Life Savers Candy Spear-O-Mint .84 oz (pack of 20)

These have sort of a funny after taste. Plus about half of the lifesavers were broken inside the roll. They just don't taste right.

I have had trouble finding these spearmint flavored lifesavers at my local stores. They are good tasting to me, but are only lifesavers. When buying 20 of them I'd hoped, though, that it would be less expensive .. I think it worked out to over $0.70 a roll

This is one of my favorite Life Savers flavors, and like almost all flavors, it has gotten hard to find it locally.I rarely see the roll version of anything other than Pep-O-Mint and Wint-O-Green. Remember the days when you could go into a store and find tons of Life Savers? Berry (was it called Mixed Berries or Wild Berry?), Tropical Fruits, Fancy Fruits, Wild Cherry, Butter Rum ... the original Five Flavor mix, and two of my long-gone favorites: Butter Mint and Tangerine! I really miss those days!I can still find the Butter Rum and Wild Cherry at my local pharmacy. They're both better for soothing a scratchy throat than any cough drop that they sell, so it makes sense that they'd have them there. In the supermarket I can often find them both - plus the new version of the Five Flavor mix (which isn't as good as the original), but these are individually wrapped candy in bags. They are bigger than the roll version, and I prefer the rolls.There was a gas station in my area that sold these Spear-O-Mint rolls, but they stopped about a year ago. I am so happy to have found a source for them here at Amazon. YIPPEE! Now if only they'd come back with the Tangerine and Butter Mint! I can't understand how the convenience store shelves can contain 100 different types of super mints (I can't stand the overpoweringly strong mints and gums sold today), but not make room for old fashioned, traditional Life Savers!* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *UPDATE:* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *I had originally given this product 5 stars, but I have now had to lower the rating to just 3 stars. I've opened six rolls of the Life Savers and three of them have contained completely crushed candies. Each mint is broken into 4-6 chunks and a bunch of minty powder. What a mess! Even the three that were not completely broken, were at least partially broken.The package seemed to be in good shape when it arrived with no signs of damage, so one can only assume that this damage was done before the product was shipped. I don't know how the remaining 14 rolls will size up, but it's not looking hopeful.I was so excited to receive this product, and now I am so disappointed.# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #FURTHER UPDATE:# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #I've now opened just about all of the rolls of Life Savers and every single roll (other than the first three good ones mentioned above) contained broken candy. Most were completely shattered or contained about 80% broken candy. Just a few rolls contained at least half unbroken candy. As I've said, the packaging was not damaged at all, so these were obviously broken before they were shipped out. Most likely, they were stored and/or handled improperly.Oh well. I guess that Life Savers are getting to be thing of the past. You can hardly find good flavors locally, and obviously mail order is not an option. This sure was a pricy lesson for me.

You cannot seem to find the little rolls of life savers around anymore. Or if stores do carry the rolls, they only carry one or two flavors. Wintergreen is good but spearmint is my absolute favorite! The candy came fresh and unbroken. Easiest way to keep up my life saver supply.

Can't find these anywhere. Seems mine were stored a little too close to pep-o-mint lifesavers as there is a hint of that flavor. Still, I love the Spear-o-mint flavor.

UPDATE: My original review is below this update. but if you are looking for the original Spear O Mint flavor (which is great), these are now the "new and improved" flavor which is terrible. It is not just a slight difference, it is a complete overhaul. It is more like Pep-O-Mint with an overpowering chemical flavor. It seems someone at the company must have decided since some people like "conspicuously strong mints" we should sell them. Unfortunately instead of leaving my favorite flavor Life Saver alone and coming out with a new strong mint, they made the foolish decision to re-flavor these. I actually started choking on them it was so bad. I thought it was just a mistake (I've had Pep-O-Mint occasionally mixed in a pack of Wint-O-Green or Spear-O-Mint before), but I quickly realized no, it is just the "new and [not] improved" flavor. I've contacted the company previously (when they started adding artificial sweetener to some of the regular flavors) and they told me that their "taste tests" revealed that folks preferred the new flavor. I think they must have found a test panel of folks who like the aftertaste of artificial sweetener. I'm going to complain to the company again, but it will probably once again fall on deaf ears.MY ORIGINAL REVIEW [based on the original flavor Spear-O-Mint, which I also gave 5 stars]These have become extremely hard to find. It seems that the stores believe there is only a market for sugarless mints. I hate sugarless products and the associated throat dryness that comes with consuming them.These are great tasting, sweetened with sugar, and also seem to act as an upset stomach reliever.

The same great taste! I looked for Life Savers in several stores.Apparently Live Savers do not sell well enough for stores to stock them anymore. But, Good ole Amazon came through with all the flavors and excellent pricing.

I ordered these thinking they would be the same as I always order, but when I got them, they sure didn't taste the same. I contacted Wrigley and sure enough, they changed the formula. I want the old formula back. These are not as good as they used to be. The delivery was great, I have no problem with using this company again. It isn't their fault the company changed their candy.