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The first
thing that came to my mind when I saw the press release for this product was
wow that sounds perfect for s'mores I gotta check them out.
I was surprised how expensive this box of milk-chocolate coated marshmallow was. 6.00-7.00 NIS for 5 marshmallows just seemed like a little more than it should have been. Each marshmallow is about three inches long and weighs .16 grams. Somehow I expected it to be about half that price.
When I
mentioned this to my friend who lives in the US she said that Lieber's sells a chocolate
coated marshmallow in the US that costs 59 cents in her local shops. The
Lieber's one is about 5 inches long and weighs .20 grams. If my math is correct
given the difference in size they end up being about the same price each. 
After a few
web searches I'm almost sure that Carmit actually makes Lieber's marshmallows.
Still it’s not the exact same product. My friend in the US was nice enough to
try the Lieber's one and she said that the Lieber's marshmallow is all pink and
not twisted (whereas the Carmit one is made up of four colors twisted together;
white, yellow, orange and pink.) She thought…" it tasted surprisingly nice
and the milk chocolate worked well with the marshmallow" she added "but
I do think 59 cents, for one, is pretty over priced... It's not a fancy truffle
or something like that". I agree with her, I think 1.40 NIS or 59
cents is expensive for a 3 inch or 5 inch milk-chocolate coated marshmallow.
I still
tasted the Carmit one and thought the marshmallows tasted just fine exactly the
way all of Carmit's marshmallows taste. They were soft, spongy and
"marshmallowy". The thin milk-chocolate coating "cracked"
as I bit into it. It added a nice texture and flavor that I thought worked very
well with the marshmallow itself.
As I
mentioned before chocolate coated marshmallows automatically make me think of
s'mores. I actually had some graham crackers in the cupboard so I couldn’t help
but make some s'mores in the microwave. Considering they were not made over an
open flame I thought they came out pretty good and I enjoyed them.
Bottom
Line: I thought Carmit's milk-chocolate covered marshmallows were perfectly
fine and lived up to exactly what I expected them to be but I think they are
too expensive. There's no reason they should be about 1.20-1.40 NIS per
marshmallow. I think that’s kind of outrageous and not justified.
Box of 5 individually wrapped marshmallows –
6.00-7.00 NIS
Kosher
Dairy Badatz
Disclaimer: All items were purchased by me. No one is paying me for this
review. All opinions are my own.
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