Werther’s Original Caramel Chocolate
June 16, 2008 by Heather R.
Filed under Chocolate, Chocolate Pictures, Chocolate Products, Chocolate Review
I saw the commercial for Werther’s Original Caramel Chocolate several weeks ago and knew I had to give them a try. I love Werther’s caramels and was glad to see them expand their line with a non-hard candy caramel chocolate combo!
My first impression of the candies were how small they are – they look much bigger in the commercial, maybe about half the size of your palm, at least a couple of bites. I don’t know if they did that on purpose in the commercial or if they decided to make them smaller after the fact, but these are tiny! One bite and they’re gone.
Anyway, the bag is 5.2 oz of candy, which came to about 16 or so pieces (I forgot to count!). Each oblong piece is wrapped in the recognizable Werther’s gold foil.
Unwrapped, each piece is actually rather pretty with the swirled caramel and chocolate.
The chocolate is smooth but it’s obviously just the vehicle for a weird caramel flavor – it looks like chocolate but I don’t taste any, and by only the second piece the caramel flavor starts to taste kind of burnt. I’m not sure how that happens but the yummy Werther’s caramel flavor seems to be lost.
Have you tried these? What do you think?
I tried them last year at All Candy Expo (even went to some elaborate launch party). No amount of free booze or crab cakes was going to convince me that these were fantastic.
Don’t get me wrong, they’re okay, but these days there are far better chocolate choices out there.
I completely agree – I’m not wasting anymore money on these when there’s much better stuff out there! I really wanted to like them too – I love the Werther’s hard candies and combining it with chocolate should have worked better than it did.
Werther’s Original Caramel Chocolate, found one package and enjoyed them. However, can not find any more. Not at WalMart, Target, Harris Teeter, Giant, or Safeway. Guess they’re not pushing it very hard. Its not even mentioned on the Werther’s web site.
That’s too bad. I saw these on TV and wanted to try them so bad.
where can I purchase these candies I look every
where and have not been able to find them
I bought some from Target. Put them in a candy dish at home before a holiday party. The first guest to try one spit it back out in the wrapper. I opened one to try it and it had mold on it. Gross. Took it back to Target and got my money back. Shoudl have known since the package looked like it was steeped on. Buyer beware!