Reviewing Target Favorite Day Snacks, Treats, and Candies

Review

I thought this would be an orange color, but it’s just regular white whipped cream. The flavor is anything but, however. It’s got a very noticeable and almost punchy pumpkin spice. You can get the spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg, etc., and combined with how creamy it is, it’s a pleasant and spicy bite!

Also, don’t get me wrong, it’s not overly strong, but the flavor is clearly discernible, especially for a whipped cream. I’m not sure what this would pair well with, but if you like pumpkin spice, you’ll probably put this on everything!

Release Date

Released early August 2022 alongside other whipped cream varieties. Found mid-August 2025 as part of their seasonal selection.

Review

Is this a caramel apple? I’m not sure. It’s very lightly sweet with some type of equally extremely mild caramel flavor. However, it’s not quite caramel either; maybe a smidge of a crisp green apple alongside it? I can’t really decipher it, and I’d wager most wouldn’t if they didn’t read the package. At minimum, it’s a lightly sweet, interestingly mildly flavored whipped cream.

The best part is that it’s a spooky pastel green and very thick!

Release Date

Released early-mid August 2025 alongside other fall goods. Found mid-August 2025.

Review

Everyone has had those chocolate ice cream sandwiches, right? It’s basically that—same soft, thin texture and sweetness of the cookie part, but the light dark chocolate is replaced with an equally mild pumpkin taste. To me, this flavor feels too light, and with the plain vanilla ice cream, the entire bar feels substandard and bland.

Even when I directly ate the pumpkin face (which is quite cool looking by the way), the taste of pumpkin was really way too faint. It’s authentic tasting, sure, but you really need to try to find the flavor to even recognize it.

Plain vanilla and plain cookie, basically. I’d look for something else.

Release Date

Released early-mid August 2025 along side other fall goods. Found mid-August 2025.

Review

Is it bad that I’m disappointed? I love cheesecake, but these don’t really hit that craving for me as much as I thought they would. They all taste almost like your typical store-bought cheesecakes, and perhaps it’s the way I defrosted them; it felt like a mix of cheesecake and ice cream, even being a bit runny and melting in my fingers, which essentially just made it feel like a thinner cream cheese-like composition instead of something that’s supposed to be thick.

The big player here is supposed to be the pumpkin-tasting cheesecake pieces. Yeah, there’s some light pumpkin flavoring, and it doesn’t taste artificial or fake, but it doesn’t feel bold enough; it feels quite close to their regular cheesecake pieces in this set.

These aren’t terrible; however, they could be so much better. Whether it be incorporating more sweetness to bring the pumpkin pie flavor out, adding cinnamon and other spices, or considering caramel or other toppings to complement it, I’m not sure.

Lastly, these are annoying to eat because they cling to the paper that’s wrapped around each one.

Release Date

While I can’t find an exact release date, product page reviews date back to around 2023. Found mid-August 2025 as part of their seasonal release.

Review

I did not expect these to be this sweet, especially coming from Favorite Day. They’re not overly sweet, but they’re absolutely packing a punch. Its flavor is accurately advertised too, a candy mix of blueberry and watermelon—yum!

The texture of these is different than what I’ve had from other filled candy-type ropes. These are more flat, and there isn’t too much cream. Since there isn’t much cream, it doesn’t add much of anything, unfortunately. Granted, these ropes are already reasonably soft and thick and have a nice pull-apart feeling when you bite into them, so perhaps the cream isn’t needed that much anyway.

Overall, one of the better candy-filled ropes I’ve had. It’s sweet and tasty, and the composition is more premium than it lets on. If anything, perhaps make them circular and see what happens to them with the addition of more gooey filling.

Release Date

While I can’t find an exact release date, mentions of this date back to around July 2023. Found August 2025.

Review

As a peanut candy expert, I will say: these are reasonably tasty—and no, they aren’t like Reese’s if that’s what you’re thinking!

But let’s compare it to a Reese’s for a second. These aren’t as sweet, though; they still fall more on the sweeter side. The milk chocolate and peanut butter flavors are exceptionally creamy, and coupled with the soft-solid texture of the filling, it doesn’t feel cheap and lands more on the luxurious side.

On the note about the composition, the shell is slightly thick, providing a creamy, soft, almost crunchy shell that contrasts with the already soft peanut filling.

Going back to Reese’s, yeah, I would prefer those because of the super sweet taste and nostalgia; however, these are still a joy to eat, and I found them to be better than many other peanut butter cups from other brands.

Release Date

I’m unsure of a release date. Found August 2025.

Review

I expected these to be much more chewy; however, most of the texture falls on the crunchier side with only a mild give as you eat though. This crunchiness comes from the large parts of the pretzel, which, by the looks of it, shouldn’t be so. Basically, yes, there’s a lot of pretzel, but there also appears to be a generous helping of chocolate and caramel, yet, both in terms of mouthfeel and taste, they’re hardly noticeable.

Similarly, the taste is mostly salty pretzel with an essence of dark chocolate and maybe a hint—just a hint—of caramel. It’s kind of weird because there seems to be enough of this chocolate and caramel there to make a bigger impact; however, it appears to just be visual. Simply put, the chocolate and caramel are nowhere near sweet enough to make you really notice.

Personally, I’m just not a fan of snacks like this.

Release Date

I’m unsure of a release date. Found August 2025.

Review

As advertised, these are dark. The entire flavor, from the shell to the inside, is the same semi-sweet, dark flavor. What’s also nice is the background of salt, which happens to work pretty well with this flavor. It tastes kind of fancy and not “sweet and cheap” like many other truffles, which also happens to be my gripe with it. Basically, when I eat a truffle—perhaps I’m just accustomed to it—I want something sweet and sugary, not something I’d eat with a side of tea.

The composition and texture of this is also a downside. Like the texture, the flavor is uniform throughout. It’s like a soft-hard, solid ganache. Not soft or chewy like many other truffles, it’s definitely more stiff than that; pleasant—just, to me, not a personal preference.

As I keep saying, it’s a good truffle; it’s just not my thing. I don’t hate it; in fact, I would bet many would appreciateits robust flavor and texture. I’m simply someone who wants something sweeter, softer, and chewier when it comes to a truffle.

As a side note, they’re all individually wrapped.

Release Date

While I can’t find an exact release date, some reviews date back to around June 2021. Found August 2025.

Review

One of the sweeter s’mores mixes I’ve found on store shelves. Most of it comes from the large portions of chocolate that cover the mini graham crackers and marshmallows. This chocolate is milky sweet, like a Hershey Bar, but perhaps even a little sweeter than that! In fact, it does overwhelm any other flavors from the graham cracker and marshmallow, as I really couldn’t taste much of the marshmallow nor the graham cracker in these.

However, the Grahams do give it a light crunch, and the marshmallows add some chewiness. Notably, these marshmallows do feel a little more stiff than the mini ones you’d find in a bulk bag.

In a way, this feels mostly like a sweet chocolate treat, not necessarily s’mores. For it to live up to its name, it would have to add more graham cracker and marshmallow to combat that chocolate. Despite all of this, it’s tasty, though, again, not really s’mores in my book!

Release Date

While I can’t find an exact release date, reviews date back to around summer 2024. Found August 2025.

Review

These are some of the worst-tasting cannoli I’ve ever had—and don’t get me wrong, they’re good (even the “worst”-tasting cannoli can be good), but gosh, what happened here?

First, I can’t get over the texture of these. The shell breaks apart easily due to how dry it is, and its flavor is a light powdery sugar-type taste. The crunch and softness of typical cannolis isn’t really there either—it’s flimsy and cheap-feeling. On a better note, the cream more or less has a similar mouthfeel as a traditional cannoli. It’s thick, creamy, and mildly sweet, and the little chocolate chips add a nice touch.

The flavor isn’t much better. As I said before, the shell has a powdery sugar taste, not a buttery doughy one you’d find in other cannolis. On top of (or in?) that, the cream, while having a decent texture, is kind of bland even despite the mini chocolate chips. It feels like they blended together heavy whipping cream and added a smidge of sugar; that’s really it. I almost forgot—the chocolate? Yeah, I can see a little of it layered on the inside of the shell, but I genuinely didn’t even taste it. I actually had to read the box to remind myself that this was supposed to have chocolate!

In summary, these are decent enough as a treat; however, they’re a disgrace to be called a “cannoli.”

Release Date

While I can’t find an exact release date, the product page has reviews dating back to around summer 2024. Found August 2025.

Review

Exactly as advertised and then some! I say “and then some” because this is surprisingly tasty! It tastes like they got Oreo creme, added a dusting of additional sugar, and then threw in a bunch of tiny crunchy dark chocolate bits—it’s so, so good!

What is also really amazing is how thick and creamy this is. I keep referring to an Oreo—but if you skimmed the creme off a bunch and balled it tightly together, you’d get a concoction like this. Honestly, it’s so thick, you may need to warm it up briefly so it’s more spreadable and dippable!

I can definitely see myself adding this to almost anything, even using it as a replacement for store-bought frosting because, as I said earlier, this is very thick—much thicker than most frostings—and I think a lot of people would appreciate this premium and thick layer of creamy spread.

Release Date

Released April 2025 alongside a Cocoa & Popcorn spread and other snacks. Found July 2025.

Review

These are very premium wafers. They’re absolutely filled to the brim with thick cream, much more than other wafers. This cream is reasonably sweet with a chocolate hazelnut taste—not quite Nutella, but almost as sweet and still has a clear hazelnut flavor. Additionally, the wafers provide a buttery taste and, surprisingly, further addition to the chocolate flavor.

The texture, like the cream, feels premium too. They’re thick and lightly crunchy, having a composition that feels much less cheap than their filled wafer counterparts.

Release Date

I’m unsure of an exact release date. Found July 2025.

Review

Soft, a bit chewy, and a good deal moist for macaroons. Honestly, to me, the mouthfeel is great! There are some flavor differences between each one, but there is one similarity: many taste artificial and have an odd background taste. Sure, some are okay, but several are just “what is that odd flavor I’m getting?” I can’t quite explain it; they’re not all bad, but some had this weird, almost off-putting flavor.

In terms of sweetness, they are between mild and moderate—essentially, not too much sugar and not too little. They’re at least enjoyable in this regard.

Release Date

While I’m unsure of an exact release date, reviews date back to November 2021.

Review

Whoa, these are weird—well, different, I should say!

The shell is a reasonably thick, soft cookie dough, as if they stretched the dough over a ball of ice cream. It’s interesting! Unfortunately, however, the cookie dough isn’t too strong or sweet like others.

This is a similar story on the inside, which has a very lightly sweet caramel flavor. Essentially, it’s just a plainish ball of ice cream. It kind of feels watered down like the cookie dough.

The one thing going for it is the textures. Biting into a soft cookie dough shell only to be met with a cold ball of ice cream is nice. To note, I did find that eating them straight from the freezer did feel a little “icy,” though that subsided after they were left out for a few minutes.

I can’t really recommend these. Put simply, they need more sweetness and bolder flavors.

Release Date

Released May 20, 2025 to Target stores. Found July 2025.

Review

Pleasantly crunchy toffee-tasting shell with a mildly sweet dark chocolate, solid center cream. I really like how tasty the toffee is—it’s very authentic tasting, and the sweetness is neither too mild nor too strong. The mixed-in almonds also give it a nutty background taste.

Lastly, that dark chocolate works so well with it!In summary, it’s pleasantly tasty, sweet, and chocolaty, and the texture is nice. It’s just overall a tasty snack.

Release Date

While I’m unsure of an exact release date, reviews date back to August 2021. Found July 2025.

Review

I heated these in the microwave! To note, I suspect air frying or baking would result in very similar textures and flavors.

So, imagine a Hershey chocolate bar, a bit of marshmallow, and a graham cracker—this is exactly that. The chocolate ganache part, like many homemade s’mores, seemed to have gotten quite soft and melty, with the marshmallow puffing up some from the heat. These two are the good parts of these bars—now comes the graham cracker…

What happened here? I’m not sure if it was because it was frozen, but boy, it feels stale. Like, it has some crunch left, but something about it feels off. The taste is okay at least, though. Still, it does bring down the experience quite a bit.

Overall, it’s pretty sweet and is more or less a regular s’more you can make better at home (with better, fresher graham crackers!).

Release Date

Released May 2024. Found July 2025.

Review

I tried these right from the freezer and after thawing for some time.

When frozen, unlike regular cookie dough, these are harder and crumble apart easily. They are between lightly and moderately sweet, sporting a combo of peanut and cookie dough-like flavors. I say cookie dough-like because something about it tastes and feels different—wait a second, does it say these are made of rolled oats? Maybe that’s it!

Neither this “cookie dough” flavor nor peanut is too bold or overpowering, which is nice, though I personally wish it was more flavorful and sweeter. Overall, these have a decent taste; it’s mostly just the hardish texture that gets in the way.

These do become softer and chewier at room temperature, although they still don’t resemble an authentic cookie dough texture or flavor.

Release Date

While I’m unsure of an exact release date, reviews date back to June 2022. Found July 2025.

Review

Notably, there are similarities between each of these cakes. First, the cake layers themselves are generally more compact than your typical cake, as if they were compressed together. This results in more density and less fluffiness. Secondly, each one has a top and middle layer of frosting. Lastly, they’re all canned and have long-lasting, several-month-away expiration dates.

Chocolate Peanut Butter: A different and interesting texture, especially compared to the other two. The top frosting is soft enough, although something about it feels weird, and right below that, a fairly dense but sort of dry mouth-feeling cake remains. Weirdly, it feels moist to the touch, but what ultimately comes out is… not great, to say the least. It’s almost like it was overcooked. And also, the supposed frosting in the middle is hardly even there—I see it on the outside looking through the container, but when you dig through, there’s not much present.

Speaking of this frosting, it tastes like lightly sweet cream cheese frosting with a hint of peanut butter from its peanut swirls. Similarly, the cake is mildly sweet with an equally light peanutty flavor. To me, the flavor could have been much more pronounced and sweeter, and the texture of the cake more moist and just more enjoyable like the others. Also, just something about it all feels artificial and not meant for a can, at least for this flavor.

Birthday Cake: Imagine yourself eating a typical, super sweet birthday cake. This tastes like just that! It’s artificial—which works here really, really well here—it’s super sweet and has that iconic vanilla birthday cake flavor—I just absolutely love it. It really satisfies my inner child!

The frosting itself is reasonably soft, and the cake is very dense and moist. I found the layers of this frosting amazing too; it really brings out the sweetness and flavor because of how much there is embedded throughout the cakey layers!

Overall, this is fantastic, especially if you’re in the mood for something that perfectly resembles a sweet childhood birthday cake. It doesn’t hold back and nails the flavors and textures perfectly—wow!

Red Velvet: I’m not sure what happened to mine, but it seemed disheveled—a large chunk on the side was missing, and the frosting was oddly layered. Still, this cake was darn good!

Overall, this is your pretty typical, done well velvet cake. I could end the review right here, but if you want more…

An authentic cream cheese frosting and cake are intertwined with one another. The cake is reasonably dense and moist, and the frosting is equally so. Sweetness? Just right. Nothing about the flavors or textures appears out of the ordinary; it really feels like you went to the store and bought any other red velvet cake… Although, this cake is canned, which is different.

Release Date

All were released June 2025. Found in July 2025.

Review

This leans towards a light and hollow, authentic, and creamy strawberry, but something about it feels a tad artificial. It’s almost as if they used a flavoring syrup called “Authentic Strawberry” or something.

Anyways, it’s a pretty thick whipped cream and, for the most part, has an overall decent strawberry taste. It likely goes well on a number of items; however, I feel it’s more niche and would personally prefer other whipped creams such as regular, chocolate, or marshmallow.

Also, despite the appearance on the can, it’s entirely a pale pink white, not at all bright pink or red!

Release Date

Released January 2023. Found July 2025.

Review

In a way, it’s a s’mores-ish spread (more so a vibe), but its flavors just aren’t up to snuff to give it that distinction.

There are very light and soft bits of graham cracker littered around, but they’re not noticeable if you put this spread onto anything, as they’re simply too miniscule. Most notably, and to me, the white and chocolate parts nearly taste the same and have the same level of sweetness; the chocolate part has a mild and pleasant milk chocolate taste, and the white part kind of resembles a creamy marshmallow or toned-down white chocolate.

Together, with all of these flavors, the overall spread is decently sweet, not overly so, falling in line with something that’s inoffensive, perhaps something perhaps you’d put on toast in the morning.

Further, aside from the graham cracker bits, the spread is thick, somewhat creamy, and quite uniformly smooth, which I didn’t fully expect, as I thought the chocolate and marshmallow representations would be differentiable.

Personally, both the advertised flavor and look had me excited for something a kid with a sweet tooth would enjoy. And, well, long story short, it didn’t fulfill that fantasy. For that to happen, it would have to be not just sweeter, but also the marshmallow part and graham cracker bits would have to be bolder in terms of taste and more distinctly noticeable texture-wise.

Release Date

I’m unsure of an exact release date. Found July 2025.

Review

Well, first off, I really felt like I got a hint of coffee or mocha on my first few bites, but that quickly went away.

Anyway…

It’s kind of like s’mores in ball form, sort of. The texture mostly resembles the crunchy center of a graham cracker with a small, soft-ish contribution from the milk chocolate shell and, beneath that, a white shell. Really, the entire thing is 80% pleasantly crunchy graham cracker.

Despite this, I would say the strongest flavor here is the chocolate because it’s the only thing really giving it much of any flavor. It’s about your average sweetness and taste, slightly toned down by the inner graham cracker. The white layer right below that doesn’t seem to contribute much in terms of anything–perhaps a hint of creaminess? Not sure.

Either way, these are sort of s’mores but not really, as the ratios and flavors are off. If anything, I would have liked to see less graham cracker and more actual marshmallow to balance it out.

Release Date

While I’m unsure of an exact release date, reviews date back to April 2024. Found June 2025.

Review

Thick, chocolaty, and appreciatively crunchy!

It has a very chocolaty flavor that comes across as both pleasant and tasty—really, nothing offensive, too sweet, or fake-tasting here. It’s moderately sweet and is more or less a thick chocolate spread as advertised.

In addition, there is a very good helping of popcorn-like pieces that add noticeable light crunches throughout. They don’t feel flimsy nor too hard; it’s just right, and they’re small enough to both enjoy and for it to not feel like it’s overpowering.

I’d see this spread going on almost anything. To note, though, it is quite thick, so if you want to use it as a frosting, you may need to warm it up!

Release Date

Released April 2025 alongside a Cookies & Cream spread and other snacks. Found June 2025.

Review

Okay, so, there’s a lot of graham cracker here, and most notably, it’s on the softer side, almost feeling stale, which detracts from the experience. It’s about as soft as the equally abundant milk chocolate portions, which is kind of odd. Additionally, these graham crackers don’t provide much flavor.

There are also small pockets of soft marshmallow throughout, which add more squishy softness to the already soft-ish texture. Lastly, in terms of overall flavor, it’s mostly a moderately sweet milk chocolate with hints of marshmallow, as the graham doesn’t do much.

My suggestion would be to increase the crunchiness of the graham cracker part. Other than that, it’s decent enough to use the name “s’mores” at least.

Release Date

I’m unsure of a release date. Found June 2025.

Review

This is both everything and nothing at the same time—let me explain!

Texture-wise, everything. It has the crunch, a strong supportive density, chewiness, and the softness all wrapped up into one. The thick caramel holds together the crunchy M&M-like and peanut bits like a glue, further solidified by the generous globs of chocolate mixed in. Basically, it’s a chewy, chunky makeup of all different textures, making for an interesting eating experience.

The flavors, however, fall flat. You can taste each part, all the nuance, but nothing stands out. Nothing is too sweet and, at the same time, not sweet enough. The chocolate is regular, semi-sweet milk chocolate; the caramel is mostly there for the texture; and the other bits mostly just add to the texture with a pinch of saltiness. In a way, by combining so much, you essentially mute everything—or, perhaps, they just didn’t add enough sugar!

Release Date

Released around June 2021. Found June 2025.

Review

I like peppermint, and I like truffles, but the cocoa dust on these feels too dry, and the flavor is off-putting. There’s a light peppermint flavor alongside it all, too, which doesn’t help it. They’re semi-sweet, but unfortunately, I can’t stand the taste of this dry cocoa powder.

Release Date

Not sure when this was released, although reviews date back to around November 2024 on Target’s website. Likely limited to the Christmas season. Found January 2025.

Review

As advertised, this has a bold, noticeable pumpkin spice taste. It’s not bitter; instead, it’s very creamy and moderately sweet. This would pair great on most things, although personally, I prefer regular whipped cream, as this may overpower whatever it’s on.

Release Date

First released around August 2022. Found November 2024.

Review

Absolutely adorable! It comes with a cute Target cart and Dog, as well as lots of premium-tasting decorations like gummies and hard candies. It also comes with a decent amount of sweet white icing and other colored frostings, too. These do allow you to build an adequate Target store, although it definitely won’t look as nice as the box.

In terms of flavor, the cookie parts themselves are very plain and crunchy, but they are made up for by all the tasty decorations and frostings you can add. The white icing that comes with it is very soft and sweet, and the rest of the candies feel a cut above the rest. Overall, this feels like a premium house-building kit. As a side note, the Target cart and dog are nearly impossibly hard and taste like bitter, nasty dye!

Release Date

Not sure when this was released. Found November 2024 at Target.

Review

Gingerbread: It is lightly sweet but noticeable and has a bold gingerbread taste. I expected this to have more of a brown color rather than sparkly white!

Marshmallow: A sweeter version of regular whipped cream with a bit of a marshmallow taste. The whipped cream texture itself was lighter and less thick than the other two.

Hot Cocoa: Perfectly sweet (not too much or too little) milk chocolate-flavored whipped cream. However, paired with hot chocolate, it kind of defeats the purpose, and everything tastes the same!

Release Date

I believe the first few of these flavored whipped cream offerings, Marshmallow, Pumpkin Spice, and Maple Vanilla, were released in August 2022. Then, Peppermint and Gingerbread were released around October 2022. After that, Hot Cocoa and Salted Caramel flavors were added and released in November 2023. These are exclusive for the fall and winter seasons, respectively.

Found December 2023.