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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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Kazoozles, another Wonka brand candy with an interesting name. Similar to Twizzlers Sweet and Sour Filled Twists, these Kazoozles are also rope candy with fillings. There are two flavors – Cherry Punch and Pink Lemonade. Never failing to bring out the kid in everyone, the description on the wrapper reads “delickoricious chewy candy.”
First off, the Cherry Punch Kazoozles. Each package comes with two red cherry flavored ropes with blue punch filling. The cherry rope has a perfect chewy consistency; not too hard and not too soft. I could easily chew it without it getting stuck to my teeth. The punch filling looks gooey and sticky, but practically melts in your mouth. Together, the Cherry Punch Kazoozles are absolutely “delickoricious.” They are like fruit snacks, but better.
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The Pink Lemonade Kazoozles contain two lemon ropes with pink cherry filling. They look exactly like the Cherry Punch Kazoozles except the pink lemonade version has sour sugar crystals sprinkled all over it. Don’t let that fool you though; the crystals make it more tangy than sour. Nothing on the wrapper says it’s supposed to be sour, so I can’t really be mad at that. Overall, the Pink Lemonade Kazoozles taste good, can be a bit messy due to the sugar crystals.
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Both were pretty tasty but I prefer the cherry punch over the pink lemonade for two reasons. First, the Cherry Punch Kazoozles aren’t as messy as the sugar covered Pink Lemonade Kazoozles. Second, the flavor of the cherry rope speaks to the cherry fruit roll-up lover in me. For 69 cents each, you can’t really go wrong with either of them.
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In: Chewy| Fruity| Impact Confections| Jelly| Sour
23 Sep 2009
As a fan of sour candy, I’ve always liked Warheads. So of course, I had to try out the new Warheads QBZ Sour Fruit Chews. There are four flavors in the box which are Green Apple, Strawberry, Blue Raspberry, and Watermelon. If you weren’t already aware, Warheads candies usually have a sour meter on the packaging to rate how sour the candies are. The rating system is as follows: Tart, Sour, Super Sour, and Extreme. These QBZ Sour Fruit Chews, in particular, have a “Sour” rating.
The Warheads QBZ Sour Fruit Chews look like sugar cubes except in different colors. They are really chewy and are covered in sour crystals. However, they only have a hint of sourness, so even if you are not a fan of sour candy, you still might find these enjoyable. Usually with different flavored candy there’s a flavor that stands out more than the rest, but I couldn’t pick out a favorite from this bunch. They’re all pretty decent tasting, but not sour enough for my taste.
The QBZ Sour Fruit Chews were only $1.49 so they are definitely worth trying out for yourselves. Sour candies generally have sour crystals that accumulate at the bottom of the bag, but I was disappointed to find that this bag didn’t! I really do hope they come out with a more sour version that’ll bump these QBZ Fruit Chews to the “Extreme” category and leave me sour crystals to enjoy at the end. Maybe they can even throw in the Black Cherry flavor from the original Warheads hard candy. So come on Warheads, make me happy!
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In: Chewy| Ferrara Pan| Fruity| Jelly
22 Sep 2009
Happy first day of Fall everyone! Can’t wait for the weather to get cooler =D
I was at World Market and came across this Chewy Lemonhead & Friends Candy. Now, I have always been a fan of Ferrara Pan’s Lemonheads, Cherryheads, Appleheads and Orangeheads but I mainly ate them for the outer sour shells and not for the hard candy on the inside. Not ever thinking they would make other variations, I was surprised to find Chewy Lemonhead & Friends Candy at the store. It costs about $1.49 and contains five flavors from the originals: Lemonhead, Grapehead, Orangehead, Cherryhead, and Applehead.
I’ve never had the original Grapeheads, but these chewy Grapeheads are delicious. Eating them brought me back to my childhood days when I was obsessed with Grape Kool-Aid. Seriously, if you like Grape Kool-Aid, Grapeheads are for you. The other flavors – Lemonhead, Cherryhead, Orangehead & Applehead – tasted just like the originals but in chewy form. They all had delightful, slightly sour outer shells and chewy, jelly insides.
This box of Chewy Lemonhead & Friends Candy was really good. I liked how the box had the entire variety of “fruit”head flavors. Made with real fruit juice, my only wish is that the juice I drink is as sour and yummy as these. If you liked at least one of Ferrara Pan’s original “fruit” heads, you would definitely love these. Especially if you are like me and was never a fan of the hard candy centers. On the other hand, if you’ve never had any of the original Lemonhead, Applehead, Cherryhead, Orangehead, or Grapehead candies, this would be a great box to start with since it has all the flavors in one box.
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