October 25th, 2009 @ 10:00 pm
Last week, my whole household was excited to receive a package from NECCO! For those of you in New England, you are probably very familiar with the NECCO brand – which stands for New England Confectionery Company. But for those of you outside of New England – you may know them best for the Valentine’s Candy Hearts with the little messages on them.
Well, inside our package was a bag of mini rolls of NECCO wafers and some of their newest product – rolls with various chocolate flavors. Chocolate? Oh boy. I have to say – the chocolate wafers have always been my favorite (along with the yellows and pinks). So a whole roll of chocolate ones sounded especially yummy – and they were! Milk, dark and white chocolate flavors plus mocha. A great little chocolate fix that’s fat free!
The great thing about NECCO has always been its simplicity. These “old school” wafers in a few flavors packed the same way they always have been – in that waxed paper wrapper. Very nostalgic and traditional. Well now it turns out that they have gone all natural. The original roll is now flavored and colored naturally. But no worries – they still taste just the way you remember.
And one last thing that is very important in our house – they are nut safe (and actually free of most food allergens). Always a bonus!
So now there’s a great option for Halloween – a natural treat that’s fun, sweet and nut-safe. (Oh – and not to mention the fact that I won’t inhale them as fast as I would a bag of Hershey’s bars so my waistline will not have to suffer so much…)
Alisa
said,
October 26, 2009 at 9:33 am
What a great tip! I would have never considered buying them, nevermind for Halloween.
Are they available everywhere?
Thanks!
Julie
said,
October 26, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Nut-safe — alleluia! And they are SO yummy. So glad to hear they’ve gone “all natural”!