Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Skittles Desserts

Skittles DessertsIt’s a new year and time for a new variety of Skittles.

This year’s flavor variation is called Skittles Desserts and features five different colors themed on dessert creations: Orange Creme (peach), Raspberry Sorbet (red), Strawberry Milkshake (creamy pink), Blueberry Tart (blue) and Key Lime Pie (bright green).

Skittles Desserts

The pink package was pretty easy to find on the shelf. The current varieties of Skittles are the Original Fruits (now with green apple), Wild Berry, Sours, Tropical and Darkside. For Easter there’s also a pastel version of the Original Fruits.

Skittles Desserts

Orange Creme is kind of pointless. It’s absolutely like an orange sherbet, which is to say, orange with all the great things taken out. The addition of the creme flavor component gives it a sort of Play-Doh flavor note that’s a little too fake milk. There’s no zest, though a light tartness.

Raspberry Sorbet has a strong floral note and only a light tartness. There’s also a bitter aftertaste for me, perhaps the food coloring. Overall, it’s a nice flavor that combines well with the others.

Strawberry Milkshake is comforting. It’s just strawberry with a sort of yogurt note. It’s not as floral or as tart, just sweet and slightly creamy.

Blueberry Tart is tough to say succeeds. It does have a lot of blueberry flavor in it, both the deep boiled jam note and the sort of tart and tannic tea flavors. I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a dessert like a berry tart, it’s closer to a fresh berry flavor though that’s not a bad thing.

Key Lime Pie is absolutely disappointing. I’ve had a lot of key limes, both fresh, frozen and mock versions. Key limes are definitely different from the standard Persian limes in both the flavor profile and texture. This lime is more Persian than Key. It’s tart, but not overly so, but misses that milky, sort of chalky note that key limes have.

This flavor assortment was lackluster. There were no stand out flavors, nothing new. It’s just a series of small tweaks to flavors that we’ve all seen before from Skittles. I didn’t think they combined particularly well, which is usually one of the features I like best about Skittles. Since the loss of the Lime Skittle in the Original Fruits variety, I’m left without a favorite Skittles package. I haven’t bought them since I stopped finding the bags with the original variety in them. In last year’s review of the Skittles Darkside, I listed a few ideas for new mixes (including Skittles Pies, kinda what they did here).

Related Candies

  1. Skittles Darkside
  2. Skittles Crazy Sours (Europe)
  3. Skittles Blenders
  4. Panda Blueberry Liquorice
  5. Whoppers Milkshake Strawberry
  6. Andes Mints & Dessert Indulgence
  7. Skittles Chocolate Mix
  8. Skittles Carnival Flavors


Name: Skittles Desserts
    RATING:
  • SUPERB
  • YUMMY
  • TASTY
  • WORTH IT
  • TEMPTING
  • PLEASANT
  • BENIGN
  • UNAPPEALING
  • APPALLING
  • INEDIBLE
Brand: Wrigley’s
Place Purchased: Ralph's (Santa Monica)
Price: $.88 (on sale)
Size: 2 ounces
Calories per ounce: 115
Categories: Candy, Skittles, Mars, Wrigley's, Chews, 6-Tempting, United States, Ralph's

POSTED BY Cybele AT 12:12 pm Tracker Pixel for Entry     CandyReviewSkittlesMarsWrigley'sChews6-TemptingUnited StatesRalph's

Comments
  1. My rating on all the Skittles flavors I tried:
    Original: 2/10 (if they kept Lime it would be 10/10)
    Wild Berry: 8/10
    Tropical: 7/10
    Riddles (now discontinued): 9/10
    Darkside: 8/10

    Comment by benamore on 10/07/14 at 7:42 pm #
  2. I tried this mix
    key lime pie: 4/10
    orange creme: 8/10
    strawberry milkshake: 8/10
    raspberry sorbet: 9/10
    blueberry tart: 10/10

    Comment by Anonymous on 3/22/15 at 4:52 pm #
  3. please tell them to get the blue ones out, they taste like pills and they ruin the package. thus, adding more reds will be awesome!!!

    Comment by menekse on 7/27/15 at 8:08 am #
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