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Thursday, December 20, 2007
Snickers Nutcracker
If I bought a product that was simply named Snickers Nutcracker and given no other information, I would assume that it was a Snickers bar in the shape of a nutcracker. And what would I think a Snickers bar is? Nougat covered with a stripe of caramel with embedded whole peanuts and then covered in milk chocolate. Of course I did buy a product name Snickers Nutcracker and I did not get a Snickers bar in the shape of a nutcracker.
Instead I got a nutcracker chocolate shell filled with caramel creme with crushed peanuts.
But expectations and disappointments aside, this product is a little one ounce bar shaped like a squat nutcracker soldier. Inside is a caramel creme with crushed peanuts in it. The center caramel is salty and tastes strongly of peanuts, not like peanut butter, but actual roasted peanuts. It’s not quite chewy, instead it’s a bit more flowing but still pretty smooth. The milk chocolate is sweet and contains the caramel well (no broken oozes in any of the nutcrackers I’ve had so far) and in good proportion. It doesn’t have that “satisfaction” element to it that the heavy nut-ratio a Snickers bar has. I thought it was kind of fun, after all, how many gooey peanut caramel products are there? But I was really hoping for a Snickers. Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 10:51 am 
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Looks weird, lol. I would like to find it in Wegmans.
Does not sound perfect, but I have to say that it looks good in the picture. Very impressive, too, that they manage to stay whole.
I think most of Snickers holiday novelties are like this, but usually they are labeled ‘Creme.’ I had a Snickers Creme Pumpkin like this, and I’ve already seen Snickers Creme Eggs (yes, I’m serious).
I really liked this, but I think it may be too sweet for some.
I put these in my kids’ lunches thinking they were Snickers, only realizing my error as I read this blog. I just asked them both and neither noticed any difference. I guess they were more concerned with getting their sugar fix before the bell rang.
I thought the same thing you did, maybe you remember my emailing you about these candies a few months ago?. I didn’t like that it wasn’t a snickers type bar that was inside when that was what I expected...It tasted OK but just was nothing like what I wanted and I wouldn’t buy them again.
Santa left a dark chocolate snickers snowman in my stocking. I had to eat it today to keep it away from my over sugared seven year old (I know, I’m a martyr for chocolate
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It was surprisingly good. Even satisfying as a snickers should be. In a burst of holiday goodwill I offered the last bite to my child, but she turned it down, opting for a See’s truffle instead. I feel my parenting skills would stand up to anyone’s, for she has obviously learned something.
The Snickers Creme Hearts are the same unSnickersly nougatless.
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