Entrants were asked to tell me what the weirdest candies or chocolate treats they’ve tried were:

Jennifer C. “We had chocolate covered Twinkies this summer while on our vacation. One bite was more than enough sugary sweetness for me.”

Heidi: “Chocolate covered ants! Not my favorite.”

Adrienne Gordon: “Some crazy shrimp flavored candy.”

Rachel: “I once tasted a garlic peanut butter cup at the Gilroy garlic festival. I love garlic and I love chocolate peanut butter cups, but this was pretty gross.”

Christina Barnes: “Definitely the Harry Potter Jelly Beans. Yuck. Earwax?!? Rotten eggs?!? I almost puked! It was disgusting and weird indeed!”

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The summer giveaway love continues on!

I’ve been wanting to give away some actual chocolate for the last while but summer and chocolate don’t usually mix too well. So I’m doing the next best thing even though these aren’t actually chocolate, just chocolate flavored! It still counts, right?

Now, I reviewed the new Chocolate Skittles several months ago and while I wasn’t terribly thrilled with them that doesn’t mean you can’t have a shot at them! And hey, they travel well!

To Enter:

To enter, tell me what the weirdest candy or chocolate you’ve ever tried has been. That’s it!

Entries that do not answer the question will not be qualified for the giveaway, so take a minute and give it some thought!

The Rules:

~ One 2oz bag of Chocolate Mix Skittles will be awarded to five commenters.

~ The giveaway will run until 11:59pm Friday, August 8th, and the winners will be chosen at random on Saturday, August 9th.

~ One entry per household. Duplicate/multiple entries from one person will all be discarded. And yes, I do check!

~ Limited to residents of the U.S. as shipping a package of Skittles pretty much anywhere else will cost more than the candy itself! Please also make sure you leave a valid email address so I can contact you if you win.

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My dear friends Alicia and SM sent me a goodie box not too long ago and included a package of Chocolate Skittles! When they first told me they had spotted them I kept an eye out but they haven’t made it here yet, so they picked one up for me. Chocolate Skittles were released last year and are supposedly a permanent product. We’ll see!

They come in the standard-size Skittles package, only in brown, and weighs two ounces. The flavors are listed on the package as (left to right) Vanilla, S’mores, Chocolate Caramel, Chocolate Pudding, and Brownie Batter. I fail to see what vanilla is doing in a bag of chocolate, but moving on!

The colors were very appealing to me but I was wary to try these. I love the regular fruity Skittles and can’t imagine how they’d transform that into chocolate flavors.

Vanilla: I liked this one a lot but I’d imagine it’s hard to mess up vanilla. Very sweet. Like I said, not sure why it’s in a package of chocolate (though to be fair it does say “Chocolate Mix”) but I’ll live since it’s probably my favorite of the bunch.

S’mores: Not crazy about this one – it almost has a very light chemical taste to it though I can see what they were going for. Not very chocolatey at all.

Chocolate Caramel: All I taste is caramel, which while not unpleasant doesn’t do justice to having chocolate in its name.

Chocolate Pudding: I had a really hard time telling this and the Brownie Batter apart. In fact, when I first dumped the bag out I thought they’d neglected the Chocolate Pudding in mine but found this one has a slight purple hue to it. Anyway, I didn’t like this one much at all – tastes like a fakey chocolate

Brownie Batter: A little better than the Chocolate Pudding. It actually reminds me of a grainy Tootsie Roll.

Overall I wasn’t very impressed but I don’t care much for chocolate flavoring. The kids liked them, though!

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