Reviewing a candy like Twizzlers might seem a bit pointless, but I just wanted the opportunity to say: I don’t understand twizzlers.
Sure, they look good, and they have a fun name. You can also use them as a straw, or tie them in to a knot. But what good does all this do when they lack the most fundamental of trait for any candy? They have no taste!
Now, if I was very hungry, and I had to fill up on some sort of candy, then Twizzlers might be my choice. It just seems more filling and ‘foody’ than most other candies.
I feel like I am chewing on a piece rubber, or some dried up bread dough. It keeps you occupied chewing, but not much more.
Maybe therein lays the secret of Twizzlers. You are left with a weird unsatisfying aftertaste, and the only way to fix this is to eat another piece. All the while thinking “Surely, this one will taste better. The first five I ate must just have been duds. They can’t possibly be meant to taste like that”. Then before you know it, the bag is empty. You vow to never buy another bag, but then a few years later you see it in the store in its bright red bag “Ah Twizzlers. Everyone likes twizzlers. Look at that nice bright red bag. It’s been ages since I had one. I wonder why…”
Twizzlers also have the advantage of being the office-candy of choice in many companies. Every respectable office supply company who sell bulk candy seems to stock twizzlers. I suspect it’s because they don’t deteriorate with age (since they are virtually tasteless even when they are fresh).
There, I said it! Now I am just waiting for all the hate-mail from twizzlers-lovers out there (nah, who am I kidding, no one reads this blog anyway…)
Brand: Hershey
Weight: 5oz
Price: $1
Yum: They look tasty…
Yuck: But they have no taste!
| Packaging: |  (3.0 / 5) |
| Aroma: | (3.0 / 5) |
| Texture: | (3.0 / 5) |
| Appearance: |  (4.0 / 5) |
| Flavor: |  (1.0 / 5) |
| Value: |  (2.0 / 5) |
| Overall: | (2.0 / 5) |
I am eating them right now, and agree they are kind of bland. I used to LOVE the original chocolate ones. I prefer red vines to red twirlers, but rite aid seems not to have them by me any longer. i got these, and they remind me of going to the movies.
For me, there is a mild artificial fruit taste. Not reminiscent of strawberry. Or really any other fruit. A make believe fruit, yes.
Who decided it was a good idea to jelly fill red twizzlers. I picked up a package thinking it was the regular twizzlers and was shoked when I open the pacckage. I thought I would give it a try. It was the absolute worst tasting product I have ever had. I threw the whole package in the garbage. Why would you do that to a perfectly good product? It would be interesting to know if anyone like s the jelly filled – the smell alone would turn you off
Bland and waxy taste.
Not good like the original.