Skittles Gummies - Fuego

I'm really playing with fuego trying these, because eating spicy food gives very similar physical reactions to eating food you're allergic to (see also a bunch of confused adults realising that bananas et al aren't "spicy" for everyone). Also there's a mango flavor and I'm allergic to mango now (maybe not even as an OAS thing, just as a straight up thing, alas). BUT it's SKITTLES, surely I am not allergic to them (and the mango is just "natural flavors", hardly protein level content). The thing is, these aren't actually skittles or candy, they're freakin' gummies. That's way less delicious. Nevertheless, they are a sensory banquet. The chili powder coating is like a sugar coating in texture (fun), but it does have a nice heat to it (although nothing crazy or leaving you gasping for a drink or anything), especially if you eat a bunch in a row. The flavors are distinct. The gummy texture is kinda firm and not my favorite (I'd much rather a regular skittle), but it's not horrible. 

Mango: Scary but fine. Due to scary, not my favorite flavor anymore, but it does taste like a mango does. Also tastes a bit like a peach gummy, which are meh on their own merits. 5/10

Watermelon: Tasted a little like a bathroom (I do buy watermelon hand soap sometimes, alas), but decent. Classic flavor, and goes well with the chili powder. 6/10

Raspberry: Ew, what happened here? Tastes like a bathroom in a worse way. There's raspberry underneath, but weird toilet spray atop. Maybe this bag was stored next to soap. Alas. 4/10 

Lemon: This is the the best flavor. Lemon candy is always great. Like a spicy chuckle. God bless. 7/10

Strawberry: Nice, kinda like strawberry cream saver. Good bright sweet flavor. 7/10

Overall
Cost: 5/10 [3$]
Taste: 6/10 

Life Savers Fruit Variety

This is different from the prototypical 5 flavors I'm used to -- it has like 8 or 10 flavors included, which is wild. A lot of different red ones that I'm not sure I can distinguish. I only tried a few flavors, but basically, these are a solid hard candy but nothing to get super excited about. They're fine. The hole is good in case I choke. 

Mango-Melon: I certainly wasn't expecting to like this one, which is peach-pink colored, but it basically tasted like a mild watermelon (or canteloupe?) flavor. Pleasant, with no gross undertones. 7/10

Cherry: This tastes just like a Luden's Cherry Cough Drop, which is a tasty cough drop but not quite candy tier. Good, but a little odd. 6/10

Unknown red flavor: This was fine, and not cherry, but I do not know what flavor it was. It is red. 6/10

Overall
Cost: 7/10
Taste: 6/10

Tropical Skittles

Skittles are a classic, but tropical skittles could go either way in theory - the blue makes it look fun, but "tropical" often means Weird Coconut flavor, so you never know. Luckily, these were overall pretty nice. There's 5 distinct flavors in the mix:

Yellow - This tastes exactly like a banana runt. So, I love it. 8/10
Green - This is more Lime than Kiwi, it basically tastes like the normal green skittle. I like it. 7/10
Pink - At first bite this was bad and tasted like cough drops, but then it pivoted to tasting a lot like the pink runt! Confusing. I think I miss Runts. 6/10
Orange - This was pretty neutral, much like the normal orange skittle. 6/10
Blue - This is the weirdest one in the mix. I guess it's kind of pina colada-y, but the passionfruit part of it is bad.  5/10

A lot of flavor overlap with the Tropical Starburst, which were also overall pretty nice.

Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 6/10

Skittles

Ahhh. As promised, here I am, ready to review for you these fun size Skittles! They've been a great little nighttime snack, courtesy of Christmas Gift. Skittles are skittles, you're probably familiar with 'em. Mine were maybe a little bit on the old side, so they were kind of tough to chew but they have a good flavor. I like the different colors actually have distinct flavors and I don't hate any of them. I think my ranking is red > green > orange/yellow/purple. These are a classic airport style candy, sweet and non-melty.


Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 7/10

Mars Bar - Caramel

This caramel-only mars bar is basically like a carmello! Or, a bar-sized rolo, if you like. It's just got caramel inside and no whipped filling. Pretty tasty, but ultimately not quite as satisfying as a regular mars bar in my opinion. Still, to have a peanut free option like this is pretty great. Viva la Canada! \o/

Overall
Cost: 5/10 (for US imports anyway)
Taste: 8/10

Mars Bar

This is a UK/Canada Mars bar. It is peanut free. It is chocolate coated and has a caramel and what some might call nougat filling (as in 3 Musketeers bars), but I would call it fluffy whipped chocolate filling. Anyway, it's basically a peanut free Milky Way bar so I like it very much.

Overall

Cost: 6/10

Taste: 8/10

Laura says: I love nougat! 10/10