There a joy to have. Ive spoken with one person in my ofc who remembers them - were both in our early 50s. So I just tried some of this today because I saw it in an OldeTymey candy store this weekend and who wouldn't be drawn to a pictureless package that simply states "Scented Gum"?It tastes like Noxema. They all thought I was nuts! #40 Bonnie-Me too. The chew is a little sticky and not at all like a chicklet, lacking that burst of sugar and cooling mint. What's your favorite gum? His smell drew me to him and at first i could not figure out where or what he smelt like and reminded me so much of something. Love it! Violet gum is the best gum I have ever had. http://www.chowardcompany.com/products.htm. GumAlert is a review blog dedicated to one of life's greatest little pleasures: Gum. Great blog! Circa 1957, Long Island, New York a little shop in Garden City that sold candy sold these candies for about a nickel a pack. The website is Words cannot express my confusion. Sounds interesting. All of them decolined. I LOVE the smell at the counter! (god, I kinda feel like Im asking for the good drugs!) However, I have not seen the violet gum or the Peppermint or Lemon pastilles at Walgreens soo, where does one find them? LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!! Maybe I am clearing my teeth and tongue of grease and dirt build-up?I'm both fascinated and horrified by this stuff and am going to buy more so I can force it upon everyone I meet, just to watch their expressions. TriciaGab on 2/11/11 at 1:45 pm, Comment by http://www.mashtimalones.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=720. What gum would you like to see us review? Doesnt a soft fondant-y violet candy that melts in your mouth sound good? This is actually a very unique gum. I LOVE the violet CHowards..Ive bought them before just last week.Mary Ellen: Ive also had them mixed in ice cream, the same night I bought them. We could be the exception. They couldnt stop eating it! Do you order yours from Mashtis, or do you have a local source? Over a week ago I bought some and once home mixed em with ice cream (did similiar as I mention on the Neccos entry with todays Neccos, only in yogurt.. Canels gums the only other violet flavored one. Everyone, I,too,as a tween loved Chowards and Thanksgiving Weekend this year, (see below date), Just being a wiseass. Jamie on 12/31/69 at 4:00 pm, Comment by As a touchstone though, I found the peppermint version of Chowards pretty good, like a dense pillow butter mint. I really dont want to pay $15 to get into the museum to buy candy. - candy fandom in the form of a blog. Its really good, I just tried them last week. Other reveiws: here and here. I def agree with the comments about the size and hardness of the gum. I have no idea what it is about violets that I am drawn to personally. Deborah Kelch on 8/11/15 at 8:15 pm, Comment by Love gum! Any flavor recommendations? And the reviews are so legit! For a while Mashti himself was slipping me a special ginger, cardamom and saffron ice cream until they discontinued it. I don't really care for the taste. I just love them. Hi, my name is Sharron and I am addicted to violets! And of COURSE they dont make it anymore. I am pretty sure they are not really a candy but a mislabled bath salt. They didnt taste soapy to me. Like Hedgie Hog above me, my friends described it as some sort of soap taste. We'd love to hear from you! I have said since my first encounter (I kissed a guy who had just finished a mint!) Melody on 1/07/08 at 8:05 pm, Comment by Scented Gum - 7 out of 10, POSTED BY Cybele AT 9:11 am Well, this gum is the same way, I quickly grew to love it, and it is by a far margin my favorite gum. I love the smell and taste of these mints. I can smell and taste them after I place my online order. I love this gum. Bonnie DeSmet on 4/25/09 at 9:26 pm, Comment by well, at least I didnt have to share! i tried and tried to stop craving for them, but no success, its so bad that in the last 3 years i gain at least 40lbs, and had gastric bypass!, damn i got to atleast slow down, what the hell is in these mints! I loved those. (more) For one thing, it's not "Chowards", it is C. Howards. It just means that I dont plan on buying it again. I LOVE these little mint candies. 5 out of 10 does not mean that you shouldnt continue to love it and recommend it. Still, I do love me some Choward's. You would just need the smallest amount. I get comfort from them. Sparkina on 7/01/12 at 5:22 pm, Comment by Ginger on 1/05/10 at 8:27 am, Comment by Please do not use my photos without prior permission directly from me, they represent what I ate in preparation for these reviews and are not to be used for other purposes. Thank you for the explanation. For anyone looking for violet candy in many varieties, try Madrids La Violetta. Any insight as to what these were called, who made/makes them and if they are still available? Dont eat more than a couple of a time though because the cloying flavor/scent will make you sick. I did not like it when I first chewed it, but it did cover the smoky smell. Lets all take a break with KitKat on this episode of Candyology 101. I feel you April about fighting over the mints. I feel so lady-like with a tin of Flavignys. I would wear it and use it as breath spray. Candy Critic - an exhaustive site of candy reviews from Canada, Collecting Candy - Jason shares his immense collection of candy wrappers and historical perspective to confectionery, The Candy Enthusiast - Sera's intricate notes & fabulous pictures of candy from around the world, Candy Gurus - Matty, Scotty & Jonny put candy to the test - it can be harsh but all done with love, Candy Professor - Yes, a real professor writes about candy and its place in American history, Candy Yum Yum - Patti's thoughts on candy as a writer and professional taste tester, Chocablog - UK based group blog with chocolate reviews from all over Europe. But some of your other comments are a little unsupported.Okay so liking or disliking the flavor is a matter of "taste" (pun intended) and so cannot really be argued.But when you claim that a fragrance cannot be refreshing, well, that just makes it sound like you lost your sense of smell in a freak accident or in battle or something. I keep a roll in my pocket book and one in my car and the beautiful scent is always there. They carrie them at World Market (where I found them a year ago). Those are the same I rememberwe lived in Chicago when I was a kid and my grandmother and I would go to get those violet squares I loved them and have been searching for them forever. Candy Review C. Howard Co. Gum Mints 5-Pleasant 7-Worth It United States . Comment on #23. On a completely unrelated issue my favorite music albums are ones i did not like the first time I heard them. When I was a young girl, my grandmother had a tin of violet candies, I cannot remember the name of them though, they might have been pastilles. I have loved these mints and gum (even though I don't chew gum a lot now) for several decades. It reminds me of the flower scent in a funeral home! I have to say, this gum is one of my all time favorites. I immediately grabbed a handful and my college-aged daughter and I crunched on them for the rest of the day. (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), http://www.cooksister.com/images/2007/04/05/fatduckviolettart.jpg, Candyology 101 - Episode 35 - Whatchamacallit. They bring back memories of visiting my Grandma in Chicago, way back in the 1960s. @ #59 And almost every single solitary gum that is sold in candy racks, in supermarkets nationwide, is peddling the deadly aspartame. Their Rose is also very interesting. I know where you can get these. Lastly, one of the great things about this gum is that it does not contain aspartame, which has been proven to be a toxic, cancer-causing chemical (Google it). My grandmother used to buy it in Chicago (in bulk at a department store) and I LOVED them. I remember trying those mints, and I was just thinking, Ick. My friends had introduced me to them when we were at the mall. As for comment #51 I got my insanely expensive natural violet ( and other) aromatics at Eden Botanicals. Next time I am in LA or Glendale I will seek them out. I started candying violets, pansies & roses last year but I need to buy some violet essence and rose too..got any good suggestions for the good stuff? I just finished a package of the violet mints. Sweets Obsessed Twitter List - many of the above candy aficionados also maintain awesome Twitter postings, you can follow along here. Bonnie on 2/16/10 at 1:16 pm, Comment by I bought two. oops! Shawna on 1/02/09 at 11:53 am, Comment by The following items have been commented on most recently: Dum-Dums Holiday Pops (Limited Edition)(1), Candyology 101 - Episode 37 - Lemonheads(3), M&Ms Boo-tterscotch (Target Exclusive)(15), Ask Umbra - an advice column for environmentalists at Grist magazine, Baking Bites - Nicole's recipes and real-world kitchen, Chowhound - straight talk from your fellow eaters mouths, The Girl Who Ate Everything - Robyn's tireless documentation of food, The Impulsive Buy - Marvo's reviews of things, food and sometimes sweets, Not Martha - crafts and adventures with a good dose of candy, Taquitos - over 5,000 reviews of snackfoods (mostly chips), Comment by I wish Choward's had more flavors. I love LOVE the mints they are addicting! Comment on #23 and 58I too have been looking for the violet square candy that is kind of small and powder sugar like. I love these candies. I finally figured it out and i cant get over how much i absolutely love smelling him ; ) everytime i smell the candy, i am quickly reminded of him and how much i love both of them! Thanks for stopping by Anon Im sure that my experience with the strange dolls has colored my experience, since I do have an affinity for other floral sweets. Theyre sweet and very hard (like a piece of soft shale) are the color of the putty I used to caulk my shower and smell like something I might use in the shower while Im there. Yes! Then I came back to the office after the weekend and it smelled like violets, Oh, I forgot all about them! Well, now Ive photographed them and chewed them up and can speak knowlegably about them. fyi on pricing: i just bought a pack here in the UWS in Manhattan, theyre a buck. My friend is a smoker and she really likes them as a breath-freshener. "No color"?? Bonnie on 11/15/09 at 12:24 am, Comment by It reminds me of these little tiny candies that were pink, green and purple in a package the size of a deck of cards that were sold in Sun Drugstores when I was a kid. Cybele - this is the most fun comment stream! I too love the Violet Candy! Also, do they sell them in single packs? Candyology 101 - Episode 35 - Whatchamacallit Beautiful foil packaging. For a daily update of Candy Blog reviews, enter your email address: Candyology 101 - Episode 37 - Lemonheads You know the other day, I was looking under my car set,and found out the smell was still their,butt I was just about to run out of violets,I had two packs left,and I no I had no time to wast,I needed to do something fast.So thats when I said to myself I needed to go down to the PIKE PLACE MARKET,to forfill my needes. I always buy at least 6 at a time! So I sequestered the invasive violets in three layers of paper bags (and promptly forgot about it because it was jammed in three paper bags and looked like trash). This gum comes the closest to the "Scents" gum that I used to chew back in the 60"s. That gum came in a small square box and the box was colored purple and green. #14 and Cybele - thx for the tip on Mashti Malones Ice Cream. I dont care for the gum all that much though. Noone corrected me otherwise *lol* How i miss my purple Chowders! Please tell me where in Los Angeles you found it?!!! IT IS HEAVENLY. The local newstand in my town sells them for 95 cents a pack. Bonnie on 11/16/09 at 3:51 pm, Comment by I wanted my wife to experience the wonderful flavor that I remembered. Anonymous on 12/31/69 at 4:00 pm, Comment by Maybe that is how it refreshes? I have similar feelings about amaretto because of a bad experience involving pizzelle dough that I wont go into here. Im 42 now. ), Ratings: Violet Mints - 5 out of 10 crispin on 12/31/69 at 4:00 pm, Comment by They dont really dissolve so much as just slowly deteriorate in your mouth. se4riously though, I do agree that it is an acquired taste. I ordered from them a few months ago and just placed a large order a few days ago. http://www.cooksister.com/images/2007/04/05/fatduckviolettart.jpg Cybele: The scent of violets must be somewhere in my memory. I am so happy to discover some folks here who share the love of violets and these violet sweets! Were also trying out a new format, which is a little shorter, like a handful of fun size candy bars! Im still a NY"er in heart And I miss the smell and Taste of a VIOLET. Renada on 3/22/09 at 6:12 pm, Comment by First, I preface this review (actually, it looks like Ive prefaced the review several times, would you like to just skip to the bottom for the rating?) In fact, aspartame is the artificial sweetener in most gum nowadays that prolongs it's sweet flavor. Do you like our gum blog? I only have them when I find them in a specialty shop. The mints are more tolerable. Maybe u have something else wrong medically.because I get sick when I dont have any .#1fan, I own a goose farm so I am not affiliated with any candy company and I have stated my own special interest..lol But I grew up in St Louis and Bissengers used to make their version of violet candies which started my whole addiction of flower flavored sweets. Those little dolls in the 70s were called Little Kiddles and they were in a plastic perfume container. Price: unknown (but have seen regular Chowards for $1.25) Deb - I just picked up some Flavigny (all flavors) in January and will post about them soon. You obviously have noooooo taste buds. In the latest Candyology 101 podcast, Maria and I tackled a little-celebrated candy bar, the Whatchamacallit. Bruce - I live in LA, so there are now two Mashti ice cream parlors nearby. (more) Candyology 101 - Episode 36 - KitKat I am actually gonna ask for these for Christmas!! I am pleased to have found C Howard sells them online straight from the factory. I can only find them in the auctions around my area though. Mary Ellen on 4/04/07 at 10:16 am, Comment by ), Glad to see my posts, but as of course youd know, Cybele my belle, only the first post shoulda been posted, I thought that the posting mechanisms or whatever were on the blink:). I can think of other ways to get minerals in your diet. Got suggestions? I cannot fathom people thinking these mints are edible. Im down to my last 2 mints and am wondering if there is anywhere else in Indianapolis to find these little gems. :-(. I never owned any (I think my friend down the street, Lisa did though) but I can recall wanting them badly. Always sold at Wockenfuss in the Baltimore, MD area in bulk - I never saw them in any sort of package. If you search google for that youll find an apothecary shop on amazon who sells them. More for me! I simply love violet scented gum and the mints! SteveCarras on 12/13/14 at 9:00 am, Comment by its got a very thin biscuit bottom and then some violet paste (I guess) and a crystalized violet on top.yum you should fly to the uk and check it out so whenever I need one I just reach under my seat and forfill my needs.Im addiceted. They were little dolls with insanely huge heads and long, stylable hair that smelled of violets. I am a violet candy addict and as such have tried just about every brand imaginable. I also love the Flavigny violet pastilles. Paul the Red on 10/31/06 at 8:08 pm, Comment by I have introduced this mint to dozens of people and they all agreed that the violet mint is a shortly accuired taste, but no doubt a favorite. They are called Flavigny violet pastilles. HiNo, Ive never been able to find the violet chicklet The Chowards is the closest thing but not quite the same. The flavor is not at all like the mint, its got a nice cinnamon/clove twang to it and a little touch of the flowery violet. (*.*). Joe McLinden. Renada on 4/22/09 at 6:10 am, Comment by no joke. My friends and I loved them so much that we always had a pack in our pockets. but i prefer the hard bonbons, flower shaped and violet color. Then every time I opened my bag during the day I smelled that wonderful scent and to this day, that smell reminds me of New Orleans. Bonnie DeSmet on 4/20/09 at 2:51 pm, Comment by By the way, I still have my doll and the lily of the valley one, and they still have a faint scent after 40 years! Laura Bird Smith on 2/18/16 at 12:05 pm. I have not had them since the late 60s or early 70s. Couldn't find them for a few years here in L.A., but I found some yesterday while out looking for unusual Easter candy. Let me know if you cant find them. My friend describes the taste as good tasty soapiness. Did they??? melita on 2/16/10 at 6:27 am, Comment by That's all I buy! Love Those Violets Renada. Anyway, my stepmother sent these to me a couple of weeks ago and they went into my pile of chocolates, until I took out a candy bar and it tasted like violets. I use to glue that honking blue-violet foil all over my bedpost, my notebooks, my desk drawers. As a child my father used to purchase (1960s) small squares for me - I assume they were violet flavored as they were purple. Chowards gum has the exact same taste and when I tried it a few months ago, it took me back in time. They would give your candy some gorgeous aroma for sure! Ann Marie on 10/27/13 at 5:29 am, Comment by the mints are my FAVORITE! First time i tried this very unique tasting gum i was shocked at the perfume taste and would have to admit i did not like it either. Type: Mint & Gum. $1.65 a pack =( although the price was a rip, I bought 2 packs anyways. SteveCarras on 12/11/14 at 7:43 pm, Comment by They were much sweeter than the CHowards & a little softer (& smaller). She would give me and my gang of cousins candy money to spend at Kutsas Drug store. I love the violetas gum and candy! My mom and I can polish off a pack in like 10 minutes, each! That being said, if you like the taste of soap, you will enjoy them, otherwise, for the Flavigny - I go through 4-5 tins a week. SteveCarras on 12/16/14 at 10:42 pm, Comment by But I love these candies and I need for the company to sell them down here. SteveCarras on 12/11/14 at 6:55 pm, Comment by seem to do going by your comment ) then youd love to hear of my story of my Chowards mixed in ice cream, last night I did similiar with Neccos and yogurt.and I AM a guy. My favorite ice cream flavor at the moment is Orange Blossom and Pistachio. As far as the complaints about this gum losing it's flavor quickly and being too small, if the reviewer knew anything about the history of chewing gum, they would know that all vintage gums lost their flavor quickly, and most, for a long time, were Chicklet-sized (except Wrigley's - which also lost it's flavor quickly). By the way, the dolls were called Lucky Locket Kiddles and they came in plastic perfume bottles attached to a cord neclace and little collectable plastic perfume bottles that just sat on your dresser. 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Fast Forward: Long Beach, California, October, 2008 I was walking with the daughter on 10th street down by the beach. I used to get little candy covered anise-seeds (or maybe they were fennel) which were fantastic. I had several, they all smelled different and there was a violet one. Ive had the C Howards & theyre the next best thing to what im talking about. how do you know what soft shale tastes like? Fragrances can definitely be refreshing! Robert James Baribault on 11/16/09 at 10:15 am, Comment by 60 cents a pack, amazing price! If I had my choice between a gum that loses it's flavor quickly, and a gum that is made with cancer-causing aspartame whose flavor lasts long, I'd definitely choose the former.
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