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June 2007Saturday, June 2, 2007
May Search Strings1. skittles Wow, I can only say that people are sure interested in the chewy goodness of Skittles and Starburst. (Hey, I had a good time writing about them.) POSTED BY Cybele AT 5:11 pm Candy • Search Strings • Fun Stuff • Friday, June 1, 2007
This Week in Candy - Inagural EditionIt’s a new month, so here’s a new feature for you, just a little weekly recap not only of what I’ve covered here, but all the candy news that’s fit to link!
Here’s the recap of CandyBlog reviews this week: Wednesday: Butterfinger Stixx (6 out of 10) Thursday: Starburst Sours (New) (6 out of 10) Friday: Sour Extinguisher (5 out of 10) Weekly Average: 6.5 ... 50% chocolate content. Sour Extinguisher
The first thing I noticed was that the “randomness” of my bag meant that I had an overwhelming number of yellow candies. (The bag makes mention that the assortment may vary, it also makes mention of the chance of mouth irritation.) The candies break down this way: Tangy Tangerine - a mild sour ... (6 candies)
The little candies look more like pieces of lumpy gum. They’re matte in color and don’t smell like anything. The Tangerine is nice. A little firm to chew, not quite a Chewy SweeTart or Skittles, it’s more like a Razzle that never turns into gum. Lemon is quite tart, but actually has some really good authentic lemon flavors in there, even a little bitterness that makes it taste like a freshly shaken lemonade. Lime is very sour, so much so that it takes a while to get to the actual flavor. Again, it actually tastes like lime eventually. None of them was so sour that I had to reach for the Extinguisher but I pretended with some Lime anyway. The Raspberry was definitely sweet and it definitely smote the sour. The flavor was pretty bland, kind of like cotton candy. The texture of the candies as a whole isn’t really my idea of great. They’re crumbly but never really chewy and then they disappear. I’d give them higher marks if I didn’t feel like the texture was due to being in the sofa cushions for several years. As an interactive candy that you really need to look at what you’re eating, it’s a fun idea, especially for kids who crave these sorts of things. I found, if nothing else, they really got my mouth watering.
UPDATE 6/9/2009: Big BOING, the company that developed Sour Extinguisher, sold it to American Licorice. It was relaunched in January 2009 with two flavor sets. Full review here of the new Chewy Extinguisher Sour Citrus & Chewy Extinguisher Sour Fruit. Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 7:09 am 
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