Today is Gumdrop day! I haven’t had a gumdrop in years partly because I was never a massive fan but mainly because I’ve been vegetarian for about 7 years. I don’t eat meat but I do very occasionally cheat and eat gelatine in marshmallows because they’re delicious and they make me happy. I figured if I’ll eat the occasional marshmallow I could eat a gumdrop and not feel too terrible about it. What a slippery gelatine slope.
I went to the supermarket and it turns out there’s more types of gumdrop than I remember.
There was a 3 for £1.40 deal on which was pretty convenient so I bought all three types and decided to do a comparison test. I have friends coming round at the weekend to play boardgames so I figured I could eat one from each pack and then pawn the rest off on them. I got home and realised that I couldn’t do a straight comparison of whichever flavour was first out of the packet as some flavours are just not as good as others. Instead I dug through and pulled out a strawberry flavour from each pack and got to testing.
The results:
Fruit gums - Immediately became stuck to my teeth. Really firm texture and sticky, overall kinda gross. 2/10 ended up spitting it out.
Fruit pastilles - Okay this is a lot better! Soft enough to actually chew and the sugar on the outside is nice. 7/10.
Wine gums - Also good! A bit too chewy but the best flavour so far. 8/10
Averaging the scores above, Gumdrop day should be a… 5.66/10 but I’m going to round down for the gelatine factor. Overall score 5/10, there’s better candy and I wouldn’t buy again.