In the United States we are marking Memorial Day today with remembrances of those who have died in service to the country.
These are anise squares, hard candy flavored with anise and licorice. Sweet and spicy.
Chocolate piece meets spirograph.
(Previous review of their beta here.)
New Nestle Butterfinger Snackerz are crispy bite-size candies with a smooth Butterfinger-flavored center.
They come in a rather petite package, it weighs only 1.28 ounces, which is a pretty remarkable difference compared to the standard Butterfinger bar which clocks in at 2.1 ounces. Of course that does mean that there are fewer calories per serving, here a bag is only 170 calories (133 per ounce) while a bar is 270 calories (129 per ounce).
The package is a simple pouch, a little taller than a bag of M&Ms and in a bright yellow and orange with blue accents.
The Snackerz look every bit as appealing as the actual Butterfinger bar. They’re a bit chalky and smell like sugar and fake butter. They’re about 1.25 inches long and .75 to 1.00 inches wide. They’re decorated with little zags of orange icing confection. They’re an irregular puff shape, there’s a little pocket of Butterfinger creme in there.
The crunch is like a sweet version of Fritos or a breakfast cereal. Inside the sweets, salty and buttery flavored cream has a little hint of roasted nuts. The cereal and peanut butter combination is fun and different enough. The mockolate coating is a joke, it’s fresh so there’s no hint of rancid cocoa or anything that I get from Butterfingers now and then. But there’s no rich cocoa to go with it.
A few years ago I tried something called Butterfinger Stixx, which were a little wafer tube filled with a similar creme, but the difference there was that they were covered in real milk chocolate. That was a great idea. This is mediocre at best ... a smaller portion than most candies offer at this price but sub par ingredients.
After seeing what Nestle did with the Wonka line to create products with better ingredients, this is just plain disappointing. I know they can do better.
Made in Mexico, no Kosher statement on the package.
Related Candies
- Baby Ruth Crisp & Nestle Crisp Bars
- ReeseSticks (Revisit)
- Whoppers Reese’s Peanut Butter Flavored Candy
- Twix PB
- Butterfinger Stixx
Name: |
Butterfinger Snackerz |
RATING:
- SUPERB
- YUMMY
- TASTY
- WORTH IT
- TEMPTING
- PLEASANT
- BENIGN
- UNAPPEALING
- APPALLING
- INEDIBLE
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Brand: |
Nestle |
Place Purchased: |
sample from Sweets & Snacks Expo |
Price: |
$.89 retail |
Size: |
1.28 ounces |
Calories per ounce: |
133 |
Categories: |
Candy, Nestle, Cookie, Mockolate, Peanuts, 4-Benign, Mexico |
Whee! It’s a three day weekend and the start of summer.