Ferrara Candy Atomic Fireballs, 40.5 Ounce

I love this candy and been eating it for decades. I was down to eating the knock off ones as it was getting harder to find the original ones in stores. I'm so glad I found it in bulk on Amazon! These are the true Atomic Fire Balls. They are a true jawbreaker, staying hard to the center. These are the smaller ones, 3/4", which I don't mind. One thing I do find buying in large batches is the inconsistency of "heat" in each of the balls. Some will be really hot (which I love) and some will be mild. I don't mind this as the overall taste of the candy is good (unlike the knock offs), but l do admit, I would love if they all had the same "fire"!

These are my hubbys favorite candy from his youth. He loves that he always has them in his candy dish now. The best part is that the grand kiddos always eat all his candies but these are too hot for them so they leave them alone. My husband loves to share but secretly he likes that these are "just for him". lol Great value for the price and they taste just like the originals. They're a bit smaller but not enough to mention.

I bought these for filling a candy bowl for the students at my college. The candy in the bowl must be individually wrapped, which these are. These candies are also very powerfully flavored (hot cinnamon) and long lasting (think jawbreakers), which is useful for subtly encouraging each student to take only one. Some people take one look at the color and name, realize they will not like it, and do not take one. But most people are either familiar with these from childhood or brave enough to try, and they like them. I tried one myself and they are exactly as I remember, but will not have any more because I am too tempted to try to crunch them and my dentist would not be happy about that. (Or alternatively, maybe she would like the extra business if I cracked my teeth. Just kidding. My dentist is too nice for that.) Altogether a great purchase for a candy bowl.

Love em’! Nice and fresh. Price was reasonable. The grocery store where I used to live sold them in bulk at $1.99/lb. or $1.59/lb. if I caught them on sale. ****New addition to my previous review***** I’ve ordered these 3 times from the same seller. My first 2 orders were wonderful (although the second order had a mix of large and small sizes within the same package). My third order was horribly stale. After the outer layer (where all the hot is) had dissolved (in a VERY short time) the inner portion just crumbled. Unfortunately, I was outside the return limit when I realized the entire batch was bad. I’m undecided if I’ll order again seeing as I’ll be throwing away 5 lbs. *****Another addition to my previous review******* I did buy these again, for a fourth time. They were either stale or there was a manufacturing problem. The centers were, again, crumbly - like soft powder. This isn’t “normal” fir ant type fire ball. These are the only ones I’ve ever had that did this and it was only two bags our of four.

While it's funny to read the wildly varying comments, I'll just say that I'm very happy to have scored this Amazon bargain! I've been buying small packages of fireballs for years and years, and often have run out of the delicious morsels. Sure... I've broken a tooth on them before, but I just can't give them up. This five pound bag is simply life's answer to your fireball dreams! It's probably a two-year supply for me, and the price is less than what I have been paying for a quarter of the quantity. They are the smaller-sized fireballs, but I have never had a preference. I would further say that they are reasonably hot, relative to my decades-long history with fireballs. The heat doesn't last particularly long though, but I have so many now that I don't mind spitting one out when the flavor is gone and replacing it with a new one.

There were more than the estimated 150. Great. The size isn't as big as they once were, but the flavor is good and they are hot. The individual candy wrappers were sticky. I'm not sure why, but each candy was sealed. I poured the candy on the table and waited a couple days. The wrappers were no longer sticky, so it's all good. As long as the candy was fresh, I saw no reason to return them. The only thing that could make them better, is to make them bigger.

This is my second purchase, as great as the first purchase was! My husband and I love Atomic Fireballs, and I decided to buy these from Amazon despite some of the negative reviews. I could not be any happier with my purchase, they arrived in a timely manner, they were packaged extremely well, the bag was still very secure within the box. I weighed these and I received 5 pound of individually wrapped atomic fireballs. I opened the package and as soon as I got the plastic bag opened just a tiny bit there was a very strong scent of hot cinnamon atomic fireballs, I filled the candy bowl, headed back up to my office and popped one into my mouth, I am eating one while writing this review and even though they are smaller than the ones I had when I was a kid, they are just as potent right from the get go. These are exactly as expected I will be buying these again, and probably again. AWESOME, I am a true purchaser, if I had listened to the negative reviews I would not have bought them. They are hard ALL the way through.

Absolutely love!! ❤️

These are delicious and spicy cinnamon treats! It’s impressive how hot a cinnamon candy can be. Love these, and will definitely buy again once I run out!

These are my favourite candies I’ve ever had, used to buy them for 25 cents each at the carnival but with Covid being a thing I couldn’t find them anywhere. The price in my opinion is great! An just wait until you open the box.. the amazing smell of cinnamon punch’s you in the nose lol I highly recommend if you love hot cinnamon candy!! Tho they are very hot and very addictive!!! so be careful haha

Ces bonbons sont pas mal bons. Je recherchait quelque chose de similaire jusqu'à temps que ma tante m'en donne un et j'avais jeté l'emballage et j'ai pu le retrouvé dans ma voiture, c'est de cette façon que j'ai pu les trouver et encore mieux, sur Amazon...lol. La seule chose, rien de totalement négatif, c'est de ne pas pouvoir en acheter un quantité moindre ou même d'en acheter au dépanneur.

Hotter than I anticipated - I was thinking more candy hearts but they hit the spot.