Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Brach’s Peanut Butter Cup Candy Corn

DSC_9672rbBrach’s has introduced over a dozen flavors of Candy Corn in the past five years. There are the more traditional flavors like Harvest Corn and Pastel Corn, but also some more trendy flavors like Carrot Cake, Caramel Macchiato and Red Velvet.

Though I find myself a purist when it comes to certain candies, I think that the fondant candies are ripe for this sort of flavor exploration. I also think a lot more could be done with shape. I’m not sure why we’re hung up on the layered corn. Perhaps it’s just economical to use the same mold for all new variations and use color to distinguish them. So, I welcome these new Candy Corn shaped flavor experiences.

Last spring Ferrara Candy announced the new Brach’s Peanut Butter Cup Candy Corn and I was immediately intrigued. It’s a great idea, peanut butter cups are already layered and the flavors might translate well. Might.

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The pieces look like a lot of other Brach’s candy corn pieces. They’re large and narrow and have a little notch that goes across the bottom layer and the middle of the center layer. The layers appear to be distinctive flavors, the base is cocoa, the center beige is peanut and the top is “white.”

The candy corn has an odd but convincing peanut aroma. It smells more like boiled peanuts than roasted peanuts, there’s a thinness about the scent that becomes more obvious when I ate them.

The ingredients list no peanuts or peanut butter. The only thing close is some sesame oil. There is cocoa in the ingredients list, in fact it’s the third item after sugar and corn syrup. I guess the peanuts are all in the natural and artificial flavors. I actually assumed they used defatted peanut powder in this, but sadly no.

The peanut layer is bland and has an artificial butter note to it and a sort of diluted peanut flavor, kind of like a cheap frosting. The cocoa base is decent and at least isn’t as sweet as the other layers.

I didn’t despise the Peanut Butter Cup Candy Corn, but I didn’t find it as good as I thought it could be. It’s still munchable, just not terribly distinctive. Throw it in with some popcorn or nuts for a snack, and it becomes more than passable.

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Name: Peanut Butter Cup Candy Corn
    RATING:
  • SUPERB
  • YUMMY
  • TASTY
  • WORTH IT
  • TEMPTING
  • PLEASANT
  • BENIGN
  • UNAPPEALING
  • APPALLING
  • INEDIBLE
Brand: Brach’s
Place Purchased: Rite Aid (Miracle Mile)
Price: $1.79
Size: 9 ounces
Calories per ounce: 101
Categories: Candy, Halloween, Brach's, Ferrara Pan, Fondant, 5-Pleasant, Mexico, Rite Aid

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Comments
  1. I think they’re being almost too ambitious with these flavors.  Finding something that matches with the inherent sweetness and texture of candy corn would probably be a lot more successful… how about cotton candy candy corn?  cake batter candy corn?  cookies ‘n’ creme?  SOMEONE SHOULD HIRE ME wink

    Comment by ruffy on 8/26/15 at 2:27 pm #
  2. I have never been more impressed with a candy write up in my life…all I can say is WOW!!!!!!!

    Comment by david klein on 8/29/15 at 11:27 pm #
  3. I wish I had remembered that you only gave this a 5 before I bought a bag. Spot on about artificial butter and cheap peanut. It smelled nice when I opened the bag, but it wasn’t very pleasant to eat. Does regular candy corn have gelatin? I don’t think there are any peanuts at all. It doesn’t say peanuts in the “Contains:” list. Just Soy. I think a 5 was generous. Bummer.

    Comment by Sara on 9/11/15 at 10:18 am #
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