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In many European folk tales, a family discovers that their child has been replaced with a changeling<\/em>, a hideous, ill-tempered fairy baby.<\/p>\n I think Brach\u2019s has a changeling on its hands.<\/p>\n I have always loved their Christmas Nougats: wonderful white peppermint, gorgeous green wintergreen, and pretty pink cinnamon.<\/p>\n But the new member of the family, Brach\u2019s Fruit Cake Nougat, is nothing like its siblings. It\u2019s brown<\/em>. And it doesn\u2019t have the festive tree in the middle\u2014just a few fruity globs that are drab when mixed in with the brown.<\/p>\n When I open up the bag, I get a whiff that is vaguely reminiscent of baked goods. But not grandmotherly baked goods. I never lived in a fraternity, but I imagine this is what a baked good in a frat house smells like.<\/p>\n The flavor has that same off-putting baked-good vibe to it. Sometimes I detect a nuttiness. But mixed in with the baked good is a strong flavor of Fruity Pebbles. I like Fruity Pebbles, but not combined with whatever that other flavor is. Even once I\u2019ve finished, the flavor lingers in my mouth.<\/p>\n I find it perplexing that they decided to go with a fruitcake flavor. I\u2019ve always felt that fruitcake jokes are more common than fruitcakes themselves. I even had to buy a fruitcake as a point of reference, because I haven\u2019t had them enough to remember what they taste like.<\/p>\n In addition to the gummy, fruity bits, Brach\u2019s uses real cranberries and raisins. Props to them for trying to make it like an authentic fruitcake. I guess. These candies don\u2019t taste like the fruitcake I got; the fruitcake actually tastes better.<\/p>\n I can\u2019t help but wonder who is really going to buy this \u2014- and then who is really going to like it. They had so many other holiday flavors to choose from. Spearmint, gingerbread, sugar cookie, eggnog, cranberry orange, hot cocoa -\u2014 not all of those would be good as nougat, but most of them would be better than fruitcake.<\/p>\n In many of those European folk tales, the family would throw the changeling into the fire. It would escape out the chimney, and their own child would be restored to them. <\/p>\n Brach\u2019s should treat their Fruit Cake Nougat the way any sensible person would \u2014- kill it with fire<\/em>!<\/p>\n Then maybe we\u2019d get to see a lovely Christmas Nougat baby that actually belongs in the family. Spearmint, perhaps?<\/p>\n (Nutrition Facts – 4 pieces – 130 calories, 2 grams of fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 35 milligrams of sodium, 27 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of dietary fiber, 21 grams of sugar (including 17 grams of added sugars), and 0 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n Purchased Price:<\/b> $2.99 In many European folk tales, a family discovers that their child has been replaced with a changeling, a hideous, ill-tempered fairy baby. I think Brach\u2019s has a changeling on its hands. I have always loved their Christmas Nougats: wonderful white peppermint, gorgeous green wintergreen, and pretty pink cinnamon. But the new member of the family, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1576,1471],"class_list":["post-26056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-brachs","tag-candy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25942,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/21\/spotted-on-shelves-brachs-fruit-cake-nougats\/","url_meta":{"origin":26056,"position":0},"title":"SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Brach’s Fruit Cake Nougats","author":"Marvo","date":"November 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Update: We reviewed it! 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\nSize:<\/b> 9.5 oz. bag
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Walgreens (exclusive flavor)
\nRating:<\/b> 3 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Uses actual cranberries and raisins. Has a Fruity Pebbles taste.
\nCons:<\/b> Tastes like baked goods from a frat house. Lingering flavor. As hideous as a changeling. Inferior to the other Christmas Nougats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"