JuleSkum Pepparkaka 2014

Yes! They are back.
The marshmallow Santas from Cloetta.
Who bathe themselves in different flavours every year.
Bringing delight to children of all ages.

Over the years we have had different flavours.
Candy Cane, Winter Apple and Butterscotch.
This year, they are gingerbread flavoured.



The packaging is pretty close to last years packaging.
The same brown colour, but with a gingerbread pattern.
Santa is still looking at the same gift.
He loves that gift. I wonder what is in it.



Anyway, opening the package reveals a nice gingerbread smell.
A really nice smell that makes me think of freshly baked gingerbread.
The taste is somewhat tamer.
They do taste like gingerbread, but I think it could be a more rich taste.
All in all, these are the best of the JuleSkum flavours.
Thankfully I got a second bag.

JuleSkum Knäck 2013 [Limited Edition]

You, knew these were coming.
Each year I write about the new marshmallow Santa flavor from Cloetta.
Last year it was Winter Apple and the year before that, Candy Cane.
But this year, the flavor is butterscotch.
Making butterscotch flavored candy is a common tradition in Sweden.
And that is why we have butterscotch flavored Santas this year.



The bag is pretty much the same as the previous two years.
Except its brownish color and Santa seem to be a bit larger.
The Santas are also the same as previous years, but they are now brown.



Upon opening the bag you notice a distinct butterscotch smell.
It is very nice and not as chemical as you would imagine.
The taste is also very much butter scotch, but perhaps not as distinct.
If I would have to choose between these Santas and "real" butterscotch candy.
The "real" candy would definitely win.

JuleSkum Vinteräpple 2012

Last christmas, I gave you my heart...
Ohh, sorry. Wrong track.
Last christmas, I wrote about the 2011 version of JuleSkum.
Back then it had a polka (candy cane) flavoring.
This year, the santas at Cloetta has brought us JuleSkum with a flavor of winter apples.

Being flavored that way, they have to been colored green.
Green is a christmas color (and white).
But this green is not that christmasy.
It should be more green, more christmas!



Anyway, the packaging.
The packaging is very much full of christmas.
With lots of snowy christmas trees and snowflakes.
And a generic santa that sleepily/angrily looks at a generic christmas present.
As you can tell I wanted a less generic santa.
Maybe one that juggled some apples or something.
But there is a santa and that is enought to lift my christmas spirit.

One thing that is new and pretty awesome, is that there is room for an adress and stamps.
Yes, you can send the entire package as a christmas card.
This is a very nice feature and something that more candy manufacturers should copy.



The candy itself smells like regular JuleSkum with a hint of apples.
They taste like a combination of regular JuleSkum, apples and pears.
Not really that close to real apples I am afraid.
Yesteryears polka (candy cane) version was much better.

JuliSkum - Päronglass Och Cola

We're half past christmas and santa is sleeping sound at the north pole.
No wait, he's on vacation?
Yes, this year santa apparently decided he needed a vacation and went to the beach.
Just look at the packaging.
His jolly self at the beach, playing with a beach ball.
Even santa suffers from the greenhouse effect.

I've written about marshmallow santas before.
They are very popular at christmas time in Sweden. [JuleSkum Polka 2011]
This time however, they are flavoured mor like summer:
Pear ice cream and Cola.



The green one is obviously pear ice cream.
And it smells kind of like pear ice cream, but more artifical.
These where actually ok, with a sweet taste of pear.
They don't really taste like ice cream though...

And the brown one is cola flavoured.
It kind of smells like Coca-Cola, but tastes more like Igloo ice cream.
I don't usually like marshmallow santas, but these tasted a lot better.

JuleSkum Polka 2011

Ohh, i hate these types of foam candy. Everyone else seem to love them.
But i just don't like them. You chew forever, and in like 1 second the flavor is gone.
Trying to disguise them as christmasy things like santas and christmas trees doesn't help either.

But then i saw these, they are new for 2011, like you see in the name. Duh!
These have a Polka flavor (which is kind of like candy canes). And i knew I had to try them.
Surely these would rock my world?!



Nope, not at all... Sure the flavor is better, but it's still the same eternal chewing.
I still don't like these. And do they even look like santa? Ok, they do, kind of.

Tarragona Mandelkrokant

Oj oj, första svenska godiset jag skriver om och det råkar vara en favorit. Jag har alltid tyckt om Tarragona (nu tänker jag på den gamla varianten med choklad och hela hasselnötter). Choklad och nötter passar helt enkelt bra ihop.

Detta är då en ny variant med mandekrokant (det rimmar t.o.m.).
Först och främst, lukten, jag har alltid tyckt att Tarragona luktar annorlunda än t.ex. vanligt mjölkchoklad. Det "luktar" inte lika fett. Det gillar vi.

Smaken då? Jo det smakar som Tarragona, fast med mandelkrokant då, som är väldigt trevligt. Knastrigt och gott :) Om jag inte hade delat paketet med en kollega så hade jag ätit upp hela.

Rekommenderas! Eller ja, hela Tarragonaserien rekommenderas!