Is the difference subtle or substantial?
I love licorice snaps.
You could say I acquired a taste for them. Black licorice is my absolute favorite candy, so I’m always up for a new licorice adventure. The first time I ate Snaps, I thought I hated them. I thought they tasted like paint. But they had a tough toothiness that made them kind of irresistible. By the time I finished my first box, I was hooked. I don’t know what that paint thing was about. I love them.
A Troubling Tip
At CandyFavorites, a customer recently brought it to our attention that he noticed a difference in his Snaps. While the bag said “same great flavors, softer, chewy center,” the taste he loved was gone. Saying that the change was far from an improvement, he likened it to what happened with the new Coke.Watch movie online The Transporter Refueled (2015)
The New “New Coke”?
As a newly minted lover of Snaps, I was alarmed and tasted our latest shipment immediately. I felt like I could savor the old snaps, and these feel somehow less substantial and harder to hold onto. I’m able to go through a pile of them much more quickly than before. Which raises the point that I still enjoy them. I feel safer since the recall. But, as these things usually go, something seems to have been lost. I believe that luck does play a role in success, and striking just the right balance can make magic. That’s what I believe has happened with snaps. They’re still very good. They’re just not quite “The Original Licorice Snaps“.
Guess what SNAPS fans? All of your comments finally got through to the manufacturer! They decided to bring back a very LIMITED supply of ORIGINAL Licorice Snaps, and we taste tested them to verify they are, in fact the original recipe. So grab some now before they disappear again!
Add me to the list of old time Snap lovers who don’t like the “New” ones. Wonder if with all the folks here we could find one of the small specialty candy companies that would make the original ones? I would buy a case a year, they were always in a jar at my desk at work and at home since I retired.
I agree with all of the above. I live in Indiana and can’t find any of them,old or new,but the new formula is a poor replacement but better than none at all. Even tried to purchase then in pensilvania . Not having any luck. Is there somewhere near Indianapolis, Indiana that we can purchase some?
I don’t live in the states anymore and my sister sent me some Snaps; it was just about my favorite candy when I was a kid, teenager and adult. First off, they looked short and fat and had a barely discernible center. I gave them a go anyway because I was so happy to have them. I threw away most of them. My daughter tried a few and couldn’t understand why I liked them, she thought they were gross. I had to explain these were not the Snaps I grew up with and loved. I loved the brittle bite of them and the strong licorice flavor.
These are like a licorice gummy candy, which is absolutely disgusting.
I told my sister thanks, but no thanks.
So I tried the licorice Hollows…..I gotta sugar buzz so bad that my hair grew and teeth just about fell out. It was like putting a sugar cube in my nouth that had a little licorice flavor. Now I’m not the kind that wants to go back to black and white Philco tv, but when you have the time, you can bring back the old formula. These are pretty nasty.