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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Brach’s Chocolate Candy Corn & Halloween Mix
I knew this candy existed, but I was having trouble finding it. I was delighted not only to find it at Walgreen’s, but also in this 7 ounce bag (instead of the 9.5 ounce Caramel Apple Candy Corn a few weeks ago and the mondo 22 ounce bag I got of the the Caramel Candy Corn last year). The package says that it’s made with real cocoa and real milk. I’d never really thought about candy corn being a dairy product. (Makes me think about creamed corn.)
My bag was exceptionally sloppy. There weren’t many well-formed pieces, some were missing a color but mostly they were just irregular. Part of the fun is the attractiveness of candy corn. This didn’t quite measure up. The base flavor is the caramel. It’s a bit salty and has that fake butter flavor to it that I can handle in tiny doses. The middle section has a light cocoa flavor and the white top is, of course, unadulterated sweetness. They taste a bit richer than the typical orange & yellow candy corn, but I found the fake butter a little too artificial to keep me eating these. It makes me wish they sold these in 1 ounce bags. That would have been enough to satisfy my curiosity. The ingredients list salt above the actual milk in here. There’s also gelatin, so no good for vegetarians and it’s not Kosher. This was the first Brach’s package I’ve seen so far that makes note of the new Farley’s & Sathers ownership.
The package joyfully tells me it’s America’s #1! (It’s also made in Mexico.) Honestly it’s been so long since I had the Brach’s Mellowcremes, I didn’t remember whether they were flavored or not. (The Autumn Mix is not distinctly flavored.) These little fondant nuggets come in four colors and eight shapes: crescent moon, black cat, pumpkin, jug, jack o’lantern, bat, corn cob and sheaf of wheat.
The flavors are determined by the color of the Mellowcreme.
The package I picked has more yellow and tan ones, so I think I did well here as those are the ones I’m picking out to eat anyway. The salt really helps these out. There’s 110 mg of Sodium in every serving, which is quite a lot for a candy (but an excellent stat if this was a canned soup). Consider it a boost to your electrolytes, maybe athletes will start carrying Mellowcremes as a recovery supplement. I think the bragging rights are earned here. I now think that Mellowcremes are worth the search. (These also contain gelatin.) 7 out of 10 Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:09 pm 
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hah this is the one I tried and I didn’t like it at all
I ended up eating three or four pieces and then throwing the rest of the bag away
I’ve never tried the assorted mellowcremes but the maple flavor would be enough to make me buy a bag
I’m not personally a fan of any of the “non-traditional” candy corns. I LOVE Brachs plain old candy corns and cant get enough of them, especially when their only about $1.00 this time of the year. I dont know what it is about them but they are truly addicting.
I’m with Michael, I’m kind of a purist when it comes to this stuff - at best I’ll pick through a “Harvest Mix” but sometimes a product is just good the way it is and candy corn is classic that doesn’t need to get all fancylike.
Oooh, I’m glad you found these! I’ll have to look for the regular Mellocremes in Walgreens...I haven’t seen them in such a long time!
Yummy!
Except I’m not a fan of banana flavored things. Its that fake banana smell. Can’t stand it.
However candy corn is a favorite!
Ha, my boyfriend just came home tonight w/ Brach’s “Autumn Mix” from Walgreen’s—he had a craving for the pumpkins. We were surprised that the bag touted that it’s “made with real honey.” Though, of course, the ingredients list honey as being less than 2% of the product…
I think it’s great that you refer to the flavors by relating them to important agricultural products - bananas, cocoa, maple and candy corn. If candy corn really were an agricultural product, it would be growing in my garden.
If only they could make these things without gelatin.
Man, I wish I could find that in my area - I ADORE the maple flavored bits!
I wish I could purchase the Assorted Halloween Mellowcremes in or around Elkton, Maryland. Haven’t seen them on the shelves in 2 years. I really miss them.
I just found the Halloween assorted mellowcremes at Walgreens thanks to the blog here. $1.39/bag or 3/$4. needless to say I am a happy camper here in Iowa this Halloween......
I woke up from a dream this morning in which I was desperately trying to find some of the assorted mellocreme mix (didn’t that usta be called “autumn mix”?) with the help of the Mexican Werewolf family...our efforts were flummoxed, sadly. I now have an intense craving for the moons. I loved them as a child...and didn’t there usta be a witch mellocreme in there someplace? I think she was chocolate...or orange?
As for the other mix, feh. I adore candy corn (I even used to let my older sister think she was sticking me with the glorious grain in our halloween candy trades, which guaranteed I got a buttload), but Indian corn....like most plants with the term “indian” in them, this too just announces that it’s fake candy corn, not quite the real deal (which, as a Native American, kinda honks me off- I mean really, I’ve already had to deal with “pocahontas” costumes...). I’ve tried to like it, tried all brands and incarnations, but no. Just no.
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