Skittles Crazy-Cores

Not content by releasing a Facebook themed blue skittle into the wild the good folks at Skittles have tried their hand at another new product. Crazy Cores

At the heart of these is what sets them apart. A flavoured crispy sugar shell and a different but complimentary flavour in the core.

So what flavour combinations do we have and how do they fare?

Blue Raspberry Lemon :- Nice really nice. I enjoyed the blue raspberry flavour in general so 7/10
Cherry Lemonade :- 8 this is very good. Comparrisons could be made to the blue skittle but I think this isn't as 'out there' and might be more universally accepted 8/10
Mango Peach :- This is nice peach is again a very under used flavouring in the UK for some reason so it's nice to have that coming through 7/10
Melon Berry :- Maybe the flattest of the lot but still good. I think the problem is it's going to pale in comparrison to the next one
Strawberry Watermelon :- Sweet Jesus. Lord you heard my prayers. This is like Supernova in sweet form. Yeah ok it's maybe not at Mtn Dew Supernova levels of Caffeine but it tastes great. This sweet alone makes this a great product 10/10

Overall I'm going to give it a 8/10 I think I would reach for these ahead of traditional Skittles given the choice now



All in all I can say these are an excellent addition to the skittles range and seem popular with almost everyone I know who has tried them. Watermelon was hitting hard and seemed to be everyones favourites.

If you fancy getting your hand on a free packet head over to their Facebook page and enter the comp
http://www.facebook.com/skittles.uk
I did and I just won a bloody packet. Yeah I'm that cool.

Blue Skittles Uk Review

In a very astutue tie in with Facebook we in the UK have seen the launch of the blue skittle.

And the thing is they havent really been that forthcoming with what the actual flavour is. There's been a lot of suggestions and quite a few not so positive ones at that so we at the fizzness blog decided it was high time that we ran it through the most discerning flavour machine in the planet.

That's right Flava Flav

Known for his incredible palette and discrminating tastes we knew if anyone could solve the problem it would be Flava Flav. Unfortunately though he isn't returning my calls so we'll have to make do ourselves at the minute.

I decided for the 1st taste it had to a blue one on it's own. It's a strong flavour and that's great. To me it's Cherry Cola or more accurately Cherry Dr.Pepper. I think there are almondy hints throughout (possibly why a lot of people are complaining about it tasting like marzipan) but the strongest flavour is without doubt the cherry.

I like it. A lot. I could eat a whole bag of them however there is one problem. On it's own the Blue skittle is great but with it's skittle bretheren something goes askew. I don't know if the Blue is super strengthed due to it being a limited edition type deal but it does not sit well with the other flavours to me. It overpowers and confuses them.

All in all I like the flavour but it's not much of a team player.

The facebook tie in combined with the 'Midas Touch' adverts seem to be creating a real buzz around Skittles again. They've done very well recently and I hope that continues, this tie in has given me an idea or two about other facebook tie ins we might hopefully see. I'll try and get something together for the 1st one later on today