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Candy Review
GOOD & FRUITY
As you have probably guessed by now, I have something of a sweet tooth. It's not indiscriminate; there are some types of candy that I avoid. Take licorice, for instance. (Please, take it, by all means.) I have tried various forms of licorice on a number of occasions, and quite frankly, it is a flavor that makes my tastebuds cringe.
Given what I just said, it will come as no surprise that Good & Plenty is a confection that I readily avoid. A few days ago, though, I was in Kroger, and adjacent to the Good & Plenty, I saw its companion product, Good & Fruity. I tried to remember if I had ever sampled that particular candy, and I concluded that either I had not, or it had been long enough since I had that I could not remember trying it. So, after a quick scan of the side panel to see if licorice root extract was among the ingredients (it wasn't), I picked up a box.
[NOTE: I was doing a little research on Hershey's website. As it turns out, Good & Plenty is the oldest branded candy in the US -- it was first produced in 1893. Good & Fruity, on the other hand, was just introduced this year, which would be why I haven't tried it until now -- it wasn't available!]
The package describes Good & Fruity as "soft & chewy fruit candy." There are five different flavored candies in the package, each a different color (represented by five different illustrations on the box):
Yellow -- Lemon
Green -- Lime
Red -- Cherry
Orange -- Orange
Blue -- A Berry flavor of some sort; either Blackberry or Raspberry
(And while I'm thinking about it, who came up with the bright idea of associating blue with the flavor of raspberries? Raspberries aren't blue! They come in varying shades of red, from bright red to the maroon end of the scale. Maybe they venture into the purples, but never blue. So why make a raspberry flavored candy blue? It just doesn't make sense!)
All of the Good & Fruity candies have a pleasant combination of sour and sweet flavors. I think the Lime has the most tartness of the five, followed by the Lemon. On the other end, the Cherry has the highest degree of sweetness. And they all taste close enough to the fruits depicted on the package.
The texture of the Good & Fruity candies come close to that of jelly beans. A little softer, though. When I bite down on one, the candy yields to the pressure from my teeth much quicker than most jelly beans will. And the Good & Fruity is chewy as advertised; probably just as chewy as most jelly beans.
Good & Fruity comes in a box that my local Walgreens usually refers to as "theater-sized candy." On the one hand, yes, this is the larger size that you will find on sale at the concession stand of your favorite cinema. On the other hand, I feel certain that most theater managers would prefer that you not make that association, because you might get the idea of sneaking a box of Good & Fruity in with you when you come to the movies, instead of paying the outrageous prices they charge at the concession stand. (And on yet another hand, so what? I rarely buy refreshments at the movies, precisely because of those aforementioned outrageous prices.)
-jc-
GOOD & FRUITY
As you have probably guessed by now, I have something of a sweet tooth. It's not indiscriminate; there are some types of candy that I avoid. Take licorice, for instance. (Please, take it, by all means.) I have tried various forms of licorice on a number of occasions, and quite frankly, it is a flavor that makes my tastebuds cringe.
Given what I just said, it will come as no surprise that Good & Plenty is a confection that I readily avoid. A few days ago, though, I was in Kroger, and adjacent to the Good & Plenty, I saw its companion product, Good & Fruity. I tried to remember if I had ever sampled that particular candy, and I concluded that either I had not, or it had been long enough since I had that I could not remember trying it. So, after a quick scan of the side panel to see if licorice root extract was among the ingredients (it wasn't), I picked up a box.
[NOTE: I was doing a little research on Hershey's website. As it turns out, Good & Plenty is the oldest branded candy in the US -- it was first produced in 1893. Good & Fruity, on the other hand, was just introduced this year, which would be why I haven't tried it until now -- it wasn't available!]
The package describes Good & Fruity as "soft & chewy fruit candy." There are five different flavored candies in the package, each a different color (represented by five different illustrations on the box):
Yellow -- Lemon
Green -- Lime
Red -- Cherry
Orange -- Orange
Blue -- A Berry flavor of some sort; either Blackberry or Raspberry
(And while I'm thinking about it, who came up with the bright idea of associating blue with the flavor of raspberries? Raspberries aren't blue! They come in varying shades of red, from bright red to the maroon end of the scale. Maybe they venture into the purples, but never blue. So why make a raspberry flavored candy blue? It just doesn't make sense!)
All of the Good & Fruity candies have a pleasant combination of sour and sweet flavors. I think the Lime has the most tartness of the five, followed by the Lemon. On the other end, the Cherry has the highest degree of sweetness. And they all taste close enough to the fruits depicted on the package.
The texture of the Good & Fruity candies come close to that of jelly beans. A little softer, though. When I bite down on one, the candy yields to the pressure from my teeth much quicker than most jelly beans will. And the Good & Fruity is chewy as advertised; probably just as chewy as most jelly beans.
Good & Fruity comes in a box that my local Walgreens usually refers to as "theater-sized candy." On the one hand, yes, this is the larger size that you will find on sale at the concession stand of your favorite cinema. On the other hand, I feel certain that most theater managers would prefer that you not make that association, because you might get the idea of sneaking a box of Good & Fruity in with you when you come to the movies, instead of paying the outrageous prices they charge at the concession stand. (And on yet another hand, so what? I rarely buy refreshments at the movies, precisely because of those aforementioned outrageous prices.)
-jc-