It has been a difficult task but I was willing from the start to take it on. I have now taste tested three brands of malted milk Easter egg candy. Here are the results so far:
#1 -- Whoppers malted milk eggs -- made by Hersheys. Small and pleasantly malty, these candy eggs have a chocolate shell that I could taste. About the size of a jelly bean, they went down easily. Purchased at a local Walgreen's. Tested by Ed and WJ.
#2 -- Brach's malted milk eggs -- Purchased in the grocery store in Pigeon, I liked the color of these eggs. They are much larger than the #1 product. The texture of the malted milk was pleasant, not powdery. I couldn't taste the chocolate coating. Was it there? Hmm, have to buy another bag to check. Tested by the GW staff, assisted by Tessa (who hid the rest of the bag from us!).
#3 -- Bulk bin malted milk eggs -- These came from the grocery store in Bad Axe where they were side by side with the Spring Yogurt Pretzels (those were really good!). The bulk bin eggs were the largest eggs that I taste tested. They lasted the shortest time in our household. Maybe they were just too big to stay around very long. Good tasting, just disappeared. Tested by WJ and Ed.
As you can tell, there isn't a lot of difference separating the rated candies. Buying them several weeks before Easter assures fresh stock. Just so you know, the candies shown above are the bulk bin large malteds. The Bunny Bowl comes out every spring and is a treasured gift from friends Dave and Jill Harmon.
How very nice of Ed and you to sacrifice for the rest of us!
ReplyDeleteLove that bowl. I've never seen one like that.
We are also on the lookout for more brands of malted eggs. So far, only the three, but I have seen the Whopper eggs packaged in cello bags and in milk cartons. Hmm, wonder if the carton ones taste different from the cello packs?
ReplyDeleteOnward and upward, to the candy store!