Product name: Likkers
Suga: Peanut butter
Purchase details: £0.60 for a 25g lollipop (Bold Street Sweets)
Country of origin: Europe
Purchase details: £0.60 for a 25g lollipop (Bold Street Sweets)
Country of origin: Europe
Oh my goodness – I’ve actually found a peanut butter
flavoured product that, not only have I never had before, but it has never even
occurred to me that such a thing should exist! Behold the Likkers Suga: Peanut
Butter.
According to the Likkers website, all their lollipops
are handmade, and they do some even more random flavours such as Bacon &
cheese. I was playing things pretty safe, then!
This Peanut butter version came in a whirl shape with
yellow, brown and white stripes on the outside, and a plain cream colour on the
inside. The product didn’t actually contain any peanut butter and it didn’t
smell nutty either. Instead, it smelt like a candle. I couldn’t put my finger
on exactly which flavour but it was the kind of warming smell that red and
brown scented candles provide – maybe a deep vanilla or a cinnamon (bearing in
mind they don’t always smell like the real thing!). Anyway, this was a good
thing because it had the delicious smell with the added bonus that it wasn’t
made of wax so I could eat it! Interestingly, the inside smelt more like
popcorn.
The lollipop itself was pretty standard. It’s slightly
sticky texture was much like a stick of rock in that it was crispy to chew and
splintered in the mouth, sticking to teeth in the process. Its surface, despite
bumpy in shape, was nice and smooth to suck on too.
The taste was a bit less familiar in lollipop terms. My
first thought was that there was a definite peanut butter resemblance but, due
to not being in pure form, it also had a slightly dirt-like flavour to it.
However, as I let the nice, juicy flavours flow, its sugariness was the main
aspect and it tasted very much like the types of sticks of rock I enjoy (I’m
always gutted when I end up with a mint one!). When chewing on the candy,
though, the nuttiness came to the fore once more, although bigger mouthfuls
produced a more popcorn-like flavour.
This was certainly an enjoyable lollipop but it wasn’t as
revolutionary as I thought. It tasted nice but didn’t reach its full potential
in terms of its peanut butter flavour. I’d definitely like to experiment with
the other Likkers varieties, though...I think I’ll try the Coconut next.
Appearance: 7.5/10
Aroma: 7.5/10
Taste: 7/10
Texture: 7/10
Overall score: 7.25/10
Aroma: 7.5/10
Taste: 7/10
Texture: 7/10
Overall score: 7.25/10
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