Thursday, July 3, 2008
Mini Mentos: Orange, Apple, Lemon & StrawberryJust yesterday at a newsstand I saw them selling Mini Mentos from a little tub. I love the tiny rolls, even if it means they have smaller pieces in them. I didn’t pick any up then, instead I pulled out the Mini Mentos collection Santos brought me from the Pacific. These are by no means exotic, just your standard Mentos fruit fare. I had an assortment of Grape, Apple & Watermelon before as well. The package design is simple and has no fruits on it, just a field of orange dragees. Unlike some of the other specialty flavored Mentos like Pink Grapefruit or Fuji Apple, this one is rather bland. It’s a pleasant enough orange, but not terribly punchy. It’s like an orange-ade flavor instead of taking advantage of the sweet, tangy and zesty flavors of real oranges. Orange can be found in the regular Fruits Mix Mentos rolls. I was expecting the typical American green apple flavor. Instead the flavor was very grassy at first. It tasted like green! Then they typical artificial apple kicked in, a little tangy and a little like apple juice. It doesn’t hold a candle to the Japanese Fuji Apple Mentos, so it’s hard to find these exceptional. Apple is also availble in single flavor large rolls, but not in the Fruit Mix Mentos. These were delicately colored, almost peach. This was the first one of the set that actually had a scent, and it reminded me of lemon merignue pie (you know, that toasted smell of the meringue mixed with lemon zest). The shell was sweet and fragrant, the chewy innards were slightly tangy and had a little wiff of zest that develops during the chew. My favorite of the set. Lemon are part of the Fruit Mix Mentos rolls. It didn’t smell like much but one crunch of the shell and the perfumey strawberry was quite evident. Like summer, yellow jackets and cotton candy. The chewy itself is quite tart, more than any of the others. It was the most flavorful and after the lemon one, another favorite. It also left a pleasant aftertaste and freshened my mouth (which is good for a candy called The Freshmaker.) I’ll probably always prefer the larger format rolls, but the minis are certainly fun for a bit of variety and if you find them in the “changemaker” tubs, it’s a quick little cheap treat. I’d be all over these if I got them in my Trick-or-Treat bag. Mentos have converted from using gelatin to gellan gum, so they are now considered vegan-safe (but keep an eye on the colors on other varieties, I’ve seen carmine crop up in the Strawberry Yoghurt). Related Candies
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what happened to mambas? i can’t find them anywhere.
Those look so good I think Im going to buy some!
How small are they compared to original mentos, if they are smaller? I wish you had put a picture…:)
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