The Chocolate Life - more than just a chocolate blog, this is Clay Gordon's chocolate community with forums & a place for you to blog, too. TBHQ (also known as E319) stands for Tertiary Butylhydroquinone, which is an antioxidant which keeps the peanut butter from becoming rancid. In this case, I preferred the UNREAL #54 to the UNREAL #41. The color is, well, rather dull, but at least it isnt enhanced with artificial colors (or flavors). The combination is great, the portion size is ideal for me. Theres a note of fake butter that overpowers the coconut scent almost entirely. I did like this flavor set better than the Jelly Belly sour variety which only has five flavors, but thats purely personal preference. Do not order these. Its a treat, and in this case, for $1.19 its only 1.3 ounces and 200 calories. I was concerned that I got a bad bar, so I actually went out, to a different store across town, and bought another. Their PB cups are called UNREAL #77 Peanut Butter Cups. If the description doesnt spark any recognition for you, its a Snickers-type bar. The following items have been commented on most recently: Dum-Dums Holiday Pops (Limited Edition)(1), Candyology 101 - Episode 37 - Lemonheads(3), M&Ms Boo-tterscotch (Target Exclusive)(15), Ask Umbra - an advice column for environmentalists at Grist magazine, Baking Bites - Nicole's recipes and real-world kitchen, Chowhound - straight talk from your fellow eaters mouths, The Girl Who Ate Everything - Robyn's tireless documentation of food, The Impulsive Buy - Marvo's reviews of things, food and sometimes sweets, Not Martha - crafts and adventures with a good dose of candy, Taquitos - over 5,000 reviews of snackfoods (mostly chips). It was soft and tart but had that fuzzy fruit flavor that mangoes and peaches share. I like the logo as a use of lines and typography. Ive had them a few times and found them to be a little too sweet and sticky for me, but definitely more on the side of candy than cookie. UPDATE 9/17/2012: After many months and more than a half a dozen attempts to get answers from UNREAL, I did get a reply. I was attracted to the name of the flavor, licorice and honey are both soothing and uncommon. When I redid the calculations for the #5 Chocolate Nougat Caramel Bar I got 191 calories instead of the stated 170 calories on the package. The chocolate is smoky, rather dark and has a toffee and charcoal note from both the cocoa and milk. The change here is the darker mockolate product and peppermint. POSTED BY Cybele AT 12:59 pm I got this jumbo back because I am obsessed with the pink and purple flavors. All ingredients needed to be non GMO. This bar is a winner on so many levels. SweeTARTS, Corn Syrup, Dextrose, Sugar, Modified Food Starch (Corn), 2% or Less of Malic Acid (DL-Malic Acid), Natural and Artificial Flavors, Tapioca Dextrin, Carnauba Wax, Water, Blue 1 Lake, Color Added, Red , Content on this site is for reference purposes only. The bar is 3.5 inches long and a little over an inch wide. You can imagine that I greeted the new UNREAL candy line with a bit of trepidation and suspicion. Its grainy, almost crunchy and rustic. Theyre made in a facility with peanuts, wheat and tree nuts. The package Ive reviewed, however, still said McNeill Consumer Healthcare, which sold off Ludens in late 2010. I get a lot of bitterness from it, something I noticed in the peanut butter cups, but it was well moderated by the peanut butter center. UNREAL has given their candies some odd code names. William H. Luden, who made Ludens Throat Drops, also created the 5th Avenue bar and made various other items like peppermint patties, chocolate covered raisins and peanuts plus hard candies. The chocolate is creamy, has a light bitter chocolate note to it, but a good dairy profile to emulate the milky caramel experience that was missing in the #5 bar for me. Bone meal?) Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2018, Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2022, Taste just like sweet tart jelly beans delicious tardy tangy, Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2019. (Including a full bag of the miniatures in May.). I have to say that Im a little disappointed, because theyve looked the same as long as I can remember. Honestly, I dont know why they have to be so dark, why couldnt it just be a touch of color, instead of some sort of thick slathering of turmeric extract? I made a mistake in buying this, because then I was there, and I ate it and now I need to loose weight. The beans are absolutely lovely to look at. The PGPR is also an emulsifier, made from castor beans, last time I checked with Hersheys. Egg shells? Incredibly disappointing and a waste of money. So I have oodles of misgivings about the packaging style, the marketing spin and the lack of transparency of their claims but when I got down to the actual experience of eating it, all of that can be forgotten. That would make the calories per ounce a more believable 134 calories for a chocolate and nut candy bar. The caramel has a wonderful stringy pull and chewy texture. I had to sequester it in the trash in another room because the smell was driving me crazy. For a daily update of Candy Blog reviews, enter your email address: The final candy I have in the initial launch of the UNREAL candy line is the UNREAL #8 Chocolate Caramel Peanut Nougat Bar. The wrappers looked a bit like nutrition bars to me from a distance, and I almost didnt notice them, but the line at the drug store was long, so I had plenty of time to stare at everything. Dairy needed to come from grass fed (versus grain fed) cows with no antibiotics or added hormones. Its hard to tell some beans apart unless youre someplace well lit, so sort before going to movies if you really dont want to get a flavor you dislike. POSTED BY Cybele AT 11:48 am Its a dark milk chocolate, with a lot more discernible chocolate notes than a Reeses Cup. I bought the SweetTart jellybeans during Easter and LOVED themas did my co-workers. It clocks in at 106 calories per ounce, which usually pure sugar candy, like Starburst or gummi bears. 25 grams of carbs (4 calories per gram) = 100 calories Theyre, basically, like normal jellybeans with pastel colors. I know that some folks are going to be obsessed with these, but I found them completely disappointing. UNREAL defended its use of inulin (which can cause digestive upset in some people and is considered a filler and may actually disqualify their chocolate coating from being called chocolate by FDA standards) saying that it lowers the glycemic load of the product. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Candy Review Nestle Caramel Coconut Cookie Kosher Limited Edition Mockolate Peanuts 4-Benign 7-Worth It United States Sav-On/CVS . They were great. Maria and I take a quick look at one of the most popular candy bars in the world. Which seasonal candy selection do you prefer? The price is a bit high compared to generic beans but less than half of what youd pay for Jelly Belly. If you want sugar in your candy, then you know where to go. information comes from the product manufacturers. Though the coating made this a little on the greasy side, theyre good. While high doses of TBHQ are dangerous, rancid oils are also very bad for you. The UNREAL #54 Candy Coated Chocolates with Peanuts have a consistent package with the rest of the UNREAL line, this one with a neon or highlighter green and yellow logo and little candies scattered across the front of the package. I have to hope that the company gets through its labeling and transparency issues (still havent heard back from them) and can expand to make snack size version for easier portion control and Halloween. 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The items of contention might be the corn syrup solids (basically dextrose) which are almost assuredly from genetically modified corn, the soy lecithin is also likely to be GMO. Again, no mention of chocolate, that greasy coating on it because its not actually chocolate. In this episode from last month, Maria and I talk about the never-duplicated LemonHeads and their companion candies. Sour Mango was also orange, but opaque. The dissolve is smooth and there arent any sharp voids in the boiled sugar base. The bar is made in Canada and is Kosher. To start with, I thought Id examine one of my favorite candies of all time: the peanut butter cup. I would buy boxes of them and gobble up what should have been months of rations in mere weeks. It seems like it would be easy to make a good chocolate lentil with all natural, wholesome ingredient. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. So, what about this UNREAL #77 Peanut Butter Cup? I was really surprised with the #5 Nougat Caramel Bar being so low in calories, but figured it was all the protein. The mockolate coating is firm and doesnt flake off but doesnt do much else. But this nougat, this is something else. Sour Watermelon was the darker green bean. You can read more about the candy lines origin story on their website and in this Wall Street Journal article. They were just sitting on the candy shelf at CVS, probably a week before they were supposed to be out for regular folks to buy them, Id heard that they were internet pre-order only plus a week of exclusive purchase at Dylans Candy Bar in New York City.). The cups look great, and what really impressed me was the attention to detail. After eating one I want another but after two Im completely satisfied. The bite is soft, the nougat on the bottom of the layers gives easily. Eat it for the taste and what you know is in the package, but I cant buy into the ethics at the moment for the claims on the website. For a bar that wants to be transparent, Im having some trouble getting info directly out of the company. (Where does the chocolate come from, what kind of Palm Fruit Oil is that? Its great that it doesnt have partially hydrogenated oils in it, though Id prefer a bar without palm oil. Gorgeous. However, the colors are a little on the dark and morose side. The two elements that are interest in the instance of M&Ms would be artificial colors (which can make some colors taste bad to some consumers and have been linked with hyperactivity and other sensitivities with some kids) and genetically modified organism. This packet also holds 1.5 ounces with the same sticker price as the non-natural M&Ms which are 1.74 ounces. Unreal 77 Ingredients: Milk Chocolate (cane sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, milk powder, organic blue agave inulin, skim milk powder, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), Peanut Butter (dry roasted peanuts, icing sugar, palm fruit oil, salt), Cane Sugar, Organic Palm Fruit Oil, Peanut Flour, Organic Blue Agave Inulin, Whey Protein Isolate, Salt, Soy Lecithin, While all those ingredients sound nice and wholesome, I do have a bone to pick with Unreal for putting inulin into the chocolate. Its the time of year when I find myself turning to cough drops. I appreciate the inner waxed liner, because the plastic overwrap only protects the drops while theyre in the store, not after Ive opened them. It never quite rang true as pomegranate, but it was still a very good bean, not as sour as the others. If you want more fiber and fat, then get the UNREAL. The cups are not in a little fluted paper cup, but are still protected bu a little white paperboard sleeve inside. Its grainy, it tastes like cardboard and stale Nestle Quik powder. Yet, here we are in 2012, and I cant say that I like any of the alternatives to M&Ms very much. They could run out, and then I'd have no Sweetart Easter Jelly Beans. Its not too sweet, the textures and proportions are excellent. Full ingredients: Ingredients: Milk Chocolate (chocolate, skim milk, cane sugar, cocoa butter, milk powder, organic blue agave inulin, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), Peanuts, Cane Sugar, Calcium Carbonate, Peanut Oil, Colored with (beetroot juice, turmeric root extract, purple cabbage juice), Gum Arabic, Vanilla Extract, Carnauba Wax & Beeswax. The bars are attractive and though the packaging is spare and kind of generic looking, it does a good job of protecting the bars themselves without out a lot of extras. Theyre crunchy, not roasted too dark and all fresh and perfect. At first I though it was watermelon, it was just too vague. The UNREAL #5 bar is pretty impressive to look at. After all, if it could be done, why isnt it done? POSTED BY Cybele AT 7:21 am UNREAL #5 Ingredients: Milk Chocolate (cane sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, milk powder, organic blue agave inulin, skim milk, soy lecithin, vanilla extract),Caramel (tapioca syrup, cane sugar, fructan (prebiotic fiber), organic palm kernel oil, whey, milk protein concentrate, organic cream, vanilla extract, salt, soy lecithin), Tapioca Syrup, Cane Sugar, Milk Protein Concentrate, Organic Palm Kernel Oil, Skim Milk Powder, Cocoa Powder, Salt, Hydrolyzed Milk Protein, Evaporated Cane Syrup, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Extract. But the chocolate is where these little lentils are completely different from M&Ms or any other chocolate candy lentils. Even those that I didnt really like that much such as cherry or mango were still quite good enough that I just ate them instead of trying to pick them out. Candy Review Easter Gimbal's Candy Jelly Candy Kosher Sour 8-Tasty United States Sav-On/CVS . Its not dry, its thick and pasty. Samoas are a vanilla cookie base with coconut and caramel then a little series of mockolate stripes. Sweets Obsessed Twitter List - many of the above candy aficionados also maintain awesome Twitter postings, you can follow along here. Its like a fluffy Tiger Milk bar. It looks more appropriate for a caffeinated product than a candy touting the purity of its ingredients. The TBHQ is the biggest item that people complain about in Reeses Peanut Butter Cups. Still, my interest level is low because of the sub-par ingredients and lack of an authentic chocolate coating. We do not represent or Skills I have acquired over a very long career. So the grid is not converted to a one to one comparison. Maybe Im just too old for this, jaded or suspicious of these sorts of stunts. They do pack quite a punch and Im unlikely to finish this 13 ounce bag before Easter even with daily grazing. Somewhere along the way they lost their charm though. The insides contain just as many ingredients, though I wouldnt say that all are specifically better. The bar is the same size as the #5 Nougat Caramel, about 3.5 inches long and a little more than one inch wide. So there may be some differences in packaging and more current products. It was the same texture and flavor profile. Inulin is a soluble fiber, its slightly sweet (only slightly, about 10% of the sweetness of sucrose but generally has no other flavor to it) and has a good, smooth texture that makes it appropriate in both solid foods and liquids (many folks add it to smoothies). The darkness of the milk chocolate also keeps it from being too sweet with the really sugary filling of caramel and nougat. The cream between has a light minty flavor and rather smooth texture and though its sugary, its not overly sweet. POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:42 pm The description matches the Mars Milky Way bar pretty well. There are 14 drops inside and because these are therapeutic items, theyre not considered food and taxable in California. All Natural Candy Review UNREAL Caramel Kosher Nougat 5-Pleasant Canada Sav-On/CVS . Its not real chocolate. So no chocolate, barely even enough cocoa in there to even be considered an actual mockolate product. If there was an extra level of protein enhancement to the nougat on this bar, I didnt catch it at all. I ordered these as a gift for someone who looks for these every Easter. The little candies are pretty, and I appreciate that they dont look as unnatural as I ofter regard M&Ms to be (the blue and red ones, especially). It also says that its a good source of Vitamin C, but thats only 10% of your RDA in a serving of 37 beans (about 1.4 ounces). The color choices do not say delicious to me, they do not say natural or wholesome.. 12 grams of fat (9 calories per gram) = 108 calories But the candy is good, theyre on the right track and Im excited about it. Im annoyed at the marketing and lack of true information (but theyre new and Im still waiting for a response to my email on Saturday). The mix includes 12 flavors in bold colors. The Limited Edition Girl Scout Cookie Flavors: Crunch Caramel & Coconut is supposed to be, I believe, like the Samoas. They compare the candy to M&Ms and to a fresh peach. The listing of qualities below the specs for #41 Candy Coated Chocolates is: The website says the ingredients are GMO free, but not the package. They say that theyre sourcing things ethically and sustainably, but theres nothing to back that up. This product was manufactured in a facility where milk, eggs, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soy are used in the production of other products. There are inconsistencies and its a little hard to find things out, but if youre just interested in the review, skip to the third picture and read on from there. It really ruins it for me. How about something tangy? The nuts were fresh, big and not roasted too dark. Candy Review Hard Candy & Lollipops Licorice Candy 7-Worth It United States Sav-On/CVS , Candyology 101 - Episode 37 - Lemonheads The lentils are slightly smaller than M&Ms but consistent for the most part and well made. I dont know if there are plans for 77 different candies in the line, or if theyve gone through 77 different formulas. (more) Again, this bar has some wonderful attributes, a series of crispy light wafers filled with greasy chocolate cream and then covered in mockolate and some more little rice crispies. Theyre creamy and smooth, the melt is great and only slightly sticky. Sour Tangerine was sour and juicy but unlike the other two citruses, the zest notes didnt come out until the very end. The chocolate is much darker than the standard milk chocolate of Mars, its rich and has a smooth melt on the tongue, though a light bitter note. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. I have still not heard back (and sent another message today). Theyre based on popular flavors of the seasonal Girl Scout Cookies.
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