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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Trader Joe’s Sweet Story
Long ago there were LifeSavers Sweet Story Books. They were just a folded box that looked like a book that had a bunch of LifeSavers rolls inside. They still make them, every few years the graphics and the rolls included inside change with fashion. Trader Joe’s has their own house-branded version of this, called Trader Joe’s Sweet Story. There are six no-artificial-anything, vegan, kosher and gluten-free hard candy rolls inside. The package design is pretty straight forward, it’s a box with a front flap that reveals a “story” on the inside, which is a little poem about the candies. (Probably not so fun for kids.)
The box is well constructed (and is even printed on the inside). The rolls aren’t revealed inside the box flap though, you have to open it at the top to reveal them, all sealed together inside a cellophane bag. Each roll is about the size of a LifeSavers product, 1.1 ounces. The rolls themselves are a bit more demure, a color-coded monochrome array. Opening them was a disappointment and exercise in frustration.
Though it was not humid on Sunday when I bought these and photographed them, the paper-lined foil was stuck to the candies. I resorted to picking the bits of foil off the candies before consuming (though still got a fair bit of paper in my mouth). Some rolls were better than others, but all had some degree of issues.
Cherry - Sucrets. Without the throat numbing properties. Orange - really zesty, to the point of being slightly bitter at times. Sweet and tangy. Pineapple - mild, more like those “low acid” pineapples these days that have a nice floral and strawberry cotton candy flavor but not that tart. Raspberry - pretty much tasted like raspberry flavoring. A lot of sweet floral “flavor” and some tangy berry notes. Pomegranate - a combination of raspberry and those winterberry scented candles. It’s trying too hard. The package was $1.99, which breaks down to 33 cents a roll. Not really a bad price. And the flavor assortment was better than the current LifeSavers array. For those who need something that’s gluten free or all-natural, yeah, it’s a nice way to go. But I sure hope yours aren’t stuck to the wrapping like mine were, because that completely ruined it for me. And bumped my fiber intake. Other remembrances of the LifeSavers Storybook: The Joy Of ..., Jason Liebig has an actual photo of an old one with the rolls still in it, Candy Critic, and of course The Imaginary World has some (I like this one). Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:04 pm
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Commenting is not available in this channel entry.I opened the pomegranate roll yesterday - lots of sticky paper!
I just opened my pomegranate roll as well.
The wrapper seemed like it wanted to stick but it came of better when i peeled it around the roll.
I ALWAYS wanted one of those life saver books when we’d do present swaps at Brownies and such. I always ended up with stupid hair barrettes I couldn’t use because I had short hair
I had the same problem with the wrapper sticking to the candy. It was pretty frustrating. I probably won’t buy them again because of it. Great flavors though.
I generally like Trader Joe’s but it’s certainly true that they cut corners on many of their products to keep the prices down. I hate it when the paper sticks to the candy.
I just bought a pack too. At 99 cents at the Brooklyn Trader Joes it was hard to resist. I ran into the same issue of the paper sticking to each cany I came across. At first i thought it was just the first one.. until I read your review… oh well. Maybe thats why they lowered the price.
Where are your “chocolate covered raspberry sticks”. Went to Trader Joe’s in rockville MD
and was told they do not have them. They are the best candy I have ever had. I need them. Please let me know if I can order them online.
Thanks
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