Sugar Savvy

One of the many candies unique to Easter are the malted eggs. Many companies make them, each putting their own twist on the candy. When I found these in the store, having never seen a variety made by Necco before, I was eager to try them. I wanted to mentally compare them with Robin’s Eggs, Brach’s Malted Eggs, and Jelly Belly’s Malted Eggs, just to name a few.

The Necco eggs come in different festive colors that are a little flat and matte looking. They come in white, pink, blue, purple and some are a mix of any two. They’re speckled with green, purple, and hot pink. Depending on the egg you find, it can either be really attractive or horrifying to look like. Good thing they all taste the same.

The eggs smell sweet and milky with a tang to them. The shell is smooth and cool to the touch, and feels a little greasy. Unlike the Jelly Belly Malted Eggs, the shell on these isn’t hard, but instead a white mockolate. Under the mockolate coating, there’s a thin layer of milk chocolate, then the very fresh, crispy malt center.

These taste… pretty darned good actually. The flavor is very similar to yogurt raisins; sweet and milky with a tang. The malt has a wonderful full, rich flavor that blends so nicely with the mockolate coating. I don’t taste the chocolate at all. The texture is a delight too, the malt is so crispy and crunchy and the outside contrasts it nicely with a smooth creamy feeling on the tongue.

I was surprised how much I liked these. I think I prefer them over the Jelly Belly ones, especially considering how much cheaper they are.