The band splits, the Strawb goes it alone (Haribo Strawbs)

Member Name: bruffyboy

Product:	Haribo Strawbs
Date:	05/05/09 (81 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: not overpowering taste

Disadvantages: very basic taste

When it comes to Haribo, they have a wide range of tasty sweets that have emerged from their multi-packs such as Haribo Starmix. Surprisingly, they have chosen the humble Strawb to go on and feature in its own pack.

For around £1 you get a bag full of Strawbs, which are basically fairly hard jelly sweets that look like strawberries. They are red and green in colour, and about the size of a 2p piece.

Texture-wise, they're just the right balance between being too soft and too hard; you can chew them up pretty easily, but they hang about and don't dissolve into nothingness. However, I would say they're too hard for little kids, who may risk choking on them, so toddlers are a no-no.

Flavour-wise, they are sweet, but I don't think they taste like strawberries. They have that distinct 'plasticy' taste that many chewy sweets have, but the flavour is somewhat neutral. You are being brain-washed into thinking it is strawberry flavour, but I have eaten strawberries and they don't taste like this. However, the flavour is satfisfying, if a little neutral. This will appeal to people who don't like overpowering flavours, but a slow release of sweetness.

The consistency of the sweets is so that chewing them will produce syrup like saliva to form, and the result is a syrupy mash up of sweetness. Nutritionally, they are almost completely made up of sugar, and this sweetness is released as you chew them up.

All in all, I can't help but think there are a lot of other Haribo creations that would be better to have on their own. By itself, the Strawb is shown to be lacking that special something that it needs to make it worthwhile, and I will be sticking with starmix from now on.

If you agree, why not try the fizzy sugar-coated cherries which also have their own bag, and are much much nicer.

Summary: up to you!