Candy Review: Limited Edition Junior Mints, Peppermint Crunch

As a child, Junior Mints were probably the only candy my mom would allow me and my brother to have. She didn't allow chocolate bars, or hard suckers because she thought they were bad for us. For some reason though, she allowed us to have Junior Mints as an alternative to 'bad candy' as she called them.

As I grew up though, I introduced myself to these bad candies, and never ever really cared to go for a box of Junior Mints.

This past weekend however I saw something down the Christmas isles in my local Target that I actually wanted to try. Besides picking up a box for myself though, I also bought a few more to use for stocking stuffers. Mom would definitely be getting one of these.

Junior Mints Peppermint Crunch!
 
They looked delicious, and the box was all festive looking and done up to attract Junior Mints fans, and non fans alike. At any rate though, they looked cute, and seeing that I hadn't really touched a Junior Mint since I was a kid, I figured these nice new limited editions would be satisfying, but not as familiar.

The box of Junior Mints, Peppermint Crunch is done up in a nice red color, with the official Junior Mints logo on the upper left corner done in green text, and the middle of the box of course is the limited edition flavor 'peppermint crunch' written in white text. Just below that there is a picture of the peppermint crunch junior mints.

They look relatively normal to a regular Junior Mint, only these clearly have some sort of red speckles on the outer chocolate shell.

At home, I opened the box and spilled a few of them into my palm.

The Junior Mints, Peppermint Crunch are ordinary to Junior Mints standards. A small mishapped round blop of chocolate, with a white minty middle. These though have red speckles on them, which look like small shards of candy cane chips.

Flavor:
 
Junior Mints, Peppermint Crunch tastes good, but are very familiar to their originals. The small candy cane like red flecks add a harder texture to the outer shell, but relatively they taste pretty much exact to regular Junior Mints.

Overall the Junior Mints, Peppermint Crunch are good, and would make an excellent stocking stuffer for just about anyone. The festive box makes them gift worthy, and the low price of just $1.50 a box, is pretty much worth it as a little sweet extra for someone on your gift shopping list. Plus if your a Junior Mints fan, you will appreciate them as well.

I personally though wished they would have done something a little more different and bold. Possibly a red and white chocolate outer shell would have been more exciting, but this is a pretty good start for Junior Mints, who never really change up anything.

At any rate though, Junior Mints, Peppermint Crunch are limited editions, so if you don't find them soon, you won't find them at all, and you can never be too sure if they will make an appearance next year either.