Thursday, March 4, 2010

Candy Bars

Several new Candy Bars have come out in the recent month.

Milky Way - Simply Caramel - Over packed on caramel taste, great for people who love the taste. It has all you need in it. It was a little to much for me. Was wanting the chocolate but that was overshadowed by the caramel. Which I can't blame them, for the name of the product.

7 out of 10 in the Food scale.
+Look and texture
-Taste

3 Musketeers - Truffle Crisp - Looks like a Twix bar, slightly skinnier. The taste is what dreams are made of. It has a smooth taste, with it's truffle chocolate layer. I could eat these forever, if I didn't have to pay for them that is.

Best part is each bar is 85 calories, which is great for people looking for a snack who are trying to diet.

8 out of 10 in the Food Scale.
+Taste
+Calories per bar
-Size of bars for those who want to eat more after the first.

AMP energy Juice

Amp has come out with a new energy drink. In the form of Orange Juice.

Packed with Niacin and Vitamin B's to give you that boost of energy. And the benefits of Vitamin C.

The taste resembles a mild Orange Juice flavor. It's bearable, just not something I'd drink over and over in the day, for the energy part of it. That morning mood lifter to face the customers, so it helps me in that area.

Not similar to regular energy drinks, but just enough kick to start your day. And still claim you're drinking healthy with the orange juice in it.

We did have a product that was open already when shipped. It fermented and we at first thought this was the flavor. Wow it was something else.

6 out of 10 on the Food Scale.

Skittles, M&M's, Starbursts

Candy, what more can I say. It's sweet, tangy, or sour. Bad for the teeth but good for my mood.

Skittles Fizzl'd Fruits - A new flavor from skittles. It has a coating on it Sodium Bicarbonate that makes it fizzle when it touches your tongue. If you ever had Zots, you would know what this fizzle is.

It fizzles for me then fizzeled out soon after. You would need about 3 or 4 at once to get the full effect. Like a poprock with out the popping. Maybe if you take enough you can get it to make it look like you are skittle color foaming at the mouth.

The actual skittle itself is more of a dull flavor. I think the coating made my tongue numb to the actual flavor of the skittle maybe. Still it wasn't the sweet flavor I've grown to love from skittles. The leftover "powder" in the bag makes for a great gag idea for foaming at the mouth. You will instantly start to get a reaction from the powder when you put it in, and your mouth with foam. But you'll have the taste of table salt after it's over.

6 out of 10 on Food Scale
- Taste Weak skittles, weak coating effect(gimmick)
- Look

Starburst - Summer Fun Fruits

A mixture of Banana and other flavors. I tasted the Banana but wasn't sure of the other flavors, well which was which anyways. It's a smooth taste, not to sweet and not to dull. Still good, but not all that of it's big brother.

8 out of 10 on Food Scale
+Smooth flavor
-Not as intense as the others

M&M coconut

I have liked all the M&M's put out so far, except the Cherry one. And now they have brought out a new one, coconut flavor. With a pretzel one to follow, if not out already. I was afraid to try it, because I'm not a big fan of coconut. But as with M&M's reputation I was satisfied with it, it made me appreciate the work they put into them. Wasn't to tart, to sweet, to mellow. Just the right mixture to balance out the flavor of chocolate and coconut.

8 out of 10 on Food Scale
+Good Balance of flavors