The concept of Hybrids aren’t completely new to us. It started with breeding animals together, into grafting fruits together and now we have hybrid electric cars that have become the new way to spot environmentalists. Even the candy world is familiar with breeding two different types of sweets and making a fun, new creation. Blow Pops, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup and M&M’s are some great examples. But today, I come bearing a new hybrid.
Vertigo Candy and Chocolate Flavored Pops.
I don’t ever recall having something like this before. The idea is simple: integrate chocolate into a stick lollipop. Vertigo cut their three flavors (Strawberry, Cookies and Cream and Caremel) right in half and replaced it with a mound of chocolate to complete the traditional lollipop look. Resulting in an enjoyable and satisfying treat.
I tried the strawberry flavor so most of this review will draw from my experience eating that particualr flavor.
When I popped the candy into my mouth, I discovered that the flavors go really well together. The candy compliments the chocolate very well and visa versa. It’s almost like eating solid strawberry milk chocolate. Mmm.
The only criticism I have against this candy, is that the chocolate runs out too fast. Don’t get me wrong, it’s good while it lasts and there’s a good portion of it, but chocolate is chocolate and hard candy is hard candy. One is bound to melt slower than the other. It’s just a fact of life – “All good things must come to an end”… and the better they are, the faster they go. The chocolate is probably the best part about this candy, but it wouldn’t be what it is if it wasn’t for the hard candy half stuck on the other side.
Vertigo will confuse your taste buds, but in a good way. Unlike how Sasha Vujacic is confused after a ref calls a foul on him for smacking people in the face. “Whaa?” The confusion is more akin to the sensation when you touch something so cold it burns. When I saw the Vertigo lollipop, I thought it would be sweet, but it wasn’t. It was good, but the overwhelming presence of sugar or high fructose syrup was absent.
I’m not sure how they did it, but they nailed it.
Rating:***
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