Olive Garden's After-Dinner Mints Aren't What They Seem

If you've ever dined at Olive Garden (no judgments), you've received a pleasant surprise after the meal is over: Andes Candies, those chocolate mint candies that everyone who doesn't hate the flavor of chocolate mint seems to love. But have you ever really looked at them, and compared them to what Andes Candies actually look like?

Andes' best-selling Crème de Menthe variety sandwiches mint between two layers of chocolate. Andes also produces a harder-to-find Mint Parfait variety, which sandwiches chocolate between two layers of mint. But the version served at Olive Garden is clearly just two equal layers, one with chocolate and one with mint.

So we reached out to Olive Garden to see what the deal here is. Where are these magical candies coming from, we asked them, and are there any differences besides the design? "They are custom-made for us, featuring a different shape and wrapper," a representative replied. "The recipe is the same."

So there you have it! You won't be able to find those Olive Garden after-dinner mints anywhere else.