Someone randomly brought a bag of candies in to work and left them in the break room for anyone who wanted to take a few. Which of course I did. And of course you get to come along for the ride.
First we have Lipps Color Burst, mango flavored. The slogan on its wrapper presents some rock-solid logic: 'More color, more fun!' I wasn't entirely sure how to interpret that. So I checked the ingredient list. Colored with tartrazine. Woo! Yeah! It's got tartrazine! I've ALWAYS thought that was the most super-awesome of the mildly-allergenic food dyes! Buckle your seatbelts, this WILL be fun!
A nice little hard candy, pleasingly tangy and mango-ey, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that my mouth did not end up permanently dyed like a highlighter pen. OK. I admit it. I think I had some fun there.
Next up is Annie's Langka jackfruit candy. Wait. Do I know what a jackfruit is? Oh, wait, I remember... It's a species of tree in the mulberry family native to parts of Southern and Southeast Asia, the national fruit of Bangladesh, and has played a significant role in Indian agriculture for centuries.
Back to Annie's candy. I guess I'd expected it to be a hard candy, but turns out it's an opaque, milky, grainy, compressed wafer that half crunched, half crumbled when I bit into it. Now, for those of you who are jackfruit aficionados, I apologise in advance for disparaging your treat. But I couldn't eat this thing. It was simply horrifying. It had a deeply earthy background flavor that only grew in intensity as I chewed it. Like sweetly fermenting feet, it was. I had to spit it out and go brush my teeth.
A nice little hard candy, pleasingly tangy and mango-ey, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that my mouth did not end up permanently dyed like a highlighter pen. OK. I admit it. I think I had some fun there.
Back to Annie's candy. I guess I'd expected it to be a hard candy, but turns out it's an opaque, milky, grainy, compressed wafer that half crunched, half crumbled when I bit into it. Now, for those of you who are jackfruit aficionados, I apologise in advance for disparaging your treat. But I couldn't eat this thing. It was simply horrifying. It had a deeply earthy background flavor that only grew in intensity as I chewed it. Like sweetly fermenting feet, it was. I had to spit it out and go brush my teeth.
3 comments:
A relative of the mulberry? You get points for valiantly trying the stuff...but even the texture sounds off-putting. Reminds me of some Mexican candy that was strong on the chili pepper and lime.
The mango one sounds yummy but I guess I never thot of a yucky tasting candy!
I know, Auntie Kathie, I never would have thought I'd meet a candy I didn't like!!
Mom, are you thinking of those Mexican tamarind-chili candies? Unusual flavour to those, I think, but I don't find them unpleasant.
Jackfruit wafers, though. Nope.
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