Week 7 launched Candyking, which is owned by Cloetta, spring candy news. News24’s taste panel has tested the candy news, and some raise strong reactions.
The caramel king was founded in 1984 and sold loose weight candy. In 2017, the company was acquired by Cloetta and then became Candyking.
Today, Candyking is the leading supplier of candy in Europe.
– Candyking is the leading candy brand in Europe, which we are very proud of. Candy is popular in many countries and Candyking has been driven in developing the candy concept far beyond Sweden’s borders, said Niklas Twetmanbrand and concept manager at Cloetta, in an interview with News24.
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Candyking releases new candy
Week 7 launched Candyking Spring’s candy news, nine new delicious goodies that are now out of the stores across the country.
The nine news consists of sour cola-mango bottles, cookie dough fudge, sweet panda, pink panda, pink hearts, jelly babies, jumbo licorice chocolate, mega bubble bubble.
Some of the candies will only be exclusive to Candy King.
Jelly Babies is a candy that has long been popular and has been in the UK, but now there is also in Sweden. It is fruity little jelly candies as in the form of young children.
– We are pleased to offer small hours of joy in the winter darkness and embraced to introduce this year’s first news which is a wonderful mix of sour, sweet and salt. We aim to offer something for both nostalgics and adventurous candy lovers – everyone should be able to create their personal favorite mix with candyking, says Johanna Schönberg, Product Manager Pick & Mix, Cloetta Sweden, in a Press release.
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Strong reactions to candy’s candy
News24’s taste panel has been tested the new candy pieces and reviewed them. The taste turned out to be just like the buttocks and the panel’s views differed significantly.
But everyone could agree on one thing, the Sweet Panda candy was really foam. Below are the taste panel’s reviews and an average grade on each piece of candy based on what the panel gave.
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Sour cola-mango bottles
“A candy in my taste with good balance of sugary and sour.”
“Very good! Top combo with mango and cola.”
“Fun with a new taste of cola bottles! Actually tastes mango too, which fits unexpectedly well with the colas taste.”
“For someone who likes sour pacifiers and other sour candy, these were really nice. Unfortunately, did not taste so much mango, but nice color changes in the bottles.”
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Cookie Dough Fudge
“For weak fudge flavor and bite itself is very dry and crumbly. There is clearly better fudge in the stores.”
“Absolutely okay! A little raised fudge (which is a pretty boring candy in the basics, in my opinion …)”
“Fudge is not a favorite, but this one was better than a regular fudge bit. A little more that happens to the little chocolate pieces in.”
“Just as good as you hoped! A soft fudge with nice crunchy cake pieces in.”
Sweet Panda
“A foam mixture between anise and vanilla, does not really see how this candy could appeal to someone.”
“Unfortunately, this tasted old? Unkind tick and uninteresting texture. Not a news I will put in my candy bag.”
“This one can skip to buy. Not even a licorice lover that I like this.”
“Dry, hard and unique taste – don’t buy!”
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Pink panda
“Pale and a little dry in taste and texture.”
“It’s something that is not right here … tastes almost a little unique.”
“Can’t even identify the taste of these – but it’s not good.”
“Fluffy, but synthetic taste of some sweet unidentifiable fruit. However, plus points for vegan.”
Pink Hearts
“Surprisingly good, mild and creamy chocolate. But the sprinkle gives a little nice crack when chewing.”
“A good chocolate with a little crisp. You are pleasantly surprised. Feels like a mix of white chocolate and that yogurt cover that is on natural candy.”
“Unexpectedly good to just be ‘solid’ chocolate. Tastes fresh, and I appreciate the crunch on the top!”
“Tastes a lot of fruit and caramel at the same time. Will be a bit sweet.”
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Jelly Babies
“Fruity and sweet but a little too dry outer for my taste.”
“Not good at all. The casualty itself is absolutely powdery and uncomfortable to eat. I shudder when I eat it.”
“This feels like candy from before – ie a bygone era – rather than a news. Strange texture and completely incomprehensible why you have some kind of icing sugar on.”
“Very matte and ‘milky’ on the outside but nice flavors and just chewy when ate them.”
Jumbo licorice chocolate
“Chocolate and licorice can never go wrong. And it was a nice little size of the piece.”
“As a self -proclaimed licorice connoisseur, I can say that here it only tastes chocolate and no licorice, which I was very disappointed with.”
“Great good! Reminds of Icelandic Bíngó Kúlur which is a big favorite, but slightly softer in texture.”
“Lovely little lumps with a clear taste of licorice and chocolate, you get what you expect.”