Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Dubble Bubble Snow Balls

DSC_7418rbChristmas candy is mostly about peppermint and chocolate and shiny colored foil wrapping. Holiday gum is rather unusual, so I was pleased to see Concord Confections part of the Tootsie Roll company has a variety for winter: Dubble Bubble Snow Balls.

I enjoy novelty gums for the same reason I enjoy other candy coated morsels: they’re fun to look at before eating. The Snow Balls are extremely cute. Each is the size of a garbanzo bean and rattle around easily in the theater size box. What I also liked about this particular gum was that they were white ... there was no artificial coloring (though there is titanium dioxide as a whitener), so I didn’t have to worry about anything getting into the flavor except what they intended as the flavor. The gum is made with sugar and corn syrup with no artificial sweeteners.

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The pieces are beautiful. They’re rough and white and though spherical, they don’t roll around. The bite was wonderfully soft and easy to chew, but the flavor is ... well, it’s kind of like fabric softener at first. It’s floral - somewhere in the neighborhood of violet and maybe musk. After chewing (two pieces seemed like a good portion), the crunchy shell and gum base were very soft. However, within a minute, the sugar dissipated to the point that the gum was getting quite stiff ... another two minutes and it was an unchewable lump that was less appealing than a wad of paper. My style is to switch out at that point anyway, so I just spit out the first piece and repeat.

Now, since this was bubble gum, I should comment on those qualities. It works. The bubbles can’t get that big, as the gum base is too stiff and unforgiving. But it’s not particularly sticky, which is a plus. But it’s most definitely not bubble gum flavored, and any children you give this to might be turned off by the soapy notes.

After chewing, even a half hour later, I did notice a lingering floral taste in my mouth, rather like jasmine tea.

Dubble Bubble is peanut free and gluten free ... and in this instance is also free from dyes but may contain traces of soy. The gumballs are made in Canada.

Related Candies

  1. Bubble Gum Flavored Peeps
  2. Dubble Bubble Gum Cigars
  3. Musk Beechies Chewing Gum
  4. Ball Gum Balls (Football & Tennis)
  5. Jumbo Gum Ball Eggs
  6. Dubble Bubble Chick Eggs


Name: Snow Balls Bubble Gum
    RATING:
  • SUPERB
  • YUMMY
  • TASTY
  • WORTH IT
  • TEMPTING
  • PLEASANT
  • BENIGN
  • UNAPPEALING
  • APPALLING
  • INEDIBLE
Brand: Tootsie
Place Purchased: Walgreen's (Glendale)
Price: $1.79
Size: 2.32 ounces
Calories per ounce: 116
Categories: Candy, Christmas, Concord Confections, Tootsie, Gum, 4-Benign, Canada, Walgreen's

POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:31 pm Tracker Pixel for Entry     CandyReviewChristmasConcord ConfectionsTootsieGum4-BenignCanadaWalgreen's

Comments
  1. I’m actually drawn to floral flavors so I may have to give these a try… if nothing else they would be great for decorating cakes or gingerbread houses.

    Comment by Holly Boyer Figueroa on 11/18/14 at 3:26 pm #
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