Jokerz Candy Bar

Go Max Go Foods is a relatively new company that makes a line of vegan candy bars. These implicitly imitate some of the most popular mainstream chocolate bars of nonvegan candy lovers. The four bars are Jokerz (like a Snickers), Twilight (like a Milky Way), Buccaneer (like a 3 Musketeers), and Mahalo (like an Almond Joy). I received the first three in my stocking at Christmas and was never so inclined to buy a Mahalo as I never actually enjoyed Almond Joys in my pre-vegan days. These can be found at Wegmans for about $2.00 each. They can also be ordered online at veganessentials.com.

The first thing i notice after taking a bite is the fresh roasted peanut taste. After that subsides, the caramel which has a very slight pull and grainy texture (or maybe the grain is from the nougat) comes through. The caramel is sweet, sugary, and kind of buttery (with a nice hint of salt). The rice milk chocolate is delicious, kind of cool on the tongue but has very little cocoa notes (I don't mind). The nougat is delicious too, chewy and sweet. You can only imagine how everything tastes together. It's just how I remember a Snickers bar.. minus all the guilty feelings :) I also for some reason remember Snickers being a bit drier.

Ingredients (Vegan): Corn syrup, Peanuts (dry roasted), Beet sugar, Evaporated cane juice, Palm kernal oil, Cocoa powder (natural), Palm oil, Rice powder (rice syrup powder, rice starch, rice flour, carrageenan), Soy protein concentrate, Dextrose, Natural flavors, Malt powder (extract of barley malt and corn), Soybean lecithin, Salt, Carrageenan, Enzyme modified soy protein.

Nutrition: A serving is 60g (or one bar). 280 calories per serving, 130 calories from fat, Total fat 15g, Saturated fat 6g, Sodium 95mg, Total carbohydrate 33g, Dietary fiber 2g, Sugars 22g, Protein 5g.

So, this is by no means a light treat. It's actually quite fattening. However this is candy so who cares? After all it is vegan, there is no cholesterol (obviously), there is no contribution to animal cruelty, and it is absolutely delicious. I can't wait to review the other two bars. It would be cool if these came in smaller sizes and maybe dark chocolate varieties. Overall though, I have no complaints. I rate this a 10 out of 10.