Friday, November 15, 2013

Twix Gingerbread

Twix GingerbreadLast year Mars announced a new season flavor for their Twix candy: Twix Sugar Cookie. Sadly, they never showed up in stores in this dimension. Then this year they made their announcements for the holidays with nothing noted for the Twix line, so I was blindsided to find out that there is in fact a holiday version of Twix this year: Twix Gingerbread. (There’s also seasonal Gingerbread M&Ms out, but they are a Walmart exclusive.)

The description is a short listing of the elements: cookie bars - gingerbread caramel - milk chocolate. So it’s not a gingerbread cookie; it’s the caramel that’s flavored like gingerbread.

What I’ve always loved about gingerbread, whether in cake form or crunchy cookie, is the wonderful base of molasses that gives a touch of sweetness but mostly an earthy base for the spices. Recipes obviously call for ginger but also include clove, cinnamon, black pepper, nutmeg, allspice and/or coriander. The ingredients for Twix Gingerbread doesn’t specify the spice array and does not list molasses at all.

Twix Gingerbread

The Twix minis are a little over a half an ounce each. They’re not quite as big as the regular bar you buy in pairs. The calorie count, though, is pretty low at 80 per piece and they’re about 2.3 inches long ... it’s a nice little snack.

They smell quite sweet and cinnamony, with a hint of woodsy but undefined spices.

Twix Gingerbread

The overwhelming flavor profile of the caramel is cinnamon and nutmeg with hints of black pepper and ginger. There is no molasses, it’s completely missing that earthy sort of beet flavor. The chew is great, the milk chocolate was creamy and fresh and the cookie has an excellent crunch and texture to offset the caramel. It’s a good iteration of the classic candy. It doesn’t really ring as a gingerbread item. I wish the cookie was different, was an actual gingerbread cookie, but I’ll forgive them for their manufacturing limitations.

My overall feeling about these seasonal flavors like Snickerdoodle, Pumpkin Spice and Gingerbread is they’re pretty much the same thing (we may as well throw Spiced Chai in there). It’s just a mix of those cinnamon spice flavors ... all pretty generic when the end up in a mass produced candy. The Pumpkin Spice M&Ms didn’t end up that different from the Cinnamon M&Ms and probably aren’t that different from the Gingerbread M&Ms. I like the infusion of new flavors into classic candies, but when they start thinking outside the box, I’d like them to be a little more faithful to the inspiration and allow for more differentiation.

Related Candies

  1. Twix Egg
  2. Peeps Gingerbread Men
  3. Twix Coconut (Limited Edition)
  4. Triple Chocolate Twixels
  5. Trader Joe’s Chocolate Covered Gingersnaps
  6. Java Twix


Name: Twix Gingerbread
    RATING:
  • SUPERB
  • YUMMY
  • TASTY
  • WORTH IT
  • TEMPTING
  • PLEASANT
  • BENIGN
  • UNAPPEALING
  • APPALLING
  • INEDIBLE
Brand: Mars
Place Purchased: KMart (Park LaBrea)
Price: $3.99
Size: 10 ounces
Calories per ounce: 145
Categories: Candy, Christmas, Mars, Caramel, Chocolate, Cookie, Kosher, 7-Worth It, United States, Kmart

POSTED BY Cybele AT 11:36 am Tracker Pixel for Entry     CandyReviewChristmasMarsCaramelChocolateCookieKosher7-Worth ItUnited StatesKmart

Comments
  1. They aren’t just a walmart exclusive. I found them at Fred Meyer - Kroger stores and also at Target so I think that they are definitely wide spread and available.

    Comment by Mione on 11/18/13 at 6:55 am #
  2. Cybele's avatar

    Mione - yes, the Gingerbread Twix are out everywhere, it’s only the Gingerbread M&Ms; that are only at Walmart this season. (Usually if a limited edition goes well, they’ll bring it back the following year at all stores.)

    Comment by Cybele on 11/18/13 at 9:54 am #
  3. Oops, sorry, Missed that part about it being the M&M’s… :D

    Comment by Mione on 11/18/13 at 11:30 am #
  4. Please let me know where I can buy the ginger twix?

    Comment by Mihussong on 1/08/15 at 4:42 pm #
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