{"id":29036,"date":"2018-05-29T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=29036"},"modified":"2021-01-22T21:18:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T07:18:42","slug":"quick-review-milky-way-fudge-minis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2018\/05\/29\/quick-review-milky-way-fudge-minis\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK REVIEW: Milky Way Fudge Minis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Milky-Way-Fudge-Minis.jpg?resize=550%2C549&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Milky Way Fudge Minis\" title=\"Milky Way Fudge Minis.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"550\" height=\"549\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>What is it?<\/h3>\n<p>A Milky Way with the usual chocolate malt nougat swapped out for chocolate fudge nougat. That&#8217;s about it. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Milky-Way-Fudge-Minis-2.jpg?resize=599%2C337&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Milky Way Fudge Minis 2\" title=\"Milky Way Fudge Minis 2.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How is it?<\/h3>\n<p>These are delicious, much the same way a regular Milky Way is. The fudge nougat has a slightly more pronounced cocoa flavor and the texture is a hair denser, the effect of which is 10 percent more chocolateness &#8211; not a huge bump. If I was blindfolded and someone handed me these and said &#8220;Here&#8217;s a Milky Way,&#8221; I likely wouldn&#8217;t be able to tell it was different. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Milky-Way-Fudge-Minis-3.jpg?resize=599%2C337&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Milky Way Fudge Minis 3\" title=\"Milky Way Fudge Minis 3.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These made me ask &#8220;why?&#8221; in a way no other product variation has. It&#8217;s too similar to the original. When I bite into a Milky Way Caramel Apple or Midnight, I&#8217;m getting a materially different experience. I would give a plain Milky Way a 9, but I&#8217;m deducting a point for lack of originality here. They taste good, but a variant should stand apart from the original. <\/p>\n<h3>Is there anything else I need to know?<\/h3>\n<p>The package makes a bold promise on the stretchiness of the caramel. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Milky-Way-Fudge-Minis-4.jpg?resize=599%2C337&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Milky Way Fudge Minis 4\" title=\"Milky Way Fudge Minis 4.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I tried to recreate it, but only got this far:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Milky-Way-Fudge-Minis-5.jpg?resize=550%2C550&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Milky Way Fudge Minis 5\" title=\"Milky Way Fudge Minis 5.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion:<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a Milky Way fan, just buy a Milky Way. The experience is so close, there&#8217;s kind of no point in these existing.<\/p>\n<p><b>Purchased Price:<\/b> $2.98<br \/>\n<b>Size:<\/b> 8.9 oz. bag<br \/>\n<b>Purchased at:<\/b> Walmart<br \/>\n<b>Rating:<\/b> 8 out of 10<br \/>\n<b>Nutrition Facts:<\/b> (4 pieces) 150 calories, 6 grams of fat, 4.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, less than 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 50 milligrams of sodium, 24 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of fiber, 20 grams of sugar, 19 grams of added sugars, and 1 gram of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is it? A Milky Way with the usual chocolate malt nougat swapped out for chocolate fudge nougat. That&#8217;s about it. How is it? These are delicious, much the same way a regular Milky Way is. The fudge nougat has a slightly more pronounced cocoa flavor and the texture is a hair denser, the effect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1471,1679],"class_list":["post-29036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-candy","tag-mars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28512,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/30\/spotted-on-shelves-milky-way-fudge\/","url_meta":{"origin":29036,"position":0},"title":"SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Milky Way Fudge","author":"Marvo","date":"April 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This bar has a chocolate coating, caramel, and fudge nougat. 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