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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Queen Anne Orange
So that makes it all the more wonderful that I took a chance on these. I found them at the 99 Cent Only Store. In fact, I saw them for several weeks at several different stores, which usually means it’s a new item and probably more likely to be fresh. I’ve seen the Queen Anne line at Von’s for $2.99, so at 99 cents, it was quite a deal for 5 ounces of chocolate. They come in a rather elegant stand up cardboard box/bag with a sealed cellophane pouch inside. I’m a huge fan of Chocolate Covered Candied Orange Peel and the fact that you can’t get such a thing at Trader Joe’s is rather disheartening (I got the “orange sticks” once thinking that’s what they were, but it was a jelly stick covered with chocolate). These were fresh and glossy and had a wonderful scent of orange zest. The orange peel inside was firm and a little chewy but not overly sweetened. The dark chocolate though not the best in the world was a wonderful sweet complement to the zesty innards. If I see these again, I’m definitely going to pick them up. I have quite figured out how to decipher the code on the back as to how old these are (164513 was all it said), so I consider them a limited opportunity good deal. At this price they’re an 8 out of 10, at regular price they’re a 6 out of 10 ... so I’m calling them in the middle for the review rating at 7 out of 10. (Queen Anne Candy is made by the same company that makes those World’s Finest Chocolate bars that the band kids are always trying to sell you.)
POSTED BY Cybele AT 11:06 am 
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Over the summer I bought some chocolate-covered orange bits produced by Brach’s. At first I thought it was real candied orange or orange peel, but then after reading the ingredients I thought they might be some ‘parts is parts’ concoction… Either way, they were quite tasty. Haven’t seen this Queen Anne version, though.
Your chart says “Lake Champlain” for the brand - do they make Queen Anne?
Hee hee, I used to sell those World’s Finest Chocolate bars to raise money for school field trips.
Tricia - oops on the brand ... I’m always careless when I blog and travel. All fixed now.
Laura - last time I was at my mother’s house a kid came by selling them too. She bought some “Buckeyes” from them instead.
Hi, Haven’t seen these yet, but I’ll be looking for them. Chocolate and Orange is my all time favorite combination. Its been hard to find for a while, but seems to be making a comeback. Thanks for a great blog.
The date probably means the 164th day of 2005.
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