Results tagged “fruit” from Christine's Candyland

Wonka is consistently coming up with the most unique ideas and flavor combos in candy, can always count on them to put something really different out there. A few years ago they had a SweeTarts Rope, which was a cherry licorice tube filled with blue goo that had Nerds in it but it wasn't around too long before Nestlé (which owns Wonka) discontinued it. Obviously they reworked the idea and came out with Kazoozles.

I love how colorful and whimsical Wonka packaging is, makes me that much more excited to eat their candy. Described as Delickoricious, they come in Cherry Punch and Pink Lemonade. I started with Cherry Punch (blue package) and sadly, it was a little underwhelming. The first thing I thought when I bit into a rope was that it tasted like cough syrup, yuck. Candy should not taste medicinal! The medicine taste never went away and eventually it faded to the background a bit. The rope itself had a nice firm chew, firmer than your standard Red Vine and more like those giant red licorice ropes you can get at the ball game. The goo in the middle was yummy, like cotton candy or a Pixy Stix, to me it wasn't very "punch" flavored, just a super sweet vaguely fruity slightly gritty frosting.

The Pink Lemonade was a hair better. As you can see these had big sugar crystals on them, which were a nice texture addition and broke up all the chewiness. The licorice wasn't very lemony, like super watered down Country Time. To combat all the sweetness it would be better if there was some tartness thrown in but the filling is more of the same super sweet variety, dare I say it's the same filling as the Cherry Punch but just in a different color.

I did enjoy these, just not as much as I was hoping and I would probably pick them up again if there wasn't anything more appealing on the shelf though honestly I'd rather just have some Red Vines.

First of all, what a redundant name! If you already have 'burst' in your product name, why muddy the waters by using 'burst' again? These should have been named Starburst Sticky Gummi Discs, that's a much better name don't you think? Man I would be awesome at product marketing!

Unlike original Starburst these aren't square or hard but they are the same flavors: Cherry, Lemon, Orange and Strawberry. They're a pretty candy, glossy and bouncy little discs with a raised "S" in the center. The biggest complaint about appearance that I have is that the Cherry and Strawberry flavors are nearly indistinguisable from each other. Check it:

Can you tell which ones are red and which ones are dark pink? Nope, didn't think so. I could only tell them apart by holding them really close to a light and then I could sorta tell them apart. Sorta.

Sadly, the taste didn't help out in this dilema. The taste in both berry flavors was extremely subtle and frankly didn't taste like cherry OR strawberry. Lemon wasn't much better, just a very mild tingle. Orange was the strongest flavor but still only a little zesty.

"Nothing is juicier than Starburst GummiBursts. Not even real juice!" their website claims but honestly, they weren't that juicy. Sticky is definitely the right word. Think the filling, or burst as it were, was pure corn syrup since it didn't taste like much aside from being sickly sweet and it was sticky, sticky, sticky!

These weren't bad really, just kind of boring and not really worth the calories. Think I'll just stick to the original fruit chews.

 

Part of the inspiration for this blog was that I wanted to order a bunch of candy from Jbox. What a great website! So many interesting, yummy and odd things from Japan. One of the items in that first order was Poifull.

As the package says, now comes with Pineapple! Poifull are jelly bean like candies with flavors Pineapple, Purple Grape, Apple and Green Grape. I love the graphical depictions of the flavors on the bottom of the box, so cute. Or as they would say in Japan, kawaii!

Upon opening the box I was delighted to find that it opened kind of like a Nerds box. Fun.

They're smaller than standard jelly beans and in softer hues. Pineapple is pale yellow, Purple Grape is, um, purple, Apple is pink and Green Grape is green.

The outer shell isn't as firm as most jelly beans, in fact there doesn't seem to be much of a shell at all. It's very soft, hardly any chewing was necessary.

If the box hadn't said that ones of the flavors was apple, I wouldn't have known what the heck pink tasted like. At first I thought it was some kind of melon, after another taste, I thought it was grapefruit. To me, it didn't really taste like apple. Regardless, this was my least favorite flavor.

Green was sort of reminiscent of an actual green grape. I don't particularly care for green grapes (any grape really) so again, this flavor didn't do a whole lot for me. It was pleasant enough but not something I'd want several of.

Purple was another lackluster bean. No artificial grape flavor here, just a vague sweet bland taste. Perhaps I eat too much sugar and have gotten my taste buds used to large doses of sweet, maybe I can't taste subtle sweet flavors anymore. That would be sad.

Yellow was hands down my favorite, I ate all of them in the box! The pineapple flavor was fresh and immediately recognizable, though it didn't have the same acidic tart that a real pineapple has but I really wouldn't expect it in a candy, unless it was a sour candy. I would love a whole box of just the pineapple ones, the other flavors I could certainly do without.

Not sure why some of the beans were heart shaped. It as a nice surprise for sure :)

While browsing through my local Cost Plus one day, I happened upon their vast and varied candy section. It always has interesting stuff and on this particularly happy day, my eyes happened upon a bright pink bag with a picture of a pig prominently displayed and the name 'Fred Ferkel.' How could I resist a candy with a name like FRED FREAKING FERKEL?!

They're a German gummy type candy put out by Katjes, the people better known for their licorice products than anything else. I don't like black licorice so this was my first experience with a Katjes confection.

They smell vaguely fruity but since all the text on the bag is in German, I'm not exactly sure what flavor they're supposed to be (though the Katjes website suggests strawberry, raspberry and cherry).

Each piece is about 1" x 1" and as you can see, is a pig's face. They're almost too cute to eat. Almost. They're soft but not squishy and aren't bright and slick like, say, a gummy bear. They've got a real nice chew to them, and again aren't super sticky like some other gummy candies.

It's a soft, pleasant fruity flavor, not obviously
strawberry, raspberry or cherry but still incredibly addicting. I like to eat each ear first and then gobble up the rest of the face.

The next time you're wandering around Cost Plus, wondering who on Earth would buy a decorative wooden ship, mosey over to the candy section and pick up a bag (or two) of Fred Ferkels!