Fruit Skittles Giants Gooey (Tesco) By @SpectreUK

I like Skittles. I probably don't have them enough. I usually go for sour Haribo or Maynards, but Skittles definitely have their place in my 'sweet diet', if you can call it that.

These Fruit Skittles Giants Gooey are really big Skittles, with a soft gooey centre. They come in five regular colours. Yellow was a lemon flavour, with a sour gooey inside, the usual crispy shell, and a nice sour lemon tartness. Orange was more gooey inside, with a nice tangy orange flavour. Red colour was Strawberry flavour, with a lovely sweet strawberry taste, not as gooey as the other two flavours I tried, but really very nice. Green was a Lime flavour, more gooey inside than the Strawberry, with quite a face twisty lime tang, yet very fruity, and very nice. Purple colour was Blackcurrant. Mmm, they had a mouthwatering very fruity blackcurrant flavour, which was nice and sweet, nice and gooey.

All in all, I was very impressed with these Fruit Skittles Giants Gooey sweets, they were very moreish and were really very nice and flavoursome. I'll have to get some more in.

Information on the packet; The 125g bag contains 395 calories per 100g, with 3.6g of fat, 77g of sugar, and 0.06g of salt. Please see photograph for the ingredients.

Skittles Desserts (Morrisons) By @SpectreUK

So, I watched the Barbie movie on Saturday night. It started okay, but just got weirder and weirder. I didn't realise they would be going for a Monty Python, Woody Allen, kind of surrealistic humour. There were plenty of film references and toy references throughout the movie. It started well with the 2001 Space Odyssey feel, which I thought was very niche, but appreciated.

The movie was okay, but lost me on quite a few occasions, and wading through the surrealism I couldn't quite tell what the political message was by the end of it. I was just expecting a fun movie with lots of wacky humour, rather than feeling a little confused and browbeaten by the end it.

However, I did enjoy these Skittle Desserts during the movie. I thought the pink packet was rather apt. With five colours to choose from, the pink coloured Cherry Cheesecake Skittles were predictably very strong in cherry flavour, so not my favourite in the bag. Cherry being my least favourite flavour of candy. The orange coloured Choc-Orange Cake Skittles were a little like a Jaffa cake in flavour, but more orange than chocolate. The purple colour were Blueberry Tart and were a very fruity and tasty blueberry flavour. The yellow Lemon Pie had a creamy lemon flavour, and were not too sour. The Strawberries and Cream red coloured Skittles did taste of strawberries and cream, but were quite a mellow flavour, which I needed to get through the movie. I'm not sure I'd eat them again over regular Skittles, but they were an experience, just like the Barbie movie.

Information on the packet; The 125g bag contained 401 calories per 100g, with 4.2g of fat, 75g of sugar and 0.02g of salt. Vegan friendly, please see photograph for the ingredients.

Skittles Stix Wild Berry (Iceland) By @SpectreUK

I haven't had an ice lolly for quite sometime. After dinner I usually opt for a fairly low calorie ice cream pot to have with biscuits or chocolate, or both. However it's been super hot here in the UK over the last couple of days. These new Skittles Stix Wild Berry lollies are fruit flavoured ice cream with a secret mysterious pearl centre. It'll be difficult to photograph an ice lolly in this heat, but we'll have a go.

 

Okay so taking a photograph of an ice lolly in a hot room wasn't the best idea. As you can see, the Skittles Stix Wild Berry ice lolly fell apart pretty quickly whilst we tried to set up the shot. The ice lolly itself tasted lovely and fruity, with blueberry to start with followed by raspberry and then strawberry, and also a little apple. The 'secret pearl centre' was made up of broken crunchy bits of skittle's shells. It was certainly a fruity refreshing treat and I'll look forward to more hot days and fruity ice lollies in the future.

Information on the packet: 4 x Skittles Stix in the box. Each ice lolly is 59 calories, with 2.5g of fat, 7.3g of sugar, and 0.04g of salt. Please see photograph for the ingredients.

Crazy Sours Skittles Giants (Sainsburys) By @SpectreUK

I've tried Skittles Giants before and rather enjoyed them. These Crazy Sours Skittles Giants are the same three times larger than regular Skittles, but sour in flavour. Hence the name, I guess. It states "Share the rainbow taste the rainbow" on the packet, and as the bag was pretty high in calories, I opted to share them with Cinabar whilst watching TV on Saturday night. The packet also stated, "Same crunchy shell bigger soft centre" which I'm keen on too, as alternative sweet Tutti Frutti can be pretty hard on my old teeth.

There are five flavours of Crazy Sours Skittles Giants; sour pineapple which was yellow, sour raspberry was pink, sour cherry was purple (I hate cherries, why could it not have been blackcurrant?), sour mandarin was orange, and finally sour apple was green. As you can see from the "Skittles Distribution Chart", there were quite a few of each flavour, so we shared them out as evenly as possible.

I thought the yellow pineapple had a really good pineapple flavour, being very fruity and had the sourness into the aftertaste. I thought the pineapple was reminiscent of the old Fruit Salad sweets I loved as a child. Pink raspberry was quite sharp in raspberry flavour, again was very fruity, and with the sourness at the end of the flavour. Orange mandarin did really taste of mandarin (which is also my favourite jelly). However the mandarin wasn't very sour, but still was very fruity. It had a soft fruit flavour to it. Green apple was very much apple in flavour. Not particularly sour at first, but it became sourer. The Purple Cherry flavour had a dark cherry flavour to it, in fact very cherry indeed. It had a sweetness that made it quire nice and was face twisting sour at the end.

My favourite flavour was pineapple. I thought the most face twisting sour was the apple at the back of the flavour. And the Mandarin just made me want to eat orange coloured jelly again. Still all very nice indeed. I'd definitely have these Crazy Sours Skittles Giants again.

Information on the packet; The 170g bag contained 412 calories per 100g, with 4.2g of fat, 75g of sugar, and 0.02g of salt. Please see photograph for the ingredients.

New Skittles Fruits - Squishy Cloudz (Tesco) By @SpectreUK

There are five flavours of these New Skittles Fruits - Squishy Cloudz. There are Lemon, Orange, Lime, Strawberry and Blackcurrant. There was a really fruity smell on opening the family sharing bag. They smelt gorgeous. Mouthwatering really. As you can see from the photograph, looking into the bag these are not Skittles, not even slightly. They look very different, and have a completely different texture.

Sharing the bag between Cinabar and myself all the colours had even numbers. Yes I counted them out… Yellow colour was quite obviously the Lemon flavour. The squishy sweet smelt of lemon. I liked the texture, unsurprisingly it tasted like lemon and had a zingy and refreshing taste. Orange flavour had a milder smell, a lighter taste and was not as flavoursome as the lemon, but did have a kick of orange into the aftertaste. Green was the Lime flavour. It smelt of lime with a strong taste of lime, and was very fruity and really flavoursome. It was gorgeous. I liked this one the most so far.

Pink colour was the Strawberry flavour. It had a good smell of strawberries, and was very flavoursome. It actually tasted like strawberry Skittles and was very nice indeed. The last colour blue was the Blackcurrant flavour. Before I tasted one I commented that it should be my favourite flavour. It had a good smell of blackcurrants. It was really tasty. This squishy coloured sweet was indeed my favourite, but lime and also lemon were very close. I found Orange was the least flavoursome. However, I'd definitely have these New Skittles Fruits - Squishy Cloudz again.

Information on the packet; 120g bag Family size bag, Quarter pack of 30g was 95 calories, with 0.5g of fat, 16g of sugar, and 0.08g of salt. Please see photograph for the ingredients.

Skittles Giants 3x Bigger (Sainsburys) By @SpectreUK

These new Skittles Giants are three times larger than the usual Skittles variety and they are also softer inside. They come in the regular Skittles flavours of; Strawberry, Lime, Lemon, Blackcurrant, and orange. I have on many occasions in the past rather enjoyed popping one or two or a small handful (mainly this one) of Skittles into my mouth at a time whilst online gaming or watching a movie. Skittles make a pretty juicy sugary alternative treat instead of popcorn.

As you can see from the photograph, these Skittles Giants are pretty big. On taste these Skittles Giants are definitely softer than the regulars. The softer texture is kind on my old teeth, not that they had too much of a problem with the smaller variety of Skittles though. On taste the orange Skittles are the regular tangy orange flavour and very moreish. The bigger strawberry flavour Skittles seem juicer and more mouth watering than usual, perhaps because they are bigger? The green Skittles are a very good flavoursome sour lime. The green Skittles are slightly sourer than the sweeter giant lemon Skittles. The blackcurrant Skittles Giants are probably the juiciest after the strawberries, but it's a pretty close run thing.

Immediately after chewing a few of the flavours I asked Cinabar to get me some more packets of these Skittles Giants in for stock. They're that good. These Skittles Giants make me smile and make me feel young, which is definitely no bad thing in this day and age. These great big juicy balls of joy… er, that didn't sound right… get my thumbs up, anyway! Well, I think I'll leave it there…

Information on the packet; The 141g packet suggests 47g per serving at 191 calories, with 2g of fat, 35.5g of sugar, and 0.01g of salt. Please see photograph for the ingredients.

Skittles Crazy Sours Cooler Ice Lollies (Asda) By @Cinabar

In what was a spell of slightly warmer weather I went and had look in the freezer to see what ice lollies we had in and I found this box of Skittles Crazy Sours Cooler Ice Lollies, yay. As a fan of Skittles Sours I was intrigued to find out how that translated to the ice cream section.

So first thing is that these aren’t the most appealing shade of green when they are unwrapped, there is something slightly grey-ish green about them. I have issues with green as a food colour generally, vegetables are fine obviously though. I started off by trying the green ice lolly part and oh my word was it sour! Tongue curling acidic sour that both surprised me and made me smile! There was lime and mixed fruits but mostly super sharp sour. I realised that if you bit into the Skittles lolly you got the vanilla ice cream too and this was the contrast the super sour ice needed to bring balance. The ice cream was good, sweet and had little bits of Skittles sweets that were fun to eat. I was impressed I can get past the colour and take these for a refreshing zingy ice cream treat, they really were Crazy Sour. Here is hoping for another hot day to enjoy them on.

New Fruits Skittles Dips Yoghurty Coated (Morrison’s) By @SpectreUK

Three Sundays a month around mid-morning Cinabar and her mom troop out to the local supermarket to undertake the weekly food and drink shop. Being the lion of the house, I usually sleep in or go and sit in the sauna at the gym. Once a month we have our shopping delivered. I think this is because Cinabar has at least one bath a month, but I'll only share that with you…

Anyway, I was unpacking our monthly delivery earlier this week and saw this big red packet. It was lying face down in the bottom of a bag under a bunch of other more boring foodstuffs. I was instantly excited, as I love Skittles and haven't had any for ages. It was then that I turned them over and immediately exclaimed; "What the…?"

I'm reliably informed by Cinabar's teddybear that there was a terrible accident at the Skittle manufacturer's. A new consignment of regular Skittles had just been crated up and was leaving the factory when it collided with a truck full of dairy produce. This is what happened… Skittles Dips. Strawberry, Lime, Orange, Lemon and Blackcurrant Skittles all smothered in Yoghurt. Yoghurt!? It couldn't have been a double-cream truck, could it?

I usually rip the edge off a packet of Skittles and then rather un-daintily tip the entire contents into my mouth and spend a great deal of time chewing, but seeing as I'm writing a blog here I better tell you what they taste like individually. It's at this point I'd like to point out how disturbed I was when I opened the packet. Generally when I open a packet of Skittles I like to breathe in the fruity aromas before shovelling them into my gob. This time there was no fruitiness. They smelt of yoghurt!

The yoghurt coated Skittles looked more or less the same off sickly white colour each, but with different rather ill looking colours underneath their coatings. I picked up a pasty faced off white yellow lemon Skittle to start with, and noted the small residue of yoghurt on my fingers once I popped it into my mouth. It took a bit to get to the sweet through the thick yoghurt coating. It actually tasted like a really creamy lemon Skittle. I was sold from this point. The Lime tastes ridiculously good. Creamy lime. The orange made me actually want to try orange jelly and ice cream… which I usually have in separate bowls (don't get me started on that!)!

I mean, whoever came up with this idea should get a medal or something. Maybe even a statue next where the two trucks crashed into each other. And these yoghurt coated Skittles just get better and better. The Strawberry was literally to die for. Strawberries and cream! Perfect for tennis. And then came the Blackcurrant, which is generally my favourite sweet flavour in any sweet packet. I was beyond typing at this point, my tastebuds somewhere close to the ceiling. These Skittles Dips are really something special. Try them and whatever you do; don't share!

Information on the packet;
In the 115g packet there are 172 calories per 38.3g serving (supposedly 3 servings in the packet), with 6.9g of fat, 26.8g of sugar, 0.09g of salt. See photograph for ingredients.

Sweet Heat Skittles (Coop) By @Cinabar

Chilli it is a difficult thing, some people love it, some people hate and most people under or over estimate their tolerance. I describe myself as someone who likes spice, but I’m not a chilli addict, and if it gets too hot I’m not interested. I think what I’m trying to say here is that chillis is subjective, and as we saw on The Apprentice this week (hot sauce and chocolate doughnuts) it doesn’t always work combined with sweet things.
Skittles have gone for it anyway and released Sweet Heat Skittles, Skittles with sweet fruity flavours and a spot of chilli.

The flavours are:

Scorchin Pineapple - This was sweet and hot from the beginning, the tropical flavour left my tongue buzzing.
Fiery Watermelon - This Skittle tasted like it was going to be refreshing but the chilli built up and caught me at the back of my throat.
Sizzlin Strawberry - This one was I think the softest, and I liked them the most, sweet strawberry with a nice warmth.
Lemon Spark - I think these were the hottest, or the lemon flavour wasn’t quite sweet enough to soften it. The lemon was sharp, the spice warm, it was quit a sensation.
Piccante Passion Fruit - These were hot too, or perhaps I was getting build up from trying the others first, but the passion fruit was pleasingly fruity. It was just a bit warm.

A chilli loving friend tried these Skittles and said the spice was barely noticeable. A colleague tried eating a few and then suffered the chilli as his work phone went off. I liked them, the Sweet Heat Skittles were hot and fun. Grab a handful of them and see how you go!

Skittles Chewies (Asda) By @SpectreUK

These new Skittles Chewies don't have the traditional shell. In texture they're pretty rough, as funnily enough they have no shell. They seem chewier than usual Skittles would be without their shells, so I'm guessing their production and or ingredients are different. They come in five different flavours. The orange doesn't taste a heck of a lot different than an orange Skittle, asides the missing shell of course. The yellow lemons seemed chewier than the orange for some reason and had quite a sour note at the end of their flavour. The green limes had a mild lime flavour, and not very sour. The pink strawberries had a decent sweet strawberry flavour and were the easiest to chew so far. As usual the purple blackcurrants were the sweetest and tastiest of these Skittles Chewies, but were also the only Chewies to get stuck in my teeth. I found the texture of these Chewies a little odd, especially from flavour to flavour. I guess also odd because I'm used to Skittles with shells rather than without, but I like the crunch and chew rather than just the chew. Part of me wants to say; "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" I guess it also depends how old your teeth are, as I used to be able to eat seaside Rock and Tutti Frutti with impunity, I just hope I don't get to the stage were I have to miss out on Skittles Shells!

Information on the resealable packet;

The 152g packet has 153 calories per 38g serving, with 2.2g of fat, 32.5g of sugar, and 0g of salt. The ingredients are suitable for vegetarians, so please see photograph.

Limited Edition Skittles Orchards (Asda) By @Cinabar

These new Limited Edition Skittles Orchards are now on sale in the UK, and seem to be exclusively available in Asda, for now at least. I tried to google the sweets and found the American version of Skittles Orchards have some difference, for example peach, and their apple is red. I thought I’d see what was in our UK edition pack of Limited Edition Skittles Orchards.

Green - These were labelled as apple. I found the flavour very sour and sharp. In fact it sharpness is the first hit, and it is overpowering, then there is a subtle hint of apple.
Purple - This one is cherry, and the flavour develops as you eat, it starts soft, then gets a bit stronger and a little sour. Is it just me or should cherry sweets be red not purple. A nice cherry taste though.
Yellow - This is lemon, and it is very much a regular lemon Skittle. It is sweet not sour and wonderfully fruity. It is very enjoyable, but that is what you’d expect from a lemon skittle.
Orange - This is orange in colour and flavour. It is sweet not sour, and again very tasty. There is lots of sweet citrus, but aren’t these too in a normal bag of Skittles?
Red - This new flavour is pomegranate. It is sweet and different, these were by far my favourite, they were a good representation of the fruit flavour and every enjoyable. I did google to see if pomegranates are grown in orchards too, they are apparently. Phew.

I have to admit to not being too impressed with this bag of Limited Edition Skittles Orchards. My least favourite flavour were the green sour apple, they were more zing than apple and the fruit flavour never quite over came the sharpness. Green were of course the most plentiful in the bag. The lemon and the orange were a disappointment not because they were bad, just because they were regular Skittles flavours. I did however like the cherry and pomegranate, but perhaps not enough to buy the bag again.

New Skittles Tropical (Sainsburys) [By @SpectreUK]

It seems bizarre that these Skittles Tropical flavour are new. It seems like there should have been a Skittles Tropical flavour in the UK years ago, but we sometimes get a little forgotten where snacking flavours are concerned, either that or manufacturers sometimes don’t believe we’ll like a slightly adventurous flavour of something. Anyway there were quite a few flavours in the re-sealable bag, starting with a sweet pineapple flavour for the yellow Skittles. You’ve probably guessed that the orange coloured Skittles were indeed an orange flavour, however they did pack quite a sweet and zesty punch that suggested mandarin. I wasn’t absolutely sure what blue was, but it tasted a little like blueberry and cherry combined, which are two of my least favourite flavours to court one another, especially in a sweet packet. I really didn’t like the blues. The pinks were watermelon flavour, but tasted slightly chemically, but not enough to put me off them. Have I mentioned that I just didn’t like the blues at all? Finally the purples were a passion fruit flavour, with perhaps a hint of blackcurrant. These Skittles Tropical were very nice indeed, asides the blues, but I’m feeling a little less adventurous and preferred the oranges and yellows!

Information on the bag;

174g bag with 180 calories per 45g serving, having 1.9g of fat 0.01g of salt and 39.9g of sugar (well, they are sweets!). See photograph for ingredients.

By Spectre

New Darkside Skittles (WH Smiths) [By @Cinabar]

I’m a big fan of Skittles and can’t pass up a Limited Edition. These Skittles are part of a Halloween special here in the UK, and have a dark twist on the flavours, hence the name Darkside Skittles. Well thats what they promised, but if I’m totally honest when I started reading what the flavours were I was a bit disappointed:

Midnight Lime
A green coloured lime flavoured Skittle did not blow my mind. It was fresh with a nice citrus burst, but I’m not sure what made it “Midnight” Lime. To be perfectly honest it tasted like a Lime Skittle. Nothing new here.

Blood Orange
Ok this dark orange coloured sweet does have a hint of Halloween, but again is essentially an Orange flavoured Skittle. The taste is a bit different from the regular Orange Skittle, it has a slightly zestier flavour, and a smoothness that is nice. I’m still not scared though.

Wicked Pomegranate
Ok these Dark Pink Skittles actually are a completely new flavour! I like juicy pomegranate seeds, regularly having them as a lunch time snack, so I thought I was quite familiar with the flavour. This Skittle didn’t quite have that taste, there was a hint of that flavour but also a soft berry taste, like it was mixed with a hint of strawberry.

Dark Berry
These Skittle are blue and berry flavoured, so it won’t surprise you that the dominant flavour seems to be blueberry. These are quite sweet, and have a nice mix of something like tangy blackberry in the flavour. This is a lovely edition to the range.

Sweet Strawberry
These sweets are dark purple in colour, but Strawberry flavoured. In the unofficial, but universal, rules of colour coordination strawberry sweets are red or pink. These are dark purple. That rule has been broken, and that is the most scary thing about these sweets. Yes Darkside Skittles you scared me. Having said I did like the flavour, they are very sweet, and the strawberry taste is soft and pleasing, but did I mention the colour, or the fact I’ve had strawberry flavour Skittles tons of times before.

By Cinabar

Skittles Desserts (Import Shop) [By @SpectreUK]

I have to get the spelling of "Desserts" right as these new sweets from Skittles could be misconstrued as very dry and arid bite sized candies. Coming in five new flavours these Skittles Desserts sounded like super sweet sweets to me. The concept of making sweet flavours from pudding sweets seemed like a doubly sweet idea (sorry)! First up Orange Creme (orange colour) had a predominantly sweet and sugary orange flavour finishing on a creaminess that I hadn't really experienced in Skittles before. I couldn't get enough of this flavour and soon the packet was empty of orange coloured skittles. Key Lime Pie (green colour) tasted a little more apple than lime. Still these green Skittles were sweet, with a mid-lime tang and spiciness and were certainly tasty, but I don't think folk from the Florida Keys would be impressed. Now if they'd called it maybe Apple Strudel flavour...? Strawberry Milkshake (pink colour) gave the same creaminess that the Orange Creme Skittles had to offer, but with a strawberry ice cream sweetness instead. These pink Skittles were fantastic and disappeared from the packet as quick or even quicker than the orange Skittles. Blueberry Tort (blue colour) certainly had a blueberry flavour but there was a chemical finish to the taste, which travelled unnaturally into the aftertaste that put me off a little. Finally Raspberry Sorbet (red colour) seemed to mirror the juicy wetness that a raspberry sorbet gives in spades when eating it after a meal, of course without that frozen teeth jangling chill that sorbets can give older tender souls that may brave one from time to time. These red Skittles were another favourite flavour of mine. So all in all a mixed bag of colours, a mixed bag of flavours and certainly a mixed bag of feelings. I will definitely avoid the blue Skittles next time...

Information on the packet;
Distributed by Wrigley, in Chicago, USA. 56.7g bag with 230 calories, 2.5g of fat and 42g of sugar. For ingredients please see photograph.

By Spectre

New UK Review: Skittles Wild Berry Flavour (Asda) [By @SpectreUK]

Skittles chewy sweets have always been a favourite of mine. I love their juiciness without the teeth breaking crunch that Tootie Fruities have that can scare the older folks like me, and my multitude of fillings and brittle teeth. Of course Skittles do have a crunch of their own and do get stuck in my teeth, but that's why I have an old Boy Scout penknife with a toothpick! These Skittles new Wild Berry flavour came in five flavours, which are supposed to be; Raspberry, Strawberry, Wild Cherry, Berry Punch & Melon Berry flavour (Melons would make very big berries) Skittles. Red tasted like a blend of strawberry and raspberry, and were very nice. There were loads of them in the packet too. Green was a very fruity apple flavour with a hint of melon. Not very berry-like, but certainly very tasty. Dark Orange, well, red with orange speckles tasted citrusy like orange mixed with grapefruit. These were also very tasty, but I was getting a little confused by the Wild Berry name on the front of the packet. Blue was a very heavy yet almost natural blueberry just a little bit sweeter, but nonetheless we were back to the Wild Berry topic. The last flavour was Purple, which was black cherry flavour. Regular readers will know that cherry sweets are a worst enemy of mine where sweet flavours are concerned. Having said that, I'm sure someone who does like black cherries would like these purple Skittles. Having said that, the purple flavour was my least favourite, but I did enjoy all these Skittles and would have them again. I'd just have to palm off the purples to someone... Cinabar?

Information on the packet;
55g packet with 222 calories, 2.3g of fat and 49.6g of sugar. Ingredients included; sugar (no surprise there), glucose syrup, palm fat, citric acid, dextrin, maltodextrin, flavourings, modified starch, acidity regulator trisodium citrate, glazing agent carnauba wax, emulsifier soybean lecithin, and a bunch of E-numbers.

By Spectre

Skittles Shake (Tesco) [review by @NLi10]

Yup - that's right.  Someone thought it would be a good idea to take fruity sweets and to turn them into a milk-shake.  I can see Skittles ice-cream working though, AND this was on 2 for £2 at Tesco so I decided that at the very least it was probably filling and gave it a go.

As with most modern milkshakes this is sealed and super treated so while it's better cold it will survive a trip out to play cards.  The reaction of the other people said it all - they were not keen.  Unusually for a public review no-one tried any except me!

The taste is essentially like the aftertaste you get when you cram a whole load of different skittles in at once.  For my tastes it could have had more purple skittle and less yellow, but it wasn't that strong and it wasn't terrible.  It was filling enough and by the end the taste had kind of worn off and it just tasted like milkshake.

I'm not sure I'd rush out to buy more, but I did drink the second the following day with no ill effects and wasn't tempted to give it away or tempt our teenage review team into trying it.  All in all it's more gimmick than great drink, but if you've been looking for the great skittles taste with none of the texture or chewing then this may be for you.

Skittles Riddles (@Yankee_pop) [By @SpectreUK]

Skittles have always been a big favourite of mine for such small juicy “bite size” sweets. Made by Wrigley in Chicago, Skittles Riddles’s selling point is that their colours don’t match their flavours. There were five colours in the 56.7g packet, which had 220 calories, with 2.5g of fat, 40g of sugar, and were gluten and gelatin free. The pink colour was watermelon, which had a strong and juicy watermelon flavour. Green was cherry or Punch flavour, which was not too bad on the cherry front. I never have liked cherry flavoured sweets though, so they were not my favourite of the five flavours. Turquoise was raspberry flavour. There weren’t many of these in the packet, and they tasted of a light raspberry flavour. Dark blue was apple flavour, which had a good clean natural apple taste after a good suck. Dark red was strawberry flavour, which had a strong tang, but not exactly of strawberry. Still all these Skittles were enjoyable to munch on and made my mouth water. I really enjoyed sucking all the flavour out of them. These sweets were very tasty and moreish, asides the Punch for obvious reasons! These Skittles reminded me that I should buy Skittles more often, instead of chocolate or the usual gummy favourites.

By Spectre

These Skittles Riddles were kindly provided by the lovely folks at Yankee Pop for review.

New Skittles Confused? [2013 Edition] (Tesco) [By @cinabar]

I love the idea of ‘new’ products, it’s one of the reasons we started the blog! Somebody did once say to me that there isn’t really any such thing as a new product, and if I write the blog long enough I’ll discover that. I wasn’t entirely sure what they meant, yes we get some fab re-launches and blasts from the past coming back, but new is still new – right?
Well when I saw this bag of Skittles, despite its ‘new’ label, I knew it was familiar, and back in the early days of the blog I did write about the first UK release of Skittles Confused. Although it was only a bit of a short post I wasn’t that excited at the prospect of coloured shells not matching their flavour, and given that they disappeared shortly after I thought they probably didn’t have mass appeal.
This bag of Skittle Confused is a little bit different, I’m pleased to say. The new packs come in a bright turquoise bag, and have a more tropical twist. The first key difference is that there are some new flavours introduced which is really nice to see. Also any one colour can related to two flavours so there is no way of knowing which one you’ll pick even if you have narrowed down your options. I had to munch my way through quite a few to make sure I tried a few of each colour to get each flavour – but that’s okay, it’s the kind of sacrifice I’m willing to make! If you want a surprise probably best to leave it here and just enjoy – as I’m going to spoil the flavour mysteries:

Purple – this can equate to being either Lime or Raspberry. Both flavours are a pleasure, the lime is zesty enough to be told apart from lemon, and is still really refreshing. I love berry tastes so the sweet strong raspberry flavour went down well too.

Orange – depending on which you pick this will either be Melon Berry or Blue Raspberry. It is a bit weird that they would include two raspberry flavours, and although nice it isn’t quite as strong as the Purple version. Melon Berry is marvellous though, it is a mouth-watering flavour, and very different. The refreshing taste works so well in Skittle form.

Red – is either Lemon or Mandarin. The lemon tastes exactly like regular lemon skittles, and is sweet but still zingy. The Mandarin tastes like a muted orange, it’s nice but given the choice I’d take a regular orange one.

Green – some of these are Cherry and some are Mango & Peach. The Cherry is rather strong, and has buckets loads of flavour, it’s almost like almond concentrate. The Mango & Peach is more delicate, but still just as juicy. Its a different but tasty fruit combination.

Yellow – It turns out the new yellow Skittles were my favourite, you could either pick Blueberry or Watermelon and both were spot. The unique slightly floral taste of blueberries made for a lovely sweet, and the watermelon taste was almost juicy in its nature. It’s a proper hot day sweet, and recreated the watermelon taste perfectly.

Which of the new flavours is your favourite? Do you like them mixed this way? Or do you just take a handful so it makes no odds? Let me know below.

By Cinabar

[New UK Product] Skittles Crazy Cores (WH Smiths) [By @Cinabar]

Just a quick news bite as we have a new product called Skittles Confused which are new to the British market.
I’m not going to write too much about these as Spectre has gone into far more detail about them when he had a bag from Cybercandy. These new Skittles are now available in the UK properly, and not just through import shops. The only bags I’ve seen them in are the large sharing bags so let me know if you’ve seen them in smaller packs. The UK version has all the same flavours as Spectres original review, so if you want more detail have a look here: Skittles Confused [Import Shop]

Skittles Fruits: Blue Is Here [Limited Edition] (Sainsbury’s) [By @cinabar]

The Skittles slogan has been “Taste The Rainbow” for quite some years, but the blue part of the rainbow has always been left behind – that is until now. The new Skittles bag contains a mystery blue flavour to complete the colour spectrum. There seemed to be a generous number of blue skittles in the bag and I wondered whether they had thrown in some extra to help feed peoples curiosity.
The colour was a lighter blue than I was expecting, almost a turquoise in shade. As the aroma of skittles gives away no clues the only thing I could do was tuck in. The flavour is very sweet and very fruity and very much like a strong berry. I was quite sure the taste was that of cherries, as there was the distinctive almost almondy flavour of morello, but there seemed to be a bit of something else there to – perhaps ‘summer fruits’ but I thought I could pick up a hint of lemon as well.
Curiously the packaging had some clues on it – so if you want a mystery and to guess yourself - stop reading now. Consider this a SPOILER ALERT!
The ingredients list on the back of the packet was quite interesting. Along with the strawberry, lemon, lime flavours etc there was one other flavouring listed, and strangely it wasn’t even a fruit. Let’s remember the front of the bag still says “Skittles Fruits”. However the flavour listed on the bag was for cherry cola! Now going back to them with this in mind and I felt I could get that from the blue ones, so there you go. Bit of a strange flavour to include in a bag of fruit Skittles, it’s nice but it doesn’t seem to fit in. Was blueberry just too obvious a choice that they decided to go with something a bit different? Let me know what you think of them if you give the new blue ones a try.

By Cinabar