FRANK – Wine Gums
I believe the Wine Gums started life as a UK confection, and due to colonization of what is now Canada and the United States, made it’s way over to North America. I’m not quite familiar…
Tag: Candy
Candy
Hi-Chew – 100% Real Fruit Red Grape & Blood Orange
I love trying out new snacks from brands that I have established loyalty to. Even more so when they release something that is “premium” or “high end”, something that seems to be more prevalent in…
Kaju Juicy Gummy Candy – Peach
I’ve always had a strong nostalgic connection to Japanese candies and brands, largely because those are what I was exposed to most as a kid. Back in the day, when our family was still poor,…
Hi-Chew – Persimmon
Persimmon is one of those fruits I could never really get behind. I never was able to figure out the ideal consumption state for the fruit. Either it wasn’t ripe enough, and it was all…
Hi-Chew – Kiwi
I don’t much care for summer. Maybe it’s because I was born in the winter, and that has some part to play in my disposition towards colder temperatures, but while most people enjoy the hot,…
Hi-Chew – 4 Grape Variety
Expectations are a tricky thing. The same experience can be seen as good and bad by two different people, entirely on the basis of their expectation. If you have high expectations, and said expectations are…
Lifeguard Chewing Gum
When I first started this thing, I didn’t really intend on having it morph into a snack review blog. It just kind of happened. I like to occasionally throw in my random thoughts into their…
Mitsuya Cider Soda Hard Candy with Hyuganatsu
One of the things I remember from my childhood was a candy called Lotsa Fizz. It came in strips of 5, and was sold fairly cheap by the convenience store near my house. Every once…
Hi-Chew – Heisei Fruits Mix
If there’s anything I’ve learned about Japan and all their crazy varieties and flavours, it’s that they love to do regional specific flavours. This variety isn’t exactly regional specific, but it feels like it’s along…
Calpis – Yogurt Fruit Chews
In my previous review of the Caplis hard candies, I was pretty happy with how each of the flavours turned out, and how well they captured the flavours of the actual drinks in a hard…