So here's something I got from the Stateside Candy Co.
Here's a picture....
It's a nice looking package (That's what she said, haha)
After looking for some clues, I managed to decipher what flavours are to be contained within. Cherry, Blue Raspberry (of course. Because red raspberries don't exist in America) and strawberry. All artificially flavoured (Because otherwise it'd be too healthy, haha).
So I'm assuming this is a berry flavour pack? I don't know if there's any other flavours. Google images comes up with grape, lime and strawberry flavour too. Maybe I'll look for it one day.
On the back it says "Serv. size: 9 pieces, Servings: about 2"
So 18 is about two lots of nine, is it? I thought it was exactly two lots of nine? Maybe they just guessed with the maths?
So anyway, let us open this packet!
Oh, hello.... Inside are three smaller packets. Each packet has 6 of one flavour. This is handy.... I wish other sweets did this. Wouldn't it be great to think "I want this flavour....", open it at a certain end and receive said flavour no matter what? That way you could skip the crappy flavours like lime!
Now to taste test. I'll grab the red one first. Cherry.... I'm imagining these are like Chewits or Starburst. So this is a really nice looking red colour. Doesn't really smell of much, but I can just detect a hint of polish... (No kidding...)
Hmm... It's not the strongest of flavours, has a slight tang to it. It's kind of Dr Pepper-tasting, but with a tad more cherry
It's not too easy to chew, in all honesty. Maybe it'll get easier as I go along
Arrgh! It's getting stuck in my teeth! >.<
So that's the cherry one down, not bad.... I think I'll do strawberry next and save the raspberry for last (Raspberry is one of my favourite fruits)
This one's in a deep magenta-ish colour wrapper. The actual sweet is the same colour as the last one. Smells like that fake strawberry scent you get on those inflatable rubber balls, ya know? Let's pop it in, shall we?
Yes.... It really tastes like strawberries..... NOT! It's similar-ish, but not close enough for me to actually say it's strawberry. If I was given this not being told it was strawberry, I'd be struggling to guess the flavour. It's a nice flavour nevertheless
Now that one has been masticated, ingurgitated, digested, absorbed or whatever, the blue one is calling on me.
Oh, wow. This is a really nice blue colour. It smells kind of funny like the cherry one. The flavour is somewhat weak compared to the other two, but there's a nice little tang to it. But it doesn't have that generic "blue" flavour a lot of "blue raspberry" or blue coloured sweets have. It's slightly different. It's pleasant for my tongue
Overall, they're not that bad. They're a bit hard (It must've been like eating pebbles before then?) and the flavours are strange. Sometimes I wonder if the Americans have even tried fruit before, haha. It says "long lasting chews" on the pack, but that's not true if you actually chew them. I imagine they can last a fair while if you just pop them in and suck it though
I'll give them a six out of ten. If they were a bit softer, then they'd get bumped up a notch to seven
That's it for this review. Maybe I'll write another one later. I have a lot of stuff to get through. Yay! Cavities and malnutrition!
Auf Wiedersehen, meine Freunde!
-Danny
Sounds funky... :D
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