Years ago, at my first visit to the All Candy Expo (now known as the Sweets & Snacks Expo), I was excited to see a candy called Gazillions. They were little boxes, probably sold for a quarter, that had tiny chewy candies in them, like mini Skittles but single flavors. They came in pineapple. And then I never saw them in stores.
Here it is, 8 years later and I finally found a package at Economy Candy. Except they’re called Cajillions. They’re billed as The Tiny Tasty Candies.
Ingredients: sugar, glucose syrup, hydrogenated palm oil, apple juice, citric acid, artificial flavor, gum arabic, malic acid, carnauba wax, artificial color (cochineal extract)
They’re rather like teensy, rustic bits of deep fried Starburst chews. They’re about the size of lentils.
I hesitate to say that they have an actual shell, but they’re definitely coated and sealed, so they don’t get sticky.
The strawberry flavor is rather clean. The outside is sweet and a little like cotton candy at first, but upon chewing the bits, it’s tangy and pretty smooth. They’re a lot like Skittles, except there’s something that’s not quite right about them. It might be the fact that they use apple juice, so there’s a little note to it that’s just a bit like apple peels to me. But perhaps a little metallic as well.
The shape is pretty good, they’re appealing to look at, though there was a bit of a yellow cast to mine, which made me wonder about whether they were fresh. They don’t roll around, but because they’re so small, they’re not easy to pick up with my fumbly fingers. About five makes a small taste, a dozen is a decent mouthful for a flavorful chew. I could see them working well in candy buffets, especially if they’re available in a wide array of colors and flavors.
I don’t have much interest in the other flavors, which are Blue Raspberry, Green Apple and Watermelon in addition to the Strawberry. No mixes, no Pineapple. I’ll pass for now.
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Have you ever had Millions in the UK? There are cola and blackcurrant, but I don’t think they do pineapple.
These remind me of Millions. http://www.millionssweets.co.uk/content/our-range
yeah, exactly like Millions in the UK, REALLY tasty candies. Strawberry and raspberry are the best, but cold, orangle & lemon, bubblegum, blackcurrant they’re all good!!
Tangy and ‘creamy’ in taste with the slight sugary coating. YUM
cola^ !!
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