Archive for June, 2010

M&M’s Pretzel

In: Chocolate|Mars

16 Jun 2010

I saw a blue bag of M&M’s at my local grocery store and almost ignored them thinking they were the old M&M’s Crispy. Good thing I took a closer look since they are actually the new M&M’s Pretzel. On the bag is a cute picture of the Orange M&M holding up an X-Ray screen that shows he has a pretzel inside of him. If you’re one to care about the colors, the bag I bought had four M&M colors – red, blue, orange and green. The M&M’s website also lists brown as one of the available colors, but I have yet to find a bag with one in it.

The M&M’s Pretzel are round and slightly smaller than M&M’s Peanut. Inside each M&M is a decent sized pretzel ball. When I took my first bite, I noticed two things going on. First, the cracker-like texture of the pretzel is refreshing and different from all the other M&M’s. Along with a satisfying crunch, the pretzel also brings a salty pretzel flavor. You have the sweetness of the chocolate M&M’s mixing with the salty pretzels. The outer M&M chocolate layer isn’t thick, but it gives just the right amount of a sweet chocolate flavor to allow the saltiness of the pretzel to come into play.

Overall, these M&M’s Pretzel are my new favorite M&M’s. I really like how they chose salted pretzels over unsalted ones since the salty and sweet combination bring a nice play on the tongue. One thing I have to gripe about is that I bought a regular bag for $1, which I think is ridiculous considering I could buy a king sized bag of candy for around the same price. I later realized they aren’t all overpriced because I found them for much cheaper at Target.

Rating: ★★★★★

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I have been wanting to try Cow Tales but never managed to find them at the store. That is, until I spotted Mini Vanilla Cow Tales at the Dollar Tree. They are made by Goetze’s Candy Company which is known for their caramel candy. They have several flavors of Cow Tales available – Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate and Caramel Apple. The Mini Cow Tales are miniature versions of the vanilla flavor.

The Mini Vanilla Cow Tales I found are individually wrapped in an orange, theater sized candy box. Shaped like short Slim Jims, they are made up of chewy caramel with a vanilla cream center. I expected them to be really sweet, but surprisingly they weren’t. You can definitely eat a couple of them without overloading on sweetness. With every bite, the softness of the inner vanilla cream is the first to fade away, leaving you with the chewy caramel. The texture of the caramel is not one to be desired as it seems to be rolled in corn starch to keep the chewy caramel from being too sticky.

Overall, the Mini Vanilla Cow Tales are okay. I like that the floury texture keeps the Mini Vanilla Cow Tales from sticking to my teeth, but it still doesn’t leave a pleasant feeling in my mouth. After eating more and more, I do feel they are slowly growing on me. While I am still not sure if I will be buying more of the Mini Vanilla Cow Tales, I am definitely going to keep my eye out for the Strawberry Cow Tales which sound delicious!

Rating: ★★★☆☆

Average user rating for this candy is 5.00 out of 5.00

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