Shane recently came back from Australia and kindly donated many candies for our candy reviews! We reviewed FIVE different candies in this review and did not even put a dent in our Australian candy collection! I am very excited to try out many sweets from the land Down Under!
The first candy we tasted was Chocolate Coated Raspberry Licorice.
The licorice is described on the package as, "soft eating licorice" and that is very accurate. This is one of the softest pieces of licorice I have ever eaten! The licorice has a nice raspberry flavor and creamy dark chocolate coating.
This was Shane's favorite out of this grouping of candies. I would have to say this definitely ranks higher on the list of candies we tried today.
Candy #2 was Mint Humbugs.
Technically, this isn't an Australian candy. It's actually a candy from Ireland, but what the heck. This managed to slip into our Australian collection, and I'm certainly not one to turn down candy! Consistency is overrated. :-P These candies tasted very similar to Mentos, except that the hard candy exterior is much harder. It does have that chewy interior that Mentos has and is very minty in the same way. Not bad!
Candy #3 was Picnic.
Picnic is manufactured by Cadbury. English Picnic contains raisins and its Australian formulation contains no raisins. I am not a big fan of raisins, so I was pleased with this! Nice creamy milk chocolate, with peanuts, puffed rice, caramel, and wafer pieces...I liked it! This was my favorite of all the candies we tried. Shane liked this as well, however, as mentioned earlier, the licorice won first place for him!
Above is an interior view of Picnic.
Candy #4 was Ginger Bears.
This was a gummy candy with a slight real ginger flavor. It doesn't quite have the "bite" that the package describes this candy as having. The gummies were soft in texture, but were a little dry on the outside.
Though I would prefer this to have a much more intense ginger flavor and a moist exterior, I wouldn't rate this poorly. Ginger Bears is a good candy, just not exceptional.
Candy #5 was Giant Fizzers.
As the name suggests, the candy was slightly fizzy. It had a mild baking soda flavor which I wasn't a big fan of. Giant Fizzers tasted similar to Sweet Tarts, but again with that baking soda after taste. Icky! This was our least favorite of the bunch. Thumbs down on this candy.
Picnic and Red Raspberry licorice were are top picks of this bunch of Australian candy! If you would like to watch our reactions, watch our video review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_NO9w1WVo&list=UUAF7DMTeAnZOZvikNygerOA&index=1&feature=plcp
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