Ever since I worked in a drug store I have been a big Russell Stover
candy fan. A couple of years ago I got into their chocolate covered
marshmallow Easter Bunnies. I tried other shapes - the pumpkin, etc.,
but they didn't have the same amount of chocolate in the right
configuration as the Russell Stover chocolate covered marshmallow
Easter Bunny. I particularly like them cold, and my favorite part is
the chocolate between the head and the ears.
That being said, when I saw that Russell Stover came out with a dark chocolate covered marshmallow Santa, I decided I had to try it. I love marshmallow. I love chocolate. The Santa is so far the closest to the Easter Bunny as I can get in other parts of the year. It's got a similar size and shape, but not that little section of chocolate between the head and the ears. Oh well. It's still delicious!
As for the dark
chocolate versus the milk chocolate coating: I liked them both. The
dark chocolate wasn't enough of a difference in taste for me to prefer
one over the other. I think I'll eat them all!
During the mad post-Halloween rush, I got suckered into trying the new Mega M&Ms. I thought they were on sale because they were with the Halloween candy. They weren't. Anyway, I'm a huge M&M fan, so I wanted to try the new bigger M&Ms. So far all the larger versions of traditional candies I haven't been a fan of (Reese's Big Cup, Big Kat, etc.) but who knows.
The first thing I noticed with these Mega M&Ms is that they changed the color. They had some fancy name for the colors, but basically they're not traditional M&M colors, which is a bit disconcerting. They are about the same size as the peanut butter M&Ms (yum!), only solely milk chocolate inside. I love regular (sorry, "milk chocolate") M&Ms, and am always pleasantly surprised when I buy some peanut M&Ms and get one without a peanut but a lot of milk chocolate only, but in this case they don't do much for me. I guess I don't like the flavor of the M&Ms milk chocolate enough to want more of it in the same piece of candy. Give me a handful of traditional M&Ms over these new Mega M&Ms any day.
For the inaugural post of my new candy blog, I've decided to show my most recent candyswap package. My pal is from Canada, and tried to send me Canadian candy, which I loved!
She included pumpkin fudge (in the paper bag), which was interesting. I love fudge and I love pumpkin. This was a very interesting flavor. I'm not sure if there is a pumpkin extract, but basically I'll stick to rocky road.
She also included candy corn/mellowcreme pumpkins, which I love! So sugary! I like the pumpkins the best since the candy is a bit less dry than candy corn, which I also like.
She introduced me to the Aero bar, which I think is aerated chocolate. It was definitely full of air. It wasn't a very strong chocolate flavor, but my husband seems to think that the mouth feel of the larger bar is better rather than the solid chocolate, but I wasn't too excited with this one.
She reintroduced me to Smarties, the Canadian/English version of M & Ms (interestingly enough, M & M/Mars is an English company, but still ...) They're a bit thinner and flatter than M & Ms and have Cadbury tasting chocolate. These were my favorite candies growing up, and it was fun to try them in the Halloween size.
My favorite introduction from my pal was the Coffee Crisp bar. Think a large Kit Kat (but not that sub-par "Big Kat") with coffee flavored cream. It was so good! I'm lucky we have two gourmet grocery stores within walking distance, and one carries this candy, because I'm hooked!
Thank you so much Jennifer!
