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Friday, June 03, 2005
Hershey Bites (actually it doesn’t bite, it’s really good) Dovetailing with my earlier post about revisiting classics with new interpretations, Hershey’s recently launched “Candy to Go!” It’s just smaller packaging of their previously introduced Bites, but what I found interesting is that I thought most candy was packaged for going ...
 These are perfect little bites of candy bars. I picked up three at the store on the lot today. Kit Kat Bites, Reese’s Peanut Butter Bites and York Bites. Each is about the size of a small marble, more or less. The York bites are exactly what you’d expect, dark chocolate covering a mint cream center. The Reese’s bites are covering a peanut butter cup filling (not that waxy Reese’s pieces stuff) and the Kit Kat bites are like little Kit Kat cubes.
In the Kit Kat bites, it feels like too much chocolate (Kit) and not enough crisp wafers (Kat). The other odd thing about these are the portion size: 2.75 oz and that’s a full serving. Most candy bars are about 1.5 oz and have about 200 calories. The Reese’s bites have 410 calories! If you can control yourself and not eat them all at once, you’ll make it to fifty without a coronary. Me? I ate the whole York Bites and then moved on to the Reese’s and of course had to open the Kit Kat for a taste. Sadly, all that’s left now are some of the Kit Kats. Name: York Bites Good chocolate, nice mint, pretty much a tiny spherical peppermint patty. The only problem I had with these was the variation in quality. Some were soft and fresh, but others were rather hard. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that they’re spoiled, maybe the chocolate didn’t seal in the filling completely and they dried out. Name: Reese’s Peanut Butter Bites Okay, of the three, these smelled absolutely divine when I opened the package. A wonderful roasted peanut scent with the sweet overtone of chocolate. Really, these smelled awesome. They taste good, and I think I’d buy them again, especially as something to eat when at the movies, but I still prefer the miniatures for the ratio of chocolate to peanut butter. Name: Kit Kat Bites My least favorite of the three, but I’ve always been fond of Kit Kats and buy them often. But my favorite thing about Kit Kats is deconstructing them while I eat, which means prying off each layer with my teeth. That’s not really feasible with this iteration, so I’d just have to eat them and where’s the fun in that? I’m not always fond of miniatures or giganto bars, but I think that Hershey’s really did a nice job of inventing these as candy that stands alone without the other versions. As always, freshness helps, if these were old and had bloomed or something, I’d find them absolutely unappealing. But I find these to be the perfect movie food or good to tuck in your bag to share with others. Ratings: UPDATE: It looks like these didn’t go over very well and have been discontinued. The remaining inventory can still be found at discount stores like 99 Cent Only. (But be sure to look at the expiration date before you take a chance.) POSTED BY Cybele AT 6:53 pm
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Never heard of ‘em
How many in each bag? Are they for biting, or can you pop the whole thing in your mouth at once and bite down and flood your senses?
I may try these some day…
Being the size of marbles, I think they’re meant for popping in your mouth whole.
Do you think the name “bites” is not an appropriate one because they’re pre-bitten?
I can’t say how many are in each bag, but there’s about two handfuls (well, my hands). Maybe I’ll count the Kit Kats I left at the office.
I couldn’t agree more with your assessment of these things, especially the ratio business, and the waxy coating on the York bites.
I wanted to add that at Easter time (maybe Christmas too) Reeces peanut butter cups come in an egg shape—and yes—it’s the different ratio that that makes them even better than mini-peanut butter cups.
But I still don’t get why you’d want a bag of the little bites for a little more money, but the same basic quantity of these classic candy bars.
Reading this from your (current) Reese’s line review, and had to comment on “I thought most candy was packaged for going”. This weekend I saw a coupon for a new Pop Tarts product - a Pop Tarts snack bar, “for eating on the go.” And I thought “aren’t all Pop Tarts for eating on the go??” (I prefer to save my sweets quota for candy, but the rest of my family are pop tarts fans…)
It is 2009 and I am wondering where all of the York Bites are gone to? I went to the store today and they werent there? Where did they go? Did you stop marketing them?
Mikala - Hershey’s discontinued the Bites back in 2007. For a similar product try the York Mints, which are about five times the price and come in a difficult to open tin.
(Or try any version of Dutch Mints by Jelly Belly, Marich.)
where do i buy them
Christopher Wilber - as noted above at the end of the review and in my comment just before yours, Hershey’s discontinued these. You can buy them at a few closeout stores, however, they will be expired and will be inferior tasting.
I loved the reeses bites they were PERFECT for the movies… I always got the large bag not those small ones. I was SO upset when they were discontinued.
I adored the kit kat bites i wish they would come back they were so good.
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