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Monday, November 2, 2015
Spearmint Mix Tic Tac
The Spearmint Mix Tic Tac is pretty simple, and not that different than the classic Peppermint. Spearmint is a less common mint flavor when it comes to candy (though an easier herb to grow than peppermint, strange how that happens). The package holds equal quantities of medium and light green mints. I picked these up at Target a little over a month ago, but no I can’t seem to find them again.
If there’s a difference in the flavor between the two colors, I’m not sure I ever figured it out. It’s possible the darker color was stronger but both were suitably flavorful. The nice thing about Tic Tacs are the smoothness. The coating on the outside is slick and kind of eases me into the minty notes. I’m a cruncher, so I get to the very minty core pretty quickly. They’re quite strong for such a small mint, though not as caustic as Altoids can be. But here’s where things go awry. As I was preparing this review, I wanted to make sure I knew what all the allergen specifications were and noticed that the ingredients on the package said that this variety includes sucralose (sold as Splenda in yellow packets). I rechecked old reviews and packages posted online to confirm that this is not the case with other varieties. I specifically avoid artificial sweeteners and some are actually called out on the labels like allergens, but in this case the sucralose was just in the list way at the end and the word resembles sucrose at first glance. (And there’s some printing in a different direction on that part of the label that’s rather confusing, design-wise.) Basically, I’m bummed. I have never experienced a reaction to sucralose specifically (my problems are with Aspartame, but I’m tarring a lot of other sweeteners with that brush, because, well, why not, it’s a big world and I should be able to get candies with sugar in them.) At first experience I was very enthusiastic about this variety, now I don’t care to eat Tic Tacs any longer. They were my go-to mint for full sugar and shareability. Related Candies
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Dhruv Singh on 11/05/15 at 5:01 pm #
Commenting is not available in this channel entry.Stealth sucralose is my nemesis. They better not mess with the original formula wintergreen Tic Tacs!
Splenda is the only sweetner made from real sugar. It’s the only one I use. It’s expensive, but in my opinion, worth it. All the other artificial sweetners are nothing but chemicals. They should just get rid of all the other artificial sweetners and just have Splenda. Never had a bad reaction to it, unlike Aspertame, which is just god-awful and always gave me headaches.
I can’t stand the aftertaste of Splenda either.
To each her own.
I just love the other “tic-tac” flavors, but thi has been a let down for me ( My opinion ) Mint is a big “go” for me
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