Candy Blog

1. I don’t understand why everything has to be caffeinated these days, anyway. Its more a problem for me than most people because I can’t have caffeine, but it seems silly that stuff that isn’t naturally caffeinated should often be available only with caffeine added, and if it leaves a bad taste afterwards, like this snickers, well that doesn’t seem like great marketing for people who can have caffeine either!

   Comment by Mel on 1/25/08 at 11:02 am

    

2. I tried this candy bar and I must say I was a bit disappointed. The ruglar Snickers is much much better

   Comment by Maytal on 1/25/08 at 12:37 pm

    

3. Yea that’s all we need - a caffeinated candy bar! Haha. Great review.

   Comment by Hillary on 1/25/08 at 3:44 pm

    

4. “What they haven’t done yet is put something in Snickers that wasn’t already there.”

   What about that Snickers with crispy things in it?  Was it called “Snickers Cruncher” or something?  Or maybe it was too unappealing and unnecessary to even be counted among the Snickers variations.

   Thank you for being brave enough to try all of these crazy limited edition products!

   Comment by Carrie on 1/25/08 at 4:38 pm

    

5. Could you review skor and heath bars?  I searched and couldn’t find a review… thanks!

   Comment by rachel on 1/26/08 at 9:43 am

    

6. They love to put caffeine in everything, don’t they? (Whoever ‘they’ are)...I found some caffeinated lip gloss once. It did not perk me or my lips up though!

   I have been reading your blog for ages and enjoy it so much - hope you don’t mind that I put you in my links list…

   Comment by Lidian on 1/26/08 at 10:18 am

    

7. Is that a rhino on the package?! When I hear the word charged, the first thing that doesn’t come to my mind is a rhino.

   Comment by Kate on 1/26/08 at 3:09 pm

    

8. Where can I get one of these candy bars? I would really like to try one. And whats with the Rhino on the package.

   Comment by Kade on 1/26/08 at 6:50 pm

    

9. i saw this company at a chocolate festival in miami today, and thought you’d get a kick out of their stuff.  they had sample drops of just regular straight chocolate and it was ridiculously good.

   http://www.oliverkita.com

   Comment by emma on 1/26/08 at 9:13 pm

    

10. Hmm, this sounds like it could have been a fun treat for a late-night study sesh, but I cannot abide by candy bars with after taste! I don’t eat candy much (okay, I don’t BUY candy, if it’s a gift or something, I’ll indulge), and I almost never get bars, but I LOVE your reviews--you’ve inspired me to try things and saved me money when it came to failures. I’m a college student, so saving a few bucks is no small accomplishment. Thanks!

    Comment by Anastasia on 1/27/08 at 3:30 pm

     

11. I tried the Snickers Charged today and I STILL have indigestion.  That is the nastiest tasting thing I have EVER eaten.  I am going to ask them to refund my money.  I truly am going to ask the company to refund my money.  SO SO BAD!!! AWFUL aftertaste.

    Comment by Lynn on 1/27/08 at 5:36 pm

     

12. I’m currently on a Mars boycott, but I can’t resist reading your reviews of that company.  You have such good descriptions.  Luckily, this isn’t one I would have been too interested in trying anyway; I avoid caffiene (not that that’s managed to do anything about my insomnia.) It seems like I’m the only one, since sometimes it feels as if EVERYTHING is caffienated.

    Comment by Sophia on 1/27/08 at 8:04 pm

     

13. I saw this at the gas station on Saturday, and the thought of it gave me a full-body shiver… It reminded me of how in high-school we made “hyper brownies” by pulverizing No-Doz and mixing it into brownie batter. The resulting product had that weird, bitter taste that you mentioned… kind of like if you can’t swallow an asprin on the first try.

    Comment by Pumpkin on 1/28/08 at 8:40 am

     

14. great review, i love sneakers.

    Comment by farncharm on 1/28/08 at 9:38 am

     

15. I actually love these, though yeah, there is an odd aftertaste that was questionable at the time, but then I remembered that my vitamin B supplements had the same bitterness when I didnt swallow it after putting it in my mouth.  after about 3 bars, I got used to the aftertaste, also if you keep chucking it down your mouth without really pausing, you wont notice it until then end, but as soon as you paush for a minute to take a breather, you’ll feel it start itching(taste wise) on the back of your tongue.  aside from these I’ve also started liking the new chocolate skittles too which too leaves an odd almost splenda like aftertase on your tongue, but if you like diet soda that uses Splenda as the sweetner, you won’t notice it.

    Comment by Anthony Vang on 1/28/08 at 11:45 am

     

16. also since I work at Sam’s Club, basically a Costco type warehouse store owned by wal-mart, anyway we sell 24pk boxes of these for $9.44 and well, I ended up buying about 6 of them, planning on buying them again, funny thing is I bought one box the first time just to try them out, I thought it was a bad idea but man it sure wasnt and neither did all my fellow associates which liked them too(graveyard shift), so yeah we’re always sold out because we always buy them....lol.

    Comment by Anthony Vang on 1/28/08 at 11:48 am

     

17. I think people are looking at these the wrong way. Yes it is *another* thing with added caffeine. But at least it’s actually a food and not a drink or pill or mint. People who mainline caffeine tend to do so at the expense of their breakfast or lunch. This way you can have both your caffeine hit and something with a little fat and protein in it.

    Comment by Leigh on 1/28/08 at 1:00 pm

     

18. this is the funniest thing I have ever seen:

    14. great review, i love sneakers.
    Comment by farncharm on 1/28/08 at 9:38 am

    Comment by Ezra on 1/28/08 at 9:15 pm

     

19. I reviewed this for my website and gave it a low rating. Does not taste near as good as a regular snickers and no that is not much caffeine.

    Comment by edjunkie on 1/29/08 at 9:49 am

     

20. I love the original snickers. I created a poll so that people could vote on their favorite candy bar. Check it out here:
    http://www.pollsb.com/polls/poll/5969/which-chocolate-bar
    vote!

    Comment by Jayne on 1/30/08 at 7:33 am

     

21. I’m eating one [Snickers Charged] as I type this slugging down a sugar free red bull and I think to myself, they really are trying to kill me.

    Comment by msladyj on 2/02/08 at 10:27 am

     

22. The rhino cos...rhinos...charge, see. I see what they did there. *sighs*

    Comment by Nivaya on 2/08/08 at 7:12 am

     

23. I think they have changed the original Snickers bar. They no longer tastes like a Snickers.

    Comment by digitalnomad on 2/15/08 at 10:41 am

     

24. Strangely enough, I really liked this version a lot. Have decided to stock this limited edition for sure.

    Comment by Curd Rice Aurora on 2/16/08 at 4:35 pm

     

25. Hmm I tried one of these today. I don’t usually eat candy or chocolate, but since I saw it and the marketing was really good “CAFFEINE” I got one.
    Now I gotta say, I LOVE that everything has caffeine now a days. Its so awesome. Unfortunately, I’m an extremely caffeine tolerant person. While most people can drink a soda and then stay up for hours upon hours...I can drink 2 energy drinks then go to sleep 20 minutes later.

    But regardless, I love caffeine. So I saw this and a Rhino (Perfect image to put on the packaging btw. Rhino’s charge. That was so perfect) and I grabbed one. I tried it and..it tastes exactly like a Snicker’s bar. Maybe a snickers bar that was more bland (but I like that since I hate really really sweet things).

    However, I didn’t taste the aftertaste that you mentioned. If someone had given me this and told me it was a snickers bar, I wouldn’t have known that it was different kind. I just didn’t feel an after taste. It was pretty good imo.

    I don’t really feel a CHARGE from the bar. But like I said, caffeine doesn’t affect me. Hell, I even drank a mountain dew with it. This was maybe 30 minutes ago. I think I’ll go to sleep in a bit.

    But to wrap it up, I love this candy bar. Its not as sweet as regular Snickers, AND it has caffeine? Hell if it was sugar free I’d be like “SIGN ME UP FOR 2 CASES”

    Comment by Limeade on 2/19/08 at 11:45 pm

     

26. Oh I forgot to add this. Its ironic that you mentioned the Twix Java in your review. Because I bought that at the same time as this Snickers as well. However I took one bite of it and hated it. I can’t stand caramel (I didn’t read that it had caramel) and I hate the coffee taste. I guess I only like Coffee in its liquid form.

    Comment by Limeade on 2/19/08 at 11:49 pm

     

27. I tried one of these today with my husband, and I kept saying I had an aftertaste in my mouth.  Almost like a disolved a pill under my tongue.  It also made me jittery.  However, my husband loved it, and had no aftertaste.  He also likes the buzz.  So I guess it depends on the person, but I prefer the regular snickers bar!

    Comment by Mirbalina on 2/23/08 at 10:21 pm

     

28. I work at a convenient store and we are selling these right now. I go in on the weekends at 6:00 a.m. so you know how tiring that can be. I saw those while I was working and usually I don’t try new stuff like that unless it really looks good and has something in it I know I will like. Anyways I decided okay I need a boost because like #25 I don’t get a caffine high from anything. I drink soda like it is water. Anyways I ate this and it was really good. I was surprised that it was so good. And I got a really big kick out of it. It wasn’t a bad feeling but it was an energy kick. Only bad thing was when it went away I wanted another one. So I ended up eating 2.

    In my opinion I’d say it is great.

    Comment by Erica on 2/26/08 at 5:22 am

     

29. I saw these at the store, and I said to myself, “Wow, I have GOT to get some of these for work!”.  I am an avid coffee drinker, and I was amused that I could get a dose of caffeine from candy.  I stocked up with 8 bars (they were 2/$1.00).  Thanks Mars!

    Comment by Greg on 2/28/08 at 9:40 am

     

30. I don’t know what everyone is talking about. I actually love the new Snickers bar and I wish it wasn’t only a limited edition. I don’t taste any aftertaste like you mention and although the jolt of caffenie is not quite as much as I would like, it is nice to know I can get it in a chocolate bar when I do need a little something. I will defnitely keep buying this bar over the regulra bar. If you don’t like the new one, nothing is stopping you people from buying the old one. Last time I checked, it is still on the shelves.

    Comment by Dan on 2/29/08 at 2:41 pm

     

31. My wife called me from Sam’s Club and told me about these new bars and I was excited: chocolate AND vitamins!
    But the AFTERTASTE and the ILL feeling after just eating less than 1/2 a bar; now I’m stuck with 23 more bars.
    Yuch!
    I love chocolate and I LOVE the Snickers Dark; but these are Terrible!
    Sorry, but I have never had such a bad tasting chocolate bar (and I eat a LOT of chocolate).
    Get rid of the aftertaste and after effects and I will be happy to try it again.
    In the meantime I will have to find someone who wants these 23 bars!

    Comment by Al on 3/07/08 at 7:01 pm

     

32. THANK YOU, AL!  I knew I was not the only person reading these blogs who had the same bad experience and detestable aftertaste that I did with Snickers Charged.  I’ve eaten too much great chocolate (with regular Snickers being my favorite candy bar of choice) not to know when I have a bad experience.  I’m so happy for all the people who stated they love this bar to have them and to have them beyond the limited edition.  Two bites was more than enough for me.  Maybe they will buy your 23 bars.

    Comment by Lynn on 3/09/08 at 6:59 am

     

33. i was just in kroger and i saw this at the register and i saw the word charged on it with out knowing or reading i bought it well it was buy 1 get 1 free i just ate it and oh my that is just what i needed. thanks

    Comment by melody on 3/13/08 at 9:52 am

     

34. I just ate one and am surprised at how “normal” it tasted. I am very caffiene tolerant but am experiencing a buzz, probably from the Taurine which I am less tolerant to.

    Comment by Esther on 3/14/08 at 2:17 pm

     

35. I just got done eating a charged snickers about half an hour ago and it does have a after taste. Plus my stomach is up set now. I can drink energy drinks without a stomach ache. So I think it is a dumb ideal.

    P.S. still have that after taste in the back of my throat. I won’t eat one again!

    Comment by Lisa on 3/17/08 at 6:21 pm

     

36. this is a great charged snickers i love it i think it taste great and is just what is needed for those who are looking for that boost during the day when ya feel a bit slugish so cheers to the snickers...keep em comming

    Comment by melody on 3/17/08 at 6:28 pm

     

37. I like this candy bar.  Granted, I don’t eat much candy, but where I work we have lots of vending machines and the caffeinated drinks are actually needed.  We are open 24 hours a day and all we do is sit in front of computers for at least 8 hours staring at our screen and typing what we see.  It is veeeerrrrry tedious work.  Not hard at all, but repetive, tedious, and extremely tiring - even if you just had a very good sleep before work.  Everyone’s has a caffeine drink in their hands during breaks and I spotted this in the vending machine last week.  I was the only one to try it at that time, and it really worked to keep me alert.  Since it has other “revitalizing” ingredients besides caffeine, it lasted longer than a sugar rush kick too.  At almost 1000 people working where I do round the clock, we can’t keep these for more than a few hours in our vending machines now.

    I guess I’m not a “candy bar connoisseur”, expecially when it comes to this candy bar.  I’ve never noticed an aftertaste, but now that I’ve read the comments, I’m going to have to pay attention.  It won’t matter even if I do though, I’m looking for alternatives to nasty caffeine drinks and this seems to do the trick.  For now, anyway.

    Comment by Snerticus on 3/28/08 at 1:02 pm

     

38. Dunno about the caffeine rush (I’m kind of immune to it already), but the bar tastes fine. I don’t taste any difference between this one and the regular snickers. Then again, I prefer a good ol’ 3 Musketeers bar any day.

    Comment by Flea on 4/02/08 at 8:17 pm

     

39. i had to work til 2 am for the past week, i found these things on day 3 and they taste great i was really happy that it was less sweet, i think the regular snickers has too much sugar and sweetness, and let me stay focused a LONG LONG time.  only problem was i ate one at 11pm and could not sleep until 5am made the next day a little rough

    Comment by steve on 4/12/08 at 8:29 pm

     

40. I ate one of these early in the afternoon on an empty stomach, and have to say that I did get the energy drink willys from it. Eh, not bad at all. I highly doubt if you’d get off if you ate one on a full stomach. Next time I’ll eat one with a Monster and see what happens....

    Comment by Alex Lifeson on 4/23/08 at 7:47 pm

     

41. I was very impressed with the energy I received from the Snickers Charged candy bar.  It was just enough to give me energy and keep me going.  I tried my first one yesterday evening (a little too late to be eating it), but today I will try one about 1:30 p.m. to hopefully help me not to get the mid-afternoon tiredness.

    Comment by Sue on 5/02/08 at 10:40 am

     

42. I really liked the Charged bar.  I’m a backpacker and this is an ideal food for that.  I thought it wasn’t as sweet as a regular Snickers (which I also LOVE) and I had none of the after taste or ill feelings after eating them.  I bought 28 of them and ate them on 2 backpacking trips. Handed a few out as well.  Now I’m trying to find another limited edition Snickers that another hiker told me about - for the Indiana Jones movie and said it tasted like it had coconut in it.  Snickers Almond (and I love almonds) is truly grotesque and I couldn’t choke that nasty thing down.

    Comment by Linda on 5/02/08 at 11:00 am

     

43. I LOVE Snickers and I did notice the aftertaste in the bar, however, the caffeine way outweighs the taste thing.  I ate two more, one three or four hours after the first bar, and one the next day.  I no longer really notice the aftertaste. It’s not as sweet as the regular Snickers but Snickers get me full and I’d rather eat a couple of these than drink coffee. 

    I hate the way coffee tastes and I usually put lots of chocolate, mint, cream or anything in it to disguise the taste.  I don’t care for pop much. I am very sensitive to caffeine so a couple of these bars work great for me.

    Just gotta find a place to stock up on these!

    Comment by Candace Colley on 5/03/08 at 10:19 am

     

44. Unfortunately they’re limited edition and their time in the stores seems to have expired.  I’m hoping to find some on the internet.  Ebay had them for about $16-$18 dollars a box of 24, but my local Sam’s club had them for - get this $6 a box!  I couldn’t believe my eyes!  However, this was after March 31, when the limited edition bars were no longer available and the space on the shelf was empty.  Oh well.  They have the Snickers Adventure Bar (with coconut).  Sounds good, but even if it is delicious it won’t have that caffeine kick I need sometimes at work.  :(

    Comment by Snerticus on 5/03/08 at 3:57 pm

     

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