Kev's Snack Reviews

I found these rather ghoulish new limited edition Sour Patch sweets in a local department store recently. They're new territory for the Maynards brand, which have long been associated with Wine Gums and Midget Gems in the UK. They're a variation on regular Sour Patch Kids (which I'm quite a fan of - see my review of Sour Patch Kids Soda Popz here ) and contain only orange and blackcurrant flavour gums in head and body shapes. There was a bit of a mismatch between the numbers of each, though, and I ended up with more heads than bodies! Taste-wise they were very nice - intensely sour but gradually becoming sweeter. I initially thought the combination of orange and blackcurrant was a rather odd choice as they don't strike me as flavours that go together, but in practice they complimented each other surprisingly well. The blacckurrant flavour reminded me of Maynards blackcurrant Wine Gums, which was a nice nostalgia trip as I haven't eaten Wine Gums in years. ...

Whilst shopping in Morrisons recently I found these Sour Patch Kids Soda Popz on an Introductory Offer for £1.50. Being a fan of the original Maynards Sour Patch Kids (and a lifelong fan of Maynards sweets in general), I had to give them a try. The concept of these is simple but exciting - they're different "pop" flavoured gums which start off sour and turn sweet. The sourness presumably comes from the malic acid sugar coating. The flavours are Cola, Orangeade, Cherryade, Tropical and Apple Fizz and they're all made with natural colours. Taste-wise they were all very nice, starting off sour as promised and then gradually revealing a fruitier, sweeter side. The Cola flavour tasted just like fizzy cola bottles - those famous sweets we all remember from childhood. Infact there seemed to be a surplus of Cola as well as Orangeade flavours in the bag. I'm not complaining, but it would've been nice to have more of the other flavours! The Orangeade flav...