My wife has been known to get the national brand of this candy occasionally when we have movie nights, so naturally when I saw they would be available at Aldi, I got excited on her behalf. While I’m not a fan of sweets all the time, I’ve also been known to dip into her stash, and quite enjoy the collection of overly-sugared treats. Let’s see how Aldi’s stack up, shall we?

I was going to review each color individually, but they don’t really have much of an individual flavor profile…they’re fairly similar in taste across the board, despite the assurance from my wife that there are multiple flavors in here. What they do get right, though, is the proper balance of sweet to sour—many treats try to deliver on it, yet not many succeed. Just by looking at these, it’s pretty obvious they have the “sweet” covered, what with the entire outer shell of plain sugar and all, but there’s also a satisfying sour kick that came very close to making me pucker. If you like the main brand of these, then you’ll like these just fine.

However, due to the similarity in flavors, these get really old, very quickly. I mean, I had one of each color for the purposes of this review, and was about ready to throw in the towel after that; there’s just not enough in the way of variety to keep these interesting beyond a few pieces. It has been a little while since I’ve had the name brand version, but I remember those being a lot better, and a lot more interesting, than these. Crazy Candy Co. does deliver some marks for value: a 10 oz. bag (more than we could even finish after a month) is just $1.69, which really isn’t all that bad for this much candy.

Unfortunately, if it’s just going to sit there, it’s not worth much, and we were “belted” out after just a couple of servings each.

Overall: 5.5/10. A 10 oz. bag is just $1.69, which is a very reasonable price, but what it may have in value, it more than lets up in flavor—even though there are three different colors, they all taste pretty similar to me, meaning they get really old really quick. The balance of sweet to sour is pretty good (these really are sour, unlike many other candies that purport themselves to be), but at the end of the day, it all comes down to taste, and for me, these are just too generic and tiring for me to recommend them to anyone but the biggest of candy aficionados.