Wonka Kazoozles

While I'm on this binge of eating twists filled with sugar my friend Shane introduced me to Wonka Kazoozles. The ones he brought me were strawberry ropes with watermelon filling and they were thin. I didn't think much of them as a big draw of the Mike & Ike Twists are the thickness. However, I did find some Kazoozles cherry ropes with punch filling the other day so I decided to give them another try. Thank little baby Jesus I did because these ropes are bigger, thicker and exploding with an inner paste/gel that gives off a strong sugary odor as soon as the pack is opened.

Kazoozles - Delickoricious Chewy Candy

The candy is hard to describe other than it's a rope, so picture a long piece of rope licorice despite these Kazoozles definitely being more of a chewy fruit candy. The outer texture of the cherry candy is smooth, resilient and shines beautifully in different colors under different light (ok, that might be a stretch but right now, I'm seeing deep maroons and almost transparent reds mixed together). Inside is where the action is as the super sweet sugary paste, which even looks like a gel at the ends, bombards the taste buds with the sweet-sour 1-2 punch. The combination of the two different tastes and textures is near perfect, with the balance skewing to the paste over the the thin, but generous, outer cherry shell. I'm beyond ecstatic that I picked these up and gave them another chance because I just crushed two packages while writing this post and they were delicious.

I highly recommend trying these candies if you see them out. I wouldn't go as far to say order them right away, but definitely give them a shot if you too are riding the fruit twist addiction from which I am currently suffering (/enjoying).

From the company: 1 package/2 ropes contain 170 calories, 0g of fat, 43g of carbs, 29g of sugar and 0g of protein

Mystery Solved: Mike & Ike Blue Raspberry Fruit Twists

When I originally reviewed Mike & Ike Fruit Twists I joked about the blue raspberry flavor being a "mystery" because when I did the review, my research led me to find that this candy has been out for some time and I figured if I had not seen the blue raspberry flavor by now, I probably wouldn't for some time, or not at all. But it's times like these that show me there is really a "mystery" to the world and life itself. Yesterday while at Six Flags, I found the blue raspberry flavor. At a time when I wasn't looking for them, there they were. My brother and I entered the candy store to buy a mixed bag of gummi for the ride home and I was given a real fruit juice answer to a candy prayer I begged the sugar gods only weeks ago. And...

They are good. Better than, in fact, these Mike & Ike Fruit Twists are my favorite candy going right now. It takes years to become an all-time favorite, seeing as tastes can fade after the initial excitement, but right now I drool when I think of them. I'm making special trips to Walgreen's to stock up. I'm even buying them and putting them in the freezer to keep fresh, removing them hours before eating to allow time to soften up (they're chewier when a little cold). Now I get to taste the blue raspberry? Yes please.



Blue Raspberry: Bigger, Longer and Uncut


I can't even put the twist down to write this blog. They are addictive. I'm not a huge fan of blue raspberry flavored candy as sometimes the flavor comes off sour or overpowering but not here, not even slightly. It is the exact opposite as the strawberry takes over and visually, the filling looks more generous than in the shorter, watermelon, strawberry and green apple twists. The color of the filling is also pink where as the outer twist is blue, giving the candy a striking contrast from interior to exterior. But the taste reigns supreme here; they are as good as the other flavors, and these Mike & Ike Fruit Twists are a unique and extremely succulent candy, one of the best "new" options on the market.

From the company: 1 pack/container has 110 calories, 1g of fat, 25g of carbs, 16g of sugar and less than 1g of protein

My note: There is one twist to a package. The other flavors come 6 to a package and are shorter.

Mike & Ike Fruit Twists

Despite the split of Mike & Ike, the duo have given us a treat that branches out from their traditionally small, cylindrical candies. Mike & Ike's Fruit Twists are exactly that: fruit flavored filled twists (or so the label says). I'm inclined to call them licorice with a softer fruit filling reminicent of Twizzlers fruit filled licorice even though the Mike & Ike twists are really not licorice but more of a softer fruit candy.

The flavors I was able to find were strawberry, green apple and watermelon, with the two latter ones being packaged together. A mystery blue rasberry with strawberry filling is out there but still aludes me. The label says "King Size" but an online search shows smaller packages that maybe contain 4 possibly longer twists. However, six is just right for a snack and even though they are candy they are low fat and made with real fruit juice. The twists are delicious, soft and easy on the palate and the inner filling is sugary, and more the consistency of paste than liquid. The flavors in each package are quite different, so I'll treat each package to its own review.

First, the strawberry. The smell of these candies is very powerful compared to the taste but both are very sweet and the twists themselves are sticky with goodness. The filling gives little of the flavor to the candy compared to the outer shell but the inside is what makes these so special. Its different and the texture is that little bit of flair that differentiates these from other twists or even juicier licorice.

Now the other package: watermelon and green apple. I'm not very familiar with either flavor in terms of Mike & Ike but both flavors are spot on. Between the two, the green apple tastes more like green apple and the filling adds a touch of sour, however both are superior to the strawberry. Texture is the same although in the packages that I purchased, the strawberry were sitcky while these were not. If faced with the decision between either package of flavors, go with the watermelon and green apple.

Next step is getting my hands on the blue rasberry.