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I Paid: $1.29 for a 5-ounce box (prices may vary by region)
Good & Plenty Sacrilege!
Candy with extra spice
Try these five ingredients on for size: dextrose, sugar, corn syrup, cornstarch, and then—wait for it—modified cornstarch. Those are the main ingredients of the new Good & Fiery expression of the Good & Plenty brand, which has been with us in one form or another since 1893. Now, while it’s not necessarily fair to knock a mass-manufactured line of candy for being made of less than wholesome stuff, it certainly is fair to hold bad flavor against it, and Good & Fiery has that in spades too.
It’s a shame, because the box art is zippy and enticing, featuring a badass black background with flames and a scattering of shiny little rod-bacteria-shaped candies. A helpful legend shows you the four flavors you get in a box: lemon, orange, apple, and cinnamon.
It would be nice to report that each flavor is distinct, finely calibrated, and a delight for the palate, but we all know that this review is heading in a different direction. These things are dag nasty. Each of the four flavors offers its own desecration of its namesake, but they’re all dominated by two themes: a hammer-to-the-face sort of artificial “spicy” flavor that is neither pleasant nor all that spicy, and a sickening syrupy sweetness on the back end. The lemon flavor offers a wispy suggestion of zest, and apple would present an OK artificial-apple flavor if allowed to by the fake spicy note, but that’s not a saving grace for these miserable things. Even their exterior texture is lousy: instantly sticky on your fingertips in cool, dry weather.
Hmmm. I happened to see these only yesterday at the local "seconds" grocery--for (as I recall) $.25 per box. Seems like they've already hit the reject pile for the company, as these stores sell primarily past-dated, overstocked, and failed to gain a market items.
They are disgusting. I bought a box, ate one of each color, and promptly threw it away.
Same here. I bought a box at the Duane Reade when i was buying my Halloween candy, and hoped they'd be along the line of Hot Tamales. Woof. Very strong amped-up "sour" taste, lot of fake fruit taste. Much worse than I was expecting and I wasn't expecting much.
I have to agree with everyone. Bought these at the dollar store (I am the kind of person who will always try something new, just for something different).
These things were vile. Tried the different flavors and quickly threw them out. These could have been kind of fun, and unique flavors, but turned out to be one of the worst things I have ever had the displeasure of putting in my mouth.
I would also mention that I recently bought some "Good and Fruity", which were reformulated from their original recipe (which was a hardish candy shell around a gel center). They were now just like jelly beans, which isn't unique or different at all - fail. I will buy jelly beans if that is what I am interested in.
Luckily Good and Plenty are still made in their original formula. At least they didn't mess with the true classic.