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Friday, May 23, 2008
Albanese Gummi ButterfliesI was in love with these gummis sight unseen. I saw the teaser on the All Candy Expo website New Product Showcase. There was no photo ... but the description alone Gummi Butterflies: Bold colors and delicious flavors. Flutter away with the newest version of the World’s Best Gummi! convinced me that these were going to be gorgeous.
Everything Albanese makes in the gummi category is lovely.
If I have any complaints about the company, it’s that they don’t have a very good website featuring their candies and the online ordering section doesn’t have all their products. When I got them in my set of sample items from All Candy Expo, I practically squealed because they were just what I hoped they were. They’re large gummis, about 3 inches across at the widest. Thick and soft (mine were a little bent in spots, but they were stuffed in a tiny ziploc), they remind me of Gel Gems. So that’s what I did with them, I went into the guest room, wiped the window to clean it and then slapped them up on the glass.
I could see these being great fun to have in the car with kids on a road trip. Edible window decorations. (Though do keep some window cleaner handy, as they get things greasy eventually.) I felt rather evil as I was essentially eating the wings off the butterflies, but it’s the only obvious way to eat them. (Though a non-obvious and perhaps more interesting way to eat them would be to fold the wings and take a bit out of them ... then put them back up on the window, or perhaps cut them apart and piece them together much like I did with franken-bears as a kid.)
I wish their pineapple was in this mix, but maybe it wasn’t vibrant enough in color. Other new products introduced this week: Gummi Sugar Plums: Visions of these flavorful Sugar Plums will be dancing in your head all year long! Theater Size Boxes: Fantastic value, attractive, eye catching theater boxes will be a real hit with customers! Available in our popular and unique 12 Flavor Gummi Bears and Super Sour Mini Neon Gummi Worms. There’s no word how the Butterflies will be sold, but I’d expect them to turn up in the same tubs & packages that they use for their other novelty items like the Army Men and of course in bulk bins. Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 9:43 am 
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Love the photo of the gummies on the window!
wow, those are really lovely
I live near the Albanese candy factory, and recently stopped in and saw these butterflies! Super cute, but I didn’t feel like buying any… Glad to see your reaction to them!
How funny! I just saw Albanese gummi products for the first time yesterday, online at Amazon of all places. They have a Grocery beta site, and of course I had to check out the candy selection right off the bat.
They have 62 different Albanese products, so it might be worth checking out if their website isn’t user-friendly. I don’t see the butterflies on there yet, but I imagine they will be at some point.
They’re website does kind of suck. I’m really happy my parents and brother live near the factory store so I stop there every time I visit.
I bought some of these at my local farmer’s market from the bulk candy guy about a month ago. Delicious and beautiful! And he was selling them for $2 a pound.
Does anyone know where I can purchase these in Canada?
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