Sweet nothings

For all that we slam VivoCity for being overhyped and overcrowded (for no good reason at all—see overhyped), the one thing it does have going for it is the availability of yummy candy—albeit overpriced, yummy candy.
For a long while, everyone's go-to candy shop was Candy Empire, which was all good and fascinating and expensive, with festive-looking "promo" price tags that proclaimed prices in a way that tricked many an unsuspecting person into thinking something was a LOT cheaper than it really was. still, Candy Empire had provided us with many a happy munchy, like the delish Jelly Bean Factory Jelly Beans, Freddos, and, in more recent times, these funk-tastic Skittles!

These are Skittles, in special, Limited Edition, Showtime Flavours of Popcorn, Fairy Floss, Bubble Gum, Jam Donut and Toffee Apple:

I'm not quite sure how Jam Donut is a Showtime or Carnival sort of treat, but it is by far, my favourite flavour of the bunch. It had a cinnamon-y, toffee-y fragrance to it, reminding me of cinnamon-sugar dusted Churros, that complemented the fruity, jamy part of it. This was very addictive, and veryy delish.

Popcorn was my next favourite, because it had that weird, distinctive popcorn-jellybean flavour, which I really do love. Even if it didn't really taste like any popcorn I've ever eaten.

A close runner up was Fairy Floss, because it tasted uncannily like candy floss. Yes, I know candy floss is just sugar, but it doesn't taste like just sugar. Perhaps it gets heated as it spins, so that it develops the faintest tinge of burn-sugar-ness? Whatever the reason, the Fairy Floss was quite yummy.

Toffee Apple was quite a let down, because I do love anything with toffee in it, so I was very much looking forward to this one. Sadly, it tasted all of apples, with almost no toffee flavour.

Bubble Gum, I didn't really enjoy, mainly because I don't like Bubble Gum flavoured foods—ice cream, candy, soft drinks, whatever. The Skittle tasted very much like bubble gum, so much so that the first chew was rather unnerving, because for an instant, your brain processes it as bubble gum, not a Skittle, I guess.

Still, I enjoyed these very much, not just because they were yummy, but also because they were pretty.

Vivo also has a new Candy store, but more on that in a later post. :)