Bassett's Murray Mints > Reviews

Advantages: Last a long time in the mouth
Disadvantages: Sweet

A review of Bassett's Murray Mints Well, it's been a bit too hot for chocolate recently so I thought I would turn my attention to mints. I like something to suck while I am driving and thought I would have a change from my usual polo's. It has been a long time since I've had a Murray Mint, but I remembered that they had a distinctive taste. Probably not a choice that is considered cool, but I don't really care. In the words of a famous philosopher ... Read review

Advantages: Not too minty, nice and creamy, cheap, long-lasting (for some!)
Disadvantages: Bad package design, no chewy centre! Outside goes soft

Apparently these most unassuming of mints have been around since 1944, but who knows how they have they survived for so long as I have never met anybody else apart from myself who buys them! Murray mints are small, hard, oval, opaque sweets the colour of clotted cream. They are sweet and creamy with a mild minty taste. They are smooth to suck, and similar in creaminess and texture to Werther's Originals. The first television advert for Murray ... Read review

Advantages: Lovely creaminess and minty too
Disadvantages: High in fat

Bassetts Murray Mints are a lovely yet strange sweet. Bassetts have combined a minty buttery taste that strangely works very well. Now if you have never heard of these sweets - you should ask an elderly person as these sweets were very popular back in the 40's and 50's. They were first introduced into the market in 1944 and believe it or not they were the very first product to have a television ad jingle! Now here in Ireland these sweets are ... Read review