy hot dog that’s been lurking on your breath from lunch. Ginger alone doesn’t do the trick.
Price: $1.99
Availability: Trader Joe’s