Reviewing Target Favorite Day Snacks, Treats, and Candies

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.

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

Review coming soon!

Released April 2025. Found June 2025.

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.

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

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!

Released around June 2021. Found June 2025.

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.

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.

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.

First released around August 2022. Found November 2024.

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!

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

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!

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.