I think I bought too much Easter candy. But if I want to eat it, I have to review it.
I bought the Christmas edition of Sugar Babies a little over a year ago and was pretty disappointed with them.
I was suckered into them by two things: I was on vacation and they package design was prettier than before. This box shows the shape of the Sugar Babies logo as an egg nestled in stylized blades of grass, complete with a lady bug behind it.
There is something far more fitting about Sugar Babies for Easter. It’s like they’re actual caramel jelly beans. Well, I guess they’re caramel beans. They come in five colors: pink, blue, green, purple and yellow.
The candy coated panning is better this time. The colors are more opaque and consistent and maybe shinier than before.
But beyond the look of them and the packaging, I still wasn’t happy. The extra candy coating made them sweeter, which muted the wonderful milky and toasted flavors of the caramel. It was grainier and had a weird metallic note to it, like baking soda. The centers were a little firmer than I like as well, and these were definitely fresh. Nope, I’m done with the holiday editions. I’m sticking to the plain old caramel colored ones that come in a sealed bag.
Related Candies
- Holiday Edition Sugar Babies
- Necco Slap Stix Caramel
- Nips: Caramel & Dulce de Leche
- Caramel Apple Sugar Babies
- Sugar Babies
- Chocolate Covered Sugar Babies
- Goetze’s Caramel Creams
| Name: |
Easter Sugar Babies |
RATING:
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 SUPERB
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 YUMMY
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 TASTY
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 WORTH IT
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 TEMPTING
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 PLEASANT
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 BENIGN
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 UNAPPEALING
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 APPALLING
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 INEDIBLE
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| Brand: |
Tootsie |
| Place Purchased: |
Powell's Sweet Shoppe (Paso Robles, CA) |
| Price: |
$1.39 |
| Size: |
5 ounces |
| Calories per ounce: |
112 |
| Categories: |
Caramel, United States, Tootsie, Easter |
SUPERB
YUMMY 
TASTY 
WORTH IT 
TEMPTING 
BENIGN 
UNAPPEALING 
APPALLING 
INEDIBLE 
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Comment by
Johnny Carruthers on 3/31/10 at 11:51 am #
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Rodzilla on 4/01/10 at 5:42 am #
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Comment by
lynn on 4/01/10 at 8:14 am #
Commenting is not available in this channel entry.How do you feel about the chocolate covered Sugar Babies?
Johnny,
http://www.candyblog.net/blog/item/chocolate_covered_sugar_babies/
I found these in a little plastic egg and got suckered into buying them. I only ate about 6 of them. For all of the reasons you list above, I did not like them. I, too, will stick to the regular ones and avoid the holiday sugar babies in the future.
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