Here are the finalists for the 2008 MREs.

• Instant granola with blueberries or strawberries (just add water)
• Vanilla- and chocolate-flavored instant pudding
• Toaster pastries (chocolate chip and French toast flavors)
• Chipotle snack bread
• Chocletto’s candy (chocolate toffee candy)
• Twizzler Nibs (red licorice candy)
• Chocolate-covered coffee beans
• Sugar cookies with flags and soldiers imprinted in icing
• Cheez-Its, hot and spicy
• Irish Cream-flavored coffee
• Banana strawberry dairy shake
• Salsa verde (condiment)
• Butter Buds (condiment)
• Splenda (sugar substitute)

Two new entree items will make their debut in the 2008 MREs (which will start appearing in the field in 2009, depending on how quickly current stocks are used up): chicken pesto pasta will replace chicken with cavatelli; and vegetarian lasagna with vegetables will replace vegetarian manicotti.

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