Candy Shot Foam Bananas Essence 20 ml

Candy Shot Foam Bananas Essence 20 ml

The foam banana is a small masterpiece of the confectionery world: a fluffy yellow sweet with a sugary banana flavour and a thin layer of chocolate. Everyone knows exactly how it tastes, and that recognition is what makes Candy Shot Foam Bananas such a cheerful surprise at a party. The first reaction is almost always a smile – it tastes just like the bag.

Candy shots are spirit with the flavour of sweets, and foam sweets are notoriously difficult to dissolve in spirit on your own – what you mostly get is stickiness and froth. With an essence you get higher quality than dissolved sweets, with a clear drink and a clean flavour straight away. Think of it as a playful dessert shot for adults; it need be no more complicated than that.

Colour & Appearance

The finished drink is a soft yellow, like custard or ripe banana. It is clear and glossy, and the sugar gives it a rounder body that suits the gentle flavour.

Nose

The nose is pure sweet bag: sugary, slightly artificial banana in that endearing way, together with vanilla sugar and something fluffy that brings marshmallows to mind. A faint cocoa note in the background completes the picture.

Palate

The palate is soft from start to finish. The banana is sweet and ripe – more foam sweet than fresh fruit – and rests on a bed of vanilla and icing sugar. The mouthfeel is round, almost creamy, as though the marshmallow had melted into the glass. Towards the end there is a light suggestion of milk chocolate, exactly as in the sweet itself. The sweetness is pronounced, so chilling does it good: the colder it is, the livelier the whole becomes.

Finish

The finish is short to medium, sweet and full of vanilla. The banana lingers a while alongside a soft impression of cocoa.

How to Use

The essence is mixed with vodka or neutral spirit and sugar. 20 ml makes 750 ml of finished drink. Instructions are on the label.

Serving Suggestions

• A chilled shot in small glasses – try grated chocolate on the rim.
• Half foam banana, half chocolate liqueur, layered.
• Over vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce as a grown-up banana split.
• Shaken with milk and ice for a smooth banana shake with an edge.
• With pineapple juice and ice in a sunny long drink.

About the Essence

Foam Bananas is among the most easily liked flavours in the Candy Shot range – sweet, good-natured and impossible to take too seriously. It suits summer parties, hen and stag parties and adult birthdays, where a little yellow shot is a fun touch rather than the evening’s main act. Serve in small glasses and let the atmosphere do the rest.

The essence also does well in the kitchen, in cake fillings, ice cream and banana pie. If you are mixing for a crowd, the same flavour is available in 280 ml, 1 litre and 25 litres.