Variety Gourmet Saltwater Taffy (Assorted, 2 LB)

tasty not tacky

I don’t eat much candy. But, I got a craving for saltwater taffy and wanted some like I used to get when I was a kid. The kind where each flavor is just bursting with flavor and you knew exactly what the flavor was. Nobody needed to tell you. You knew if it was peppermint, black licorice, blueberry, strawberry, orange, chocolate, caramel, coconut, banana, lemon, mango, etc. That’s such a fun experience as a kid to bite into the flavors and there’s no question that you know from first bite exactly what the flavor is. The differences between them are so distinct and a great taste bud experience. This taffy was nothing like that. A lot of it was rather soft instead of chewy like salt water taffy should be. And practically every color tasted almost exactly the same. The only one that had a definite different taste was the green sour… I guess green apple? It was gross. Too sour. But mostly, way too runny and melted. Didn’t even have a taffy texture at all. Anyway, I was shooting for the experience that I had when I was a kid and this was nothing like that. No matter what the color of the candy was, it all tasted the same, like I said, other than the green sour one. Very very disappointing. I’m not much on doing reviews, and especially not negative reviews. But. of feel like people should be warned on this one. If you want a whole bag of differently colored toffee that you’re expecting to taste all the same, then I guess it would be for you. But, if you’re wanting the excitement and surprise of different familiar flavors that you can readily guess and appreciate, then you’re not going to be happy with this one.

Tasted like peppermint and weren’t super hard! Quite chewy and very yummy. The bag went by so quick as coworkers loved these!

Really really delicious candy. High quality too. My only issue is the stickiness was more than it should have been and they stuck to the wrappers. I'm still going to keep ordering these. They have a beautiful color, texture, flavor. The company who makes them offers a nice variety of flavors. Happy with my purchase. I'd love to give them 4.5 stars but Amazon doesn't offer the option.

This is not salt water taffy!!! The individual candies are small compared to others and it did not taste good! Texture was not good either, I will be looking elsewhere. It’s not totally bad but not what I wanted.

Bought these for my mom who loves salt water taffy. We were both Very happy with these.Love the bulk 5lb option. Came with a lot of pieces of candy. Perfect small snack size for a sugar craving. Each candy was individually wrapped. They arrived in perfect condition. Very soft and very very chewy. Tasted very fresh to me.This was a variety pack so it had different flavors. No idea what flavor til you ate it. Candy is two tone or three tone. While it’s a variety there are a lot of the same flavors. Love that each piece was individually wrapped and it was easy to open. All I had to do was untwist sides and open.If you like salt water taffy I would say this is great. Pieces are not very large but they have a great overall taste. Not hard at all - very soft.

There is a nice mix of interesting flavors but almost 10 percent of the taffy was still almost liquid, incredibly sticky, and impossible to get out of the wrapper. Those I had to just throw out.

Before I even tell you about the flavor and freshness, let me tell you about the packaging. The zippered bag of taffy was secured in a mylar bubble wrap bag with an ice pack, and then packaged inside a box. The most well-packaged item I have received this year! AND, bonus, it arrived two days early.Now, the taffy itself... it is soft, fresh, and sooooooo yummy. I love the flavors! I ordered this as a sugar-free sweet treat for myself. If I didn't know it was sugar-free I wouldn't guess it was - no overwhelming artificial sweetener taste or aftertaste. So, well done FirstChoiceCandy for getting the recipe right.I've heard this brand does well in the freeze dryer so I'm going to try that and see how it puffs. I will have to pace myself eating this because of the laxative effect of Maltitol, (anyone who regularly eats sugar-free is used to that) but I will definitely be ordering more of this so I don't run out.Update: As you can see from the picture, these worked very well in the freeze dryer! I cut the pieces in half before freeze drying and they puffed up to the size of ping pong balls! The flavors intensified in the freeze drying process, but still not overwhelming or "off" from the sweetener. The flavors are chocolate, cinnamon, vanilla, strawberry, and the green, surprisingly, is wintergreen. Love them all!