WEEKLY CANDY: Skwinkles Salsaghetti

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WEEKLY CANDY: Skwinkles Salsaghetti

POSTED: Thursday, November 18, 2010, 11:42 PM
Filed Under: Weekly Candy
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Once a week, Team Meal Ticket shares its latest sugar-laden fixations. Do not tell 0ur dentist. IN QUESTION: Like all the best things in life, Skwinkles Salsaghetti, which was endorsed by multiple commenters in a previous Weekly Candy installment, is weird and Mexican. The core of Salsaghetti are small chewy watermelon gummi strands (similar in size to Sour S'ghetti) dusted with chili and salt flecks. What really stands out about Salsaghetti, though, is the sauce that comes packaged along with the candy. It's a sticky/saline/OKitskindagross tamarind syrup you're meant to dress the watermelon 'ghetti with before eating. AVAILABLE AT: We've spotted Salsaghetti at all sorts of bodegas around town, but strangely enough, we copped this particular pack at the Best Buy on Columbus Avenue. Check out the weird labyrinthine walk to the registers there, dotted on every side with a surprisingly well-curated selection of snacks and sweet treats. They've got a lot of Mexi stuff. HOW MANY DO WE TYPICALLY EAT IN ONE SITTING: We made it through most of this pack, but dude ... the sauce ... the sauce. Not feeling the tamarind sauce. Y'all remember Boober's pickle car from Fraggle Rock? This stuff tastes like the pickle car's motor oil, if that makes any sense. Really into the Salsaghetti straws themselves, though, as they're a nice balance of fruity, salty and zingy. FINER POINTS: Not sure if we'd recommend consuming Salsaghetti the way it's meant to be consumed (with that godforsaken sauce), but if you're a curious candy consumer like we are, it's most definitely worth a single shot. Would eat the 'ghetti by itself any day, though.

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Posted 2010-11-19 01:40:00
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