I can't believe it's been a MONTH since I've posted anything! How does time get away from us so fast?
Anyway, another item from my massive J-List order is Glico Pachi-Pero otherwise known as Pop Rocks in Chocolate.
Now, Pop Rocks on their own are an awesome candy and anyone who was a kid in the 80's (or was just eating candy in the 80's) heard the urban legend about drinking Coke and eating Pop rocks at the same time.
Combining Pop Rocks and chocolate is a genius idea and I was totally smitten with the picture of the crazy bomb guy on the package.
It's essentially a chocolate lollipop, though the stick the candy is on almost looks like a bubble wand, too bad I didn't have normal bubbles in the house to test it out, just cat nip bubbles. Gross.
The chocolate was a nice milky color and you can see how well the crazy bomb guy from the packaging is represented on it.
The bottom half of the candy was white (white chocolate? possibly, though I couldn't confirm) with subtle flecks of color from the Pop Rocks shining through.
I took a pretty large first bite to make sure I got plenty of Pop Rocks in with the chocolate. It was really good! I could taste a generic fruity flavor from the Pop Rocks and the chocolate was nice and smooth.
The best part of course was letting the mixture sit on my tongue and explode!
(Biting down on the Pop Rocks makes them explode too but not nearly as much fun as sitting there with your mouth hanging open and letting people you live with listen to your mouth crackle).
I felt that the candy could have been bigger, the enjoyment was over far too quickly and it made me wish I had bought more than one. And sadly, J-List appears to be out of stock. Something to keep an eye out for the next time I'm in a store that sells Japanese candies!
Anyway, another item from my massive J-List order is Glico Pachi-Pero otherwise known as Pop Rocks in Chocolate.
Now, Pop Rocks on their own are an awesome candy and anyone who was a kid in the 80's (or was just eating candy in the 80's) heard the urban legend about drinking Coke and eating Pop rocks at the same time.
Combining Pop Rocks and chocolate is a genius idea and I was totally smitten with the picture of the crazy bomb guy on the package.
It's essentially a chocolate lollipop, though the stick the candy is on almost looks like a bubble wand, too bad I didn't have normal bubbles in the house to test it out, just cat nip bubbles. Gross.
The chocolate was a nice milky color and you can see how well the crazy bomb guy from the packaging is represented on it.
The bottom half of the candy was white (white chocolate? possibly, though I couldn't confirm) with subtle flecks of color from the Pop Rocks shining through.
I took a pretty large first bite to make sure I got plenty of Pop Rocks in with the chocolate. It was really good! I could taste a generic fruity flavor from the Pop Rocks and the chocolate was nice and smooth.The best part of course was letting the mixture sit on my tongue and explode!
(Biting down on the Pop Rocks makes them explode too but not nearly as much fun as sitting there with your mouth hanging open and letting people you live with listen to your mouth crackle).
I felt that the candy could have been bigger, the enjoyment was over far too quickly and it made me wish I had bought more than one. And sadly, J-List appears to be out of stock. Something to keep an eye out for the next time I'm in a store that sells Japanese candies!
