ZOMG, Candy!

Back when I reviewed Albanese’s Krunchy Bears, I lamented that I just missed out on reviewing their 12-flavor gummi bears - I learned that they were sold at my alma mater’s campus convenience store just before I graduated and after they’d already closed for the summer.

Well, the local campus convenience store got renovated over the summer, and their candy bulk bins are gone, so I guess I didn’t miss out there after all. Fortunately, several (but not all) of Rochester’s Wegmans carries them, and at the low price of $2.99 a pound. Hooray!

The twelve flavors make for a beautiful bunch of brightly and differently colored, translucent gummies that were super fun to shoot. I had to get extra help to identify them all.

The names are rather corny, but I forgive them. Twelve is a lot to have to come up with! The texture is neither stiff nor soft - they’re chewy with just a bit of sproing.

Here are the separate flavor reviews, in the above sort-of spectrumed order:

Groovy Grapefruit (light pink) - hands down my absolute favorite! Lovely citrus and zest notes. The grapefruit flavor is perfect. You can almost taste the membranes (I meant that in a good way), and the flavors last throughout the chew. Mmm. I could eat these all day.

Freshhh Strawberry (dark pink) - super sweet and mellow with just a bit of strawberry bite.

Wild Cherry (red) - Whoa! Bright cherry flavor that really smacks you in the taste buds. It’s got a great and assertive candied cherry flavor that steers well clear of being medicinal.

Ornery Orange (orange) - genuinely fruity, citrusy, sweetly orange.

Lickin’ Lemon (bright yellow) - not so genuinely lemon-flavored, with an almost pseudo-floor cleaner flavor. It was still good, though, and had an extra zesty finish.

Bodacious Banana (light yellow)- it definitely has a whiff of banana smell/taste to it, but I didn’t find it as offensive as I find most banana-flavored candy. Still, not my favorite.

Poppin’ Pineapple (white) - awesomely accurate with strong core-y notes.

Luscious Lime (light green) - this was weirdly grassy, and I didn’t get lime. It tasted just generically citrus-y and sweet, with no zesty notes whatsoever. A tad disappointing.

Granny Smith Apple (dark green) - notes of sour apple plus fuji, with just a tinge of citrus. Strongly reminiscent of green apple Jolly Ranchers.

Rrripe Watermelon (light aqua) - also reminiscent of Jolly Ranchers, but watermelon this time, with the addition of floral scents.

Rockin’ Raspberry (dark blue) - seedy to start, then quickly dissipates to sugary sweet blandness.

Concord Grape (purple) - just barely tinged with grape popsicle flavors. Nothing standout, but decent.

I like popping these into my mouth without looking at the colors and trying to guess which flavor I’ve got. I’d like to think I could do better than chance, but it’s actual pretty hard. If you can get these at $2.99 a pound and can pick out your flavors, they’re an OMG-worthy treat. I buy a bunch every time I make it a Wegmans that sells them.