Halloween Dots

I would have taken a few pictures of these myself (because I bought all three boxes despite being on an “eating right” kick), but the old lady is out of town and has the digital camera with her, so you’ll have to settle for this stock photo instead:

Is that impressive or what ?! Everything about this is great! Ghost Dots! Bat Dots! Candy Corn Dots! More Dots than you could shake a stick at!Ghost Dots have been around for a few years, if I’m not mistaken, but Bat Dost and Candy Corn Dots are entirely new.. at least to me they are. The packaging is great. Wonderful use of vibrant colors and it all just looks so cute I could eat the box along with the Dots. Here’s the breakdown on each of these flavors:

Ghost Dots – This is my first year ever trying them and they’re pretty good because as near as I can tell, they’re the regular Dots flavors (cherry, strawberry, lemon, lime, orange) just with a neato pale green poltergeist color. It’s always a mystery as to which flavor you’re going to get! Tootsie should just go all out and make these things glow-in-the-dark too because that’s exactly what they look like they should be.

Bat Dots – My favorite of the bunch, the flavor here is “blood orange” and it reminds me some type of ’80s fruit snack. Maybe I’m thinking of orange Sunkist fruit snacks? The coloring nearly makes it look like a black licorice gumdrop, but closer inspection reveals just a hint of orange coloring.

Candy Corn Dots – They look like candy corn and they kinda taste like candy corn. But it seems to taste like cheap frosting or icing that you might find on a cookie from a bakery. It’s not bad, just odd.

Overall, I consider these Halloween-themed Dots to be a success! Here’s hoping they’ve got some good ideas for Christmas.

And yes, let’s call this the first entry for Halloween Scream 2009 (don’t worry, the official kickoff won’t be until October 1st)!