Give Me Gum-gum: We Got the Goods on Gummies

Valentine Hearts, by General Mills

givemegumgum — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:45:37 +0000

These were very simple gummies shaped like hearts. they came in 4 colors: pink, red, white, and purple.

E- pink-HORRIBLE taste and texture!——1

M-red-good———3

B- only comment was “normal”. color a mystery.———-3

C-pink really good. Now I didn’t record these, but whoever did put a “00″ after C’s comments.———4.5

A-average- again, no indicated color———3

S- pink- too gooey- but good————-3

The average was about 3. We did not have much to say about these.

The Gummy Bear Song

givemegumgum — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:47:31 +0000

This is the coolest thing EVER!!! A singing, cute, funny little gummy bear sings a song!

Check it out at: http://www.gummibar.net/

Todays: Grape, by Kasugai

givemegumgum — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:35:30 +0000

Well, we finished off the last of the Japanese gummies. Today’s flavor was grape. we had some mixed reviews…

E- tasted like a whole pitcher of grape Kool Aide shoved into a tiny gummy. 2 stars

C- nasty smell and taste- 1 star

B- the superior of all the Japanese gummies. 5

S- overpowering taste/smell- 1

M- really really good- 5

J- in her own words, “super-fantastic!”- 5

A- “They tried WAAAY too hard to make it taste like grape, so they made it overpoweringly grape-ey, which made it pretty disgusting, and yet somehow slightly desirable. Oh, and it smelled pretty good… ” 2 stars.

Well, the average was a nice average 3 1/3 stars. I personally thought these were pretty bad, but half of us gave them perfect scores! go figure.

Today’s: Lego, by Kellogs

givemegumgum — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:34:13 +0000

This is E, back in control :) Today our friend C contributed to our ever-growing collection of gummies with a pack of multicolored Lego blocks. They were, just to clarify for all you confused people, gummies. Here’s what we thought:

E- purple- grape- perfect texture, good taste, nothing VERY special- 3.5

B- green- no real flavor, but a good texture. awarded 2 stars

M- too chewy, overly cherry, 3 stars

A- blue- good chew AND flavor. 3.5

S- blue raspberry- “awesome” was her only comment- 4.5 stars

J- yellow, lemon- 5

C- for some reason, C’s thoughts are not written down. I was not the “scribe” today, so it’s not MY fault :I but I’ll update when I find out. Anyway, the average was 3.5833333333333… et cetera, et cetera. We all seemed to have different ideas about these, but the average turned out to be just that- average. check back!

Tell Us About Your Favs !!!

givemegumgum — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:10:34 +0000

Howdy, faithful readers! As you can see, gummies are pretty popular at Kevin (our lunchtable). Everyone’s mom is going on a gummy shopping craze. Speaking of craze, if you have a favorite kind of gummy or you have a favorite gummy flavor that you’re crazy about, please tell us. Your opinions are important and maybe we’ll try your favs. Remember give me gumgum.

- The Gummy Gurus

Snoopy Fruit Snacks

givemegumgum — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:06:06 +0000

Yay Snoopy!! Who doesn’t love the awesome pooch?! And Snoopy gummies- oh yeah.

E- 4.5- red- Had the Snoopy WWI Flying ace- Fantastic Watermelon taste! A little too hard

M- 4- Red- Great taste
-3- Dark Red- Weird taste

B-4- Dark Red- pretty good

C- 3.5- Green- Great flavor, too hard

A- 3- Blue- Kind of sour taste, pretty good

J- 2- Red- Watermelon taste was way too sweet- gross!

S- ??- Red- Good taste, too sticky

So the average of our Snoopy Gummies was a 3.41- not quite as good as the Batman!

This is what one of the gummies looked like!

Batman Fruit-Flavored Snacks, By General Mills

givemegumgum — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:54:29 +0000

These Batman gummies were pretty good- the shapes were kind of hard to identify, so I won’t include them here.

S- 4.5- Purple- Very good, claimed that it was one of the few grapey gummies that actually taste good

E- 4- White- really good. reeeeeeeeeaaaallly good. Couldn’t really find the right name for that flavor, but it was great!

M- 4- White- Couldn’t figure out the flavor, tasty, though, with a nice chew.

B- 4- Blue- Bad texture, good taste

A- 3.5- Blue- Classic gummy taste and texture

C- 3- Yellow- Not chewy enough, OK flavor

J- 3- Purple- Waaay too grapey

So our average was a nice, round, 3.71

Kasugai’s Pineapple Gummy Candy

givemegumgum — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:45:57 +0000

The opinions on these pineapple gummies were pretty varied- some raved about the delish flavor while others claimed it was nasty-

M- 5- Great texture

B- 5- Fantastic taste

E- 5- Great flavor

A- 3- I thought it had a unique, tangy flavor- not great, but not horrid.

S- 2- Creative, but didn’t taste very good

C- 1- GrossGrossGross!

J- 1- Took a sniff and wouldn’t eat it!!!

The average was about a 3.14 (Hey! It’s pi!), and we agreed that these were still better than the Kasugai’s Muscat flavor.

We’re Back!

givemegumgum — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:02:31 +0000

Okeedokee- We’re getting back on track. E has handed over the ratings to moi, A >Sardonic Laughter< so I will post all the ones we missed, starting with the most recent- enjoy!

Fruit Smiles by Great Value

givemegumgum — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:58:10 +0000

These were really good! As we passed them around, we were all oohing and aahing about how great the gummies looked- and smelled. They were brightly colored, and shaped like Dots candies, with little smiley faces on them- cute, huh?!

J- green-5- not too chewy, good flavor
– Blue- 4- pretty good

S- Blue Rasberry- 5- Awesome taste, although it “got stuck in my braces”

E- green- 4- really good flavor, perfect texture

C- green- sour apple- 3- too chewy

M- Blue Razz- 5- Excellently chewy, ”Tastes just like a blue raspberry should taste!”

B- red- 5- ideal texture

A- red- 4.75 ( I do seem to mess up the average, don’t I?!) - A great burst of flavor

The average on these was an impressive4.46875- As you can see, some of us liked how chewy it was while others did not.