Inside Out Junior Mints
Name: Junior Mints Inside Outs
Brand: Junior Mints (Tootsie Roll Industries)
Place Purchased: 99 Cent Only Store
Price: $.99
Size: 5.0 ounces
Calories per ounce: 126
Type: Mint
I got an instant message from a former colleague the other day about these. I hadn't seen them, but sure enough they were just waiting for me at the 99 Cent store last week.
The Inside Outs are a white chocolate shell with a dark chocolate minted cream filling. They're not at all like Junior Mints, except for the fact that they're junior sized and minty. Where a regular Junior Mint has semi-sweet chocolate and an oozy mint filling, the Inside Outs have no real chocolate taste. Where Junior Mints are rather low in fat (for a chocolate candy), the Inside Outs don't have that much more fat but their second ingredient (after sugar) is Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil ... yes, the dreaded trans fats.
Even the description on the box is a little uninspiring "Dark Chocolatey Mints in a Smooth White Coating." Mmm, don't you just love white coating? And the word "chocolatey" screams "I have no real chocolate in me!"
If you dig Junior Mints, stick to Junior Mints ... they can hardly be improved. They're usually a good value (the standard single serve box is 1.84 ounces) and pretty easily understood ingredients. There are real white chocolate mint candies out there and I advise seeking them out - real white chocolate uses cocoa butter which is not only a monosaturated fat it's just smoother. The Inside Outs are a limited edition, so if you want to give them a try, you'd better hurry.
Rating - 4 out of 10
7 Comments:
How about reviewing some of Target's new "Choxie" line of pseudo-gourmet chocolates?
I've heard mixed feedback on them, so far, but I stopped by Target yesterday and found the trendy little packages so adorable, and the artisan squares with their flavored chocolates so enticing.
Currently, I'm munching Choxie chocolate-covered espresso beans like a maniac. A MANIAC.
Love the blog!
-Sarah
Hi Sarah! Thanks for reading.
I just found out about the Choxie line yesterday via Slashfood - so I'll keep an eye out for them. I'm not due for a Target run for another week or so (gotta get some Halloween candy!), but I'll definitely pick some up. I'm looking forward to the chile ones (they're oddly not on the Target website at the moment).
these reverse jr mints are an awesome find! "newsy"! i never realized they were tootsie-roll-related; have you seen that there's also a new (might be limited ed) VANILLA tootsie roll?
i did an item on choxie yesterday. a couple of notes of interest (maybe): before posting, i googled it and, aside from Slashfood, there were almost no hits. today, i googled it again and there are at least a DOZEN hits. i've read that some food blogs accept stipends to review products. the unprecedented avalanche of "choxie" hits that have suddenly popped up in the last 24 hours makes me wonder if choxie is such a product?
secondly, i'm sad to report that the choxie line completely usurped the "retro" candy aisle at my superT. i'm wondering if that will be the case at all target stores?
and thirdly, if you haven't already read it in one of the suddenly-thousands of choxie postings, all target stores will be doing free samplings of the line on sat nov 5.
I got a big bag of Tootsie Rolls assortment (I guess it's for Halloween, but will never make it). In there they have the little midget flavored Tootsie Rolls, including vanilla!
They've got blue wrappers. Another flavor is lemon.
TG - the info on the Target tasting for Choxie is great ... I'll know to avoid it that day!
I think vanilla tootsie rolls have been around for a long time, or maybe the were discontinued for a while. I remember a family friend having a jar of them whenever I went over as a kid. There were a bunch of flavors, orange, lemon and I think strawberry in addition to the vanilla.
As Russ points out, maybe they're only made for Halloween.
I'll have to look it up somewhere, but I don't think Junior Mints were always a Tootsie product.
Great site.
I'll have to keep an eye out for these.
Ooh, I like!
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