When you think about candy that your grandparents would like, I feel like Scotch Mints are at the top of this list. I can tell you that my grandfather did always have a bag of these siting in his car and also a bowl of them in his living room. I’m not sure why people of a certain generation felt that having these available was so important, maybe it had something to do with making sure your friends and family always had the opportunity to have fresh breath. These are a very minty and cool candy, so I feel like at the very least it will make you feel like you have fresh breath.

The odd thing about Scotch Mints for me has always been the texture. There’s a weird outer candy coating that I feel like has a vanilla flavour to it. There’s definitely a mint flavour as well, but there’s also some kind of vanilla, almost creamy flavour to it as well. Beneath that there’s a slightly chewy and very minty centre. Texture wise it’s really both crunchy like a hard candy and soft like a jelly bean all at the same time. It’s very unique to Scotch Mints and very weird.

For this review I ate Scotch Mints two ways, I ate a few the way I always eat them, which is to suck on them for a few seconds and then crunch. I also ate one when I sucked on it until it disappeared. Sucking on a Scotch Mint is a big challenge for me as I compulsively always want to bite down. In doing this experiment I’ve determined the best way to eat a Scotch Mint.

The first thing you should do is suck on the candy for about 3 to 4 minutes. If you suck it for much longer you’ll get to the slightly chewy centre and it will start to disintegrate in a really uneven way. Once you’ve cleared the hard shell, crunch down on the weird chewy centre and enjoy all the weirdness it gives you. It’s a pretty simple system, but it makes these odd little candies fairly pleasant. I will however warn you that you will have a very cool mouth, but I guess my grandfather would approve.