Dr. John's Healthy Sweets Classic Fruit Hard Candy with Zero Sugar, Dye Free, Plant Based, Keto Friendly, 24 Count, 3.85oz Bag

At first, I did not like the lack of full flavor, like I get with Jolly Rancher. However, as I go used to the lesser flavor I appreciated that the round size did not have the problem of being so easy to get caught in the windpipe like the football shape of the Jolly Rancher.

I was recently turned on the Dr John’s lollipops by my new dentist. I have a horrible sweet tooth and I tend to indulge it with super hard, slow to eat lollipops, but with my (really) bad teeth, that sugar isn’t doing me any favors. I doubted these hard candies would be any good as most sugar free things I’ve tried are gross and most xylitol products have a slight cool, almost mint, flavor to them. These hard candies blew every expectation I had right out of the water. They were so good I ate 2 of the 3 instantly then had to fight with myself to save the final one for my mom to try. My mom has blood sugar issues and after trying one, she insists on getting to try one from every flavor I buy, lol. I’ve tried 2 of the 3 flavors in this pack and both blew me away. I’ve tried 3 other fruit flavors as well and they were all equally good. *They don’t taste like artificial sweetners*, either. They taste just like candy made with real sugar. But perhaps the most important aspects aren’t the taste. Rather, there’s serious benefits for someone with my medical issues. I have an autoimmune disease that screws up my production of saliva. This means my teeth rot, my mouth can get so dry I actually lose my voice, and most hard candies (and many other foods) can leave sores in my mouth. These candies won’t rot my teeth, the xylitol stimulates the saliva glands and keeps production up without sugar or chewing (letting me ditch the snacks and Sprites), and these candies don’t leave me with sores. I imagine if I ate 5 in a row I might get the sores, but when things are bad, a single jolly rancher can shred every square inch of my mouth and these do no harm at all. The lollipops are bigger than the regular little hard candies, meaning there’s more candies in a bag of the regular little ones but the big lollipops take longer to eat. There’s 24 candies in this particular package.

This is going to be a weird review because I do like the taste. The problem is the shape: because it’s a disk rather than a regular lozenge, it’s very hard not to just start biting/chewing it, which I invariably end up doing. But if that’s not an issue for you, they do taste quite good!

Very expensive per piece, but what really is the deal breaker is that they don't taste good to me. I ended up throwing them out because they actually taste savory not sweet which is an odd experience in a hard candy. Maybe it is the fiber they put in them. I salute the effort to create products like this because I don't eat sugar but in my opinion these aren't a usable substitute on any level.

They had reasonably good taste, but they just wasn’t very many for the cost

These have a really good flavor, I can't tell they don't have sugar but I eat healthily and don't eat a lot of sugar so maybe someone else would be able to tell. Strong fruit flavors and each piece isn't skimpy. They have a harder slightly sticky/tacky texture almost like Jolly Ranchers but not nearly as hard or sticky/tacky. And yes, there were more greens and yellows than reds or purples but hadn't that always been the complaint about hard candy since hard candy was invented? I guess the employees always sneak the red ones. If you're counting I got: 3 grape, 4 cherry, 5 blue raspberry, 6 lemon, 6 lime and 1 lone orange. So hey, the blue raspberry makes it so that the number of good colors equals the number of yellow and greens. ;) There are 25 candies so that works out at about 45 cents a piece which is not cheap so just have one a day and it will be okay.

these are good, taste just like normal candy. Doesn't cause me any digestive issues

These do not taste good to me. Medicine like flavor

Good

They don’t taste very sweet but they’re ok.

I really loved this sweets. A bit to expensive though.

Best sweets by far but very expensive

Taste was not very nice