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No Thanks to Brach’s Thanksgiving ‘Dinner’

Product: Brach’s Turkey Dinner Candy Corn

Description: Twelve ounce bag of candy corn containing six different flavors: Green beans, roasted turkey, cranberry sauce, ginger-glazed carrots, sweet potato pie, and stuffing.

Preparation summary: Ready to eat

High points: No need to search for rare novelty stores to buy this candy because it’s on the commercial market as a no-joke product—but for a limited run.

Low points: Say grace before and after eating the stuff. First to provide strength for enduring the grotesquely stilted flavors that are about to screw with your taste buds. And secondly for divine intervention in ridding your palate of the weird, sugary residue that lingers for a hellish hour. Sparkling water helps.

Particularly awful were the “green bean” and “roasted turkey” flavors. The former tasted like dead flowers smell, and the “turkey” smacked of poultry seasoning and yellow curry powder that had been sitting in a musty cupboard for 20 years.

Kind of pretty but terrible tasting

These are not “deliciously crafted confections,” as stated on the back of the bag. But they’re fun to put out for a good laugh.

Average Retail Price: $2.99

Availability: Walgreens

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