So I’m in a strangely good mood while reviewing this, I usually start off on a negative slant and let the candy or chocolate or whatever try and lift me up, but I’m going into this with a smiley face as shown below, or at least that’s what I tried to do there.

So, Barkleys, an American company, and an obvious rip off of Altoids. “Tastefully intense mints” is their tagline, and it made me laugh for some reason, I’m not sure why. I guess the idea of there being a difference between intense and tastefully intense made me laugh…nevermind.

The tin is nice, I had some problems taking a picture at night with the overhead light but it’s not a big deal. So opening up their nice looking tin reveals the paper wrapper and small circular mints, again just like Altoids.

This is where they go wrong though. There are a few problems, the first being that the mints are far too sweet. Not surprising when sugar and powdered glucose are the first two ingredients, but still annoying all the same. Also there’s nothing intense about these mints, they’re tastefully weak in taste with absolutely no kick to them at all.

Overall, lame. If you’re American you have Altoids and all sorts of other mints to keep you happy, these are just a cheap rip off, leave them in the bargain bins where they belong.