As you know, I review every candy on this site under three categories, taste, texture and novelty. This candy did fairly well in one of those categories, but not so great in the other two. The thing is, I feel like this candy wasn’t really trying very hard in all but one of these categories. As you might have guessed, novelty is where this candy shone brightest. Taste and texture on the other hand have left a lot to be desired.

This is a DIY candy, in that you have a lot of construction work before you get to enjoy your treat. The theme of this candy is fishing, and the idea is that with some odd powder and a little water you make your own fish. The twist is that you have to make your fish with a string (attached to a small plastic fishing pole) running through them. The skill of getting the string to run properly through the fish is where the challenge is. It took two grown adults to even get it close, and when we were done one of the fish wasn’t attached to the line.

Honestly the other three fish took a lot of work to keep them on the line. It wasn’t like I was able to simply pull them up and they would release from their candy moulds. The making of the candy was actually fairly easy, all you had to do was pour some of the powder provided into the moulds and add the right amount of water, no stirring at all.

The real surprise was the texture of these candy fish. I was expecting them to be jelly like, but they’re actually fairly hard. I would say the texture is like a compressed powder candy, but not very compressed. They did have a crunch to them, which was a little odd for a fish themed candy. The grape flavour was very artificial. It was so artificial that I didn’t even know they were supposed to be grape until after I read the package.

This candy really balances on the line between candy or toy. I would describe it as a candy, but a candy that’s more gimmick than treat.