While other seasonal candies are chasing dessert and pastry flavors, 3 Musketeer’s winter flavor is all about the comfort of a hot cocoa. 3 Musketeers Hot Cocoa Marshmallow Minis were also available last year, but I didn’t realize I missed reviewing them until a Mars representative sent me a package that included them.
The 10 ounce bag holds oodles of the 3 Musketeers Minis, which are tiny cubes covered in chocolate with a frothy nougat center.
The little wrappers come in either silver or a light cocoa bronze. Each piece is about 25 calories, they’re about 124 calories per ounce, versus the 145 calories per ounce for a Snickers (nuts are more calorically dense). The little square are about 3/4 of an inch, though not quite that high.
The flavor is odd. It’s like they took the malt out of the nougat. So, the center is now cocoa flavored. Not chocolate flavored, actually more like cocoa and marshmallows. There’s that sort of empty flavor that cocoa has, a little dusty and unsupported and that has an added note of vanilla. They do remind me of cocoa flavored marshmallows, but not in a good way.
I’m not fond of these. The textures are good, but they’re extremely sweet and lacking the light salty, malted nougat flavor that I appreciate in 3 Musketeers. Other 3 Musketeers flavors have been more to my liking, so I’ll say that this is a personal preference. Other folks must be enjoying them because they’re back again, but I’ll take a pass. Someday we’ll get the Mocha ones back with more Mocha flavor in them.
Related Candies
- Twix Gingerbread
- 3 Musketeers Coconut
- 3 Musketeers Richer Chocolate Taste
- Limited Edition 3 Musketeers Marshmallow
- Snickers Rockin’ Nut Road Bar
- Limited Edition Hot Cocoa Kisses
- Skittles Chocolate Mix
| Name: |
3 Musketeers Hot Cocoa Marshmallow Minis |
RATING:
- SUPERB
- YUMMY
- TASTY
- WORTH IT
- TEMPTING
- PLEASANT
- BENIGN
- UNAPPEALING
- APPALLING
- INEDIBLE
|
| Brand: |
Mars |
| Place Purchased: |
samples from Mars |
| Price: |
$3.29 retail |
| Size: |
10 ounces |
| Calories per ounce: |
124 |
| Categories: |
Candy, Christmas, Mars, Chocolate, Kosher, Nougat, 6-Tempting, United States |
SUPERB
YUMMY 
TASTY 
WORTH IT 
TEMPTING 
PLEASANT 
BENIGN 
UNAPPEALING 
APPALLING 
INEDIBLE 
-
Comment by
Susan Johnson on 12/10/13 at 5:50 pm #
-
Comment by
Diane on 12/30/13 at 10:49 am #
Commenting is not available in this channel entry.Thanks for the review- you’ve saved me from being disappointed (and saved me $3 I could spend on a coffee)! I have walked by these a couple of times, and managed to keep myself from buying them. Over the years, that signature maltiness has been replaced with sweetness, which is a disappointment, because it’s one of the few malty candies around anymore. I was hoping these hot cocoa ones had a richer, creamy chocolaty flavor.
Agreed. Just tried these, and they are not good. Boo! I got them for 50% off in a post christmas sale but still not worth the $ in my opinion.
Next entry: Pearson’s Mint Patties Creamy Candy Cane
Previous entry: Ovation Mint Filled & Pumpkin Spice Oranges