TheStranger wrote:
Kamak wrote:
TheStranger wrote:
What about those little candy fish?
Those are awful. Or at least all the ones I've had were rubbery and tasted stale.
You are better than bad candy.
Did you have the real deal, or some U.S knockoff? Because you guys have some crappy candy, I think its that corn syrup crap you put in everything. It might be the real deal though, I grew up with these things, so they might be an aquired taste
Depends if Swedish fish are imported or licensed (like Cadbury is made by Hershey's) or whatever. More than anything they taste old whenever I've gotten them, like a starburst that's been sitting around for a year. So if they're imported, it might be because it takes time to even reach us and by then it's not as fresh or good. It's not a very popular candy in America so I don't imagine stock turns over very often either. We also only get the red variety if that helps.
Actually looking it up it seems all of our Swedish Fish are made by a Cadbury subsidiary company in Canada. It even contains corn syrup. The only ingredient that is kinda different from our "typical" candy-making is the carnauba wax, but I enjoy nik-l-nips and similar candies which are made from and partially contains wax.
I'm chalking it up to them being old as hell, but I've never had one that I could describe as actually gummy.