Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Starburst Chew Pops

Name: Starburst Chew Pops (Green Apple, Orange & Strawberry)
Brand: Starburst (Mars)
Place Purchased: Von’s Grocery
Price: 10 cents each
Size: .49 oz
Calories 100
Type: Lolly/Taffy

I’ve got to hand it to Starburst. They’ve always packed their candies with flavor. When Starburst first came on the market, I loved them. They were much more flavorful than other taffy treats available at the time. Easier on the teeth, too.

Starburst now offers lollypops. In the tradition of Charm’s Blow Pops and Tootsie Pops, there are fruit flavored hard candy with a same-flavored Starburst fruit chew center.

I picked these up at the grocery store at the check out counter (thanks Russ!) for ten cents a pop. The orange is by far my favorite. It’s really orangy, and the flavor goes all the way through with the continuation in the chew. Dirt cheap, I know I’d buy these again. In fact, they’re perfect for Halloween (I like to give away a mix of chocolate and non-chocolate/nut treats for the kids).

I wasn’t as keen on the green apple flavor as it had a very unpleasant chemical taste to it. But then again, green apple usually does. The strawberry is good too, but also a little bit on the artificial side. They’re rather tart, which is something I enjoy in a fruit hard candy.

I hope they come out with more flavors. I bet I’d love lemon.

Rating: 9 out of 10.

POSTED BY Cybele AT 12:06 pm Tracker Pixel for Entry     CandyReviewMarsChewsHard Candy & LollipopsStarburst9-YummyUnited StatesVon's

Comments
  1. I’m not a huge green apple fan, either.  But these do look good - orange flavored candy has always been my favorite.  Thanks for the find!

    Comment by Bottom Feeder on 12/31/69 at 4:00 pm #
  2. I’ll be trick-or-treating at your casa fer shure!—SoCal

    Comment by Anonymous on 12/31/69 at 4:00 pm #
  3. Cybele's avatar

    bottom feeder, I just found orange lollies from Jolly Rancher yesterday. I’ll try to post about those too.

    Comment by Cybele on 12/31/69 at 4:00 pm #
  4. I think lemon would be wonderful.  Starburst chew pops are a great invention!

    Comment by Silly on 1/15/06 at 8:15 am #
  5. I miss the starburst lollipops, cant find anywhere, from theeast coast to west coast and southern states either where did they go?

    Comment by doris on 7/26/07 at 7:37 pm #
  6. Why they discontinued the starburst lollipop, I have no idea.  So you had a recall batch!  That’s just a hitch, get back on the horse and give us the best lollipop ever created back!

    Comment by Maine Mama on 12/11/08 at 11:37 am #
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