Sugar Savvy

The Valomilk is one of those regional candies that most people don’t have access to, so I was surprised to see it in the checkout line of my local “Mom and Pop” grocery store. I scooped it up, went home, and gleefully showed it to my mom. After making fun of my excitement, she proceeded to tell me that Valomilks had been sold there for awhile.

Well, now I’ll do a better job of keeping my eyes open.

The Valomilk is made by the Russell Sifers Candy Company, which is located in Kansas. I remember seeing it featured on the Food Network, and someone said something along the lines of “you know it’s a Valomilk when it runs down your chin.” That doesn’t sound very appetizing, does it?

Luckily, my chin remained clean, but it is a rather messy candy. The chocolate tends to break away, leaving the marshmallow filling free to run out. It was freezing (okay, 50 degrees, but that’s freezing to me) when I had it, so the marshmallow remained pretty solid and didn’t run very far.

So we’ve established that the marshmallow innards are sticky and flowing. It’s also sweet and surprisingly smooth on the tongue. It’s missing the strong vanilla component I was expecting — I believe the ‘va’ in Valomilk stands for vanilla. It just tastes like marshmallow. The chocolate is slightly chalky but compliments the filling well. I really like the old-fashioned wrapper. Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s very appealing to kids. That’s a shame because I think kids would have a lot of fun with this product.

Overall, it’s good but not great. But I’d certainly have it again, partly for the fun of it.