Candy Hunting: 2014 Holiday Candy, Part 5

Hershey's Collection

Flavors: Milk Chocolate Cherry Cordial Creme and Milk Chocolate Almond and Caramel
Place found: Meijer
Price: $5.29 for 5 oz

Turin Chocolates

Flavors: Kahlua and Bailey's 
Place found: Meijer
Price: $5.29 for 4.2 oz

Thorntons Irresistibles Truffles

Flavors: Hazelnut and Almond, Gingerbread, Salted Caramel, and Double Chocolate
Place found: Meijer
Price: $5.29 for 5.3 - 5.7 oz

Eclipse Candy Cane Peppermint

Place found: Target

Links to more Holiday Candy Hunting: 

Part 1

Peeps (Part 2)

One Pound Candy Bars (Part 3)

Holiday Assortments (Part 4)

Candy Hunting: One Pound Holiday Candy Bars

Reese's 2 Half Pound Cups

Place found: Target
Price: $9.99

Snickers Slice n' Share

Place found: Target
Price: $9.99

Hershey's 1 Pound Bars

Flavors: Milk Chocolate and Candy Cane
Price: $9.99
Place found: Target

Crunch 1lb Bar

Place found: Target
Price: $9.99

York 2 Half Pound Patties

Place found: Target
Price: $9.99

Giant Gummy Bears

Flavors: Green Apple and Cherry
Place found: Target
Price: $9.99

Links to more Holiday Candy Hunting: 

Part 1

Peeps (Part 2)

Holiday Assortments (Part 4)

Part 5

Candy Hunting: 2014 Holiday Candy, Part 1

Seasonal Edition Extra Candy Cane Peppermint

Place found: Walgreens

Peeps Candy Cane

Place found: Walgreens

Brach's Candy Cane Candy Corn

Place found: Walgreens

Brach's Peppermint Creme Candy Canes

Place found: Schnuck's

Cherry Apple Twist and Candy Cane Tic Tacs

Place found: Schnucks

Hershey's Cookies 'n' Mint Nuggets 

Place found: Walmart

Russell Stover Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Santas

Place found: Walgreens

Russell Stover Dark Chocolate & Coconut Macaroon Santas

Place found: Walgreens

Twizzlers Cherry, Green Apple, and Lemonade Pull 'n' Peel

Place found: Schnucks

Queen Anne Black Cherry Cola Cordial Cherries

Place found: Walgreens

Whiskey Flavored Chocolate Flight

Place found: Target

Chocolate Covered Nuts and Berries

Varieties: Hot Toddy Chocolate Covered Peanuts, Egg Nog White Chocolate Covered Almonds, Mulled Cider Chocolate Covered Cranberries, and Buttered Rum Chocolate Covered Raisins

Place found: Target

Caramel and Fudge Bites

Varieties: Chili Pecan Caramel Bites, Scotch Whiskey Caramel Bites, Maple Bacon Caramel Bites, and Jamaican Rum Fudge Bites

Place found: Target

Holiday Mr. Sketch Markers

Ok... These are not candy, but they are awesome. 

Scents: Candy Cane, Santa's Cookie, Christmas Tree, Sugar Plum, Gingerbread, and Chimney

Place found: Schnucks

Links to more Holiday Candy Hunting: 

Peeps (Part 2)

One Pound Candy Bars (Part 3)

Holiday Assortments (Part 4)

Part 5

Candy Hunting - Hershey's Caramels

Hershey's Milk Chocolate Caramels

Release: April 2015
SRP: $1.19

Herhsey's Candy Corn Bars

Place purchased: Walmart 

Price: $2.50

Number of reviewers: 6

Appearance - 6.4

The Hershey's Candy Corn bars are individually wrapped, snack sized bars and are sold in 9.45 oz bags. Each bar is segmented into four pieces and consists of "candy corn creme" with yellow and orange bits scattered throughout. I find it interesting that these bars did not meet the FDA guidelines for white chocolate, so Hershey's called it candy corn creme instead. 

E: It's white and crumbly. 
E2: Looks like funfetti frosting. 
J: I like the colored bits. 
S: I like the flecks in it. 

Flavor and Taste - 4.8

The candy corn creme is incredibly sweet and has a slight honey flavor, exactly like normal candy corn. 

C: Just like candy corn. 
E: Sickly sweet, devoid of flavor. Like eating solid sweetened condensed milk. 
E2: So sweet, reminds me of canned frosting. 
J: Very sweet, with a majority of the flavor being white chocolate. A slight honey/caramel aftertaste. 
S: Just like candy corn, but I don't really like candy corn. 

Texture - 4.3

The bars are initially very dry and crumbly. After a piece is chewed a few times, the texture changes to feel oily. It is an unexpected and unpleasant texture. The little yellow and orange specks do not add any textural variation. 

C: Weird viscosity and chalkiness. Very mouth coating. 
E: Meh. Kind of grainy. Very delayed melt. 
E2: Lard, so mouth coating, oily. 
J: Soft, slightly grainy. Not smooth. 
S: Just like candy corn, chalky. 

Aftertaste - 4.3

The aftertaste is straight up candy corn flavor and oddly astringent. 

C: Candy corn. 
E: Sugar. Wax. Bad. 
E2: So much vanilla frosting, I'm getting a headache! 
J: Sweet only. 

Overall - 4.9

The Hershey's Candy Corn bars perfectly capture the flavor of candy corn. However, I despise candy corn. The bars are essentially candy corn with a worse texture. These substitute a dry, yet oily, bar for the traditional soft, grainy mellowcreme candy corn. I am not impressed. 

E: This would be the Halloween candy I'd try to trade with someone else.
E2: Bleckkkkk! This candy is Halloween scary in a bad way. 

Candy Hunting - New Hershey's Products

Reese's Crunchy

These are a re-release. They already existed as a limited edition and full time product a few years ago. 

SRP: $1.19
Release: December 2014

Kit Kat White Minis

SRP: $1.89
Release: January 2015

Twizzlers

These look like sets of two extra long Twizzlers. 

Flavors: Cherry Pull 'n Peel, Fruit Punch Pull 'n Peel, and Strawberry Lemonade Filled Twists
SRP: $1.19
Release: December 2014

Jolly Rancher Caramel Apple Crunch 'n Chew

Place purchased: Walmart 

Price: $0.67

Number of reviewers: 

Appearance - 7.0

The Jolly Rancher Caramel Apple Crunch 'n Chew candies are individually wrapped within a single-serve size pouch. The hard candy exterior of the Jolly Rancher has a green apple stripe and a brown, caramel flavored stripe. The ratio between the green apple and caramel hard candy varies significantly between pieces. While the exterior differed from piece to piece, they all had the same amount of light brown, caramel flavored filling. 

Flavor and Taste - 6.0

The hard candy exterior has a good balance between tart green apple and sweet caramel flavors, though the flavor is dominantly whichever flavored stripe is directly against your tongue. The center has a light, very artificial tasting caramel flavor. 

C: Get both caramel and green apple, but something a little off with it. 
S: Sour green apple with a hint of caramel. 

Texture - 4.7

The exterior is a hard candy, like normal Jolly Ranchers. I found the exterior too thick to crunch into until it was in my mouth for few minutes. The "chewy" center is malleable, yet still very tough, similar to a Now and Later. I tried to crunch and chew one of the pieces and ended up spitting out the center because my jaw became tired and it didn't taste that great. 

C: Softer than a regular Jolly Rancher, but not soft and chewy. 
S: Inside isn't very chewy and it is really hard and sticks to my teeth. 

Aftertaste - 5.7

The aftertaste after eating the entire candy is mainly just sweetness. 

C: Green apple and creamy. 

Overall - 5.7

Overall, the exterior hard candy shell had a great mix of green apple and caramel flavors. However, the interior was just a dull, artificial caramel flavor and difficult to chew. If the filling had been softer, the Jolly Rancher Caramel Apple Crunch 'n Chew candy would have been much better. 

Candy Hunting - Target Exclusive Orange White Chocolate Reese's Pumpkins

Orange Colored White Chocolate Reese's Pumpkins

Place found: Target (Exclusive)
Price: $2.69