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Remember this?
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As promised, I found and bought some.
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Is this candy taking over American shelves? Not that I can see, I had to order it from Amazon.
Is it unlike anything I’ve ever tried? Not really.
Foamy? No.
Chewy? Yes.
Disgustingly over sweetened and completely unappetizing? Definitely.
Of the four varieties I tried banana toffee was the worst. A horrible artificial buttery flavor lingered on my tongue after swallowing and all I could think about was brushing my teeth.
The other three were awful and dusted with extra crystallized sugar to put you into immediate diabetic coma. Even the sour lemon raspberry was too sweet.
Sorry Sweden, but Bubs are a big nej from me.
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And as an aside for no one else but Mary G… creamy coconut shrimp bowl with fresh fruit. (Those are halved grapes, not sausage)
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From the restaurant I can’t remember in Pittsfield.
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It was fabulous, and the pear martini was as well.
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Oh, the sacrifices a blogger must make for readers! From your description, Bubs sound a bit like Circus Peanuts. Any resemblance?
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A bit denser, with stronger flavors. But equally as disgusting, yes.
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Yum! That looks delish. So it’s more like a modern pan-Asian restaurant, rather than old-school NE Chinese, which is what I was picturing when you said Pittsfield.
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It was odd. Had the same chairs and ambience but the food was a cut above. It might not even be there anymore. This was 6 years ago…
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That shrimp bowl looks lovely. 😋
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It was fabulous.
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For a moment, I thought there was a fifth, shrimp-flavored Bubs.
They sound awful.
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No, that was just a carry over conversation from another blog.
But honestly? Shrimp flavored Bubs couldn’t be any worse than what I tried….
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Note that it says “Unlike anything you’ve ever tried”.👍👍👍
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Well, they got that right anyway.
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😂😂😂
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I’ll take a hard pass on the Bubs.
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Wise choice.
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👍🏼
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I didn’t know the Internet was keeping track of “it” gummys for us, but Bubs does not sound like it is it.
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It’s definitely something. But not tasty.
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Duly noted! You took one for the blogging team.
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I do what I can.
😉
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If TikTok promotes them, then the kids will eat them.
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Makes me twice as glad I’m not on there…
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A pear martini sounds awesome right now!
After your prior post, I read the Amazon reviews of those candies and there were a lot of comments about most of Amazon’s not being the “real” thing and tasting awful, with bad texture. I dunno.
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Could be, but I couldn’t find them anywhere else.
Though why go to the trouble of counterfeiting a candy? I can’t imagine it’s that big a seller in the US.
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I saw comments like that too… no other source, but what they rec’d was so bad that they’ll never order them through Amazon again.
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I had ChatGPT check mine and it said this…
Yes — I can check these more closely. The bags in your photo look like genuine BUBS packaging, not obvious counterfeits.
In fact, all four products shown are real BUBS products currently listed on BUBS’s official U.S. website:
* Sweet Banana Toffee Ovals
* Sour Strawberry Vanilla Diamond
* Sour Tutti Frutti Diamond
* Sour Lemon Raspberry Skalle
The logo, bag design, product names, colors, and 5.5-oz (156 g) size in your picture are consistent with the U.S. versions.
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I wonder if they just don’t ship well, or if it’s different taste trends… like how people in other countries often dislike Reeses PB Cups.
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I went back on Amazon and saw various sellers with different packaging. Maybe I just got lucky… or unlucky as the case may be… and purchased the real thing.
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At least you didn’t get them from Temu!
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Ha!
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Banana toffee? Oh ugh.
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I love banana.
I love toffee.
I did not love these.
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I bet you also loved Dr. Seuss!
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I did!
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Thanks for taking that Swedish bullet for us.
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I’ve never heard of this candy that is sweeping the nation!
Girl, that Coconut Shrimp Bowl looks amazing!
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