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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Fannie May Pixie
Again, it’s a pricey piece of candy - at $1.39 for a 1.5 ounce candy billed as Crunchy pecans in smooth caramel, drenched in rich milk chocolate. But a careful shopper might notice that Pixies go for $22.99 per pound on the Fannie May website yet these individually wrapped pieces work out to $14.83 per pound. (But they’re also available in dark chocolate on the website.) Fannie May is famous for these turtle-like candies and I’m a huge fan of turtle-like candies. The ingredients look much better. There’s real chocolate, 50 fewer calories and no trans fats make it into the listing. (There is some hydrogenated vegetable oil on the list, but it’s very far down.)
Honestly, it’s a huge turtle. Far larger than I’m accustomed to. The ratios are a bit off from smaller ones, as far as I can tell. There’s a lot of caramel here and what seems like a lot of chocolate and not a lot of pecans. The crunch of the pecans at the base is good, they’re crisp and fresh without that trace of fibery chew or rancid oily taste that some drug store turtles can get. The chocolate is creamy, not terribly milky but has a good snap to it and stays on the caramel center well. The caramel has a nice buttery flavor. It’s not quite a stiff chew but still has a good stringy pull and smoothness. So while I thought it was a bit too large at first, I had no trouble finishing it (though I did it in two sittings). Related Candies
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Have you ever tried Sweet Georgia Browns by Purdy’s Chocolates? They are delicious turtle type candies. The distinguishing factor for me is that the pecans are roasted/salted before being introduced to the caramel & chocolate base.
I have been extremely dissatisfied by Fannie May Candy of late. Both the quality of their candies and their service through their website http://www.fanniemay.com has gone downhill. Candies arrive damaged, crushed, broken and not consistently fresh.
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