These gummi butterflies from Albanese are a relatively new addition to the bulk bins of my local Wegmans. They’re beautifully translucent and look like those gel window sticker things.
They came in six colors/flavors and were generously sized. Tip to tip, I’d say the wingspan was about the length of my index finger.
The texture was a joy. They were soft with the perfect balance of stiffness and bounce, so they were easy to tear with my teeth. They were also smooth and had a pleasant mouthfeel when I had the patience to let them melt in my mouth.
Dark red was cherry. It tasted deeply dark with nicely complex red fruit notes.
Lime green was supposed to be apple. I found it sweet with a vague tinge of citrus.
Orange was one of my favorites. It was vibrantly sweet and citrusy. A nice orange zestiness develops across the gummi’s flavor profile and shines through.
Based on just taste, I couldn’t figure out what flavor aqua was. Based on the website, I think it’s supposed to be blue raspberry. It was my least favorite because it carried an inexplicable plasticky, petrol note.
I thought pink was strawberry, but the website says that it’s watermelon. I thought it had a nicely floral finish with strawberry highlights.
Finally, purple was grape. It was well-balanced and managed to avoid that medicinal grape nastiness.
With the exception of the aqua, I found these to be a pleasure to play with and eat (I was enjoying biting them in half and making hybrid butterflies). Aqua gets a —; the rest gets OMs.