COTTON CANDY GRAPES!!!!!!

RachelElser
RachelElser Posts: 1,049 Member
in Food and Nutrition
My local grocery store just started carrying cotton candy grapes and they are great! Has anyone else tried them?

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  • emilyhultin
    emilyhultin Posts: 38 Member
    i’ve tried them! seriously so good! they really do taste like cotton candy!
  • Dani9585
    Dani9585 Posts: 215 Member
    Well, that sounds amazing!
  • EHollander89
    EHollander89 Posts: 169 Member
    My grocery store has them right now, and I love them! So tasty!
  • HeathieM
    HeathieM Posts: 173 Member
    Literally the best grapes I've ever had!
  • Erfw7471
    Erfw7471 Posts: 242 Member
    Yes! Ours just got them back in - so so good!
  • walking2running
    walking2running Posts: 140 Member
    cotton candy grapes! I am intrigued. Though I second the cherries. I've been eating half a pound of cheries a day. I'm a bit addicated. Also, frozen grapes. I just love summer!
  • babyphoenix
    babyphoenix Posts: 20 Member
    I love those so much! One of the few fruits that I like even more than candy, lol.
  • PaperDoll_
    PaperDoll_ Posts: 32,857 Member
    I must've gotten a bad bunch of these. I didn't like them at all, and didn't think they tasted like cotton candy.
  • KDar1988
    KDar1988 Posts: 648 Member
    They are so good. Walmart doesn't have them yet. Will have to go to Wegmans..bet they have them.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    I never thought they are that amazing. Just taste like extra sweet grapes to me, lol.
  • dsboohead
    dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
    Freeze them and it like a bite size sorbet :D
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,261 Member
    Everyone's tastes differs: I found them kind of insipid, just sweet, not much flavor beyond sweetness. I'm not a huge grape eater to start with, but I prefer most regular grapes to these, and like concords quite a bit when I can get them. (Generally I prefer apples, citrus, berries, guavas, pineapple, jackfruit, mangoes, bananas, figs, peaches/nectarines . . . . to grapes.)
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    crazyravr wrote: »
    RachelElser wrote: »
    My local grocery store just started carrying cotton candy grapes and they are great! Has anyone else tried them?

    Nothing special about them at all IMHO and $$$$$$. Cherries, cherries are where its at :)

    Cherries! I just bought a big bag and can't wait to make Cherry Clafoutis.

    http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/julia-childs-cherry-clafouti-239454

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  • kellyjellybellyjelly
    kellyjellybellyjelly Posts: 9,480 Member
    Where do you even find cotton candy grapes?
  • mistypenningtongoin
    mistypenningtongoin Posts: 22 Member
    Produce guy at Albertsons said they were expecting them, along with bubble gum grapes, I had never heard of bubble gum grapes before, guess I'll have to give them a try.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    They were so not worth the price to me. Even my kids didn't like them.
  • julie_bee_123
    julie_bee_123 Posts: 25 Member
    I did not like them at all. I could eat my weight in rainier cherries, though. :P
  • asonrody
    asonrody Posts: 83 Member
    I like them! I got them for free recently at Market Street since one opened up near me and they had a 5 dollars off a 5 dollar produce purchase coupon. I wouldn't buy them again for the price though, especially since I don't get that much of a cotton candy taste.
  • Brabo_Grip
    Brabo_Grip Posts: 285 Member
    One of the most remarkable things I have eaten in awhile. To me they absolutely taste like cotton candy - the kids love them.
  • smcgrath45
    smcgrath45 Posts: 23 Member
    Yes but be careful freezing them. My kids did not like them frozen and I tried to defrost them but you can't. $10 dollar compost. I like them but they are expensive.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,284 Member
    silly question perhaps - what is cotton candy??
  • River314
    River314 Posts: 66 Member
    I found some today and got them for a bargain because the sign was mislabeled. I'm intrigued. There were also some grape jelly and gummy candy flavored ones at the store too. I had kept hearing about them but never saw them till today.
  • silverpl2525
    silverpl2525 Posts: 138 Member
    They taste good, but kinda artificial to me. And out of my price range.
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,724 Member
    Have never tried them because of the cost. I prefer plain old red seedless grapes. :) And maybe I'm strange but I don't care for cherries. It's too bad because they've been on sale lately for 1.88 # and they're so good for you.
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,724 Member
    just_Tomek wrote: »
    paperpudding wrote: »
    silly question perhaps - what is cotton candy??

    Cotton Candy = Spun Sugar.

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    Ooh, I just had a wondrous thought; do they make maple cotton candy? If not, they need to get right on that.
  • Lynatea
    Lynatea Posts: 311 Member
    I've tried them, not a big fan and sooo overpriced for me. I see the appeal though. You guys can have mine. 😁
  • xelsoo
    xelsoo Posts: 194 Member
    A friend brought several types of new-flavor grapes the other day, and they were all amazing, and slightly confusing! He had cotton candy ones, but also strawberry, watermelon and some other flavors I can't recall...
    I also vote for cherries while they're in season though!!
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,944 Member
    Sounds utterly sweet and artificial tasting to be honest. My favourite fruits are wild forest strawberries, and any kind of wild fruit I can find while out and about. Plus a bit of elderflowers, or wood sorrel when in season.
  • jwoolman5
    jwoolman5 Posts: 191 Member
    Cotton candy grapes are not artificial. They are a cross between two grape varieties and are not artificially infused with flavor. (There was/is an apple sold that tastes like grape, but that was done by infusing with grape juice.) These grapes are just normal hybrids, just as many fruits available today are, and are produced by traditional methods.

    Objectively, their sugar content is only 12% higher than for the usual grapes available in US stores, but that's enough to taste sweeter. The horticulturist who developed them said he was hoping to develop many more interesting hybrids with different flavors. Maybe the bubblegum type someone mentioned is one of those. He says he is hoping to bring as much variety to commercially available grapes as we see among apples available in stores today. Those crazy horticulturists.... :)

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