When I went to the PAX South gaming convention back in January, I attended a Gamer Parenting panel and it was really fun.  One of the major topics that everyone talked about nearly half the time on that panel was Skylanders, the hit game series that combines video games with toy collecting.  It’s made over a billion dollars for Activision and there are countless products and tie-ins.  So since Skylanders was such a big deal at the panel and here at GamerDad also, I’ve decided to write about everything I can that comes along that’s Skylanders related.  Even if it’s something small, like new Skylanders Fruit Snacks!

Yup, I found these at the store the other day.  I’m not sure how “NEW” they are, since I don’t actively keep up with the fruit snack scene.  But I don’t remember them before, and I don’t think I’ve ever written about them (I had to think about that for a while).  But nonetheless, here they are!  Here is a shot of the front of the box that features one of the characters.

I like the other side of the box better, though, because it shows more of the cast.

Here’s a picture of the top of the box that shows what all the fruit snacks look like.  I decided to do that because it shows up better than the real thing.

See what I mean?  The real ones just don’t show up well in pictures.  Plus I wasn’t going to open multiple bags to find all the characters.  The bag I opened had more than three pieces, so don’t worry.  But those were the only different ones in the bag.

I don’t really like the Skylanders fruit snacks much in terms of taste.  But fruit snacks in general don’t taste as well as they used to.  I loved fruit snacks as a kid, but now, not as much.  I think there are two reasons for that.  One, I think it’s just an age thing.  But two, I also think that fruit snacks just tasted better back then and were probably made differently.  Anyone my age remember the Garfield fruit snacks?  I loved those because they actually tasted like fruit and there wasn’t anything out there that tasted quite like them, and there hasn’t been anything like that since.  In the comments section, let me know if you like fruit snacks and what your favorites are/were?  –Cary

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