Russell's Revenge

It's only coincidence if I appear to be on a candy kick lately.  First Necco, and now Russell Stover.

Recently in a drugstore I noticed a display of Russell Stover candy.  We've tried some Stover products before and some are OK (nut and chewy centers, for example).  They're not gourmet, but not bad for what you can expect for the price.  This time, I noticed a type that I hadn't seen before, and opted for a box of Russell Stover's "Truffles."

I put that in quotes because that's what they're called, but they're a far cry from the real thing.  My wife and I tried one each the other night; we both made a face at the same time for the same reasons -- a flattened disc-like shape, mediocre chocolate, a too-firm consistency (curiously like RS's cream-centers), and worst of all, a strange almost chemical taste not resembling chocolate in the least.  Ever the optimists, we decided to try another piece.  Bad decision.  Exactly the same problems and, though we selected different-looking pieces to try, they tasted just like the first two pieces. We're going to just pitch out the rest of the box, and we never do that.
 

 
So my advice:  Avoid these "truffles" like the plague.  (At least for the plague, you can get shots.)  I'm sorry to have to say so, since the company is headquartered in the city where I was born, Kansas City Missouri.  But if you love good chocolate -- if you love even fairly decent chocolate -- you'll dislike these.    

Comments

[medical consultation]

Is that too sweet?? Because I don't like chocolates that too much sweet..

[Jhawk23]

Personally, yes, I would say it's too sweet (for me) but the main problem is that it just tastes bad.