Beware of what Grandma might have in her candy bowl.

Reindeer Feed

The person that came up with these is either a candy genius or an idiot. Tell me that they're not just candy corn re-coloured for Christmas, tell me, I dare you. They taste like them and they're basically the same idea. I can't really figure out why they're called 'Reindeer Feed' because that's not a really that clever.

I don't mind them but many don't like them at all so you might want to be weary if Grandmas got some of these.

Ribbons

I can never figure out how to eat this stuff, heck I can't even figure out how to take it out of a bowl. Do you bite it, take a whole length of it, break a piece off? For this experiment I'll just break a piece off.

First of all I have to say of all the Christmas treats this one looks the coolest. It doesn't really taste like much, in fact I'd be happy with any kind of flavour. It's also not very easy to eat, I busted off a wave and it's not cooperating with my mouth at all. I could sit here and suck it till it disappears but I think crunching it will be a must.

If grandma hands you a length of this break a piece off and smile. It may not taste like much but at least it's not disgusting.

Silk Mix

Since there are so many flavours in this mix I'll just try a few and describe what's going on in my mouth.

Black with Stripes - I think it's some kind of berry flavour, it's the best looking of all of them so at least I know I look cool.

Turquoise with white stripes - Danger, it's liquorice, yuck!

Yellow with white stripes - It might be lemon but at this point it taste more like dish cleaning soap.

Green with waffle like markings - Mint, not too bad although it has a bit of a soapy/apple flavour. Not that great.

Well I could write a whole article about the flavours in this candy, maybe next year, so I'll stop here and just warn you that it's really a gamble when to take one of these. So know when to fold'em.

Assorted something or other

I have to admit I've never actually had the situation come up where Grandma was handing me a bowl of these, but they look like something she might get so I figured they're worth mentioning.

They basically taste like big candy corns (or in the case of this article 'Reindeer Feed'). So basically they don't really have a flavour, just kind of sweet. I guess maybe, since they're so big, I might taste a hint of vanilla or something, but I'm not sure.

Not bad for me but some might not like them, be sure that if Grandma hands some to you take only a few, they're super sweet and you might get sick.