Buckeyes

Harry London Chocolates

Ohio is the buckeye state, what I buckeye is I'm not sure. I imagined that it's the thing a male deer uses to see. It could also be the price of eyeballs in days gone by. What I do know is that a part of the US goes nuts for anything with the name Buckeye. Recently while traveling through Ohio I came across these treats, actually these treats where all over the place. I'm not sure if the name comes from these, or if the treat was inspired by the Buckeye. It would really help if I had a clue what a buckeye was.

These things kind of look like eyes, well opposite eyes, in that the centre is white and the outside is brown. Now I'm not sure what the inside of anybodies eye looks like but I'm sure it's not full of peanut butter like these. Maybe that's why deer rely more on their sense of smell and not sight, maybe they have peanut butter in their eyes too. The peanut butter in these isn't bad, I always prefer the real stuff unsweetened but that rarely happens. The chocolate could be a little thinker; it's a little lost in the peanut butter.

I wonder if the eye's centre is supposed to be peanut butter but for better mass production these guys decided to just put a little white chocolate on the top. Wish they didn't, but I guess it makes sense. I also wish they used slightly better quality chocolate too, but again why should I complain... Wait a minute I'm the Candy Critic, I should complain. The idea is cool, the execution is ok and the ingredients aren't the best.

All scores out of 5 (Aug 25 2007)