Monday, November 11, 2013
Good and Delish Maple Cream CharmsWalgreen’s has a house brand of candy called Good & Delish which includes bars, chocolate clusters, mints, chocolate sticks and Belgian chocolate gems. One of the items I’ve been eying for almost a year are the Good & Delish Milk Chocolate Maple Cream Charms. It’s hard to find good maple creams; my favorites were once the See’s Maple Cream, but now that my walnut allergy has developed, they’re off my list of edibles. It seems like these Maple Cream Charms are too good to be true. They were on sale for $2.99 for an 8 ounce bag. The ingredients looked good: real milk chocolate, real vanilla and whole milk without any weird fillers. I was a little concerned that they were just going to be a sticky mass inside the bag, however, they’re individually wrapped. They’re even marked, so you could buy several bags of different candies from this line and be able to mix them in a candy dish and still be completely sanitary. The pieces are nicely domed and a little over an inch at the base and an inch tall. They’re each about a half an ounce and come in at 75 calories each. They don’t smell like much other than sweet. I didn’t get any maple hints, but perhaps a more woodsy note to the milk chocolate. The filling is only lightly tinted on the caramel side. The fondant (made with egg whites) is soft and slight grainy. But there’s no hint of maple, only sweetness. It’s more sweet than possible for the size of the candy. The milk chocolate is similarly sweet but at least has the light milk notes, though not much in the way of cocoa flavors. They’re terribly disappointing, given the packaging and the ingredients. I guess I shouldn’t have expected so much for a candy that’s only $8.00 per pound at regular price. I was thinking these were also made by Harry London like the Cornflake Clusters, but they have a different Kosher certification, so now I’m stumped. It could be Bloomer’s in Ohio, which also does all natural chocolates at quite an affordable price. It appears that there are a lot of different sources for the Good and Delish line, so it’s hard give the brand my full confidence. Some of the Belgian bars and treats I also recognize from good companies as well, like their Belgian Crisps (they look like Pringles made out of chocolate). Here’s another review: Hunting for the Very Best: Delish is Delish Have you tried anything else from the Walgreen’s Good & Delish line you’d like to recommend or steer others away from? Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:36 pm Candy • Review • Chocolate • Fondant • Kosher • 5-Pleasant • United States • Walgreen's • |
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I’ve started to see these quite a bit at my local Walgreens. I really like their chocolate covered cookie bites (http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/good—delish-milk-chocolate-covered-bites-cookie/ID=prod6169346-product). Not exactly gourmet, but they taste good!
I really love the Good and Delish line and have for about a year now. They’re fun things to try out at a good price.
As Beth noted, the chocolate covered cookie bites are nice. So are the french mints and peanut butter cups. I didn’t like the red velvet caramels much, personally. They were well-made, but after I got them, I realized that I only had it in me for one red velvet caramel, maybe two. Eating an entire bag over less time than, like, a year seemed impossible. (But I did manage, lol.) I wish they had more chocolate creams like the maple and raspberry ones, because those are my favourite kind of candy.
I recently tried their Aussie style black licorice bites. They are very good - doughy, has a satisfying chew and tastes distinctly like molasses. Fairly mild on the licorice flavor.
i’ve had hit and miss luck with delish- i quite like their lemon & black pepper dark chocolate bar but recently picked up a box of some chocolate covered orange jelly things that were supremely terrible. liked the packing, hated the product.
I’ve had the red velvet caramels. Very sweet—not much flavor other than “sweet”. Loved the chewy, cake-y texture, though.
Where can I purchase this maple creme candy in Illinois.
Their shortbread fingers are at least as good as Walker’s, but cheaper.
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