Cella's Milk Chocolate Covered Cherries – Premium Cherry Cordial Candies – Individually Wrapped with Display Box - Peanut Free, Gluten Free – 72 Count, 2.25 Pounds (Pack of 1)

I just got mine from Nite Tide sales, fulfilled by amazon, and mine, as of my jan 5 2015 purchase, has a sell by date of 10/2016, so they are pretty fresh. I have tried a lot of different version of the chocolate covered cherries. Some, like the queen ann brand, are very cheap, and for a good reason. They do not have very good quality. they have cheap chocolate, and the centers, or the cream between the cherry and the chocolate, is very very sweet. That is one thing I like about the Cella's brand. They are sweet (hey, they are a chocolate covered cherry.. they are all sweet), but they are not overly sweet, like most of the cheap brands that I have tried. The cella's brand ones have a creamy, liquid type of center, that has a little sweetness to it, but has more of a rich, or creamy flavor, and is not overly sweet. They are very well balanced in flavor, with one thing not overpowering the flavor of the other ingredients.. The flavor blends together very well. Mine arrived in good condition, and was not dried out like I have seen a lot of other people say theirs were. The only thing I can think of is the people who got the dried out ones, maybe they saw them at a very cheap price and jumped on it because of how cheap they were, and they were probably cheap because of being old stock, near their sell by date. I have seen the same things happen with other candies. You see a really low price, and jump on the deal because of the price, just to find it was a very good deal so they can get rid of the stock before it reaches the sell by date and they cant sell it. better to make less of a profit, or no profit, then to not be able to sell the merchandise and loose money.. I got some hershey's candy bars from amazon a while back just like that. so if you see an extremely low price, I would say write to the vender and ask how old the stock is just to make sure, before you buy. I have seen others say that they received a lot of leaking ones. My guess is, these come in trays of multiple cherries per section. Basically, they have a tray for each level, and each tray has sections that hold 6 cherries per section. They are not individually protected like the smaller boxes of them are. So if your mail gets smacked, or knocked around a lot, then you probably are going to have some damaged ones. It is not the manufacturers fault, but more of the fault of the people handling the package. another person said that they got this larger box then what they are used to, so they were going to put them in the freezer.. Let me just say this.. Chocolate and freezers do not always get along well. and besides, these, at least the ones I got, have over a year and a half sell by date.. Why would you need to put them in the freezer?? just keep them in a cool area and you will be fine.. Im sure that the box of them will be gone in well under a year.. Just so you know, the large boxes, where you see 72 in a package, they are all individually wrapped. unless you get the small, or regular sized boxes of this brand, they are all individually wrapped. The regular sized boxes are the only ones that do not have the individually wrapped CCC's. and those are in those plastic tray's to keep them separated and protected. As for these. I really have no complaints, and can not say anything bad about these. If anything, the only thing bad I could say is that I wish that they were a bit cheaper. Other then that, no complaints here. some things to note. If you prefer dark chocolate, dont forget, these come in both milk, and dark chocolate. and if you are like me, these things are addictive.. Some candies you eat a couple and say, hey, I have had enough.. these are not like that.. These are more like that turkey sitting on the dining room table after dinned on thanksgiving. Set them there, and you keep grabbing them not thinking, so if you are like that. Make sure not to open the box next to you.. Open it and take a few out and then go sit down as not to demolish the full box of them in one sitting..

Excellent quality

D e licious and price okay

when I got the candy, it had leaked all down the side of the box, I was very disappointed. The whole side and the candies were all sticky.

These are 1 of my favorite chocolates. When I saw the quantity for the low price it was I had to jump on it right away and get a box. The box that I did receive had been squashed on a side And About 20 of the pc were leaking , But I was able to eat them still. I just wiped off the other ones that were sticky and the chocolates were not damaged and was still able to put out for guests. Wood still buy more because the shipper was responsible for squashing the box. I am glad they were very fresh and not hard or dried out inside. Chocolate had a good flavor as well.

I bought these at a discounted price. It was a great price tag, especially considering how much it would have cost to buy the same amount from a store. I was not expecting a perfect product. They wouldn't be selling it so cheaply if it was in pristine condition. Some fo the cherries were melted and crushed. I can't say if they were supposed to look like that because they came through UPS and that is a terrible way to get deliveries here. That said, the cherries taste just fine and I'm thrilled to get an entire box of them at a discount price. As long as I can eat them, I'm happy.

When it comes to chocolate covered cherries theses are hands down the best. The quality, taste, and overall appearance leaves nothing to be desired. If you have a sweet tooth and love chocolate covered cherries give Cella's a try I think you will quickly fall in love with them to. There's a reason they have been in business for over 150 years with cherries as the flagship product.

The item I ordered is what I wanted. Thank you.