Brazilian and Colombian Candy Review

My apologies for the long delay in posting candy reviews! :-( My crazy schedule is finally winding down for the moment, so I have a bit of time to taste some new candy. This review was made possible by my sister who generously donated the candy from her travels to Bogota, the capital of Colombia. We are always interested in trying new and exotic candy, so this certainly fits the bill!

There are three candies we are trying today: Choco Coco, Muuu..., and Garoto. The first candy we tasted in the video was Muuu.. which was a bag of simple, milk chocolate bars.

You might think, "Oh this should be pretty decent. It's just a plain milk chocolate bar." Oh was I so wrong! The texture of the chocolate was very waxy. It didn't have a smooth consistency. In addition, Muuu... tasted like old candy that had been sitting in the cupboard for years. Sadly, this did not receive rave reviews, but we had many more candies to try in our South American candy adventure!

Next up, was Choco Coco which are chocolate/coconut lollipops. Sounded quite tasty to me, so I thought this surely must be a step up from the last candy we tried!

Sadly, we were wrong again! :-( The hard candy exterior was completely devoid of chocolate flavor. It tasted like pure sugar with no flavoring. The coconut interior definitely had a distinct coconut flavor, however, it was dry and grainy. Unfortunately, this was not a candy that we could safely recommend.

The last of the bunch to try was an assorted box of chocolate bonbons called Garoto. With all the many options to try in this assortment, there must be something decent!

We tried every piece of candy in this box. There was only one piece of candy that was worth mentioning: Seranata de Amore. This was the best of the bunch. This chocolate tasted very similar to Ferrero Rocher. It had a chocolate-coated wafer shell with a hazelnut mousse filling. The texture of the mousse had a heavier consistency with a slight smokey aftertaste. In comparison, Ferrero Rocher is superior, however Seranata de Amore is a decent chocolate bonbon on its own.

All the other candies in the box had a heavy, smokey aftertaste, waxy chocolate texture, and grainy centers. In short, they were all quite terrible, with of course, the exception of Seranata de Amore.

Our Colombian/Brazilian candy review is not the most positive. However, it is always a pleasure to try new candies from around the world! Also worth mentioning is that our American taste just might not be suited to this kind of candy. I am sure the people of Colombia and Brazil might think quite differently about the candy and take great pleasure in consuming it.

Take care everyone and we will have many more candy reviews posted soon! :-)  A link to the video review is below!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzPdMqk53Yg