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Whoppers are candies with a chocolate coating over a malted milk center. They are almost identical to Maltesers, though fans of one will argue that it is better than the other. Maltesers are made by Mars, while Whoppers are made by Hershey. Around Easter, Whoppers adds a brightly colored candy coating to the balls and calls them Robin Eggs. Personally, I am a huge fan of the candy coating and look forward to picking up a bag of these around Easter. The extra crunch that comes before reaching the chocolate layer and melt-in-your-mouth malted center is great.
This year, I saw that Whoppers released a Strawberry Milkshake version of Robin Eggs. Instead of milk chocolate beneath the candy coating, there is a layer of white chocolate surrounding a strawberry-flavored malted milk center. Though they are a bit on the sweet side, the combination of strawberry and malt was perfect. I think that it would have worked with a milk chocolate, rather than the white, and ended up tasting like an ice cream sundae.
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4-09-2006 @9:43AM Regina Scheidecker said... WOW!!!! ROBIN EGGS!!! YUMMY YUMMY FOR UR TUMMY!! LOL :0) I LOVE EM AND ALWAYS HAVE>> CRuNCY CANDY< CHOcOLATE, MMMM MMMM MMMM
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4-09-2006 @10:04AM CC said... Hey! Doesn't ANYONE remember that Whoppers were originally made by Leaf? (before Hershey bought Leaf!)
Let's give credit where credit is due!
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4-09-2006 @10:06AM Lisa said... I agree with MAMA above.....I lived in England for 4 years and once you have Maltesers....Robin Eggs and Whoppers are on the bottom of the list!!!
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4-09-2006 @10:22AM Grace said... Just yesterday, my daughter and I were talking about Easter and we could hardly wait to get out Robin eggs. They are absolutely delicious. We usually buy 5 bags of them.
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4-09-2006 @10:22AM Joe said... Far superior to Robin's Eggs, in my opinion, are the Brachs version called Fiesta Eggs, available only at Easter. The candy coating and malted center are delicious. By the way, Brachs Malted Milk eggs are way better than the original Whoppers. Whoppers chocolate seems to me to be waxy. The Brachs version actually tastes like milk chocolate. Try them!
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4-09-2006 @10:25AM Grace said... Just yesterday, my daughter and I were talking about Easter and getting some Robin eggs to eat. They are so good. We usually get about 5 bags. Forget the diet.
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4-09-2006 @10:25AM Grace said... Just yesterday, my daughter and I were talking about Easter and getting some Robin eggs to eat. They are so good. We usually get about 5 bags. Forget the diet.
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4-09-2006 @10:25AM Grace said... Just yesterday, my daughter and I were talking about Easter and getting some Robin eggs to eat. They are so good. We usually get about 5 bags. Forget the diet.
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4-09-2006 @10:50AM Just Jody said... I, too, love the Robin's Eggs, and Whoppers are the best!! Does anyone know where to find the Chocolate Crosses I used to get in the 50's and 60's? They had a coconut filling.
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4-09-2006 @10:54AM Sharon said... Reading all you posts has been great fun for me, people talking about candy without guilt. I kept wondering why I never color my lips with the dye off Robin's Eggs? Then it hit me, when I was a kid they didn't have Robins Eggs, but they did have Peeps, I used to wait until they got stale and then ear them. I know, but I was a kid! As for my likes, I have never had Mars Malteasers, now I have found an excuse to buy a bag of those and Whoppers to compare. Oh yes and I will have to try the Strawberry Robins Eggs too. Of course I will share.
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4-09-2006 @11:08AM Denise said... Hands down, Robin Eggs. There is nothing as disappointing as getting what you think are "real" malted milk eggs, only to find they have the appropriate type center, but the coating is a waxy white chocolate flavored "something". If you can't paint your lips with 'em, don't eat 'em!
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4-09-2006 @11:13AM Teasnana said... The lipstick is a classic. I just put some "robin egg blue" on yesterday with my granddaughter!! lol I'm sure we all have our own traditions but I like to nibble the outside off and then let the malted milk dissolve in my mouth.
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4-09-2006 @11:40AM BigB said... All of you grown up kids make me smile.
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4-09-2006 @11:50AM jen said... I love whoppers frozen they are great in a DQ blizzard. As far as other malted milk balls I have never tasted the malters ( is that right?) Would like to know the difference. Oh and pass the candy to me please
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4-09-2006 @11:50AM tallkkmoore said... Just wanted to be added to the Robins Egg Lipstick list! While I prefer Whoppers to Robins Eggs, it brought a smile to my face to remember using the candy coating as lipstick. It's been a while since I've done that, but I think it's time to stop being such a grown-up and try it again. Hey, why not? My kids already think I'm crazy! lol
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4-09-2006 @12:35PM Al Murphy said... Linda, I live about 2 miles from Quality Candy and you're right, the whipped creame eggs are to die for!
I really try not to go there--if I do, there goes $20 in a blink of an eye!
Years back, my late grandmother taught me how to "read" the chocolates in the samplers-there are specific swirls on the top, telling what's inside.
None of the other neighborhood kids could figure out how I could home in on the cherry cordials and the caramel filled candies, and not take one's I didn't like!
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4-09-2006 @12:36PM Marie said... I think it is great that Robin's Eggs come with White Chocolate. I have a daughter who is deathly allergic to brown chocolate and 2 grandsons that have a mild allergy to brown chocolate. Now I can buy them chocolate they can eat and not get sick or die. This is NO JOKE, I am very serious about this. These companies need to stop and think, a lot of people have allergies to chocolate(brown) and can get very sick or even die from it, just as they can from other foods they are allergic to.
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4-09-2006 @12:59PM Amy S. said... Sheila,
Me, too! Thanks for reminding me of better days (using the melting candy coating as lipstick, even if it only lasted a few seconds!). Actually, I really don't care what brand of malted milk balls I eat! Yes, the quality of chocolate differs greatly, but this carboholic doesn't c-a-r-e!!
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4-09-2006 @1:06PM dee said... I love Whoppers and Robin Eggs.. My son waits each year for me to put Whoppers & Robin Eggs in his childrens Easter baskets so that he can share them with the children.. This year I am surprising him with his own basket of Whoppers & Robin Eggs...You are never too old for the great taste of both of those candies..
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4-09-2006 @1:25PM Diane said... I too look forward to the Robin Eggs!! They are my favorite. I love to take my teeth and chip off the candy coating and chocolate, then take one big crunch of the malted center. Makes you feel like a kid again!
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