Tuesday, July 12, 2005

S'mores

Name: S'mores
Brand: Hershey's
Place Purchased: 99 Cent Only Store
Price: 33 cents
Size: 1.65 oz
Calories per ounce: 145
Type: Chocolate Candy/Marshmallow



To follow up on the earlier review of the Cup-O-Gold I figured I'd contrast that with Hershey's S'mores bar. The S'mores bar is marshmallow on top of a graham cracker crust covered in chocolate. If you recall the S'mores most of us have made, they were a toasted marshmallow (or two), a few squares of Hershey's chocolate between two graham crackers. What was great about that combo was that you'd freshly toasted the marshmallow so it was retardedly hot in the middle and of cuorse melted the chocolate and the ratio being the dominance of the graham crackers (which also kept your fingers from being burned).

In this bar Hershey's has the ratios all askew. By far the dominant feature of this bar is the marshmallow center. It's not a traditional white marshmallow but a slightly tan version that seems a tad nougaty ... perhaps they're trying to make it taste toasted. Much sweeter than it needed to be and lacked that meringue feeling that a good marshmallow has. There no graham cracker here. Instead the crust seems to be a crisco and cookie bits amalgamation. Then it's covered in very sweet milk chocolate.

Too sweet, not enough toasty flavor and the graham cracker thing was just plain wrong. Move along, nothing to taste here.

See also: Taste the World's Review and Writers/Artists Snacking at Work's Review

Rating: 4 out of 10

3 Comments:

russ said...

Well, maybe they have slightly tan marshmallow to make it *look* campfired.

Too bad about the mix. This could be a good thing, but I guess they opted to make it all with the cheapest of the three ingredients.

July 12, 2005 6:06 PM  
:: jozjozjoz :: said...

That sounds yucky!

They're ruining the word "S'mores" with that bar!

July 13, 2005 3:25 PM  
amyj said...

Actually, I love the Smores bar! it's actually one of my favorite candy bars on the market. I'm a marshmallow freak and i also love nougat, plus i like things super sweet, so i guess that's why i love this candy bar so much.

July 14, 2005 1:52 PM  

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