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Monday, June 14, 2010
Haribo Raspberries Gummi Candy
The Raspberries are a popular item for wedding candy buffets because they’re elegant with their sharp red and black colors but also because they do well in summer heat. Oddly enough, before buying this bag, I’d never had the Haribo version before. I’ve had the Jelly Belly Confections brand, but saw no reason to try anything else. I picked up this “value bag” at Target. Value is mostly accurate, it’s a half a pound for $1.49 - which is pretty good for Haribo. This particular bag was made in Turkey, I know that Haribo varies depending on which of their global facilities the candies are made in.
They are cute and exquisitely formed. Each is made up of a soft clear gummi center covered with black or red large nonpareils. The nonpareils themselves aren’t particularly flavored, the pop is in the center.
I don’t think there’s supposed to be a difference between the two, but I sense one. The Black Raspberries are lightly bitter, like smoke, on the tip of my tongue. The center is a mild and tangy raspberry jelly. It’s not really gummi but completely smooth with only a slight bouncy chew. It wasn’t a full-bodied jam flavor, just a light floral berry juice. The Red Raspberries were actually more to my liking, though much sweeter. I wish the nonpareils weren’t quite so sweet or at least had a little more flavor to them. But at least the red ones didn’t taste weird to me. (Odd because the only food coloring mentioned on the package was Red 40, my nemesis, which I would have expected to ruin the red ones.) Overall, they’re pretty and probably fun for decorating or display, but not enough pop for me to keep eating. I will note again that these were from Turkey, the ones made in the German factory may be much better. Related Candies
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I see them all the time. Never bothered to pick a bag from the shelf though. I simply thought I wouldn’t like them.
“Red 40, my nemesis”
Sounds sort like a James Bond villain…
I’ve found that the gold bears from Turkey are softer than the ones from Germany, and I like them better. I always thought Haribo’s bears are too hard.
My favorite Haribo gummi is the “fruit salad” that you can sometimes find at Aldi. If they cared to drop a sack of the pineapple flavored ones off at my house, I wouldn’t complain.
You sure it said Red 40? That’s a chemical dye, I thought Haribo only used natural ones?? Strange. At least everything they sell inn Scandinavian is marked with that. I have never reacted to a bag of Haribo, and believe me: those bags get emptied!!
I finally tried a bag, too - and three months (or more) later there are still some sitting on my shelf. That does NOT happen in my house! I wasn’t that pleased with them. I thought they were too sweet (again - my husband is thinking, “Too sweet? What have you done with my wife?”) and I also thought I detected a licorice taste in the black raspberries. I like licorice fine, but not here! Did anyone else taste this flavor?
I like the red ones, but the black ones are too bitter for me.
I only buy these if I can pick the black ones out of the bin.
I never liked the black ones, actually. The nonpareils have such a bitter flavor (which might be the smokiness you mentioned), which I think is from the coloring. The nonpareils also get food coloring all over my fingers and mouth.
i love these! it’s mostly about the texture, though. yum.
I really don’t like the black ones. They are definitely too bitter.
You can buy 5 lbs bags of Haribo candies on Amazon for $14.77 if anyone wants to know. They’re slightly cheaper than buying the little bags.
I must be the only one here who prefers the bitter, black ones!
the red and black ones definitely taste different. the black ones are much less sweet and do have that weird bitter smokiness underneath. the red ones are tastier, more berry tasting, but the black ones are a nice complement.
i love these candies! they’re so fun to eat. they dont have a very strong tangy flavor..even though theyre supposed to be raspberries..but theyre pleasant and sweett.
I just picked up 2 bags today and it definitely lists Red 40 in the ingredients.
Yum yum yum!
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