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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Mamba SoursAll Candy Expo begins in one week, and here I am still sitting on samples from the last show! Part of the reason that I haven’t told you about Mamba Sours yet was because I didn’t see them in stores. Sometimes I review stuff that isn’t out, but most of the time I like to time my reviews of new items to when they actually hit shelves. Finally I stumbled across them at a truck stop in Westley, CA and figured if they were there, they were probably in other more accessible stores.
Mambas are made by Storck, who also makes some other interesting candies like Toffeefay, Chocolate Riesen and probably most famously, Werther’s Originals. Mambas are simply little fruit chews, rather like Starbursts or HiCHEW.
Their newest addition to the line, introduced last year, is the sour version of the hard to find Mambas. They come in the same flavors: Orange, Lemon, They shape of the candies is similar to HiCHEW - a long little rectangle, not a flattened cube like Starburst. Each little mini-pack has 6 chews. They’re lightly colored, which seems unnecessary since they’re not only wrapped in papers that tell you what flavor they are, then those are in another single-flavor wrapping. (Maybe there’s a superfluous wrapper in this mix?) They’re firm, perhaps a little hard at first, but soften nicely in the mouth. The flavor is immediately tart for all of them, but also has a strange soft fragrant flavor that’s not usually found in sours. For example, the lemon tastes much like powdered lemonade mix ... which I enjoy, but then there’s this light background like lemon blossom or something, it just adds a dimension to it. And in most cases it feels kind of classy. I’ve had stronger sours, and really, if I haven’t had Mambas before, I wouldn’t guess that these are really a sour either. They’re tart, and they do get me a little tingly, but there were no faces involved and absolutely nothing to bother my tongue to the point that I’d stop eating all four packages. The chew is great once it softens, it’s smooth and wonderfully consistent in its flavor all the way to the end. Some chews, like Skittles, can get a bit grainy towards the end, this didn’t at all. Given the choice between regular Mambas and these, I’d actually pick the sours from now on. (But I have to admit that I haven’t bought Mambas since my last review of them but upon revisiting them, they’re really an underrated candy.) I still prefer the zap of Starburst, but that might just be complacency. Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 10:21 am 
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I just couldn’t believe a whole year had passed since the last Expo! And was so relieved to see that it has only been since September. Someday, someday I will find a way to get in.... Guess it is finally time to start a blog.
Your review says they come in cherry, but the picture shows strawberry. looks like mambas are having an idenity crisis
Well the All Candy Expo is getting close, I go to work tomorrow, at McCormick Place, to setup the show. I am looking forward to seeing the displays this year. I hope you enjoy the show. The weather should be nice next week.
hey i was wondering, dyou really taste all the new sweets that come out ? i am a real sweet lover, if i could i’d only eat candy and sweet things. If that’s what you do then lucky you !!!!
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