For all of you Candy Addicts out there who are feeling all bummed out ’cause winter’s coming - take heart. There is hope. And it’s only 1 1/2 little calories. I speak, of course, of the genius new Cherry Passion Tic Tacs.
The color combination is distinctly reminiscent of my favorite popsicle, the Big Stick. The flavors aren’t too far off from a Big Stick, either; although, to me, they are a little more modern and exotic. They’re refreshingly fruity and not very artificial-tasting, and, I think, pleasing to kid and adult palates alike.
If you’re not entirely familiar with the passion fruit, it’s kind of “tropical punch-y.” Let me tell you, those Tic Tac people got the color and taste spot on. The cherry candies are also very nice, kind of a black cherry with just a hint of bitterness. Unlike, say Ice Breakers Fruit Sours, the flavors combine quite nicely, so you can eat them in the dark. That’s a distinct advantage in my book. Of course, it’s also nice to separate out a mouthful of just one flavor.
The last time I opened a box of these, they were gone in under 10 minutes. Like the classic orange variety, these are really more of a candy than a breath freshener. I suppose it would be theoretically possible to eat just a few of these at a time. To me, though, that would be as weird as keeping a bag of Skittles in my purse for a week, just eating one at a time, whenever I wanted fruity breath. No, thanks.
Until that Ice Cream Man is back to hawk Big Sticks out of his truck, I’ll be scarfing down entire boxes of Cherry Passion Tic Tacs, and hopefully, staving off some winter blues.
Buy Cherry Passion Tic Tacs online:
- at CandyDirect
- at Amazon.com
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Mmmmm…These look good. I love fruit-flavored Tic Tacs so I’ll have to try them sometime.
October 17th, 2007 at 5:36 pmDefinitely try them. They are some of the best fruit flavored tic tacs I’ve had in a long time. The passion fruit really does taste like fresh passion fruit (if you’ve ever had them fresh- the pulp seedy stuff in a hard shell) except not as sour as some fruits get :P.
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:16 pmCloser inspection of the label on the Tic Tacs reveals that these passion fruit tic tacs actually contain “dry passion fruit juice”. No Joke. No wonder they taste just like passion fruit. No such luck on the cherry.
October 23rd, 2007 at 6:47 pmAwesome! They are in my favorite school colors, Cardinal and Gold! Colors of the Iowa State Cyclones!!!
I think I’ll throw them at games!!!!
March 14th, 2008 at 11:01 amI didn’t like the passion fruit much, but the cherry was delicious.
April 3rd, 2008 at 4:20 pmI love the cherry pasion tic taCS BECAUSE THEY ARE SORT OF
October 9th, 2008 at 3:02 pmSOUR