|
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Werther’s Original Chewy Caramels
And I was delightedly happy to find that the Dollar Tree carries Werther’s Original Chewy Caramels. So I left with a sassy little bag of them. I’d never had them before, but knowing the Riesen and the Werther’s Original Hard Candies, I thought they had to be good. Of course after I bought them and took the picture I started seeing them everywhere ... either Storck made a huge delivery to Southern California or I’ve been comfortably numb in my chocolate caramel bliss for a long time.
Taking them out of the wrapper they don’t look much different from Brach’s caramels or even Kraft’s. The little flat-sided rods are kind of uneven. At first they’re pretty hard, and a firm chew can be exhausting. But a few moments in a warm mouth (especially after coffee) and they softened up beautifully. The chew is smooth and buttery with a good caramel taste and creamy consistency. It stays smooth all the way to the end, which is the mark of a caramel over a taffy or chew that will become grainy or just up and dissolve. I wasn’t as keen on these as the Chocolate Riesen, part of it may be that the chocolate caramels are one of the few candies that seems to match up to the pictures on the wrapper, and the Werther’s Original Chewy Caramels just looked a little more weathered and worn than the images on the wrapper. I ate them all, but it took me a week instead of two days with chocolate version. They’re probably a better hot weather candy to keep on hand ... not that it’s been hot in Los Angeles in the past month or so.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 8:04 am 
|
||||||||||||||||||
ABOUT
FEEDSSEARCH
CONTACTEMAIL DIGESTCANDY RATINGSTYPE
BRAND
COUNTRY
ARCHIVES
|
Meticulously photographed and documented reviews of candy from around the world. And the occasional other sweet adventures. Open your mouth, expand your mind.
  FEATURED NEWS ITEMS
COPYRIGHT NOTICEAll content (text and photos unless otherwise credited) is copyright 2005-2008 by Cybele MayPlease do not use my photos on your own site without permission directly from me, they represent what I ate in preparation for these reviews and are not to be used for other purposes. Design by Hop StudiosPowered by ExpressionEngine
|
|||||||||||||||||
VOTE IN THE POLLWhich do you prefer?
Total Votes: 419
Milk Chocolate 
41% (172)Dark Chocolate
26% (111)Really Dark Chocolate (70%+)
18% (76)White Chocolate
14% (57)Carob!
1% (3)
 
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
SUPERB 
YUMMY 
TASTY 
WORTH IT 
TEMPTING 
PLEASANT 
BENIGN 
UNAPPEALING 
APPALLING 
INEDIBLE 
SUPERB
YUMMY 
TASTY 
TEMPTING 
PLEASANT 
BENIGN 
UNAPPEALING 
APPALLING 
INEDIBLE 
I’m incapable of taking an unbiased look at this candy. Having grown up in America, the only other reference I have for the name is The Sorrows of Young Werther. And while it would be kind of cool to become so desperately emotional over a vanilla caramel that I and dozens of my countrymen would eventually commit suicide, it would also be kind of uncool.
I love these! I keep both the hard Werther’s and these around, so I always have a bit of caramel available to me, though mostly I eat chocolate.
If you can ever get your hands of a bag of Chokotoffs (spelling?):
http://www.chocosphere.com/Html/Products/cotedor.html
They are made by Cote d’Or, and very popular in Belgium. This is the only site in the US I;ve found selling them. They are basically a much better version, in my opinion, of Riesens.
I have loved these candies since I was able to eat them. They are creamy and I can never get enough of these!
Next entry: Nutpatch Nougats
Previous entry: KitKat Temptations: Hazelnut & Coconut
Trackback URL: http://www.typetive.com/trackback/1503