Australian Candy Review Part 2

Yes! We have more Australian Candy! Shane's generous candy donation is much appreciated! :-) He recently traveled to Australia on a business trip and picked up many candies to review. So here is Part 2 of our Australian Candy Adventure!

We reviewed five different candies.

The first is Crystallized Hot Ginger by Buderim.

If you like ginger, this is the candy for you! As the package describes, it doesn't get any more genuine than this! This is sugared ginger. Not merely candy with some ginger flavoring added. This is the real deal. The candy has a nice sugar outer coating with a slight crunch. You can see the fibers from the ginger stem as you bite into it. It has a nice spicy bite as ginger should have. I definitely recommend this!

Candy #2 is Pascall's Pineapple Lumps.

Sadly, the name is just as unappealing as the candy itself! :-(  I'm not really sure why the manufacturers call this "Lumps". It isn't lumpy in texture at all. The candy consists of two small marshmallow bars coated in milk chocolate. The chocolate outer coating is decent enough. The sickly sweet, artificial tasting interior was pretty dreadful! It actually contains real pineapple concentrate, surprisingly. I don't taste it at all. This candy is, as expected, rated "thumbs down".




                                               


Candy #3 is Fry's Orange Cream.

The description on the packaging is: "Rich Dark Chocolate with a Smooth Fondant Center".
The dark chocolate was decent, but again like the previous candy, the interior filling was horrendous! The interior was a pasty sugar with orange flavoring. "Smooth" center? Not in the least! Sugary, pasty and chunky! Yuck! Don't get me wrong. I love the combination of orange and chocolate. Fry's didn't do this duo justice. Thumbs Down!

Candy #4 is Eucalyptus Aussie Drops.

I have to admit, I had my reservations about trying this candy. I didn't have high hopes for Eucalyptus flavored candy. I was surprisingly mistaken! This was a hard candy with a slight menthol flavor. This was similar to Halls without the bite and medicine-like taste. I thought this would be a cough drop, but the flavor is too mild to be considered a cough drop. The mild flavoring works and is certainly there and recognizable. I'm not a big hard candy consumer, however, I recommend this, especially if you like hard candy.

                                                                                                                                                                       
Candy #5 is Rocklea Road.

I love rocky road and this did not disappoint! This was by far the best from this grouping of candy! The dark chocolate was nice and smooth. I especially liked the combination of large chunks and fine pieces of peanut.  This gave a nice contrast in texture throughout the bar with a  nicely infused the peanut flavor. The large pillowy marshmallow pieces, with the crunch of the peanuts and  the smooth dark chocolate made for an excellent candy bar! And it's HUGE by the way! 12" x 2.5"! High two thumbs up for this candy!

If you would like to watch the video review and bonus footage of me riding a miniature train, check out the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ttbo1Zu_fo&list=UUAF7DMTeAnZOZvikNygerOA&index=1&feature=plcp