Regular readers will probably know by now that I love coffee (and coffee cakes, though that’s really a whole ‘nother issue). Not only do I drink quite a lot of coffee and incorporate it into recipes, but I also find it difficult to pass by a coffee-flavored candy without giving it a try. My most recent acquisition in this department was a bag of the Limited Edition Dark Chocolate Coffee Hershey’s Kisses. Hershey’s loves their special edition candies, so I wasn’t impressed with the “limited” run, but the flavor combination sounded promising to me.
The kisses are very dark and surprisingly bittersweet, with a coffee flavor that tastes very similar to that of reconstituted, freeze dried coffee. I don’t mean that to be an indictment of the quality of the candy – especially since I find that freeze dried coffee powder works so well as a flavoring in cakes and such -Â but that is the most accurate description of the flavor I can think of. The coffee aroma of the candy is good and the overall combination works well. That being said, I wouldn’t eat a whole bunch of these at once. I would much rather chop them up and add them to a cookie dough or cupcake batter, where the flavor can blend into something else and mellow slightly, while still adding a good coffee burst into the mix.
ETA: I see that Candy Addict found a bag of these earlier this year, although I haven’t personally seen them in stores until recently.
Chocoholic
August 30, 2007Sound yummy. Can’t wait to try them.
Becky
August 30, 2007Coffee puts the system under the strain of metabolizing a deadly acid-forming drug, depositing its insoluble cellulose, which cements the wall of the liver, causing this vital organ to swell to twice its proper size. In addition, coffee is heavily sprayed. (Ninety-two pesticides are applied to its leaves.) Diuretic properties of caffeine cause potassium and other minerals to be flushed from the body.
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Gigi
September 1, 2007I wonder how these compare to Pocket Coffee or Trader Joe’s Espresso Chocolates. The Hershey Kisses probably don’t have the ooey gooey center, right?
I got a bunch of Target’s Choxie Espresso Chocolate Bars a while ago and found they taste really when chopped up in a chocolate cookie recipe. The chocolate bar chunks stay soft and squishy even after the cookies cool. Maybe thse Kisses could be used that way.
Nicole
September 3, 2007I actually reviewed the espresso chocolates from Trader Joe’s a few weeks ago. You can see the review here: http://bakingbites.com/2007/07/trader-joe%e2%80%99s-espresso-chocolates/
I liked them better than the Hershey’s Kisses, but they’re really different types of candy, since the espresso chocolates are filled with liquid espresso. Come to think of it, though, I wouldn’t mind if more chocolates were like that…
Bob Murphy
November 19, 2007My friends and I have been trying to find the dark chocolate/coffee Hershey’s kisses for some time now. I have a candy bowl at work and am asked almost daily when they can enjoy the dark chocolate/coffee kisses again. Can you help me?
Ed Megaw
December 13, 2012Let’s get them back! Is there anybody out there that wants to try?