An American favorite (sic) since 1918, this is the Cherry Mash which belongs to Chase and his candy company. So popular that they even have cherry mash recipes on the back (a cherry mash milkshake and a cherry mash sundae), this is a very classic looking product.

The ingredients have ground roasted peanuts listed first, with sugar, corn syrup, etc. down to maraschino cherries. So I’m not really sure what to expect from this as of yet. I’m sure being an American favourite is meant to comfort us but if anything it worries me, American tastes don’t always match up with my own.

So you open it up and there we are, a big chocolate dome thing that’s littered with chopped nuts. Inside the dome is a big pile of cherry mash stuff, with a little layer of chocolate or something just above it. It has a wet, pink look to it and a faint, pleasant cherry smell.

The taste is much stronger once in your mouth though. It’s not a bad taste but it’s a bit of a strange one. The nuts don’t add much but an annoying texture, and the cherry is a little bit overbearing. It’s kinda good, but I think you have to be in the mood for one of these and I wasn’t, so I was a bit unsure about the whole thing.

To conclude, I’d take a Cherry Ripe over this, the dark chocolate there compliments the sweet cherries a bit better. Here there are nuts which complicate things a bit needlessly, the chocolate is fairly tasteless, and the cherry is a bit too…something, but not particularly to my liking. Not bad, but not great.