Monday, May 02, 2005

Rockaleta!

Name: Rockaleta
Brand: PepsiCo Mexico
Place Purchased: Jon’s Market
Price: $1.59 for six
Size: .95 oz each
Type: Lollipop

The surprise breakout hit of the candy party. I call it a suprise because when doing my little photoshoot, I sampled most of the candy for the party (I took it out of the package and figured I may as well have something to snack on while shooting) and found this to be so foul that I threw it out after a few licks.

Billed as a chile flavored lolly, this amply sized ball has four layers (alternating red and then green), the outside is textured (reminded me of stucco) with what I guess to be chili power. The thing is, I don’t mind spicy candy, it’s salty candy that baffles me, and this was damn salty.

However I felt about it, Will and Amy seemed sufficiently engaged by the candy to rate it about a five (they’d eat one if someone gave it to them, in fact, they took the extras home with them), but Robin seemed only to tolerate it enough to get to a second layer.

My rating: 2 out of 10.

POSTED BY Cybele AT 5:42 pm     2-AppallingHard Candy & LollipopsMexicoCandyReview

Comments
  1. wow your first 2 out of 10 thank god.  I thought you would eat just about any kind of candy or chocolate.

    Comment by crispin on 12/31/69 at 12:00 pm

     

  2. I confess, I brought the Rockaleta you gave me to work and after several days finally went at it. Let’s just say the honeymoon was over as the sophomore experience totaled about four licks before I pitched the thing. 2 outta 10 is about right.

    Comment by Will on 12/31/69 at 12:00 pm

     

  3. Horrible aren’t they? I was given one of these...things once by my Spanish teacher.  It was a nice gesture but all the same, yeesh.

    Comment by Pogo on 12/31/69 at 12:00 pm

     

  4. I gotta say I love Rockaletas.  Especially the new dark ones.  Sure it’s an aquired taste but I really wouldn’t describe them as salty.  It’s a straight up chile flavor.  You might appreciate the Dark ones better since they are more of a spicy/sweet flavor rather than just a chile flavor.

    Comment by Jack on 12/31/69 at 12:00 pm

     

  5. Hi! Actually, rockaleta’s aren’t horrible.. it’s just that you are nnot used to them! I don’t just love them, but I think they’re some of the best candies… not only caramel but some spicy and some gum also!

    Comment by Anonymous on 12/31/69 at 12:00 pm

     

  6. im eating one right now
    and i love em
    dont hate

    Comment by $t3f@N0 on 10/22/06 at 5:11 pm

     

  7. I don’t consider it ‘hating’ to dislike something (refusing to give something a ten just because it’s white chocolate is a different story, but this blog is so great I kind of dismissed that.) I think spice is great, but I avoid spicy candy like the plague.  Somewhere between cayenne pepper sauce and citric-acid covered candies (coughWARHEADScoughcough) I gave myself two ulcers.  The last thing I need is MORE flavor addictions.

    (PS: I agree that salty candy is odd.  Saltwater taffy rules, but it isn’t SALTY.)

    Comment by Sophia on 11/11/06 at 10:32 pm

     

  8. Another famous candy in México. I think they are great, as one said before me, they have chile, candy and gum in the center. I don’t consider them salty neither spicy, and they have a very nice chile flavor. I guess they do are an aquired taste. The thing I don’t like about the dark ones, is that they paint your tongue blue, but they do have a more spicy but sweet flavor.

    Comment by Ana on 1/05/07 at 3:55 am

     

  9. I love these. I was first given one by a classmate and then found myself getting the tiny ones (The Rockaleta shoks).
    The lolly pop part is a bit tangy but mostly sweet and you can bite it away to the gum if you are impatient like most kids tend to be.
    The gum is very sweet but the problem I had was that it went hard fast. Once the flavor was gone the gum was hard. This happens with the suckers as well. V_v
    My favorite part is the gum but the hard candy part comes very close to being just as good.
    Next time you don’t like the chili part soak it it hot water to get the gum, evaluate the gum and then post. ^_-

    Comment by Ruth on 3/19/08 at 7:56 pm

     

  10. SIMPLY PUT I LOVE THEM, I ADMIT THE FIRST TWO I COULD NOT STAND!! NOW I AM HOOKED, AND I CANT FIND THEM NOWHERE IN THE STORES ANYMORE, SO I AM ONLINE TO BUY A CASE WHENEVER I CAN FIND A LOCATION TO BUY IT AT!! YES I ADMIT I AM ACTULLY HOOKED!! (OR ADDICTED!! LOL)

    Comment by GARY on 6/01/08 at 6:22 pm

     

  11. OMG I love this ones, my favorite!! =D (I’m Mexican of course, almost nobody else likes them apart from us hahaha)

    Comment by Jenny on 9/08/08 at 11:50 am

     

  12. I’m mexican...and I don’t like them...it gets boring after the first 5 min. or so....
    the gum center is awful, it’s tasteless and hard.

    Comment by rawxy on 10/27/08 at 12:38 pm

     

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