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Hawaiian Punch Jelly Beans
19 Dec 2009
Hawaiian Punch was one of my classic, childhood drinks. I loved it! I remember buying them in both little juice packs and in cans. Nowadays, they also come packaged in big juice bottles. In the candy world, Brach’s has jumped on the Hawaiian Punch train to bring us Hawaiian Punch Jelly Beans! The bag costs just under $3 and comes packed with six flavors:
The Orange Ocean jelly bean is… orange of course! I for one think the flavor sounds cute. Taste-wise, it isn’t anything special. It just tastes like a plain ol’ orange jelly bean.
This is the Juicy Fruit Red flavor and just like it sounds, it is red. The name of the flavor doesn’t really describe what flavor it is supposed to be and tasting it doesn’t help much either. The flavor isn’t unpleasant, but it isn’t good either.
The Berry Blue Typhoon jelly bean is blue speckled with purple. It is also a berry flavor, but more of a blue raspberry flavor. It’s decent, but far from being my favorite.
For the Green Berry Rush flavor, the jelly bean is light green with blue speckles. Unlike the previous two flavors, this one was delicious! It’s a berry flavor with a tropical hint to it.
The Mango Passionfruit Squeeze, looks-wise, is the exact opposite of the Lemon Berry Squeeze. It is yellow with pink speckles. The mango and passionfruit flavors really pop in this jelly bean. Compared to the Lemon Berry Squeeze, the Mango Passionfruit Squeeze looks better but doesn’t taste as good.
The Lemon Berry Squeeze jelly bean is pink with yellow speckles. The lemon really stands out and the addition of the berry flavor makes this jelly bean stand out.
All in all, this is a decent bag of jelly beans. The Fruit Juicy Red, Orange Ocean and Berry Blue Typhoons are boring flavors compared to the other three. They seem very plain and don’t stand out in the bag. The Green Berry Rush flavor is my favorite and the Lemon Berry Squeeze comes in close second. If I could buy a bag with just those flavors, I would. Since I can’t, I really don’t see myself buying another bag of these Hawaiian Punch Jelly Beans.
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Loading ...Fry’s Turkish Delight
16 Dec 2009
A milk chocolate bar with a jelly center is what best describes Fry’s Turkish Delight. What flavor jelly, you ask? Good question. Unfortunately, glancing at the wrapper provides no answer. The only clues its purple wrapper present are that it is “full of Eastern promise” and that it is “as good as ever”, which one would hopefully assume given that the bar has been in existence since 1914 (more on that later). The mystery behind the Turkish Delight was enough for me to want to try it.
The Fry’s Turkish Delight bar consists of a thick layer of red/purple jelly surrounded by a thin layer of milk chocolate. The jelly, to me, has the perfect consistency since it is soft and chewy. After taking a bite, I still had no idea what the jelly flavor was. So with the help of my friend, Google, I was able to find out that the jelly is flavored with Otto of Roses, which is basically rose oil. Further research reveals that the Fry’s Turkish Delight was invented in 1914 by J.S. Fry & Sons. The company later merged with Cadbury but kept the candy’s original name. The bar itself, at 1.8 ounces, is really small for a bar of chocolate. I would equate it to the size of about two fun-size Snickers bars.
I bought the Fry’s Turkish Delight bar for $1.61. A little pricey for such a small bar of chocolate. At first, I was not a fan of this bar, but after several bites, it started to grow on me. It’s actually not bad. I especially like the uniqueness of it. When do you ever see chocolate bars with jelly centers or rose flavored candy?
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Loading ...Tangy Zangy Sour Sticks
In: Chewy| Jelly| Morris National| Sour
11 Dec 2009
I was browsing for some sour candy online and came across the Tangy Zangy website. They are not sold in many places, but my boyfriend was kind enough to find Tangy Zangy Sour Sticks for me at Winn Dixie. Although there are various flavors, the only one he could find was Green Apple.
On the bag is a cute apple character with huge eyes and pursed lips to indicate that the candy is sour. Inside the bag, you’ll find a party going on with fruit sticks and sour crystals galore. The sticks are almost completely covered in sour crystals and look like Sour Punch Straws, except they aren’t hollow like the straws.
I was honestly expecting these to taste just like Sour Punch Straws, but when I took my first bite, I was actually taken back by the sourness. Don’t get me wrong, this was a good thing. I love really sour candy and this was definitely sourer than Sour Punch Straws. It’s sour enough to cause your tongue to go numb a bit, especially if you eat too much in one session. So, be sure to take it easy! Now, if only I could find other flavors to try…
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I am lactose intolerant and although Lactaid products are my friend, I thought these Baskin-Robbins Soft Candy were a genius idea. A quick look at the ingredients and in bold I see “CONTAINS MILK.” Haha. Dairy never hides from us lactose intolerant people.
I have tried Baskin-Robbins Hard Candy in mint chocolate chip, but I have never seen the soft candy line. I found two soft candy flavors – mint chocolate chip and very berry strawberry. Both are really good ice cream flavors, but how would they taste as soft candy chews?
Starting with the Baskin-Robbins Very Berry Strawberry Soft Candy. Inside the box is roughly 20 pieces, individually wrapped in a shiny silver wrapper with the Baskin-Robbins logo all over it. The soft chews themselves are pink speckled with red. If you’ve had the ice cream, you’ll know the ice cream is also pink with red strawberry pieces mixed in. The strawberry flavor is actually pretty good and reminds me of the flavor (not texture) of Strawberry Hi-Chew. The texture of these Baskin-Robbins Soft Candy is what ruins it for me as I find it too soft.
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The Baskin-Robbins Mint Chocolate Chip Soft Candy are packaged in the same wrappers as the very berry strawberry flavor. The candy is green with black dots all over similar to the look of mint chocolate chip ice cream. The black dots, of course, represent the chocolate chips. The flavor tastes like mint chocolate chip, but again, the texture is what throws it off. Although decent overall, I think the mint chocolate chip hard candy tastes better.
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I bought both boxes on sale at 35 cents each. Overall, they’re just average. They both smell extremely delicious, but the taste and texture don’t live up to the ice cream. Let’s face it though, nothing would taste as good as the actual ice cream.
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Loading ...Godiva Dark Chocolate Caramel Gems
10 Dec 2009
Also part of the Godiva Gems Collection is the Dark Chocolate Caramels. It is packaged in a very pretty gold and bronze bag, which contains 12 individually wrapped pieces. Compared to the Dark Chocolate Truffle Gems, these Dark Chocolate Caramel Gems are also about $4 but are square shaped, instead of round. It obviously takes up less space, but yet, only a dozen were in the bag. I bet they could have fit at least 30 of these delicious gems.
The outer chocolate layer is a rich, sweet dark chocolate. The sweet caramel is soft and easy to bite into. One thing I really like about these Dark Chocolate Caramel Gems is that I don’t get caramel goo stuck to my teeth whenever I eat them. But since the caramel is already super sweet, I would have preferred a touch more bitterness to the dark chocolate.
Overall, great caramel dark chocolate for caramel lovers out there. Don’t fret milk chocolate lovers, there’s a milk chocolate line out there for you too. If you don’t like really soft caramel, you can always refrigerate them first.
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