Skittles Chocolate Mix
My wife handed me a pack of these after a shopping trip Stateside… She has picked up on the whole blogging idea and now if she finds some new candy, she’ll either point it out or go ahead and buy one.
At first, I was completely taken by surprise and I wasn’t sure if I was being handed chocolate or chewy candies. When I took a moment to carefully read the package, I realized what I was holding and thought that this wasn’t such a bad idea.
According to the package, the candies come in five flavors: S’mores, Vanilla, Chocolate Caramel, Chocolate Pudding and Brownie Batter. I was curious about most of them, the exception being the Vanilla flavored pieces (and that because they were the only ones not including chocolate).
Upon opening the pack, I ran into my first “problem” with these candies: The pudding and brownie flavored pieces look nothing like the colors on the wrapping, so I couldn’t really tell them apart. All the other pieces looked pretty much like their printed counterparts, so no problems there.
Taste wise, I was generally disappointed by the Skittles Chocolate Mix. Vanilla and S’mores taste a lot like artificial vanilla flavoring. Chocolate and Caramel is more like caramel and less like chocolate and also with a strong artificial flavoring taste. The pudding and brownie were marginally better tasting like chocolate and actually looked dark inside. The package states that artificial and natural flavors were used, I’m guessing the only natural one is the cocoa.
Overall, I wasn’t pleased by the candies. What seemed like a good idea just didn’t end up being a good product. So with a bunch of other choices for caramel and chocolate chews, I’d steer clear from this one.
