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This is the autumn's news in snacks and sweets
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By Claire Beaumont, the Technique desk · 20h ago · Norway · 8 min ·

This is the autumn's news in snacks and sweets

We've tasted our way through this fall's new snacks and candy and rolled the dice.

It's fall, and that means new products on store shelves across the country.

We've tasted our way through the season's new candy and snack offerings. Some came away with a clear six, while others got a failing grade.

Steffen: Nooo! Or... I can eat it, like.

Amalie: It grows on you, doesn't it? The first bite is like: What's going on here? And then you have to give it some time. It's a little buttery and delicious.

Hedda: It tastes like gingerbread. It also reminds me a bit of milk chocolate with Quick Lunch. I thought it was really good!

Steffen: It's not possible to compare this to Kvikk Lunsj, which is really good! This one is not for me.

Steffen: It looks like a bag of joy. Crispier than rice bread, but very reminiscent of Crispo, just in a different shape.

Amalie: I think it was a bit boring. The chocolate is very thick.

Hedda: It delivers everything it promises: salty, sweet and crunchy. This one was good!

Steffen: Where is the popcorn flavor?

Hedda: And where's the popcorn? It's just porous powder that tastes more like caramel.

Josefine: I actually think it was very good. This is a good gluten-free alternative to something crispy.

Maren: This is probably not the one I would have chosen first, but I think it tastes good. It goes well with the cinema.

Amalie: It was good, but it wasn't quite what you expected.

Steffen: No! I can handle this one. White chocolate is the worst thing I know of. They were nice, then! They look like rocks.

Hedda: It almost looks healthy, without necessarily being so. Was there a bit too much chocolate? It was a bit too strong, so maybe it's not so strange that the bag only contains about eight berries.

Amalie: Ouch! That was really sickening! No, no, NO. And I actually think berries with chocolate taste pretty good.

Josefine: I don't think it tasted that much like blackberries.

Maren: The chocolate layer is too thick.

Josefine: This one is good!

Hedda: It's good, but it's not Snickers.

Maren: I like this one better than regular Yup. I think it's better than Snickers because it's softer and has better chocolate. I wish it had a little more salt.

Amalie: I think it was a little too soft. I think the nuts were a little too soft, and obviously the fudge is soft, but the chocolate wasn't crunchy either.

Josefine: I like that it has a lot of caramel, a little fudge and a little peanuts. Well, it's a regular Japp, with a hint of peanuts.

Mari: The strawberries should be split in half and dipped in a little less chocolate. That would have been much better.

Iris: Very large and few pieces are a drag. Also, there is a bit of an artificial taste.

Hedda: They're good, but there's a bit too much chocolate. If the chocolate is halved, we might be onto something.

Josefin: The artificial chocolate flavor took over the entire taste. 6 percent strawberries versus 90 percent chocolate speaks for itself.

Maren: The chocolate wasn't good, and the berries were a bit soggy.

Josefine: I think this was better than strawberry.

Mari: This one only tasted of chocolate. Very little raspberry.

Iris: Better berries, but still too much chocolate.

Hedda: The size of the pieces is better than the strawberries. But there is still too much chocolate.

Steffen: I think it's fun to eat, but it has far too little flavor!

Josefine: This was really fun to eat. Lots of texture. But I don't think I would have bought it in the store.

Hedda: They're very crispy on the outside, but soft on the inside. Not quite for me. It looks like an e-bomb.

Amalie: This is something I can crave!

Maren: I liked it.

Josefine: It was a bit nauseating.

Steffen: Again, there's far too little flavor. Where's the flavor?

Maren: I think it tastes disgusting.

Hedda: I would have stayed far away from this.

Amalie: It tastes a bit like fizzy cola bottles.

Steffen: Everything that's blue is so good. It smells like blue slush, and that's the best thing I know. It was so good! It's a little sour, and then you get something liquid inside. I really liked that.

Amalie: That was good! The balls are sour and good. They taste like Nerds.

Josefine: It smells very artificial. I liked that it was a little sour.

Hedda: The smell is absolutely horrible. I don't like the mix of textures. Jelly inside, with crispy balls around.

Amalie: The taste of this one wasn't as good.

Steffen: The blue package was much better.

Maren: I think this one was a little nauseating.

Hedda: I wouldn't have chosen the red or the blue bag. This wasn't for me.

Josefine: I didn't like the colorful part at all. This tasted very artificial!

Steffen: The green one has an incredibly artificial taste. Not it, really. It was simply not good.

Amalie: The pink one was good. The green one has a good texture, but tastes a bit soapy.

Hedda: I don't think the pink one looks appealing. I picked it out of my bag of goodies. The green one, on the other hand, was good!

Maren: The colorful one reminds me a bit of Lollipop.

Hedda: Fun concept where two pieces of sweet and sour are linked together. Here is a bag with a flavor for everyone, perfect for sharing. It would have been even more fun if the contrasts were greater.

Maren: I think it tastes like regular wine gum. Not revolutionary.

Mari: Fun concept! But it could have been a little more sour. This is a fun thing to buy if you're going to have fun with your girlfriends on a Friday night.

Iris: I don't feel like the flavors are anything new. The white pieces were really good, so the red ones were a bit disappointing.

Josefine: They were good. It wasn't too artificial tasting.

Mari: This was sour! The yellow one was good!

Josefine: The flavors are very good. But I don't think "Extreme Sour" was exactly what it was.

Iris: They stick to your teeth a lot. I wish they were more acidic. They're maybe a little too thick.

Hedda: I like the consistency and acidity, but it tastes very artificial. The neon yellow color is also a bit alarming. Probably full of e-substances.

Josefine: I like the consistency.

Hedda: I love the look! This looks good in the candy bowl, but I don't really like the strong cherry flavor.

Iris: They were good, but it doesn't give me anything. I'm not blown away.

Maren: I don't think it was that bad.

Mari: It had a strange cherry flavor.

Josefine: I'm a little surprised that I like it. It was actually very good.

Steffen: Oh, this one is really surprising! I could buy this one.

Maren: I wouldn't have chosen it over traditional chips.

Amalie: It started out as paprika, and then just boom! This was a taste experience. It took like two seconds for the flavor to hit.

Hedda: I often find that regular paprika can be a bit tame and boring, but this one gave it that little extra.

Josefine: It doesn't taste like chips.

Steffen: Flavor bomb! If you can't stand dinner, you can just buy Butter Chicken. It tastes like dinner.

Amalie: This really boggles my mind. It's impressive how much flavor they've put into each chip. It was a bit too much.

Maren: Impressive amount of flavor.

Hedda: I feel like I'm at an Indian restaurant. It tastes a bit like the appetizers you get there.

Josefine: If I had been really hungry, and this was the only option, I would have probably eaten.

Steffen: I was a little disappointed.

Amalie: It tasted better than I thought. There's something sweet in there, and I don't like that.

Maren: It tasted a bit strange, but it was also good.

Hedda: It was a little too much flavor. A little nauseating, to be honest.

Josefine: It smells good. It tastes like chili and cumin. It was very good. I could buy it myself. The more I eat it, the more I like it.

Amalie: It really just tastes like Mexican Fiesta on steroids. I like how it burns on the tongue. But I think it verges on tasting a little too much like dinner.

Maren: It had a lot of flavor, and it was a little spicy. I'm too fond of the traditional flavors.

Hedda: This one was exciting. There's maybe a bit too much cumin. The aftertaste is a bit like, "Have I eaten tacos, or have I eaten chips?"

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