I remember giving and getting Sweethearts Candies for Valentine’s Day as a child. Now, I’m not one to advocate giving candy to children, but every now and then I allow it with my son (It doesn’t help that I have a sweet tooth).
If you grew up with them, like I did, then you’re familiar with their fun love-themed sayings. I didn’t know this, but for the last 145 years (crazy!) they’ve kept the same colors, flavors, packaging, and sayings. Now, for the first time, all of the above features are new! Initially, I wasn’t sure how I felt about that. I mean…Sweethearts Candies are like this familiar tradition. I had an opportunity to try them out which brought me back to my childhood.
The first thing I noticed was the bright blue hearts (the flavor is Blue Raspberry). They’re tart and I’m not certain I’m crazy about them but they do add some color and brightness to the package (and part of their character is just that). The remaining flavors are Green Apple, Strawberry (my favorite), Lemon, Grape, and Orange. Most of them are softer than I remember (which is a good thing!) but I did find several harder versions (mostly in the pink for some reason). The company went away from pastels towards more vibrant shades and I like the aesthetic appeal.
The American public voted on the new 2010 Sweethearts Candies sayings and the top choices were “Tweet Me,” and “Text Me.” Unfortunately, it was hard to read several of the sayings (and we have consumed several boxes). It’s not a HUGE deal but since this is what gives the candies character, I’d love to see them improve on their printing.
And since we’re living in a digital age, Sweethearts Candies created it’s own iPhone application to help you create a personalized virtual box of Sweethearts Candies to share with loved ones. I don’t have an iPhone, so unfortunately I wasn’t able to test this application out.
One of the most interesting facts I read was that the candies have been used in classrooms to help children learn to read. I’m not certain how I feel about that…
Sweethearts Candies also changed their packaging. It’s highly reminiscent of their previous packaging…just modernized.
I can’t help but associate Sweethearts Candies with Valentine’s Day. I’m not crazy about ALL of the flavors but I do like many of them.
Sweethearts Candies also offers Original, Chocolate, Hispanic, and Sugar-Free versions.
I did not receive compensation for this post. Product samples were provided, courtesy of the company.
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Interesting! I think I’m still partial to the original flavors! I’ll have to keep an eye out for the others though. I wouldn’t mind trying them.
I had to come back and report! I found some of these Wednesday night. We tried them….interesting. Not the flavors that I am used to, but not terrible!! The majority of the girls liked the blue ones!