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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Baskin-Robbins Soft Candy
My favorite flavor was always Mint Chocolate Chip. The cool mint goes well with the smooth & chilly dairy fat and the little wafer bits of dark chocolate gave it an air of elegance. (My second favorite was Peanut Butter & Chocolate.) While Baskin-Robbins has had a line of Smooth & Creamy Hard Candy made by Best Sweet for a while, I wasn’t terribly interested in some hard candies that approximated ice cream flavors, after all, there were very good candies that actually were many of those flavors. (A little too self-referential.) Enter their Soft Candy line.
Inside is a pink mylar pouch that holds the candy. Inside that are the pieces, which are individually wrapped in folk. I’m pretty sure one or more of those layers could be eliminated and still have a safe & fresh product. The ingredients are pretty understandable: Sucrose, Corn Syrup, Coconut Oil, Corn Syrup Solids, Non-Dairy Dried Milk Powder, Glycerine, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Gum Arabic, Soy Lecithin, Flour, Salt, Blue #1 & Yellow #5. The only curiosity on the list was Non-Dairy Dried Milk Powder and had to look it up ... it’s actually not milk, it’s some sort of other product, perhaps potato, perhaps rice, maybe soy. I’m guessing soy.
The little rectangles are wrapped in heavy foil. They’re about half the size of a Starburst fruit chew. They smell like, well, creme de menthe soaked cardboard. It’s not that it’s an unappealing smell, though maybe I make it sound that way, it’s just that sometimes cocoa can smell a little musty. The chew is soft, not terribly grainy but not as smooth as some others. It reminds me of Rolaids Soft Chews. The mint flavor is pretty strong, though lacking the creamy promise of ice cream. The cocoa comes in a bit later, and there are little bits in there, but it’s not quite the chocolate chips as promised. It starts to taste like stale cookies (Hydrox, not Oreos). They’re not stellar. I don’t expect to finish the package. I’m still curious about the other flavor available - Strawberry, so I might pick those up when I see them in stores. I don’t know the retail price, but I’m guessing it won’t be more than $1.50. (The hard candies are often sold at dollar stores so these may end up there as well.) Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 7:18 am
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Commenting is not available in this channel entry.It’s still a great post and really good find.
ive tried 2 or 3 of the varieties of BR hard candies. they were nasty, so no surprise these arent very good. BR should stick to making ice cream, it sounds like.
I just finished reviewing these and liked them more than I thought I would, probably because I love mint chocolate chip ice cream.
I think the non-eco-friendly extra layer of mylar is to keep the greasiness of the candies from soaking through the box.
My mother bought me some of the Strawberry flavored for Christmas this year. It feels like, tastes like, and smells like strawberry gum without the gum part. It’s got that really grainy texture that bubble yum has but without the gumness… Not worth the money at all.
I agree with your comments about the smell, texture, and taste and I like them. I love that long lasting minty after taste. It’s interesting that it tastes exactly like me Bath and Body Works Mint Chocolate Chip candle smells - in a good way! Also, I got these at Walgreen’s discontinued price for $.65 so I’m pretty happy about that seeing as a Hershey’s bar is about the same price.
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