Candies are supposed to be simple. All sugar and some flavours, right? Well, not everybody would agree that candies have to be ordinary and unassuming. Let this month be an exploration of candies full of sugar, spice, everything nice and some more!
Let’s not waste wrappers
Maybe, you love candies. Maybe, you love them so much that you can’t even bother about wrappers. Maybe, you are an eco-friendly person. Well, surprise, this might be great news! Botan rice candy comes in delightful lemon and orange flavours and also wrapped in edible rice paper. How can this be any better? As if that wasn’t enough, the candies come in a nice box with collectible stickers.
Candy bar with… crisps!
What happens when Tayto, a popular crisps manufacturer in Ireland, decides to step into the magnificent business of candy bar manufacture? Well, you might have guessed it. Chocolate candy bars filled with bits of onion and cheese-flavoured crisps. How it might have tasted is anybody’s guess, but this was a limited-edition release. What will be the next thing coming out?
Perfumed candies, anyone?
What’s shaped like sticks, tastes of bubblegum, toothpaste and smells like cologne? Did you guess musk sticks? That’s right. This candy is strangely popular in Australia and New Zealand but it will take a brave soul to give it a try! Musk sticks are made of gelatin, sugar, pink food colour and have a strong flavour very similar to musk perfume. There you go! Just for the record, millions are sold every year, and there must be a reason for it, uh? Also, even if you don’t like to eat them, hey, you can still use them as air freshener, right?
DIY candy
There are those of us who’d like to make our own fancy candy even if it takes some time. Popin’ Cookin’ offers a candy that involves a few minutes of work to create a marvel that looks like ramen noodle soup with boiled egg and cured fish but everything tasting like bubblegum and cola jelly. It’s a double bonus for kids who love DIY crafts and candies.
Three-course meal gumballs
You expect to enjoy gumballs for time-pass. You don’t expect it to provide you a taste of a three-course meal, right? It sounds like something that only Willy Wonka could create. Well, Thanksgiving Gumballs aim to change that. This tin of gumballs contains three different flavours – turkey, cranberries and pumpkin pie. If this trend continues, we can sure forget spending hours in the kitchen for a decent meal!
A lollipop that’s unique
Forget sweet lollipops in regular flavours. Super Pepino lollipops from Mexico is the bee’s knees. This lollipop not only has a unique cucumber flavour, it is also encrusted with chili flakes! There you go – a sweet, tangy and spic lollipop with an amazingly unique taste. The only complaint is that it’s super-addictive. Just – you know, this is not the only candy will chili powder. Mar Mexican candies liberally dusted with chili powder – art favourite among the kids and probably even the adults there!
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