Love is in the air, woah woah woah, love is in the air! In the spirit of Valentines Day next week, today I have a love-themed wrapper (and sweets) for today’s Wrapper Wednesday: Junior Mints Hearts.
‘America’s favorite chocolate covered creamy mint’ was invented in 1949 and took their name from a popular Broadway show ‘Junior Miss‘.
Similar to British ‘Poppets‘, Junior Mints are bite-sized pieces of peppermint crème coated in dark chocolate. As you can see from these pictures, the minty centre are slightly runnier than the crème inside a mint ‘Poppet‘; and for this special Valentines edition, some of the centres have been coloured red (which in my opinion is slightly off-putting).
Nevertheless, it’s a fun-filled novelty fit for the romantic holiday. Due to the large size of these special heart-shaped candies this Junior Mints box is deeper than a traditional packet – and I really appreciate the ‘actual size’ illustrations featured on the front. Show off them big old choccies!
Which chocolates will you be sharing/devouring this Valentines?
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