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Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Review of New Candy
It's been a long time since I've done one of these, mostly because it's hard to find new candy in the rush up to Halloween. But I did not give up easily! I searched my usual supplier (a skanky little liquor store about a mile from my house that always has the weirdest candy) long and hard for you, gentle readers, and while purchasing gin the other day, I found...
Kit-Kat Extra Creamy  I was very excited that I had found a new candy about which I could blog. Writing about candy is easier than writing about life. I do not have to think of anything creative or funny! Nor do I have to write about my personal life, thus inviting much-feared intimacy! No! I can write about my new candy discovery! Except that... well... the new Kit Kat Extra Creamy tastes almost exactly like the regular old Kit Kat. I actually bought a regular Kit Kat for a comparison, and I was practically unable to tell the difference. Now, gentle reader, I can tell Godiva from Ghirardelli from Rocky Mountain from Lindt from Neuhaus. I know how chocolate is made, and exactly what processes give it different tastes. I understand how the ratios between cocoa butters, cocoa liquors, milk solids and sugars affects the taste of the finished product. So when I say that the Kit Kat Extra Creamy tastes just like a regular Kit Kat, trust me on this. There is only one, tiny difference between the two--the new "Extra Creamy" version is slightly sweeter--and since Kit Kats are cloying to begin with, this isn't an improvement. I am again disappointed with the American Candy distributors. Other countries get some serious Kit Kat variations--but we here in America have been treated to the "Inside Out Kit Kat" (made with white "chocolate") and the "Kit Kat Dark" (actually, this was an improvement, as the tartness of the dark chocolate removes some of the sweetness). I am frustrated that we here in America have to make due with the same old stale candy formulas when there are so many possibilities out there, such as Christmas pudding, blood orange, and passion fruit.   
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