Chocolate SkittlesYes, I said chocolate skittles. So, here’s the scoop starting with a little background.
I have a long night of working tonight so I took Andrew up to McDonald’s for a quick dinner and on the way home I stopped at the gas station to purchase an energy drink. I also decided I needed a chocolate fix, so I grabbed a small Dove heart laying at the counter. While I’m waiting for the cashier to give me my total, I’m checking out the other items on the counter. I look once, twice, it can’t be. Chocolate Skittles? I grab them. I hear the cashier give me total somewhere in the distance.
I say, “Chocolate Skittles? When did these come out?”
The cashier laughs and says, “About a month ago. We can’t keep them in stock.”
I have her add them to my total. Upon arriving home, a quick Google search reveals no approximate date of introduction, but I haven’t found anything more than a week old as far as other reviews. They aren’t even listed on the Skittles site yet nor on Mars (the company who makes them) nutritional info site.
Now, I can hardly wait to taste them, but somehow I found the strength to separate them all out on my computer desk and count how many of each there were.
My package contained:
- 10 Smores
- 9 Vanilla
- 14 Chocolate Pudding
- 12 Brownie Batter
- 9 Chocolate Caramel
The whole time I’m separating and counting, Andrew can hardly stand still, jumping up and down, saying, “Can I dig in yet?”
So finally, we’re ready to “dig in” and we taste one at a time. Andrew loved all of them. I liked them all pretty good, but I have to admit they aren’t something I’ll be craving in the middle of the night if you know what I mean. I found mixed reviews during my Google search.
Over at Candy Addict they were not impressed.
They liked it quite well over at this gaming forum.
Pick up a bag during your next shopping trip and let me know what you think.
January 29th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Hmmm… for some reason it doesn’t even sound appealing to me but – ok..stop twisting my arm … sheesh – I’ll go try them! OK OK!!!!
January 29th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Not something I’ll run out and get, but I’m sure we’ll give them a try if we happen to see some.
January 29th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
I saw these in CVS a few days ago and just couldn’t imagine Chocolate skittles and I was actually afraid to purchase them. I like my skittles Fruity.. Thinking M&Ms have the small round chocolate goodies covered…lol
January 29th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
I have to agree with Annette when she says that they don’t sound appealing to her. They don’t sound too appealing but of course if I run into them at the store I’ll have to give them a try
January 29th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Doesn’t sound too yummy to me. Hmmmm wierd.
January 29th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I will be sure to try them – especially if they taste like they’re named. mmm – brownie batter.
February 8th, 2008 at 9:59 am
i saw them at a 7-eleven n i was surprised, i bought them on da spot and shared them wit my friends, i liked them and so did they =)
February 15th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Hey, it’s chocolate. That means I must at least TRY them. Hehe I’ll have my eyes peeled for them the next time I search the candy rack.
February 19th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Ah yes, the enigma that is Chocolate Skittles, I picked some up from a Walgreens a few weeks ago and haven’t seen them really anywhere since (not like I’ve been desperately searching or anything :\)
Some skepticism is definitely warranted, but I rather enjoyed them, it’s CHOCOLATE people, it can’t hurt to give it a try.
September 8th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
I tried them and they were actually kind of nasty, but that’s my opinion. The best one to me was brownie batter, but it pretty much tasted like a tootsie roll.
March 9th, 2009 at 7:49 am
I finally gave these chocolate skittles a whirl and well they were okay. Nothing to write home about.