GudFud Stuffed Marshmallows - Candy Blog Meticulously photographed & documented reviews of candy from around the world. And the THURSDAY, OCTOBER 04, 2007 occasional other sweet GudFud Stuffed Marshmallows adventures. Open your mouth, expand your Stuffed, bite-sized marshmallows are mind. not a new product, but certainly not one that’s widely available in the United States. I’ve seen them at Japanese grocers and Aji Ichiban before, but never packaged just for Americans. And certainly never in these sassy little three puff portions. Enter GudFud. They’re here to bring us the Asian foamy sweets. They’re FEATURED NEWS ITEMS packaged to look like they’re Japanese (terribly cute and with Japanese characters on the label, what they say, I know not) but they’re actually made in Summer 2008 Candy Giveaway! I’ve got forums and you want candy. So let’s make a China. I tried some before and wrote about them here. deal: simply register and create a profile on the new The name is a little wacky, and rather Candy Forums between now and July 15th and you’ll Germanic with the umlauts (GüdFüd). Call it be eligible to win an exceptional package of summer- fusion! It’s supposed to be pronounced Goood safe candies shipped right to your door. (more) Foood. ABOUT Twizzlers (Strawberry) I’ve never considered jelly and marshmallows Name: Strawberry Twizzlers Brand: Y&S Candies Candy Blog Home (Hershey’s) Place Purchased: KMart (Park LaBrea) “food”, but perhaps I can start thinking of them About Candy Blog Price: $1.25 Size: 16 ounces Calories per ounce: 94 as “foood.” Candy Blog Masthead Type: Chew Rating: 5 out of 10 (more) Advertise on Candy Blog The little individually wrapped Fruit Jelly Candy Blog Photography In the Press Stuffed Marshmallows are a bit smashed Here’s some more behind-the-scenes in the Candy Review Policy when inside the package but fluff back up Blog Studio ... what happens when I actually shoot and Candy News pretty quickly. There’s a lot of packaging, which most importantly, how I prep the shots for the reviews. Candy Recipes I guess I didn’t notice at first because it’s I’ve shot over 25,000 candy photos ... but have only FDA: Keep it Real mostly clear. The fruity ones were cute and about 2,500 to show for it. Here’s how my process works. (more) Frequently Asked once unwrapped, completely identical on the outside. Questions Photo Studio Set Up The jelly center is where things get different. The jelly is smooth and soft, not quite flowing, but not quite firm like an “orange slice” would be. Really, kind of Follow Me on Twitter like the jelly you’d spread on your toast. The flavor is mild, a little tangy, not FEEDS terribly complex ... just, well nice. Subscribe to candy blog The mix of fruit and marshmallow isn’t really great in my mind. So I tried Subscribe in a reader toasting a package or two. They toasted nicely, though the center didn’t get that molten consistency that I’m used to with Jet or Kraft marshmallows. The SEARCH marshmallow skin puffed well and browned (well, one caught on fire, but COPYRIGHT NOTICE Enter search term consider it a sacrifice to the marshmallow fire god). Still, the toasted flavor and All content (text and photos unless otherwise credited) jelly didn’t really grab me either. is copyright 2005-2008 by Cybele May So what about a Chocolate Design by Hop Studios CONTACT Stuffed Marshmallow. Though [email protected] each of these are the same, the little Powered by ExpressionEngine packages still have a different little EMAIL DIGEST character on them. Each with a different reaction to getting a For a daily update of Candy Blog reviews, chocolate bar stuffed into their enter your email cranium. address: COUNTDOWN The chocolate filling isn’t firm, it’s Candy Season Begins soft and easy to bite. It still doesn’t 112 days have a lot of chocolate oomph to it, more like a chocolate cream. I like that the package has three marshmallows in it and you might be able to Delivered by FeedBurner just pick them up where you buy candy bars. For those on calorie-restricted diets, a single package with three marshmallows is only 50 calories and CANDY RATINGS practically no fat. I don’t know how satisfying they’d be, you might burn more http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/item/gudfud_stuffed_marshmallows/[7/11/2008 11:36:15 PM] GudFud Stuffed Marshmallows - Candy Blog calories opening all the wrappers than you’ll take in from the treats. SUPERB YUMMY I expect they’ll start showing up in stores soon (they pretty much debuted at the TASTY All Candy Expo). If they came in large bags they could be fun Halloween treats. WORTH IT (You can buy a box of singles through their phone order system.) FRESH FORUM TEMPTING POSTS Check out Sera’s review on Candy Addict. PLEASANT Here's what's being discussed on the BENIGN Related Candies forums: UNAPPEALING 1. Circus Peanuts • 7/2 Which do you APPALLING 2. Peeps Mash Ups prefer? Milk, dark or INEDIBLE 3. Candy Source: Aji Ichiban white? (18 replies) 4. 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