Dots are made by Tootsie and are most commonly found in miniature boxes of mixed candy, or movie theatre boxes. This is a movie theatre box and the new valentine flavors (instead of the classic cherry, strawberry, lemon, orange, and lime) are cherry, vanilla, and passion fruit. Passion fruit is new to me, I'm not really sure what it is. Wikipedia says it is a species of passion flower that is native to Brazil and Argentina. It is yellow or dark purple (why are these gumdrops pink?) and has a juicy interior filled with numerous seeds. It can be grown to eat or used for its juice. Interesting. The box is cute with a bunch of red and pink hearts and a display of five gumdrops on the front. These look like the vanilla bottom part should be about 2/3 of the gumdrop, but as you can see from the photos it turns out to be not even 1/2. Maybe 1/3? I got them at the Christmas Tree Shops for $0.95.
The texture of dots is much thicker and stickier than regular gumdrops. If you don't like candy getting stuck to the sides of your teeth, these are not for you.
cherry/vanilla (red/white): At first it tastes exactly like a regular cherry dot. But after some chewing the vanilla becomes evident. I enjoy the flavor of these a lot. Fruity yet mellow. These sort of remind me of cherry vanilla Dr. Pepper.
passion fruit/vanilla (pink/white): These taste kind of floral. Actually, like floral shower gel. I feel like i am eating soap now. Blech. Maybe some people like this flavor. Maybe I could get used to it? For now I will just eat around these ones.
Ingredients: Corn syrup, Sugar, Modified food starch, Artificial and natural flavors, Malic acid, Titanium dioxide, Sodium citrate, Artificial colors (including FD&C red 40, yellow 5).
Nutrition: A serving is 11 dots. 130 calories per serving, 0 calories from fat, Sodium 15mg, Total carbohydrates 33g, Sugars 21g.
These are cute for the upcoming holiday, but I'd personally prefer the classic dots. If they sold boxes of just cherry/vanilla I'd definitely buy them, but overall not worth the trouble of possibly mistaking a pink for a red.. I rate these a 5 out of 10.
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