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WEEKLY CANDY: Chewy Lemonhead & Friends
Most of us are familiar with the molar-chipping Lemonheads we all ate as kids, but they've since gone soft.
WEEKLY CANDY: Chewy Lemonhead & Friends
IN QUESTION: Ferrara Pan’s Chewy Lemonhead & Friends are what we're talking about today. Most of us are familiar with the molar-chipping Lemonheads we all ate as kids, but they've since gone soft — packed inside an obnoxious yellow box splattered with a giant rainbow, Lemonhead is joined by his buddies Apple, Grape, Orange and Cherry, all of whom conspire to force you to eat more candy than you should. Grape and cherry taste like cough syrup (go figure), but lemon, orange and apple taste like they should: fruit candy. They're supposedly made with "real fruit juice," but the best part for me is that they’re first sweet and then tart (like the inverse of Sour Patch Kids). While I still can’t get over the cheesy horrible animated dancing fruit waving at me, I keep reaching for more.
AVAILABLE AT: I haven’t seen them in too many places, but you can definitely find them at the always-entertaining CVS at 10th and Reed in South Philly.
HOW MANY DO WE TYPICALLY EAT IN ONE SITTING: They’re the same size as the original Lemonhead, so it’s likely that one could pop at least 20 into your mouth at once. They’re also chewy, which means that you don’t have to wait for the hard exterior to melt in your mouth. And if you’re sitting in bed or at a computer like I often do during a candy sesh, then mindlessly downing handfuls is not unlikely.
FINER POINTS: In case you want even more real fruit juice in your diet, Chewy Lemonhead & Friends also comes in "berry" and "tropical" varieties.
Photos: Drew Lazor
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