All Flavor Gourmet Salt Water Taffy (Chocolate, 2 LB)

This taffy is soft and tastes great. It seems very fresh. The only downside is that a few pieces were squished or partially melted, but tbh that’s kind of expected when ordering candy in the mail. 99% of them are fine though and I really look forward to eating the rest

I love saltwater taffy, and I'm not any sort of taffy connoisseur, so I'm very easily satisfied with a basic saltwater taffy. These are definitely not saltwater taffy. I don't even know how to describe the texture of what these are as you can see even opening them as the product was squishy and almost looked melted even though they were not melted whatsoever. In addition, when you chew it it doesn't have a taffy or even taste, it's like thick baby food. Totally nasty and again basic grocery store saltwater taffy would be a 10 compared to this. Obviously it's nonrefundable through Amazon, so I have tried unsuccessfully to contact the seller with my concerns with absolutely no success. I normally suss out products by reading the reviews, but unfortunately the good reviews outweigh the bad reviews on this one, and I 100% disagree that the positive reviews correctly represent this product. Sidenote, I even tried putting them in the refrigerator seeing if they would harden but then they just became hard as rocks and the second you could chew into them, that nasty thick baby food was there again 🤢🤮 literally, even just writing this review makes me nauseous as I can't get the feel and memory of the nasty texture out of my senses.

These taffies are soft and delicious. I got the 2 lb bag and almost couldn't put it down they were so good and fresh. Each one of the assorted flavors was a surprise full delight. A little on the small side but packed full of flavor

This item is quite tasty. One thing I wish that I could change would be to label each candy piece their flavors. There are several Browns and I assumed they were chocolate flavored. I ate one and it was chocolate. So I gave one to my daughter thinking that she would like the chocolate flavor. She spit it out immediately saying that it was disgusting. I said more for me I guess. And then the next couple of days I picked up another Brown and understood immediately what she was talking about. It was licorice. Same situation happened, I ate a pink one and it was cherry. Very delightful really enjoyed it. Couple of days later I picked up another pink one assuming that it would also be cherry. It was cinnamon. And if you try to smell them there's not much of an odor to determine the flavor. So it's really just hit or miss with the flavors. I'm not sure what flavor the white is. It's really hard to determine. At first I thought it was going to be coconut. But it wasn't. I want to say that it was Vanilla. But there really wasn't a vanilla flavor to it. Possibly it's just unflavored sweet Taffy. But overall this is a good product it would be nice if you knew what flavors you were eating before you ate them. They may be sugar-free but they are certainly not calorie-free. And I hate to waste expensive candy. Because if you were to order a bag of salt water taffy that was not a sugar-free it would cost likely less than half of what this bag cost. So some of the flavors are absolutely delightful! The sum of the flavors are not very good to me. But flavor is a Fickle subject. Lots of people enjoy licorice. However I do not like it. Some people love hot cinnamon. It's not one of my favorites. I don't get very sick at my stomach when eating these items. Of course I don't consume mass amounts at a time. I try to keep myself back to around 4 to 5 pieces a day. I also really love candy. But being a diabetic I tried to keep myself in check. But that doesn't mean that I haven't had more than I should before. I have had an upset stomach when I once consumed too much sugar free candy. But it wasn't extreme. Many people are different and are more sensitive to sugar substitutes than others. Be careful when consuming too much of this candy. It may be sugar-free but it still has calories and fat. And some people still get glucose spikes from sugar alcohol. So that's definitely something that you will have to monitor on your own.

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!

I bought these because I kept seeing taffy reviews on TikTok and wanted to give it a try! Overall, the taffy itself has a good texture. However, some of them seemingly either melted or their flavoring settled wrong and it was so sticky that I couldn't get it out of the wrapper. The intensity of flavor was okay I guess, but I'd say you can definitely taste the flavor more in some pieces than in others. Also, I really wish the bag came with a flavor guide so we could differentiate what's what, some of them are swirled and I genuinely couldn't tell what it was. I'd say for the price it was worth a shot!