I think Nestle deserves a prize for making a candy with a name that’s so much fun to say: Sluggles. Sluggles sluggles sluggles sluggles. And so friendly sounding! I wonder if that’s why the Snuggie caught on more than the Slanket, because the former was way more fun to say than the latter?
Tangent aside, these are a fairly new addition to the Nestle/Wonka line. I bought them at the same time as the Puckerooms, and both were released together as Wonka’s inaugural gummies.
Sluggles came in four flavors – orange, lemon, strawberry, and grape – and four shapes. I hereby dub them almost-snail, worm, stepped-on, and standard-slug. Like the Puckerooms, all the flavors came in all the shapes.
The gummies were soft and immensely sproingy, a textural combination that I find ideal for maximal chomping addictiveness.
Orange was blandly sweet with a zesty citrus aftertaste. Lemon managed a brightly zest lemon flavor but was more muted than I would’ve liked.
Strawberry and grape were both bland. The formal was floral and sweet, while the latter was mostly sweet with a grape-y finish.
Compared to the Puckerooms, these gummies were rather disappointingly mild. I loved the texture, but I wanted punchier flavors.
At least the shapes are fun, and sluggles is still fun to say. An O.
And finally, here are Cybele’s review and Sera’s take.
“Sluggles” does not sound like a food to me. It seems like the J.K. Rowling version of Soylent Green – “Sluggles is made out of Slugs! And Muggles! Sluggles!”
where did you buy theses; at what store? i love them, but i dont know where to get them.
I AM DISAPPOINTED AT THIS ONLY BECAUSE 85% OF THE FLAVORS IN EACH BAG IS LEMON!!!!!!