Thursday, March 26, 2015
Melster Marshmallow FluffiesI have very little to say about this product today. On Candyology 101, for our first Easter episode, Maria presented some Dollar Tree candies, as a sort of dare. Of course, once I said I might be interested in one of them, I felt compelled to actually follow through. So, off I went to the Dollar Tree to plunder their aisle filled with R.M. Palmer and Ferrara Candy found nowhere else. The item I expressed I wanted to try was Melster Marshmallow Fluffies with limited edition Spring Flavors: Vanilla, Lemon, Cherry and Green Apple. Melster is one of two American companies I know that make Circus Peanuts (Spangler is the other) and I always hope that I will find a version of the Marbits-style candy that I actually like. So, my optimism and one dollar got me this bag. Thankfully it’s only 6 ounces, which means there won’t be much waste after I try them and throw them away. They’re absolutely ugly. The little cartoons on the package are great, but these just look like hammer-wrecked pastel thumbs. Since I dreaded them, they were far more likely to impress me than not. The Lemon Yellow one was pleasant enough. The texture of the marshmallow is firm. There’s a slight grain to the fluff, which is pretty dry but not stale. The sweet lemon flavor is light, giving the whole thing the vague taste and texture of an Italian nougat. The White Vanilla was also nondescript, it had virtually no flavor aside from sugar, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The fact that it had no coloring also meant that there were no strange aftertastes. Green Apple was mercifully bland, as I was afraid it would be Jolly Rancher-ish. Instead it had a vague note of “flavor” but nothing I could pin down. Pink Cherry smelled like a new vinyl showercurtain. It tasted like a cross between an antiseptic spray and a generic fruity candle from the dollar store. There was such a bitter aftertaste that upon eating one while taking their photo, I made a mental note to make this the last of my tastings for review. Which is good, because this leaves a long and lingering bitterness. So, the three decent flavors weren’t as bad as I thought they’d be, but that’s only because I thought they’d be as bad as bad could be. The Pink Cherry actually exceeds the expected horribleness. For an Easter candy, these should be more attractive, not look like actual pre-hatched chicks and ducks or a roadkill bunny. Brach’s also makes a version of these for Easter, which are equally unattractive. This really isn’t a candy that’s likely to wow me, but if you’re a Circus Peanut fan, you might enjoy the variation on the standard Banana flavor.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 2:20 pm Candy • Review • Easter • Impact Confections • Melster • Marshmallow • 4-Benign • United States • Dollar Tree • |
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Circus peanuts are supposed to be banana flavour?!?!
I hate Circus Peanuts, but I always buy these terrible candies when I see them at the Dollar Stores. Stale marshmallows are my favorite, so I’ll leave the bag open over several days and eat them in varying stages of petrification, until they reach the crunchy limestone stage.
Yes, they are supposed to be banana flavor, Sylvia, but also partly bubble gum (I bought some at the Big!lots for some reason the local Dollar Trees are out0…Spangler (with the molded name as the only info, due to their being sold in various packager and store brands) partly taste like orange…
Sammantha, I like mine fresh and squishy.
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