I’m a great lover of sugar so me and Taiwan get a long just great. Everywhere I turn here there’s either delicious fatty meats or heart attack inducing sugar rushes.

I’m currently cycling about 150km a week to keep it all off, so far it’s working. I’d dread to think what’d happen if I ever stopped though.

Toffee covered strawberries are something I’ve seen all over Taiwan and I’d been meaning to try them out since forever. One afternoon I was walking through downtown Taipei and decided now was as good a time as ever.

The strawberries come three a piece and are mounted on a stick. Despite the watery look in the photo the toffee is actually set and firm, although it does melt rather quickly.

Taste wise this is one of the biggest sugar rushes I’ve had over here yet (1L of chocolate milk tea slammed down after a bicycle run comes a close second). The strawberries are the juiciest and sweetest I’ve ever tasted and the toffee is just icing on the cake. Taste wise the toffee is like what we get on Toffee apples back home.

Infact toffee covered strawberries is kinda the same idea except you get a whole lot more toffee instead of the thin layer on toffee apples.

If you’ve got a sweet spot for sugar toffee covered strawberries will blow your mind. Price wise though they’re a bit of a downer. Coming in at $40 TWD ($1.40 AUD) they’re definitely on the expensive side.

A bowl of beef noodles can be had in Taiwan for $60 TWD and back home I’m sure toffee apples were around the $1.50 AUD mark. Coupled with being so ridiculously easy to finish in half a second toffee covered strawberries aren’t that great value for money.

If you’re a sugar addict like me though, despite the cost the sweet, sweet taste will still make you come back for more…


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