Ginger Altoids. They do exist!

I heard a rumor about Ginger Altoids on this very board several months ago, and searched high and low for them to no avail. Perhaps, I thought, nothing that yummy-sounding could actually exist. Maybe it was just a figment of my imagination, I thought.

Well, yesterday, I went shopping at a place called Cost Plus World Market (like Pier 1, only better) in search of a shade for my computer room window. Well, I didn’t have much luck finding a shade, so I went over to the foreign candy department. I wasn’t at all expecting Ginger Altoids–after all, I’d looked there before–but there they were! The golden box shone like the Holy Grail. And, they are every bit as good and as curiously strong as I expected them to be, to boot! I’ve been disappointed by some of the other non-peppermint Altoids offereings, but Ginger Altoids deliver. Sweet and spicy! Yummm.

Of course they exist. Vix gave me one. I sucked on a bit and was gonna spit it out, but Dave wanted it.

OH COME ON. We share spit all the time.

Yes, they do exist, and they’ve been available at Trader Joes for a whle. They’re great!

I too have been looking. I have yet to find one. Email me one.

So you can find Ginger in the North.

:smiley:

[sub]don’t hurt me…[/sub]

On a related tangent, I found the Holy Trinity of gum: Beechnut, Clove, and Blackjack, all at a local hardware store! Bought four packs each, and wanted to buy the whole section. :slight_smile:

I think that my husband wanted to spit his out, but didn’t. My daughter thought hers was great–but only with a couple glasses of milk!

NurseCarmen, check your e-mail :).

Derleth, I wonder if that’s a Montana thing. I used to be able to find those gums every few years or so when I lived there–but, since I moved to Minnesota, I’ve never found them once!

Just to hijack my own thread, I knew a family with the last name of Derleth, too, in the Manhattan area. I know Havre’s nowhere near Manhattan, but I’ve often wondered if there’s a connection.

I’ve been enjoying ginger Altoids for several months. This may mark me as a freak, but I do wish they were a little stronger. Don’t get me wrong, they’re good, but they could use some more, UMPH!

Indeed they do exist. I have an unopened tin sitting on my kitchen table.

I enjoy ginger flavoring, but I’m betting these are strong. So I haven’t mustered up the courage to try them yet!

Must…Find…Ginger…Altoids!

Try ebay. That’s where I usually get mine. I buy them by the caseload.

Mmmmmmmmmm…strong!

I waaaaant them! I’m going to have to start a search for them!

And here I was at World Market earlier and it didn’t occur to me to look for these.

Oh well, I’ll always go back – what a fun store.

I’m surprised that they seem so scarce elsewhere in the country. I’m pretty sure I saw them at my local Target a few weeks back, sitting there by the cash register with all the normal candies.

FallenAngel, if you want ginger candy with more oomph, go to an Asian grocery. I found a ginger candy at a Korean store a few years ago that about took the top of my head off. Even my son, who likes stuff like that, could hardly eat it, it was so spicy.

Me, I’m a wuss. I’ll leave the ginger altoids to you crazy folks.

Douglips has sent me two boxes thus far, bless him! I think they are the greatest. :slight_smile:

Sorry, I’m a dead-end. I took my name from the famous author August Derleth. My real last name bears no resemblence to my screen name, and my family has no roots in the East Coast.

Jeeze Derleth, Montana’s a big state and all, and I know Havre is sorta out there, but Manhattan is in the Gallatin Valley in SW Montana.

Thanks, bare–nice to know that someone else has heard of the place! :slight_smile:

Havre’s much closer to Harlem than to Manhattan and Central Park.

Ah, well…my little mystery’s cleared up, I guess.

Speaking of Ginger Altoids, my box is now empty :(. sigh

Ginger Altoids… I don’t have any in this area, and no Trader Joe’s around to get them at either. :frowning:

So, I have my sister in Las Vegas and my Aunt up in Chicago send me care packs every so often. :smiley:

And, what’s great: I’m the only one at my household who’ll eat 'em. So they’re mine, all MINE I TELL YOU!

cackles, hugs tins of Alotids to chest


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