Skittles Gummies original review

 I've always been a fan of Skittles so when I came across their gummies version I was curious what I would think.  Check out the review below and see if you agree with my take!

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Skittles Dips Review and Yogurt Boy Commercial!

Now Skittles is one of my favorite all-time candies so when I came across their all new Skittles Dips I was not sure what to think.... 

Making it even more fun here is a very unique commercial you can check out. Not sure if this ever aired in North America but I mean anything that features a yogurt boy is worth checking out!

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Starburst Original Review

I should probably start by letting you know that Starburst is one of my all-time favorite candies, a close second to Skittles which really do top my list of sweet goodies.

Take a look at the video below and see what you think!

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So Sour

How sour is too sour for you??? I've never been a huge seeker of the sour, but I know so many people who are.

Heres a sample of some of the best Sour treats reviewed over on the Walking the Candy Aisle YouTube page - and if you're not subscribed yet, head over there and sign up for new reviews twice weekly!





Even if you're not a regular fan, there's always the exception to the rule, and these are certainly some of the best. Now go get your sour on!

BRAND NEW Skittles Orchards review

An exciting review today, for the just launched Skittles Orchards.


Not a bad mix all things considered, and its sweet to see Lime back on the market again (outside of Darkside). What do you guys think? Have you gotten your Orchard on?

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Skittles Desserts review

Sorry for the long delay in posting. There have been a number of reviews published over on the YouTube Channel. To make sure you're getting all the Candy Aisle has please go over there and Subscribe.

In the meantime though, here is one of my favorite recent reviews, for the newest Skittles sku, Skittles Desserts.


Walking the Candy Aisle rates Skittles Desserts - 2 / 5

Skittles are a Mars product, you can find more from them at - http://skittles.com/ Thanks for watching, please leave me a comment below and let me know what you think of these Skittles. I'll work to be back more often with some newer posts.

Skittles Wild Berry review

Today we've got a new one for you, Skittles Wild Berry.


Walking the Candy Aisle rates Skittles Wild Berry - 4 / 5

Skittles is a Wrigley brand, which is in turn a Mars company. For more on Skittles please visit - http://www.skittles.com/

Skittles Darkside review

I've got something really fun today. We're looking at the brand new Skittles Darkside!


Walking the Candy Aisle rates Skittles Darkside - 4 / 5

Skittles is a Wrigley (ne Mars) product, please find out more about them and Darkside specifically at http://www.skittles.com/ For more Skittles reviews or any others, please check out our Reviews page. 

Wearing the Rainbow

I saw these in the local Walgreens and had to investigate...

Yes They are socks. Skittles socks. And at only $1 a pair! Now if you know me, you know I am a big Skittles fan, but do I really want to wear my candy preferences? On my feet?

They also had some M&M socks:

Now I'm a little more used to M&M merch. In fact I one time even went to the M&M store on the strip in Las Vegas to get a peanut M&M keychain for my mother in law (who is a bit obsessed). I still think its a bit weird though. Oh I could see myself sporting a t-shirt, if I really liked a brand or it was like a cool retro logo or something, but these socks are... a bit tacky.

That said, I still picked up a pair of Skittles socks for my wife, Erica. What do you think...

Skittles Blenders - video review

Once again its review time here at WTCA, and today we're taking a look at Skittles Blenders!



Not as great as I was hoping for there... you can read more detail on this in the written review, or check out all of the reviews on the Reviews Page.

Skittles Blenders review

It's review time again and today we're looking at Skittles Blenders!

If you'll recall Skittles original flavor was the first review here on Walking the Candy Aisle, and I'll let it be known that generally speaking Skittles are some of my favorite candies of all time. These Blenders are something of a new phenomenon though and I'm excited to dig in.

The packaging holds with the Skittles look and adds a bit. Yellow background this time, with the wonderful rainbow exploding from the letter I. Here we getour first look at the colors to be found inside, and in light of all my bemoaning the absense of a blue color in the original variety pack, I'm happy to say here we've got Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, and Red. On the back we see learn more. As you'd expect Blenders are mash ups of flavors, and on the back they informs us about the flavors to expect inside. these include "Watermelon Green Apple Freeze", "Strawberry Lime Blast", "Mango Lemonade Freeze", "Melon Berry Blast", and "Cherry Tropicolada"

Skittles are chewy sugary candies with really strong flavors, so at least to me a mash-up seems like it might be a bad idea. The intense flavors are a signature of the candy and I worry that mixing multiple flavors together might make for a lessening of any one single flavor... And really when you eat regular Skittles you usually eat multiple flavors at once in a handful. Isn't that already a mash-up?

The candies themselves have the distinctive "S" emblazoned on them (perhaps so we won't get them mixed up with M&Ms), although I'll say that at least in my bag the lettering seems to be somewhat faded overall. I'm excited to 'taste the rainbow' and opening the bag gives a huge waft of the distinctive fruit smell Skittles are famous for.

The candies have a great consistency, hard shell with a nice chew to them after you bite it a few times. But what you're really here for is to talk about the flavors. These are definitely mash ups but as I feared the mix is off. And really how could it not be, Strawberry Lime tastes way more like strawberry and I'm not really getting any lime off of it. Watermelon Green Apple tastes a lot like green apple, maybe with a subtle hint of watermelon but neither of them are flavors I really like so I'm probably bias on this one.The Mango Lemonade is actually the first mash up that kid of works. I can tastes both flavors and the tart Lemon, mixed with the mango tang is pretty decent.  The Melon Berry as well has a pretty good mix, although I'm not sure what the berry flavor actually is. Finally for the Cherry Tropicolada, the mix is off again and I'm surprised to say it tastes much more like tropicolada than cherry. With all of these I'm not sold that these are really complimentary flavors. Or if they are the mix isn't even enough for my tastes. Also and more importantly the candy isn't as bold as I'm used to with Skittles, I think they're trying for subtlety but I'm honestly not a fan. Sure these are alright, but they're not what I want out of my Skittles.

If you want tropical Skittles flavors I'd say go get a bag of Skittles tropical, or if you want berry, go get Skittles berry, but I don't think you should bother to get Skittles Blenders. Its not really bad, but in terms of an actual flavor blend I feel like this is really a mixed bag. So I suppose that's the bottom line, they're not by any means terrible, but they just aren't flavorful in the way that I'm looking for in my Skittles, and I'd rather go with another Skittles variety over this.

Walking the Candy Aisle rates Skittles Blenders - 3 / 5
 

Taste the Rainbow!

Skittles Blenders are copyright WM Wrigley Jr Company - find them online http://www.skittles.com/

Favorites

Since we're just getting Walking the Candy Aisle off the ground and I'll be posting probably 90% of the content here, to start with at least, I thought now would be a good time to go into some of my favorites.

If you watched the Skittles review then you know that my personal bias will come into play on reviews. Frankly it has to, this is a blog about personal preference. BUT even with that said, I will of course do my best to disclose any bias I may have before a review, and if something comes up that I feel I can't be fair-minded about (say a coconut candy review) then I'll try to pass it along to someone else.

So let's get into it, I was thinking about it and my preferences these days definitely lean towards chewy or melty, although I went through a serious crunchy phase back in the day. Let's start with candy because that's easy and you already know it: Skittles are my all time favorite candy. I like original and wild berry flavors the best.

 
When it comes to chocolate though my tastes are a bit varied. I find it hard to pin down an absolute favorite. I like Butterfinger, 3 Muskateers, and Twix a lot. At one time or another all three of those have been my favorite. I also go for anything peanut butter. Twix PB, M&Ms PB, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and Reese's Pieces are all GREAT.

Growing up in Canada I had a somewhat different gang of chocolates to entice me. Kit Kat was big, but also the classic Mars bar, and Cadbury's Crunchie, and Crispy Crunch bars. It was really Cadbury's Wunderbar that made me decide I love chocolate bars though. I was probably 13 or so when I first had it and I was just old enough to decide that this was something I actually loved, not just in a kid wanting sugar kind of way. Most people if they know Wunderbar at all will know it under its original name as a Star Bar.

Although I love simple milk chocolate, and plain bars sometimes too, when I'm walking down a candy aisle I'll usually pick up something with at least a little flair, let's say a Milky Way at a minimum.

There are of course a few kinds of candy and chocolate that I don't like. I'll usually pass on things with coconut in them, and much to the chagrin of my wife I do not really like super sour candy. She of course likes that since it usually means she gets to eat it all. In fact, my wife Erica will be stepping in here to take on a few WTCA reviews from time to time covering these very topics. For her part I'll just say that her favorite candy is Sour Patch Kids, and she really likes the coconut M&Ms.

And it should go without saying I do not like black licorice. I just don't 'get' people who like that stuff...

So that about sums it up for me. Let me know what your favorites are in the comments, and I'll look forward to sharing more thoughts and reviews as we continue on down the candy aisle!

Skittles original - video review

As promised, here is the video review of Skittles original flavor.


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Skittles review

Welcome to the very first review for Walking the Candy Aisle! woohoo!

Today I've got a real treat, a review of Skittles original flavor.

One thing to note before I dive into the review though, I have a personal bias here since Skittles have been one of, if not my top most absolute favorite candy forever. So you can probably expect how this review will shake out :)

If you've never had Skittles before they are a small chewy candy with a hard outer shell. They are known for their very strong fruit flavor and bright colors even using the commercial tagline "Taste the Rainbow".

So first off the packaging. I have to say I love it. Bright red, with a stark white Skittles written across it, this is definitely eye catching while walking down the candy aisle. The rainbow erupting out of the letter I is great showcasing the colors of the candy. And the description on the packaging read: "Bite Size Candies - Natural and Artificial flavors"

And as for those flavors? Well Skittles original variety has five: Strawberry, Orange, Lemon, Lime. and Grape. If you're following the rainbow logic now you may be asking why no Blue? You could do Blueberry, or even Blue Raspberry (a la Kool-Aid). Then we'd have all the base colors for an actual rainbow... oh well. We'll probably never know.



I really love opening a package of Skittles, the smell is just amazing and really strongly fruity. Definitely makes me hungry right away.


The candies themselves are nice and brightly colored, with the trademark S emblazoned on them, presumably so people don't think they're M&Ms.

(L to R) Strawberry, Orange, Lemon, Lime, Grape

 And now for the taste, each skittle flavor on its own is really strong. once you break through the harder outer shell its nice and chewy inside but has a slight sugary dissolving quality in your mouth. This is a candy to chew though, its not like an M&M (or a Canadian Smarties). Although I think the intense juicy fruit flavor is what turns some people off from Skittles I seriously love it. You can have two or three of a single flavor and just relish in your mouth bursting with flavor. Or you can mix and match. Skittles are great for combinations since each candy piece is so flavorful.

So many combinations!

Strawberry-Lemon-Orange is one of my favorites.

Overall, Skittles are pretty top notch.If you are a person who likes very strong fruit flavors then this is definitely a candy you should go for.

Skittles original flavor rates: 5 / 5

Taste the Rainbow!

 Skittles are copyright WM Wrigley Jr Company - find them online http://www.skittles.com/