Mashups at the Market

Silly me. Here I thought mashups were an Internet thing where you take something like Google Maps, combine it with say Flickr images, and other data like where you met a LOST actor, combine it all and make a map showing all the Hawaii locations where LOST actors have taken pictures with fans. But mashups are not limited to the cyberworld.

Your local market has mashups too! Check out this sampling of mashups I just came across.

Doritos Collisions. What a concept that took long enough to materialize. Take two flavors of Doritos chips and throw them in the same package! So simple, it’s genius. Saw two varieties – Hot Wings & Blue Cheese and Zesty Taco & Chipotle Ranch.

I’ve had the Doritos Hot Wings, and they are hot. Makes sense to temper it down with some Blue Cheese. Never tried the Chipotle Ranch so I bought one of these.

Strolling through the breakfast aisle led to more mashups. The never ending array of Pop-Tarts caught the mashup fever with the Splitz. You can get a Pop-Tart that’s half strawberry and half blueberry or half chocolate and half vanilla. With respect to Michael Jackson, I went with the black and white Splitz.

And lastly Snap, Crackle, and Pop didn’t want to be left out so they have their own Choconilla Cocoa Krispies.

I wasn’t in the mood for “sweetened rice cereal” so I passed on the Choconilla.

Let’s face it, mashups have gone mainstream.