Goddamned Costco coupons.

They did this with the Izze, too. First one's not free, but it is a few bucks off. Then you get hooked on fruity sodas, or little balls of dark chocolate wrapped around pomegranate jellies.

We will not discuss how quickly the two-pound bag has vanished, because you don't need to know that.

The good news is, while they're not -good- for you, they're pretty much natural. Scariest-sounding thing in the entire ingredient list is maltodextrin. Plus, any one candy gives you 1% of your RDA of Vitamin C.

Anyway, they taste pretty much like you'd imagine - you get the nice, medium-quality dark chocolate first, then the sharp tang of the pomegranate center. It's a little chewy, a little sweet, and chock full of flavor.

The two pound bag runs just under $10, which is on the upper side of a good value -  two pounds is a lot of candy, and the quality is there. It's a much better value with a $2.50 coupon, but they don't send those out very often.

We'll see how much I miss them after the first bag is gone. Which is imminent.