We may be sour, but we know our sweets.

Know Eierlikör-Kissen? I didn’t. And I should have.

Know Eierlikör-Kissen? I didn’t. And I should have.

Reviewed by on Jan 17, 2020

An olde tyme flavor comes back to surprise the hell out of me.

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Gerio Sugar Free Candies

Gerio Sugar Free Candies

Reviewed by on Oct 22, 2019

Sometimes it makes sense to just let Mother Nature takeover

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Simpkins: English Hard Candy Ain’t Hard to Like

Simpkins: English Hard Candy Ain’t Hard to Like

Reviewed by on Oct 1, 2019

This candy is hard

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Chupa Chups Sour Infernals

Chupa Chups Sour Infernals

Reviewed by on Sep 13, 2019

Badass candy name. Badass bag art. These things by all account are LITERALLY going to remove 4 layers of tongue...

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Hotlix Margarita & Margarita with Salt Lollipops

Hotlix Margarita & Margarita with Salt Lollipops

Reviewed by on May 23, 2019

They're very similar to Spinal Tap's classic album "Shark Sandwich". In the review, at least.

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Radioactive Sours

Radioactive Sours

Reviewed by on Mar 21, 2019

I didn't have protective gloves when I tasted these, so it's possible I'm now part mutant.

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Stockleys Great British Cocktail Party

Stockleys Great British Cocktail Party

Reviewed by on Dec 21, 2018

I like cocktails. I love candy. Let's smash them together.

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Tamalitoz: Watermelon & Chili? WCGW?

Tamalitoz: Watermelon & Chili? WCGW?

Reviewed by on Nov 13, 2018

Water, melon, chili, and you

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British Old Fashioned Boiled Sweets: The Finale

British Old Fashioned Boiled Sweets: The Finale

Reviewed by on Nov 1, 2018

Chapter 4 in our 4 part breakdown of classic British hard candies

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British Old Fashioned Boiled Sweets: Episode 3

British Old Fashioned Boiled Sweets: Episode 3

Reviewed by on Oct 19, 2018

Part 3 of our boiled sweets master class

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British Old Fashioned Boiled Sweets, Episode 2

British Old Fashioned Boiled Sweets, Episode 2

Reviewed by on Oct 9, 2018

Three shockingly good hard candies from the good 'ol UK

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British Old Fashioned Boiled Sweets. Episode 1.

British Old Fashioned Boiled Sweets. Episode 1.

Reviewed by on Sep 28, 2018

This is the start of a beautiful friendship, I'm sure of it. Let's learn together.

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Kanro Orange Hard Candy: If you find ’em you’ll like ’em

Kanro Orange Hard Candy: If you find ’em you’ll like ’em

Reviewed by on Sep 18, 2018

Don't read this review. It will be terribly unfulfilling.

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Waitrose Rhubarb & Custard

Waitrose Rhubarb & Custard

Reviewed by on Aug 17, 2018

an absolute classic pairing: but is it botched?

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Jahnke Lakritz Gefullt (with salt)

Jahnke Lakritz Gefullt (with salt)

Reviewed by on Jul 27, 2018

How salty is too salty? These. These are that.

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Waitrose Fruit Sherbets

Waitrose Fruit Sherbets

Reviewed by on Jul 19, 2018

break out the pennies, cause it's penny candy time.

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Nostalgic Candy Club

Nostalgic Candy Club

Reviewed by on Apr 27, 2018

If you remember all the candy in this box then you're old. Super old. In fact you're probably using your phone light to read this.

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Sakuma Drops: Hard Candy that’s Surprisingly Awesome

Sakuma Drops: Hard Candy that’s Surprisingly Awesome

Reviewed by on Sep 12, 2017

Are you a hard candy nerd? Then you must know these already.

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Trolli Sour Gummy Crunchers: Not a Match Made in Heaven

Trolli Sour Gummy Crunchers: Not a Match Made in Heaven

Reviewed by on Aug 15, 2017

Sometimes 2 great tastes don't taste great together

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Swizzels Bumper Bag

Swizzels Bumper Bag

Reviewed by on Aug 11, 2017

This bag is BUMPIN'

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Unicorn Poop: There’s a Lot Out There

Unicorn Poop: There’s a Lot Out There

Reviewed by on Jun 14, 2017

Colorful poop you can eat and that's hard

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UHA 8.2: Look past the name and just eat these things.

UHA 8.2: Look past the name and just eat these things.

Reviewed by on Apr 11, 2017

Get past the package and the name and just put these things in your mouth.

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Classic Sismofytter – A Mouthful

Classic Sismofytter – A Mouthful

Reviewed by on Feb 24, 2017

If these are "classic" Sismofytter, then I really wanna know what new school Sismofytter looks like.

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Mikakuto E-Ma: Bold but Nuanced Grape Candy from Japan

Mikakuto E-Ma: Bold but Nuanced Grape Candy from Japan

Reviewed by on Feb 11, 2017

Grape or currant I don't care because these are fucking great

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Nimm2 Orange & Lemon Bonbons

Nimm2 Orange & Lemon Bonbons

Reviewed by on Feb 7, 2017

Could it possibly be true? Can we get some presumably amazing & hard to find semi weird hard candies on Amazon Prime now?

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Nimm2 Sommer Sause : Welcome to Summer Sauce

Nimm2 Sommer Sause : Welcome to Summer Sauce

Reviewed by on Jan 6, 2017

Summer Sauce apparently is when you take 2 of the best under-represented flavors in the candy world and give them the business

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Holiday Candy Video Review 3 of 3: Tootsie Candy Cane Pop Drops

Holiday Candy Video Review 3 of 3: Tootsie Candy Cane Pop Drops

Reviewed by on Dec 24, 2016

Grab a cup of nog, won't you, as we gather around the tree to watch stupid videos of dudes reviewing Christmas candy

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Mitsuya Cider: Tangy, Japanese & Hard as Nails

Mitsuya Cider: Tangy, Japanese & Hard as Nails

Reviewed by on Dec 9, 2016

Starts in with a vanilla cream soda thing. And kinda fizzy.

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Candy from Japan that’s Plum Sour

Candy from Japan that’s Plum Sour

Reviewed by on Oct 25, 2016

I plum forgot why you should read this review

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Kapibarasan Japanese Candy is Like Totoro but Edible

Kapibarasan Japanese Candy is Like Totoro but Edible

Reviewed by on Oct 11, 2016

Get these in Japan. If you can find them. And actually GET to Japan. Sounds like a fun trip, good luck.

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Black Forest Organic Lollipops: Do they sacrifice taste for a trend?

Black Forest Organic Lollipops: Do they sacrifice taste for a trend?

Reviewed by on Oct 4, 2016

Sure you're thinking Organic Shmoranic but you should be thinking Delishous Kanishes

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Turkish Peber Hot & Sour

Turkish Peber Hot & Sour

Reviewed by on Sep 3, 2016

I was hyped to finally try these: sour fruit flavored spicy hot pepper candies? SIGN ME UP

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Sucre de Rouen: It’s All in the Name. And that’s Not Much.

Sucre de Rouen: It’s All in the Name. And that’s Not Much.

Reviewed by on Aug 30, 2016

The French may go on strike and stop making these so buy as soon as you can.

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Wassermelone Bonbons Take the Flavor and Run. Away.

Wassermelone Bonbons Take the Flavor and Run. Away.

Reviewed by on Aug 16, 2016

Is it too much to ask for a flavor to taste like a flavor? Cuz if it is, just tell me. I just need to know if I'M ASKING TOO MUCH

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Bio Primo Ingwer-Limette Bonbons

Bio Primo Ingwer-Limette Bonbons

Reviewed by on Aug 6, 2016

Ginger & Lime hard candies are all the same until one isn't.

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Cola Cubes

Cola Cubes

Reviewed by on Jul 23, 2016

I love hard candies and I love cola - a natural fit, right?

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Sweetly Naturals: Lollipops Leave Me Longing

Sweetly Naturals: Lollipops Leave Me Longing

Reviewed by on Jul 2, 2016

Rote flavors and not sure how 'natural' these really are. The OG from OG are lit though.

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Barrels of Yum

Barrels of Yum

Reviewed by on Jun 28, 2016

Old school barrels that deliver decidedly new school flavors.

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Bubblizz Bomb: Zotz Part Deux

Bubblizz Bomb: Zotz Part Deux

Reviewed by on Jun 25, 2016

Zotz wunderkind.

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Helf C’Bon Lemon: Almost Old School & Super Sticky

Helf C’Bon Lemon: Almost Old School & Super Sticky

Reviewed by on Jun 19, 2016

Remember lemon drops? Not Lemonheads. Lemonheads are round, smooth and kinda smallish, from our friends at Ferrara. You...

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Espresso Bonbons mit feinster Fullung. Pass. And Not as in ‘Not Fail’.

Espresso Bonbons mit feinster Fullung. Pass. And Not as in ‘Not Fail’.

Reviewed by on Jun 11, 2016

The review is awesome. The candy is not.

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Iron Brew Specials are Really Just Irn Bru. Shh. It’s a Secret.

Iron Brew Specials are Really Just Irn Bru. Shh. It’s a Secret.

Reviewed by on Apr 25, 2016

I have a Scottish friend at work. I'd like him even if he wasn't Scottish, he has other qualities too.

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Jolly Rancher Fruity Bash

Jolly Rancher Fruity Bash

Reviewed by on Apr 16, 2016

My childhood in a bag

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Japanese Milk Candy Tastes Like… wait for it…

Japanese Milk Candy Tastes Like… wait for it…

Reviewed by on Mar 24, 2016

YOUR CAT would eat this milk candy and be like "jesus this tastes like milk. I's luv it."

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Burning Sweets : Flaming Hot Candies

Burning Sweets : Flaming Hot Candies

Reviewed by on Mar 11, 2016

Prepare to have your collective asses blown out

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Butterfields Hard Candies

Butterfields Hard Candies

Reviewed by on Feb 2, 2016

Sometimes things are done correctly from the start. This is one of those times.

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Sallos X-TREME and and X-PLOSIVE

Sallos X-TREME and and X-PLOSIVE

Reviewed by on Nov 17, 2015

Spicy? Salty? These are few of my favorite things...

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Bassett’s Mint Favourites

Bassett’s Mint Favourites

Reviewed by on Oct 22, 2015

Mint is no longer just mint.

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Napoleon Tropical Sweet

Napoleon Tropical Sweet

Reviewed by on Sep 22, 2015

The flavors in this variety are rare and exotic. Get y our expectations RAISED TO THE LIMIT!

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Colton’s Candies – A Victorian Candy Sucker Store

Colton’s Candies – A Victorian Candy Sucker Store

Reviewed by on Sep 3, 2015

It's time to go WAY back in time, to the golden age of lollipops

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