Venco – Dropmix Fruitig
Venco is an established, tenured brand that does mass market licorice. I’m always on the look out for licorice mixes since I’m not quite at the point of loving licorice on it’s own in most…
Category: Sweet
Oh Henry! – Level Up
Oh Henry is on a very small list of snacks that the Frigid North gets that our salty northern friends in the US don’t. I can’t tell you why that is, thought I can only…
Venco – Tikkels Drop & Fruit
As the old cliche goes, life does come full circle sometimes. I remember as a kid trying Good & Plenty as a kid, being drawn in by a box full of colourful little cylinders, not…
Endangered Species Chocolate – Cranberries, Almonds and 72% Dark Chocolate
I know I often say that I don’t fall prey to the whole scheme of buzz and hype around a product simply because it exists or is sold to consumers a certain way. Things like…
Taveners – British Mix Gums
Sometimes I wonder what the thought process behind wine gums was. I mean, I know the official history behind them – they were basically created as a sweet and marketed as an alternative to alcohol,…
Black Thunder – Fermented Butter
Fermented butter is one of those things where I really know next to nothing about but it sounds like a fancier version of a kitchen table staple. What does the fermentation do? How does it…
Reese’s Pieces With Cookie
On the long list of companies throwing ideas at a wall and figuring out what will stick, we have Reese’s taking their shot with putting yet another component inside of their chocolate pieces. Truthfully I…
Meiji – Chocolate Pistachio
Meiji milk chocolate is what I consider the basic, standard flavour of what milk chocolate is typically in Japan. It has a distinct flavour to it that is hard to describe if you haven’t tried…
Mentos – Drop
Mentos isn’t what I’d consider big in the Frigid North. I mean, it’s established and cemented itself as a staple of candy aisles all over, but it’s really limited to the standard fruit assortment and…
Eat-More
Today’s candy falls squarely in the category of “I’ve seen this one the shelf for years but it’s never drawn me to it”. It’s packaging reminds me of my childhood. That is, the packaging has…