Customer Reviews

Haribo Gummy Candy, Mini Frogs, 5-Pound Bag

5 star:		(19)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

I've been trying a number of the Haribo gummi candies since I found them here on Amazon: grapefruit slices (white and pink), fruit salad, raspberries, golden bears, sugar free bears (intestinal nightmare) and these mini frogs. No, I don't eat entire 5 lb bags by myself, I take them to work and give my coworkers sugar rushes :) Of all of them the frogs are what I come back to time and again, and I get the most requests for from my coworkers. I'm not sure if its the size or the foam, but something about them puts them above the rest in my book.

The golden bears are a close second.

I have only purchased the Haribo Gold Bears in the past, but I decided to give the Frogs a try. Boy was I delighted. The Bears are filled with flavor, and these Frogs also have the same fruitful flavor, only with a layer of the white, marshmallow-like gummi on the belly side of the Frogs. If you have only bought the Bears because you know you can't go wrong with them, you may like something different but not too different like these Mini Frogs by Haribo.

The light foam layer on the gummi frogs makes an interesting mild flavor mixed with the fruitiness of the gummi portion. These are a nice textural change from gummi bears and a few of them satisfies the sweet tooth.

I reviewed these 5lb mini gummy frogs right after I received them about a month ago. It wasn't a favorable review either. I can't believe the last post on this product was over 6 months ago (Sept. 2010). They probably had 6 months of bad reviews...anyway, I'll try again and hope I'm able to warn you about these gummies.
Let me first start out by says how much I LOVE Haribo gummies. When soft and fresh, these are definitely worthy of five stars. I love the green frogs and mini frogs the best. Whenever I am at Cost Plus (the only places I find the mini frog gummies) I'll purchase a small 5 oz bag at $1.79. So when I saw the latest deal through Amazon to get 5 lbs of mini frogs for cheap, I jumped on the deal. Yes, I did read all the reviews and saw the one and two star reviews before placing my order. But most were old posts, some years old. They've got to improve their product freshness issue by now, right? Wrong. Unfortunately, what arrived was a big block of hard, stale mini pellets (gummies). I was totally disappointed. Hence, my one star review.
For those of you wanting soft gummies. Buy the 5oz - 12 packs. Those are tightly sealed packs and hold in the freshness better than the non-airtight packaging of the big 5 pounder. Not as good of a deal but you'll be getting a fresher product.
Would I buy this product again? 5lb package: no. 5oz 12 pack: yes.

Probably my Favorite Haribo candy, I've ordered this twice from Amazon. Comes in a huge bag and with an assortment of three flavors. The green tastes like regular Gummi frogs, the reds and yellows taste like their respective gummi bears. My only complaint is that I usually get too many yellows, which I'm not particularly fond of.

Pros: Great flavor, great price per pound, great party or snack food due to size.

Cons: Some people dislike the yellow flavor, bag is a little hassle to deal with sometimes, candy stays in clumps while pouring out because of tight packing.

A delightful gummy candy at a great price. We used to buy the mixed frogs from a major retail speciality chain at a speciality price. If you are a connoisseur of gummies, these should get a must try on your list.

I recently purchased these from Amazon and they are still my favorite gummi. I see some of the more recent reviews say they were stale, but not the case here. My office has demolished the 5lb bag I bought in a week! Absolutely delicious, they can't be beat. Simply the best.

I used to order a bag of these every 2 weeks or so and they were always awesome. There was a period recently of about 3 months where these minifrogs had a terrible smell and taste that was unbearable. I think I returned 4 or 5 bags. It must have been a distributor issue. I started ordering other HARIBO products...all great! I stopped ordering these Mini Frogs for about 2 months and finally decided to try them again...AMAZING! Just like I remembered them. Lets hope they stay this way. Have another bag on my doorstep waiting for me now. Cant wait to get off of work!

I love mini frogs! These chewy little critters are fun to eat. I love the marshmallow-like bottom layer and the fruity top layer. These candies are a solid type of gummi, not the sticky, softer type. Love them!

I love giving 5 pound bags of gummi candy as gifts. We got these, the angel fish and the techno bears, and only the fish seemed to be the consistency I'd expected. I don't want to say these were stale, but they just seemed a little too hard to chew.