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K-CLASSIC ERDNUSSE - The absolute best on the market. Nice golden color, fairly large in size, and roasted to perfection - great taste without even a hint of that nasty sour note (which develops if peanuts are either A] roasted at too high a temperature or B] if they’re roasted for too long). They are just the right amount of greasy, just enough to make the salt stick - speaking of salt, they are perfectly salted. The taste is always consistent, doesn’t vary; you know what you’re buying. Crispy, but not dry. Also, with this brand, you’ll get the biggest percentage of whole, unbroken peanuts per package. Some people might find these peanuts a little bit hard, so if you have weak teeth, these aren't for you. But that doesn't bother me personally, I mean, peanuts aren't supposed to be soft anyway. These are the best on the market and you can purchase then in Kaufland. |
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S-BUDGET JUMBO ERDNUSSE - Very nice. Fairly large in size, and as the package says - “Jumbo” - you might even stumble upon a few actual “jumbos” here and there. The taste is great, not too greasy, not too dry, with just the right amount of salt. Crispy. They're a little higher in price, but worth it. Spar is where you buy these. Also, these peanuts come in a can rather than a plastic bag, which is cool if you want to eat them without dirtying the peanut bowls, but if you’re not careful, you’ll cut your fingers. The can is really sharp. |
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ALESTO - Well.. Not too bad. Not the best, but certainly far from the worst. If they were cheaper, I’d probably only buy these because then they’d be just the right amount of value for the price, which leads us to the biggest problem with these peanuts - they cost like premium, but they aren’t. Taste is nice, sometimes even with a hint of cumin, not too greasy, the right amount of salt, well roasted… But not worth the money. Lidl is no place to buy peanuts. |
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SOLTINO - The taste varies sometimes, but not too much. That funky sour note is usually there (you can see it in the dark brown color when they’re over-roasted), but it isn't too prominent to be considered "nasty". The amount of salt is just right. Sometimes they're a little too greasy, but nothing I'd worry too much about. If they were any cheaper, similar to the Alesto ones mentioned above, I could settle for eating those for the rest of my life - but they’re too expensive for that average quality. |
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LIDL SQUIRREL - There used to be an illustration of a squirrel on the package, but it was removed for some reason. I still refer to them as "Lidlova vjeverica" (which translates to "Lidl's Squirrel"), just for convenience's sake - it’s easier to say “Lidl Squirrel” than “those peanuts from Lidl that used to have an illustration of a squirrel on the package.” When they were 2€ a package, I was buying them regularly. They aren’t that bad, and since all the other brands were above 3€ a package, I was really saving a lot of money (but that's only because I'm consuming way too much in general - so if you eat like one or two packs a week, rather go premium). But now they’re almost 3€ too, and they’re not worth it. Regarding quality (which does not match the price anymore), you can’t find one whole, unbroken peanut in the entire package. Also, they’re smaller in size, and they vary too much: sometimes they’re completely dry, and the salt doesn’t stick at all (and I mean AT ALL); sometimes they’re too greasy. Not worth the 3€. Nope. Stay away from Lidl. |
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S-BUDGET ARACHIDI SALATE - MAY 2024 EDIT: These used to be in 3rd place on my ranking but I moved them down after a few very disappointing packs I bought recently. They got even smaller in size which now classifies as "too small" for my taste, and they aren't salted enough anymore, actually, they seem to not being salted at all at this point. Sadly, they're not worth your money anymore, so if you're shopping in Spar, rather opt the S-Budget Jumbo Erdnusse, they're a safe bet. These Arachidi Salate seem to have lost their only good qualities, and now you're basically left only with that "weirdness" I mentioned in my old review below.
OLD REVIEW BACK FROM WHEN THEY WERE STILL GOOD: Also available in Spar, these are somewhat weird(?), but very tasty. Why weird - these peanuts have this kind of buttery feel to them, and they’re very soft (weak teeth bros, here ya go). And the taste is buttery too, almost sweet. These peanuts have a very specific taste to them, and even a non-professional average peanut enjoyer could easily identify them blindfolded. Other than that, they’re not very large in size, but there’s also a whole lot of unbroken peanuts in there. The color is golden and they’re perfectly salted. Again - very specific taste - if you’d only eat these for a month, you’d forget the taste of regular peanuts. But all in all, very good. |
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HRUSTY - I've had some relatively tolerable experiences with these peanuts on a (very) few occasions. They always varied between 'decent' and 'absolute garbage,' but over time, they tended to lean more towards the 'absolute garbage' side. But anyway, this isn’t a lottery, it’s peanuts, they should be consistent, even if consistently garbage (which is the kind of consistency these peanuts did eventually achieve over time), you need know what you’re buying. These are dry as a bone, no salt sticks to them. All of the salt is located at the bottom of the package, so when you finish the bag, you can collect the salt into a larger container, and if you eat these regularly, you’ll never have to buy salt again. They're also quite small, and there's no chance you'll ever find even one whole, unbroken peanut in the entire package. These are horrible, but if they were actually salted (like the package claims they are), better say - if the salt actually adhered to them, they’d be in the Lidl Squirrel category. |
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YUMMY - *cracks fingers* Produced by Marjan Voće, these peanuts take the crown as the ABSOLUTE WORST on this list. I know you're probably thinking I'm overreacting because peanuts are my favorite food, but I assure you broski, I'm not. They are cataclysmic-level garbage, and I would rather eat dog food than this. I’d rather eat rocks, or worms, or dirt because I'm 100% sure it tastes better than whatever this is, I repeat, produced by Marjan Voće. I wouldn’t even feed these peanuts to a dog; hell, I wouldn’t even feed them to Hitler, even though they’re Hitler-level garbage. If a homeless person begged me to feed them these peanuts or otherwise they'll die of hunger, I'd rather let them die than feed them this junk as their last meal (cause "Yummy" would probably make them end it all anyway). I wouldn't serve this to my worst enemy. They taste like roasted wood instead of roasted peanuts (I'm not exaggerating). You know how your pet, if ya own one, sometimes turns away when you allow 'em to lick what's left in that can of tuna you bought, say, in Metss, but then they just smell it and turn away because they can sense that it's probably not good for them, and you then think to yourself "what the hell am I eating then if [pet's name] won't even smell it"? Well, that's the feeling I get when I smell/taste this, I instinctively turn away. Marjan Voće's peanuts are so greasy they slip through your fingers when you try to eat them, and they are so salty that, after consuming them, drinking water tastes sweet, almost like drinking Coke. Also, the ungodly amount of salt these peanuts are covered with will suck all life out of your fingers; so if you're really trying to ruin your day/week/life by eating this junk, better use a spoon and at least keep your fingers from going numb. However, they aren't always too salty, so maybe I'm exaggerating when I say you should definitely use a spoon; sometimes they are completely bland, dry and tasteless (almost feels like eating sand) with all the salt accumulated at the bottom of the package, similar to the Hrusty ones just above, but somehow EVEN WORSE. Also, I mentioned a few times that it's quite uncommon for any brand of peanuts to have a significant proportion of whole, unbroken peanuts per package. Typically, a large percentage of them are broken in half, and this seems to be the case across almost every brand. But these?! These aren’t broken in halves, man; they’re broken in quarters, eighths, I don’t know; if they were any more broken up, they’d categorize as peanut butter. These peanuts literally look like something a school janitor would sweep off the floor after the students' lunch break. Do Kaufland and Konzum even try consuming their products before stocking their shelves with them or not? I guess not. Or is there politics involved? With this quality, Marjan Voće will soon go out of business, and if they don't, then it's definitely politics. And the name on the packaging? Yummy?! Yummy?! Are you kidding me? Dude… I don't know… In the name of all that is holy, just avoid this at all costs. |
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SNACKY - This is the EXACT same garbage as the Yummy ones above, literally the exact same thing, also manufactured by Marjan Voće. Same garbage in different packaging, I repeat, produced by Marjan Voće. The only difference why Yummy is above Snacky on my list is that Yummy is sold in Kaufland, where you can actually choose not to look at the bottom shelf, and have some dignity and spare a few more cents for the premium Kaufland peanuts that are the K-Classic Erdnusse (located on the shelf in your eye level), or even Soltino (just a shelf below the K-Classic). Yeah, but these Snacky ones are sold in Konzum where you basically have no options other than to leave the store and go shopping for peanuts in Kaufland or Spar. |
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