Hot Tamales review

If you like things hot including your cinnamon this is a review for you!  My son got Hot Tamales in his Christmas stocking and was kind enough to share them with me so I could do a review.

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Almost Perfect Candy

I was out in Whitby, Ontario last week and my brother in law clued me into the Almost Perfect store.

This is the kind of store a lot of you may have seen if you live in or near an urban center. This is essentially an irregular food store. It's full of food that's been rejected, not over any health concerns but most likely because the food was discontinued, or possibly seasonal and the major retailers don't want it on the shelves anymore.

You can also find some of these items if you are the kind of person who goes on factory tours. I remember when I was a kid going with my parents to both the Ben & Jerry's factory in Vermont (or maybe it was headquarters), and most significantly when I went to Hershey Pennsylvania. These factory tours of course ended at the gift shop, and both of these companies offered "irregular" food products there. As a kid this just fascinated me to no end. The products may be slightly off, but they're crazy cheap and just awesome.

Almost Perfect seems to offer more of the straightforward food items focusing on seasonal stuff, maybe with misprinted packaging, or remainders of limited editions. They specifically have a pretty decent candy section too, which was of course my main reason for wanting to go.

Some of the items like this entire stand of Allan candy was a bit weird. I'm not sure why any of it wouldn't be on the market. These are the guys who make "Big Foot" and I'm sure I'll get to their products sooner or later in reviews. These are weird flavors, so maybe they were just limited time or discontinued. Hard to tell since I'm not that familiar with their product lineup.

More likely is seeing something like this Imported Continental European Dark Chocolate. Seems fine and all, but nothing I would imagine anyone would buy, especially if its not an in house brand or some kind of off-shoot loss leader to get people into the store. Without a good brand name behind it why on earth is anyone buying it? My guess is they are not. And that's why it's at Almost Perfect.

Here is a very interesting one, and something I wish I could've reviewed. But I wouldn't feel right reviewing something from Almost Perfect when I really don't know why its there. Most likely this unique variation on the classic Hershey bar didn't sell and was discontinued, but I don't know.... maybe it was awful, or maybe its still in development. Whenever the reason its not sticking around I don't think Hershey wants it representing them.

Do you suppose these Reese Eggs were sitting around in a warehouse since Easter? My guess is yes. The sure tasted great though, I bought a bunch of these!

Here are some great looking Red White and Blue M&Ms. I suppose these are from this past 4th of July. We'll see if they turn up again next year.

I love the idea of Fierce Cinnamon Hot Tamales. Do you think maybe they were too fierce for the public? Are these still available in real life?

Here's another one that I'm not sure of. Don't these exist on the market now? Why is this one here? Could it be because it has the "New" label on it?

Finally a simple question. Whats wrong with all these Jolly Ranchers???

This is totally a store that's good and bad at the same time. I mean how cool is it going to a store to get something no one else has? BUT then the truth sinks in, maybe other people don't want this stuff. for a reason...

I'll have to keep my eye out for more 'irregular' candy, or off the beaten path kind of stuff. Let me know in the comments if you've ever been to a store like this and what your impression has been.

Thanks for joining me, later all.

McCormicks Cinnamon Teddy Hearts Candy review

Happy Valentines Day everyone! I hope you are enjoying yourself and not too stressed out about what you've gotten your significant other. Today for all you lovelies I've gotten you the best gift of all: a new review. Today we're looking at McCormicks Cinnamon Teddy Hearts Candy.


Walking the Candy Aisle rates McCormicks Cinnamon Teddy Hearts Candy - 2 / 5

As I mentioned in the video I had a real trouble finding out about the company behind this candy. I believe it is from Regal Confections. You can look at something of their website at this link http://regalcandy.com/, but its pretty broken... Whatever. Wasn't that good a candy to begin with.

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Corn Pops for Real

Have you ever had Corn Pops cereal? Well if you've had it in the States you have been missing out. Corn Pops, is a breakfast cereal made by Kellogs, its corn, its sugar, its really not that good for you. But I just love it.

Oddly the cereal has a number of different versions around the globe. The most notable differnce is between the American and Canadian / French versions of the cereal. They're really totally different. If you're Canadian reading this you can think of American Corn Pops as closer to Sugar Crisp / Golden Crisp cereal (only corn not wheat), and if your American reading this, Canadian Corn Pops are much closer to Kix cereal. Pretty weird right?!

I'm very glad to have these once again in my life :) I'll definitely have to try these new Cinnamon Pops they've just put out.

If like me, you really dig cereal you might want to wander over to the WTCA Facebook page for some pics of a few choice cereals. While you're there why not like the Candy Aisle. You'll be happy you did I swear.

Atomic Fireball road review

Another road review for you today. Please enjoy this look at the classic Atomic Fireball.


Walking the Candy Aisle rates the Atomic Fireball - 4 / 5

If you want to know more about these spicy little numbers, you can check them out online at http://www.ferrarapan.com/

Claeys Cinnamon Hard Candy road review

Another road review for you today, lets have a look at Claeys Cinnamon Hard Candy.


Just fantastic. Get these if you can.

Walking the Candy Aisle rates Claeys Cinnamon Hard Candy - 5 / 5

For more on Claeys you can check out their website at - http://www.claeyscandy.com