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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Jolly Rancher Awesome Twosome Chews
About five years ago Twizzlers, a Hershey’s company, introduced Twerpz (original review). They were cute little nibs of flavored “licorice” that had a grainy and flavored cream filling. They were around for about three years then slowly faded away. Twizzlers introduced a few similar products such as the Twizzlers Sweet & Sour Filled Twists, but didn’t relaunch the Twerpz line. In a completely unrelated area, Hershey’s had a line of chocolate bar “Awesome Twosome” brand mashups around the same time. They were regular Hershey’s Milk Chocolate bars with bits of other bars mixed in, like Whoppers, Heath, Almond Joy and Reese’s Pieces.
The flavors of the Awesome Twosome Chews are standards in the Jolly Rancher palette. One is Watermelon on the outside and has a Green Apple filling. The other is Cherry on the outside and has an Orange filling. Each has a sour grainy dusting. The Watermelon/Green Apple is kind of fun because it’s a reverse of the colors of an actual watermelon. That’s about where the fun for me ended. The package itself smells rather plastic and artificial, like bubble gum, wood glue and one of those discount movie palaces that always smells a little damp. They’re soft and chewy and the sour coating isn’t that powerful, just a nice zap. The tube of watermelon licorice is well flavored, in the Jolly Rancher arena, which is good if you like that sort of thing. The green apple inside goes pretty well, but again, horribly artificial and acidic in a way that reminds me of burps.
The aftertaste was like I’d chewed on PlayDoh for a while and then swallowed Country Time Lemonade drink mix. However, I know that there are folks who are really looking forward to these. I like the concept but the texture, flavors and general execution just doesn’t fit my style. Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 12:31 pm
 
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They’re in a few stores now here on the east coast. When I ate first 1 I was not impressed but as I finished the pack I realized they weren’t that bad for a gummie type snack. I much prefer the original JR Fruit Chews and the new Tropical Fruit Chews.
Chewy Jolly Rancher?!? I’ve only seen their hard candies. From your review, it looks like they should have stuck with those.
I LOVE the new Jolly Rancher AWESOME TWOSOMES! The are tangy, soft and chewy, they are truly AWESOME! If you like gummy candies, you will LOVE theses! My kids and their friends are loving them! Also, the new Jolly Rancher Tropical Fruit Chews are out and they are wonderful too!
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