Cow Tails
Name: Cow Tales
Brand: Goetze's
Place Purchased: Candy Express (Pittsburgh Airport)
Price: $.79
Size: 1.0 ounce
Calories per ounce: 110
Type: Caramel
I've always been a huge fan of Goetze's Caramel Creams (often referred to as Bulls-eyes), not really because of the caramel, but because of the incredible cream.
The cream in the center of a caramel cream really isn't creamy, it's intensely sweet but very light and has this intense cooling effect in the mouth. I don't see Goetze's very often in Los Angeles but I do pick them up a couple times a year when I do.
Cow Tales (I don't know why they're Tales and not Tails ... though the website does tell part of the history) are very similar to the famous Caramel Creams. The main difference is the shape. Imagine a very long (about 7 1/2") rope of caramel that's actually a tube filled with the famous caramel cream. It doesn't look like much when you take it out the wrapper. It's soft and bendy and has a light dusting of corn starch to keep it from sticking.
The most interesting thing about Goetze's caramel is that it's nothing like any other caramel I've ever had. In fact, I hesitate to call it true caramel as the first ingredient is not sugar, butter or cream or even corn syrup, but WHEAT FLOUR. So really, the caramel is more like a cookie dough, which is a pretty cool flavor. It has a good chew without any stickiness. It's sweet, but also pretty mellow. There are not carmelized sugar notes to it, just a consistent floury vanilla taste.
My favorite way to eat Caramel Creams is to turn them inside out onto my tongue so that I can eat the cream first and then I follow it with the caramel husk. The Cow Tales make that a bit harder, so I just ate it as the good candy-maker intended, biting off pieces and chewing. The combination of the mellow caramel and the sweet center is really nice.Given a choice, I'm going to stick with the familiar caramel creams. They're easier to share and it's easier to choose how to eat each caramel. On the west coast I can usually find Goetze's products at Rite Aid (which is based in Camp Hill, PA, only about one hour from the Goetze's factory). On a slightly related note, Rite Aid usually carries Goldenberg's Peanut Chews, too.
Rating - 6 out of 10 (for the record, Caramel Creams are an 8 out of 10)
10 Comments:
I actually like the odd wheaty character of the "caramel." It works perfectly with the cream and is not too sugary!
You went to Pgh?!? That's where I live, dude! ^_^; And, thusly, where Sarris candies are.
Mmm, Cow Tales. Brings back fond memories of 8th grade and buying them in the school shop. Mmmmm...
Incidentally, you can get the cream out, it just requires biting them more or less in half lengthwise. :D
Never had 'em, never heard of 'em.
Mine was a deprived childhood, but you're adding candies to my list every day!
Wait, I take back my earlier comment............
:# You meant Pittsburgh California, didn'tcha? >< Only two Pittsburghs with the H, and one has to be on the other side of the country. Irk.
Nope, Tindy, you got it right the first time. Pittsburgh, PA, the gateway to the midwest ... Steel Town USA. (I don't think the California one has an H in it.)
My brother lives there and I went to grad school at CMU. I visit a couple of times a year ... I know the PGH airport pretty well.
Russ, I imagine since Rite Aids haven't been in LA for very long that you wouldn't have seen Goetze's before. I'll pick up an extra package for you next time I see them. The cool thing is that even though they're chewy, there's little risk of harming your teeth like some other sticky treats I've foisted on you!
I can't believe you wrote about Cow Tales... I just went to the Dollar Tree the other day and saw these things there and I was thinking, hmmm.. i wonder if the Candy Blog has done them already. I decided not to pick them up because they looked suspiciously "dusty". Nothing like a dusty outside wrapper on a candy bar as a dead giveaway that something's been sitting on the shelf way too long!
I haven't had those Caramel Creams yet, but they sound pretty good.
wow, i just saw these for the first time at CVS (bought one, of course). i've always liked the individuals; i wondered if these were new, since i hadn't seen. maybe there's a distribution surge? or is it just wild coincidence.
and young lady, can't you just just eat your dang candy without MESSIN' with it!!!? :)
Bryan, I'm not sure a caramel cream can go bad, as I've been desperate enough to buy them at some pretty dusty places over the years. Of course I'm also known for finding things loose at the bottom of my backpack and eating them.
but isn't there a definitive difference between "fresh" and "stale" on these? surely you've had them when they're all lush and chewy, vs. hard around the edges...
I just got a cow tail in my blogging by mail package last month. It was interesting. Have you reviewed Mr. Big? Its made by cadbury.
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