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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Red Bird Brand Puffs
The flavor variety is, well, extraordinary: Peppermint, Cherry, Lemon, Green Apple, Wintergreen, Strawberry, Orange, Grape, Peach, Blueberry, Butterscotch, Watermelon, Cream Penny, Cotton Candy, Passion Fruit. There’s a menu guide on the back that shows the key for the combination of colors and stripes. There are about 25 candies in the bag, but the flavors were not distributed evenly. One of the differences between this style of Puffs and the traditional Buttermint of After Dinner Mint is the size. These are quite large, at about 1 inch across and all of them are individually wrapped. (No more candy dish with the stuck together.)
Cherry was bold and easy to spot. It’s a flavor that’s both heavily scented and with a light tartness to it. It was smooth and had a good melt, but overall, it’s not usually my favorite though at least this didn’t have a lot of red coloring in it. The flavors not in my bag: Peppermint, Cotton Candy, Passion Fruit and Orange. For the most part I didn’t like the fruity flavors. The others like butterscotch and wintergreen were more to my liking, even the unflavored Cream Penny were pleasant.
The puffs themselves are quite nice, I liked them more than the variety package. There’s a floral, sort of honey note to them. But they’re also quite cinnamony. I wouldn’t call them hot though, it was a nice heat but they never approached anything like the fire of an Atomic Fireball. The cinnamon smell is strong, even when they’re in the package, so I had to keep them separated from other candies. The package for the Assorted Puffs said it was Gluten Free, they’re also Kosher Pareve and appear to be vegan ingredients. It was strange that I didn’t get the classic Peppermint in the Assorted mix, which is what Red Bird Brand is known for. Overall, the texture was good, they softened up nicely. The package mentions that they’re rather hard when they’re first made, but if you prefer a softer puff, to open the package and wait ... it was true. After a couple of months, mine reached the melt in your mouth texture that I was expecting. Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 4:13 pm
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Commenting is not available in this channel entry.I was thinking of you tonight. Last year I chose the Halloween candy and we got Yummy Earth pops. This year my husband got to chose. ick. Hershey bars, etc. My son was pleading for one so I said we could share and it was the most depressing chocolate ever. Especially since I have a nice bar of real chocolate in the cabinet. Next year it’s my turn again. Thank goodness. bleh.
Cream Penny? Interesting name!
Did you ever get the Peppermint Puffs? If not, send me an email and we’ll get you some to review. Happy Halloween!
I purchased a bag of Soft Cinnamon Puffs and I cannot remember where. I have looked everywhere and cannot find them. Any suggestions. I checked most of the Dollar stores. Loved them and would like to purchase more.
I didn’t see a reveiw of cotton candy flavor, I got to say I love them, I bought some for my daughters baby shower, she’s having twins, a boy and a girl, and the colors are perfect for such thing, both blue and pink, made the mistake and opened them to see how they fit in the dish, should have bought more, tried looking online for them and can’t find them. oh what a spot I’m in. Got to find more before June 12th.
Hi, I am trying to find Puff Candies that I can purchase online. I am disabled and I don’t get to drive anymore, so I am not able to spend an afternoon going from store to store.
I am looking for these flavors:
CINNAMON
PEPPERMINT
PEACH
PINK GRAPEFRUIT
GREEN APPLE
STRAWBERRY
COTTON CANDY
Is there anywhere that I would be able order them in bulk, or at least know that if I order an assortment that I will get the flavors that I am looking for?
I would really appreciate any information and help you can give me more
Thank you,
Connie Ferris Clark
Hi, I buy the puffs called King Leo and they are not hard for me to find, usually they have them at Marshalls around Novemeber, you can problably get them at cost plus world market online.
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