Thursday, December 24, 2015

Trader Joe’s Candy Coated Milk Chocolate Pieces

Trader Joe's Candy Coated Milk Chocolate PiecesTrader Joe’s had a fair number of new products this year, but this holiday treat caught my eye: Trader Joe’s Candy Coated Milk Chocolate Pieces.

I’m a sucker for a nice bottle with a cork top, and even though this was $5.99, I figured it would be good for holding some freshly squeezed orange juice at home. Even with the large price tag, it is important to note that it’s a full pound of candy, not the skimpy 12 ounces like many candy bags have now.

The pieces are made in Spain, which is definitely not a country I think of when it comes to chocolate. (They do lovely gummis and nougats.)

The bottle itself looks like it holds more than a pint, less than a quart (but I’ll have to measure when it’s empty). It’s pretty thick glass and has the Trader Joe’s logo molded into it ... which makes me wonder if it will show up in the future for other packaged items. (Maybe we’ll see this again for Valentines with just white and red lentils with hearts and lips printed on them.)

Trader Joe's Candy Coated Milk Chocolate Pieces

The pieces, especially for a naturally colored product, are well made and lovely to look at. There are three colors: white, light red and muted green. Each piece also has a little printed icon. The white ones have Ts and Js and the green and red ones have a mixture of snowflakes, bells and stocking caps.

The lentils are a little larger and flatter than an M&M. They’re more like Nestle Smarties, though not quite that big.

Trader Joe's Candy Coated Milk Chocolate Pieces

The shells are very thick. Since they’re rather flat, there’s a sharper edge to the, which in this case with the bottle, means that they’re more easily broken and chipped. (Of course I also carried the bottle around for a full week back and forth to work while I was sampling them for review.)

The crunchy shell is very pleasant and has no flavor of its own, just a mildly sweet crunch. The chocolate centers have a very strong dairy milk flavor, a light hint of malt and honey and then some cocoa notes.

They’re inoffensive and pretty, certainly different from M&Ms with the packaging and natural colors. They don’t quite warrant the price tag on their own, but I wasn’t sorry I picked them up. Flavors might also be fun, especially if they could figure out a way to mix the flavors in the same package.

Related Candies

  1. Cadbury Dairy Milk Pebbles
  2. Choeur Choco Dragees
  3. Eat with your Eyes: Meiji Strawberry Lentils
  4. Russell Stover Color Me Candies
  5. Hershey-ets
  6. Kissables (Reformulated)
  7. Head to Head: M&Ms vs Koppers Milkies
  8. UK Smarties (no artificial colors)


Name: Candy Coated Milk Chocolate Pieces
    RATING:
  • SUPERB
  • YUMMY
  • TASTY
  • WORTH IT
  • TEMPTING
  • PLEASANT
  • BENIGN
  • UNAPPEALING
  • APPALLING
  • INEDIBLE
Brand: Trader Joe’s
Place Purchased: Trader Joe's (3rd & Fairfax)
Price: $5.99
Size: 16 ounces
Calories per ounce: 136
Categories: Candy, Christmas, Trader Joe's, Chocolate, 7-Worth It, Spain

POSTED BY Cybele AT 12:16 pm Tracker Pixel for Entry     CandyReviewChristmasTrader Joe'sChocolate7-Worth ItSpain

Comments
  1. Very nice for the holidays! Any rumors, yet, about the green ones?

    Comment by Russ Kremer on 12/24/15 at 1:57 pm #
  2. As usual, great review. But I find it odd that you don’t associate Spain with chocolate, being that they were the first Europeans to consume it. However, whether that means they were or are very good at making is another question, I suppose.

    Comment by Abram on 1/17/16 at 12:02 am #
  3. Oh, I really have to say that the country has changed a lot in chocolate stuff (and I agree Adam’s post), at least, the last 15 years. But I also understand your position… Belgium or France have been doing better marketing of their sweets since long time ago and this at the end, remains on peoples mind unconsciously.

    Looking at the shape and size of this chocolate tretas, looks like something made by Lacasa?(better look for Lacasitos).

    Comment by Candyobserver on 9/26/16 at 9:07 am #
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