Werther’s has expanded their products. There are many varities of either hard candy or soft chewy candy. They offer sugar free too.
I usually buy Werther’s original candy or Werther’s Caramel Coffee hard candy.
I enjoy letting hard candies dissolve in my mouth.
Many prefer soft caramels. Sugar free is a great option.
What’s your Werther’s favorites?
The 80’s and 90’s featured a grandfather offering his grandson Werther’s Original. The 00’s switched to a modern image.
Hell to the yeah! I love Werther’s Original. Since I was a kid I’ve always liked letting them soften in my mouth before biting in and letting them stick to my teeth. I don’t think I’ve tried any other variety, but Caramel Coffee sounds awesome. I’d love it if they made a Butterscotch one (maybe they do - I’ve just never encountered them).
Back in the day I enjoyed the Originals. Kept a bowl of them on my desk at work. Which might have something to do with giving myself diabetes while on that job. Sigh.
No Werther’s for me now; I refuse to eat artificially sweetened darn near anything.
Agree w @Thumper668 that if they made a butterscotch those would be like crack; nobody can eat just one … handful.
My parents carried Werther’s Original Hard candies in their pockets, purses and cars to use when they would get a coughing fit. And just like in the commercials, they would offer them to the grandchildren. I never thought they would be a commercial stereotype but they were.
Being pre-diabetic, we get the sugar-free hard candies, of which there seem to be three flavors: regular caramel, “choco” flavored, and coffee flavored. The last one is actually my favorite of the three, even though I don’t like coffee. One after dinner, because we don’t eat dessert.
We used to eat them, but they are hell on dental work. Tasty tho.
I like the occasional Werther’s Original hard candy.
In general, I tend to go for the sort of caramels that will rip your fillings out at ten paces, however.
LOL! Exactly our issue with them.
I’m with @Roderick_Femm - the coffee flavored one is the one I buy when I’m in the mood. But given the cost, the empty calories, and the rareness of my hankering for hard candies it’ll be years between buying a bag. Then they’ll get eaten pretty quickly (say a month), and then the long pause begins again.
I don’t buy it much for myself, but if it’s offered to me, I’ll gladly take a piece or two of the original hard candy. I keep it in my mouth for a minute or two before biting into it.
That’s actually one of the things I like about them - they could be 50 years old and you’d never know the difference.
I’m losing weight for a trip, and I’ve been keeping a Sugar-Free Caramel Coffee Werther’s in my jacket pocket, for when I have the urge to give in to a big treat (I’d kill for a donut…).
But I’ve ony been able to find that sugar-free flavor at a random dollar store. Any other suggestions of where you’ve seen those? I need to stock up this weekend.
Amazon has a good selection of Werther’s varieties.
I use Walmart for the Werther’s Original.
I’ve cut back on my consumption. I usually have a hard candy after lunch and dinner. Brush my teeth soon after to remove the sugar in my mouth.
I can see where soft caramel is a bigger concern. It sticks to the teeth.
Werthers will not give you diabetes.
They won’t help your condition, but candy and sweet eating does not cause the disease.
You were probably treating a glycemic low when you reached for a candy.
You’re certainly right that sweets as such don’t directly cause type 2 diabetes (“DM2”).
But for those (like me) with the genetic susceptibility to DM2, who then proceed to let make themselves get fat through over-eating and mis-eating and sedentary but high stress lifestyle (like me), the consequences often come home to roost. Congrats; you’ve given yourself DM2. Oops.
Then it’s time to stop eating things that are high in simple carbs or are concentrated forms of simple carbs. Of which stuff Werther’s makes a decent poster child.
Your situation as a lifetime DM1 has some similarities, but is far more difficult to manage.
Yep. My buddy lost a crown on a soft Werther’s a couple days ago at the movies. He spent much of the show trying to pick the caramel off the crown.
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Werther’s hard candies. Mmmmmm!
But not the coffee flavored, because I don’t like coffee. The caramels are wonderful.
One of those things that I like but never buy.