Horse Apples Candy — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates Horse Apples Candy by Baraboo Candy DUMP — score 20/90.
Green-apple caramels in milk chocolate built on stacked sugar sources, corn syrup, and propylene glycol with artificial vanillin. This is engineered candy, not food.
Why this verdict
- Three sugar sources stacked: sugar, sucrose, and corn syrup
- Propylene glycol, an industrial humectant/solvent, not a real food ingredient
- Artificial vanillin instead of real vanilla
- Sugar-plus-fat hyper-palatable formula designed for craving
Ingredients (11)
- Sugar (moderate) — Added sugar sitting ahead of cocoa; the main flavor driver here.
- Cocoa Butter (safe) — Pure cocoa fat that gives the melt and mouthfeel; calorie-dense but a natural part of chocolate.
- Dry whole milk (safe) — Real dairy solids; a recognizable whole-food ingredient.
- CHOCOLATE LIQUOR (safe) — Ground cocoa - the actual chocolate. Trails sugar and syrup, so present in small amounts.
- Soy Lecithin (moderate) — Common emulsifier in the brownie; mild but adds to the additive pile.
- Vanillin (artificial flavor) (moderate) — Synthetic vanilla substitute standing in for real vanilla.
- Salt (moderate) — Ready meals tend to run salt-heavy; watch the sodium.
- Sweetened condensed milk (sucrose, milk fat, milk solids) (concerning) — Another heavy added-sugar source layered onto the first.
- Corn Syrup (concerning) — Cheap glucose syrup; pure added sugar with no nutrition, here as the second-largest ingredient.
- Butter (pasteurized cream, salt) (moderate) — Real dairy fat; recognizable but adds saturated fat and calories.
- propylene glycol (concerning) — Industrial humectant/solvent used for texture; an additive, not a food.