I’m a big bubble gum fan, though not much of a chewer. I’m a purist, I like my bubble gum to be the traditional bubble gum flavor. I saw this Cotton Candy Bubblicious at the beginning of summer, though, and thought it was a splendid idea for a gum flavor.
The pieces are ridiculously blue, the package design is wonderfully summery, and it all smells like an air freshener designed for a child’s room.
The lightly strawberry sweet scent is strong enough that I new which room I’d left this package in without even looking. It’s not chemically or unappealing, though it doesn’t necessarily smell like food.
The pieces were easy to open from the little paper wrappers and soft. The easy chew was very sweet with less of the strawberry or cotton candy notes and more of just a clean sweeteness.
However, as the sugar in the chew dissipated, I was left with the taste of the gum base, which is rather like some door mats I got at Ikea. It’s just a touch of asphalt with the berry. The longer I chewed, the more that note came out, until I was pretty sure it was a sign that the whole thing had turned into a big tar ball. Nope, when I took it out of my mouth, it was just a piece of blue gum.
So, if you’re looking for some room freshener that looks like blocks of sidewalk chalk that you’re not going to chew, these are great. But even for the type of person who chews the gum until the sugar is gone, the awful aftertaste is too much.
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| Name: |
Bubblicious Cotton Candy |
RATING:
- SUPERB
- YUMMY
- TASTY
- WORTH IT
- TEMPTING
- PLEASANT
- BENIGN
- UNAPPEALING
- APPALLING
- INEDIBLE
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| Brand: |
Cadbury |
| Place Purchased: |
Rocket Fizz (Glendale) |
| Price: |
$1.50 |
| Size: |
1.2 ounces |
| Calories per ounce: |
113 |
| Categories: |
Candy, Cadbury, Gum, 4-Benign, Canada |
SUPERB
YUMMY 
TASTY 
WORTH IT 
TEMPTING 
PLEASANT 
BENIGN 
UNAPPEALING 
APPALLING 
INEDIBLE 
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Comment by
Melanie on 9/11/15 at 11:39 am #
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Comment by
Amy on 9/14/15 at 11:26 am #
Commenting is not available in this channel entry.Was this past summer really the first time you’ve seen this flavor? I always had it for years up until the early 2000s.
I loved it as a kid, but it sounds absolutely revolting now.
This was a staple of my childhood. Esp watermelon and grape flavors. I’ve never had the cotton candy but it’s not a flavor I’d normally pick, but my 13 year old daughter might lol.
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