Easter Goodness!

With Easter just around the corner I wanted to share some of my favorite reviews for you and the Easter Bunny! Happy hunting.

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Pot of Gold Excellence review

And here we are once again with yet ANOTHER holiday review. This time its even another box of chocolates... and a very popular one at that, here is my review of Pot of Gold Excellence.


Walking the Candy Aisle rates Pot of Gold Excellence - 4 / 5

For more on Hershey's Pot of Gold please visit- https://www.hersheycanada.com/en/brands/pot-of-gold/

Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme review

Happy INDEPENDENCE DAY to all my American readers. Today I've got a classic US chocolate bar up for review its time to look at Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme.


Walking the Candy Aisle rates Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme - 2 / 5

For more on this candy and all things Hershey's please check out their site http://www.hersheys.com/ And for more reviews don't forget to stop by our Reviews Page.

Ferrero Rond Noir review

Today we take another dip into the world of Ferrero with the Ferrero Rond Noir.


Walking the Candy Aisle rates the Ferrero Rond Noir - 4 / 5

This is definitely one to get, really great stuff! If you want to know more about the Ferrero you can always visit them on the web at - http://www.ferrero.com/ and for more reviews please check out our Reviews Page, or head on over to YouTube and subscribe to the Candy Aisle.

Crunch Crisp review

We've got a bit of a weird one for you today, have a look at Nestlé's elusive Crunch Crisp.


Walking the Candy Aisle rates the Crunch Crisp - 4 / 5

For more on all things Nestlé and specifically Crunch please check out their online presence at http://www.nestlecrunch.com/. And for more reviews covering the gamut of chocolates and candy, please visit our Reviews Page for a list of everything we've covered here on the Candy Aisle.

EggSquisites Creme Egg review

Here we have yet another Creme Egg up for review on the Candy Aisle, please enjoy this look at EggSquisites Creme Egg.


Walking the Candy Aisle rates EggSquisites Crene Egg - 3 / 5

... Maybe that should've been a 2. Anyhow it is what it is. I'd say pass on this one for sure. If you want to know more about Eggsquisites or the company behind this egg One Better, you'll have to do some more digging yourself since I can't find any real website for them :( - boo. For more Easter reviews, check out the YouTube Page or just keep it locked to this very blog for more fun and festivities tomorrow!

Falize Caramel Egg review

As we kick into the week of Easter we're going to be giving you a FULL WEEK of Easter themed candy reviews!!! Today we launch that coverage with this review of Falize du Chocolat's Caramel Egg.


Walking the Candy Aisle rates the Falize Caramel Egg - 4 / 5

As I mentioned in the video, I honestly can't find anything official about this company online. It's good stuff though, so pick it up if you can find it! See you tomorrow.

Caramilk Egg review

We've got yet another great Easter review for you today. This time its the Caramilk Egg!


Walking the Candy Aisle rates Cadbury's Caramilk Egg - 4 / 5

This is definitely one to pick up if you can find it. As I mentioned many times already this is of course a Cadbury (ne Kraft) product. Please find out more about Cadbury and Caramilk at this link. And for more Easter reviews, or really reviews in general please check in with our Reviews Page.

Also don't forget to check out the original Caramilk review. Great stuff! See you all again soon :)

Rolo Egg review

As Easter marches closer we've got yet another egg up for review. Today we're having a look at the Rolo Egg.



Walking the Candy Aisle rates the Rolo Egg - 3 / 5

Stay tuned for more Easter reviews in the days ahead, and feel free to browse all of our reviews over at the Reviews Page.

Rolo is a product of Nestle (and yes I know in the States its manufactured under license by Hershey). Anyow, officially it's a Nestle product and you can learn more about it over at - products.nestle.ca/en/brands/chocolates/rolo.aspx

Cadbury Lil Scoops Chocolatey Mousse review

Easter is fully upon us and I've got an AWESOME review for you today. Lets check out the new Cadbury Lil Scoops Chocolatey Mousse eggs.


Walking the Candy Aisle rates Cadbury Lil Scoops Chocolatey Mousse - 5 / 5

Get this if you can! Its just wild stuff :)  And definitely let me know if you encounter this under the Milka Brand name. I'm just curious.

Anyhow, this is of course a Cadbury (ne Kraft Foods) product, and while I honestly can't find out a stitch about this product online, you can learn more about all things Cadbury at - http://www.cadbury.co.uk/

Lil Scoops!

Have you seen this???!?!

WTF!? Cadbury Lil Scoops Chocolatey Mousse?! YES Please.

Seriously, what an amazing idea. I love it and will get it.

Why the hell hasn't there been mousse in the candy aisle? I mean I get that it might be hard to keep and / or require refrigeration, but damn. this is an idea that I am so glad to see come true.

I'll have a review for you on this as soon as humanly possible. Yay Easter!

GingerBread Creme Trees review

Today we can enjoy the spoils of post-Christmas candy sales. We've got the first of 3 bonus reviews coming at you throughout January. Today we're looking at Elmer's GingerBread Creme Trees.


Walking the Candy Aisle rates GingerBread Creme Trees - 3 / 5

For more reviews please check out the review page, or specifically all of our Christmas candy reviews. This product is from Elmer Chocolate, find out more about them at their site - http://www.elmercandy.com/

Second Scream

With Halloween over now, there are a few good things to sort through in the candy aisle. Of course I'm talking about remainders. The trick for you remainder hunters out there, is to come early and come often. The very best stuff goes fast, but then you'll have to come back a day or two later to get the best deals. At the end of your stores remainder time you may find yourself in a sweet spot with a whole box full of something they carry in bulk. But pay attention,after a while the stores need it off the floor and will remove it forcibly :(

Anyhow, while walking my local Shoppers Drug Mart  yesterday I saw that Screme Eggs are now down to .99 cents. I decided to give it a second shot because I've heard, from you and others, that my egg I reviewed was an anomaly. That in fact the yolk should be just green and that the rest of the egg is in fact, supposed to be white (as with a standard Creme Egg). If you missed it, just click here to watch my video review of the Cadbury Screme Egg from a few weeks ago.

I got the fun mummy design this time :)

Biting in, you'll see that in fact it is actually white, just like a real egg! So mine was off for the review!

And getting down, you can see that there is a green yolk, but its nothing like what I had in the review egg, this one is much more solid, and much more contained.

In terms of my review, it stands. I can only review whats in front of me, but this was certainly  a case I wanted to investigate further. Besides anywhich way you crack the egg, its all pretty delicious.

Hope you all had a great Halloween. The X-Mas reviews start next week!

Scary Eye - video review

A new Halloween review for you today. Its the super creepy Scary Eye!


Pretty greusome stuff :)

For more, please check out the full written review, or all of our reviews over on the Reviews Page. Expect another Halloween review tomorrow!

Scary Eye review

This is it kids, Halloween is just around the corner and I've got a few more reviews coming at you, every day from now until then. Today we're checking out another creme egg, the Scary Eye!

Holy moley, just looking at that thing gives me the creeps! When you're talking about Halloween products either going the cute, or the scary route on their marketing I'd say this one is pretty clearly on the side of scary. This is like some sort or beast who escaped, and all we managed to capture was his eyeball. Now of course we should eat it! There's an inherent gross out factor here that you can't avoid. Seriously this is asking us to eat a bloody animal eyeball! That entire proposition is creepy.

That said, I like the packaging a lot. Yes, my tastes lean much more towards cute than scary when it comes to these things, but I appreciate good work, and this is fantastic design work. Why hasn't anyone else done bloody eyeballs before?! And for that matter, creating another chocolate egg at all is a bold move that I heartily applaud. I'm almost certain that tis product is from a French company called Cémoi. I picked it up in the aisle at a Dollarama outside of Toronto. I say this because I have no idea if anyone else can even find this candy. If so let me know in the comments below.

I had the sense to take a quick photo of the box the Scary Eye came in at the store. But no where on it could I find the name of the actual manufacturer. I must've missed it somewhere... Anyhow, thats a pretty creepy box too.

This is "Strawberry Flavored Fondant". A white eye 'egg' with a red and bloody looking 'yolk' - whats not to love.  Lets have a look at this thing unwrapped.

Well it certainly doen't look much different than your typical Cadbury Egg when you get down to it. Its even got the same star pattern scoring across the surface. Could that be a product of the manufacturing process? Its a different patten than Cadbury, but I like it. One thing the Scary Eye doesn't have that the Cadbury Eggs do is the immediate an almost overpowering smell of high quality chocolate. This smells fine in the way that a good chocolate should, but I love the entire unwrapping process of the Cadbury Eggs and the smell is a part of that.

And for the record, I don;t think you can possibly hope to review the Scary Eye without comparing it to the Cadbury Eggs. They are the gold standard that must be compared to by anyone entering this space.

Biting into the egg initially there are a number of things to address. The chocolate is smooth and delicious. The fondant is a bit firmer than I like, but perhaps that's just the temperature in the room. The flavor though is like a super blast of pure sugar. This is very sweet. Not too much, and the chocolate tempers it, but the Scary Eye borders on going too far. I am definitely a fan! Still though, despite the slightly pink-ish color I'm not tasting the strawberry. Better dig down to the yolk.

Ok, so here we are, I found the yolk, finally. It wasn't all together in a nice ball like you'd find in a Cadbury Creme Egg, or in the picture on the box above. Nope, this yolk was spread out, mostly dissolved and mixed into about 2/3s of the center postion of the egg. My guess as to why this happened is because the yolk part of the egg, the red blood center, is actually strawberry jam. It really tastes exactly like jam, and a thin syrupy kind of jam at that. The liquid density is totally different, the properties are different than the fondant white, and so it slowly just seeped into the rest of the egg. While on a design front I'd say that's too bad, on a taste front it actually worked out great, because this is really awesome!

I'm a fan of strawberry jam, I'm a fan of the super sugary fondant goo and I'm a fan of the chocolate. This is a great product. Its got some scary packaging, but a sweet interior. The texture is nice with a good blending of chocolate, to sugar goo, to jam. Overall, if theres a way to find it, you should definitely seek out the Scary Eye, and try it.

Walking the Candy Aisle rates the Scary Eye - 4 / 5

Like I said, I'm not 100% positive, but I believe this is a product from a company called Cémoi, you can find them here. Or I purchased this at the Dollarama, maybe you've got one near you. best of luck finding your own Scary Eye!

Cadbury Screme Egg - video review

It's Halloween time here at Walking the Candy Aisle, check out this review for the spooky themed Cadbury Screme Egg.


Totally awesome, go pick this up while you can!

For more check out the written review, or all of the reviews over on the Reviews Page.

Screme Egg design

A few weeks ago I posted about the very awesome Cadbury Screme Eggs. A great idea from a company full of them. Well upon closer inspection I noticed something even cooler about them, there are actually 3 different package designs for the Screme Eggs. All spooky and all great. Check these out.

A Monster Mouth, a Mummy, and a Brain. Awesome stuff. My favorite is definitely the brain. Very classy move here, its not like Cadbury really had to do anything. Certainly they didn't have to do more than one design. II'm already loving these.

Look forward to my review of the Screme Egg tomorrow on this very blog!

Dippin' Candy Cookies 'n Cream road review

Today we've got one more road review for you, it's Dippin' Candy Cookies 'n Cream.


Decent for what it is...

Walking the Candy Aisle rates Dippin' Candy Cookies 'n Cream - 3 / 5

This'll be the end of the road reviews, as I'm just about to arrive at my new home in the Great White North. More to come, from across the border!