Crackheads energy beans

When you think of crackheads what do you think of? The Urban Dictionary refers to them as "a broke ass mutha fucka who relies on crack to sustain daily life. Often seen running at full speed for a multitude of reasons." That would just about sum up most peoples opinion. I would add that most crackheads I have seen on the streets smells a bit like rotting cheese, and a bit like rotting flesh. Twitching, snarling and screaming at the nothings in the air, bobbing and weaving, often without shoes, without coats, without pants...

Well that was before. Now crackheads mean sweet and delicious chocolate flavored outsides with crispity crunchety insides. Not to mention, now Crackheads can be the ones to make you twitchy and jittery.

So why Crackheads? The owner and creator of the candy says it comes not from those smelly crack ballin fools, but from making fun of those silly parents, professors, friends and anyone else around him who drank coffee incessantly. He started calling caffeine fiends crackheads from when he was a student at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. "We're not trying to make fun of any drug usage," he says. "We're poking fun at people drinking coffee all the time." In other words, while the poor have to deal with the real problem, the rich get to make fun of themselves liking caffeine, and sell it to mall kids at FYE and Spensers. They aren't being racist, just classist and offensive.

i received this delicious sample through kingofcaffeine.com, who at this time seems to be carrying crackhead's insane big brother, crackheads2, with a whole lot more caffeine

Taste:10
These are beautiful chocolate covered beans, beautiful and roasted to perfection. they came in different sizes, unlike other beans I have tried, like Shock-A-Lots and Charged beans. The beans are covered in a luscious dark and white chocolate coating, tasting like real dark chocolate and not some cheap brown candy glaze. I have had dozens of brands of chocolate covered espresso beans, these are among the top 3. Really, even people who did not like chocolate espresso beans went nuts over these.

packaging:7
The good:These are great for trips and places where portability is an issue too. They also don't melt very easily - although I wouldn't be leaving the box in your front pocket or anything. Listing the caffeine content is nice too, as well as the big tag line on the front, 'We are all addicted to something."
The bad: The box itself looks a little flimsy, like a package of Hot Tamales. There is no real protection from the elements - which makes a difference if you really were wanting these because of their easy caffeine fix. The colors are also very funky - as I don;t really picture energy coming in turquoise and brown.

buzz:9
One box is enough for a nice boost - nice enough to go without a morning jolt of coffee or 16 big energy drink. I found myself craving more after i finished - wishing for a bigger box. Fortunately, they do come in bigger boxes too. I did get just a little bouncy after munching through a box though not really jittery - and was able to get down to work with increased alertness and focus. It lasted about 3 hours and then I was back to looking to score in the breakroom, brewing espresso, chewing on coffee grounds and anticipating my next hit of java...