Friday, January 6, 2006
Take 5 Peanut ButterThis candy bar irritated me from the moment I picked it up. First was the rich mustard color of the wrapper. A compelling “look at me!” color, but not one that makes me think of peanuts in a fond way. (In fact, it makes me think of a peanut butter and mustard sandwich, which probably has some fans out there, but I can’t count myself as one of them.) The second thing that rubbed me that wrong way when I read the package was the description, “pretzels, caramel, peanuts, peanut butter & peanut butter candy.” What the heck is “peanut butter candy” and how is that different than the whole thing being considered a “peanut butter candy?” What I thought the peanut butter candy part meant was something like the inside of a Butterfinger bar (or a 5th Avenue if we’re sticking to Hershey’s products). And that actually sounds kind of interesting, have a layer of peanut crisp in there somewhere. What I didn’t realize is that this bar has no chocolate (poor reading comprehension on my part) ... and that’s what the peanut butter candy replaces. It’s basically a peanut butter-white chocolate. Like the insides of Reese’s Pieces! Of course this means partially hydrogenated oils. Bah! I don’t want partially hydrogenated oils in my candy! Anyway, you get two bars in each package (which has a nice cardboard tray to keep them from getting crushed). The outside is a little odd looking as you can see the grains of peanut butter, but I got over that. It smells peanutty and is smooth, crunchy and has a nice hit of salt in it. I got no sense of the caramel at all. There was no chewiness to this bar at all, in the caramel sense. I suspect that the fats from the various peanut incarnations invaded the caramel and de-chewified it. If you’re a big peanut fan and are not satisfied with the bazillion other Reese’s branded bars, you can pick this up and argue with me about the glory that is a Peanut Butter Take 5. Instead of mucking around with adding more peanuts to the Take 5 line, they need to start making my version with extra dark chocolate and pecans! Interesting things: Take 5 bars are called Max 5 in Canada. The peanut butter version of the bar contains 2 more grams of saturated fat over the regular chocolate one, but twice the fiber. This is not a limited edition bar. Other Take 5 versions: Take 5 Chocolate (9/10) & White Chocolate Take 5 (6/10).
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Seems like it should be called the Take 3—I mean, look at the label: “peanuts, peanut butter, peanut-butter candy.”
On another note, this would be one deadly bar for someone with a peanut allergy.
I really hated this bar and I love the original take 5. They really ruined a good thing. Have you reviewed a Nut Goodie? They are my favorite candy, my friend just sent me a case of them from MN.
I bought these from the Superstore-Behemoth-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named and I also didn’t care for them. I think adding some chocolate would’ve made it better, but if they added chocolate it would’ve been a Take 6.
At least the original one was good.
I think I had one of these awhile back at a friend’s house and wasn’t too impressed. I didn’t like the outsided in particular… too peanut-y for its own good.
I like your use of the word “de-chewified” =)
I just finished my first Peanut Butter Take 5, and was surprised by how good it was! Now, don’t get me wrong…the original is the best…but this isn’t too bad.
i Absolutaly love this candy it is exactly what the label says it is a “PEANUT BUTTER CANDY” i eat one for breakfast every freakin morning im hooked ..
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