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“.
I ordered the limited edition of snaps and found them to be wonderful and I am overjoyed with their return even if it’s for a limited time. I purchased 16 large bags of them and can’t stop eating them. I am so glad they are back
After Snaps return, I too purchased a bag right away. Not the same. Have not purchased since or until they bring back the original. Talked with them about it and was told the orig. factory site was moved to Chicago and uses a different process. Wonder if they would sell the old formula.
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!
Hate the new ones. Was only able to get the old ones in Michigan a few years ago then couldn’t find them anymore. Was so disappointed when I tried the new after waiting so long.
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.