The Candy Thread

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Inspired by a mini-discussion in another thread.

What do you like?  What don't you like?  And why?

[TAC]

I love dark chocolate. I like Ghiaradelli milk chocolate, but I find I don't like Hershey's milk chocolate.

I don't like peanuts. almonds, or coconut anywhere my candy.

I love Reeses cups, but other than a peanut butter sandwich, I don't care for peanut butter ice cream, toppings, that sort of thing.

[Phoenix87x]

I have ZERO self control when candy is around, so I keep none in the house, but here's what I like in no particular order


Swedish fish
snickers
milky way
milky way midnight
3 musketeers
twix
m and m's
peanut m and m's
Cadbury creme eye
Hallow chocolate bunny
Laffy taffy
rolo s
caramello
reeses peanut butter cup
take 5
Butterfinger
Jr mints
York pepermint patty
Blow pop
Tootsie pop
Tootsie rolls
100 grand bar
Twizzlers
cow tails
charleston chews
Nerds
pop rocks
Candy ciggerettes
Bubble gum of all types
Sour patch kids
Kit kat
baby ruth
Airheads
Rock candy
Smarties

That's all i can think of off the top of my head. I will eat almost any type of candy and I will eat copious amounts if not stopped.

[The Walrus]

NERDS. Nerds Rope too. Nerds eggs too. Best candy ever, Nerds. Also, Starburst jelly beans. Jolly Ranchers. Sixlets. Chiclets. FILL ME UP.

Chocolate is not candy, but candy coated chocolate is valid for this answer, hence the Sixlets. I figured I will toss that torch onto the fire right off the bat.

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I love dark chocolate. I like Ghiaradelli milk chocolate, but I find I don't like Hershey's milk chocolate.

I don't like peanuts. almonds, or coconut anywhere my candy.

I love Reeses cups, but other than a peanut butter sandwich, I don't care for peanut butter ice cream, toppings, that sort of thing.

I think dark chocolate is generally gross.  I love white chocolate, but it generally needs to have something in it

I love peanuts, but I prefer a Milky Way to a Snickers.  I had a Payday for the first time ever a while back, and it was really good.  I'm with you on the peanut butter, but my wife lives for Friendly's Reese's Pieces sundaes whenever she's in the northeast.  For me, Reese's Pieces and movie popcorn are the bomb!

My single favorite candy bar is the Whatchamacallit.  The original (which didn't have caramel) was really good, but when they added that thin layer of caramel, it put it over the top.

[TAC]

NERDS.

Naturally...

[The Walrus]

NERDS.

Naturally...

We still talking candy? 

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I have ZERO self control when candy is around, so I keep none in the house

You sound like me!

[The Walrus]

I have ZERO self control when candy is around, so I keep none in the house

You sound like me!

That's me with anything sweet. I have a bowl full of caramels on my living room table. I can't stop eating them. I could just throw them out or move them elsewhere, but... where's the fun in that? 

[Revenge319]

I used to eat all sorts of candy when I was younger, but these days I don't really care for it much.
I still enjoy Reese's Cups and Twix, though. Those are the good stuff.

[dparrott]

Real important thread right here!!!    Yea I always have some kind of candy around too.

My favorite is Reese's Fast Break King Size.  One fat log of peanut butter nougat covered in chocolate.

Hershey's bar with Reese's pieces mixed in.  Actually almost all Reese's candy is good.

Cookies & creme Twix

Anything chocolate mint

Ghirardelli squares and Lindor truffles

Chocolate covered cherries at Christmas time

Creme eggs at Easter

Sunkist fruit gems

The usual Milky Way, Snickers, M&M's are all good.

A few years ago Russell Stover had apple flavored caramel in a chocolate shell.  It was DELICIOUS.  Hershey's has similar but the caramel is not as good.

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Real important thread right here!!! 

Damn right!

Lindor truffles

Chocolate covered cherries at Christmas time

The appeal of truffles has always eluded me, and fruit and chocolate belong nowhere near each other...ever (although my mother would have completely agreed with you).

My favorite is Reese's Fast Break King Size.  One fat log of peanut butter nougat covered in chocolate.

Hershey's bar with Reese's pieces mixed in.  Actually almost all Reese's candy is good.

You reminded me...a close second to the Whatchamacallit are Reese's Sticks.  So damn good!

A few years ago Russell Stover had apple flavored caramel in a chocolate shell.  It was DELICIOUS.

When I was a kid, my mother used to buy Russell Stover candies.  I have this vague recollection of yellow and green-dyed chocolate, but I don't remember one way or the other if I liked them.

[Cool Chris]

My favorite candy is sour, like Sour Patch Kids. I like milk chocolate, but in reasonable doses. I will wolf down sour or other fruity candies like Skittles like a beast.

I don't like peanuts. almonds, or coconut anywhere my candy.

Agreed on the almonds and coconut - I don't like coconut at all, in any form, or around anything I might otherwise eat.

Chocolate is not candy, but candy coated chocolate is valid for this answer, hence the Sixlets. I figured I will toss that torch onto the fire right off the bat.

We always called Sixlets "Poor Man's M&Ms"

NERDS.

[The Walrus]

I don't like M&Ms

[wolfking]

Chocolate, candy, lollies, name it, I'll eat fucking anything.

[Stadler]

I love dark chocolate. I like Ghiaradelli milk chocolate, but I find I don't like Hershey's milk chocolate.

I don't like peanuts. almonds, or coconut anywhere my candy.

I love Reeses cups, but other than a peanut butter sandwich, I don't care for peanut butter ice cream, toppings, that sort of thing.

I've killed men over a Hershey bar.   Single favorite candy ever.

Big fan of Three Musketeers, too.  In the Halloween bowl, I'll reach for Almond Joy, Reese's, and... if need be, Snickers/Milky Way.

But... Hershey's.    My adult brain likes to think I can open a bar, and eat one row (of three smaller pieces) as a treat after dinner.  That would mean one bar would last four days (there are four "columns" of three on each regular size bar).   A bar has never lasted more than two days for me.   

By the way, it's an old joke now, almost a cliche, but it's got a kernel of truth:  the 'fun size' bars can f--- right off.   I look at them and all I can think is that I am the subject of some sick, twisted psychology experiment.  I eat them anyway, but I certainly don't feel good about myself doing it.      The only exception is the original fun size treat, the Hershey's Kiss.   

[T-ski]

I’m a chocolate guy first and foremost.

Chocolate and orange is a great combination.

Also circus peanuts get a bad rap.

[H2]

Circus peanuts are one of the members of the Unholy Trinity. Noooope.

Pocky is great. Love me some Pocky's (Pokies?).

[King Postwhore]

I could eat Whatchamacallit and 100 Grand Bars until the ends of time.

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My favorite candy is sour, like Sour Patch Kids. I like milk chocolate, but in reasonable doses. I will wolf down sour or other fruity candies like Skittles like a beast.

I don't like peanuts. almonds, or coconut anywhere my candy.

Agreed on the almonds and coconut - I don't like coconut at all, in any form, or around anything I might otherwise eat.

Sour is my jam, too.  Unfortunately, most "sour" candy tends not to be sour enough for me.  I LOVE coconut but not almonds and don't generally want any nuts in my candy bars.  Mounds > Almond Joy, BUT they once had a "special" edition of Mounds with milk chocolate instead of dark chocolate, and that was the bomb!

By the way, it's an old joke now, almost a cliche, but it's got a kernel of truth:  the 'fun size' bars can f--- right off.   I look at them and all I can think is that I am the subject of some sick, twisted psychology experiment.  I eat them anyway, but I certainly don't feel good about myself doing it.      The only exception is the original fun size treat, the Hershey's Kiss.   

I have almost put this on the "mildly irritating" thread more than once.  What the fuck is "fun" about "fun size" candy bars?!  It's got to be something from the same guy who convinced the American public 50-60 years ago that bacon and eggs was the pinnacle of a healthy breakfast.

Also circus peanuts get a bad rap.

Circus peanuts are one of the members of the Unholy Trinity. Noooope.

I do not get the social media hate that circus peanuts get.  For one thing, they're not terribly common, so I'm not sure why they get any focus, but I'm totally down for a handful if I can find them.

The stuff that I just don't understand are Peeps.  My wife digs them (but they have to be the original, yellow chicks), but I think they're gross.

I could eat Whatchamacallit and 100 Grand Bars until the ends of time.

I love you!

[Stadler]

What's the distinction of "circus peanuts"?   Is that different than just an old fashioned peanut in a shell (which I LOVE; NOTHING that you can do in public beats going to Fenway, getting a big cup of Guinness, sitting with a bag of peanuts and watching baseball).

[T-ski]

What's the distinction of "circus peanuts"?   Is that different than just an old fashioned peanut in a shell (which I LOVE; NOTHING that you can do in public beats going to Fenway, getting a big cup of Guinness, sitting with a bag of peanuts and watching baseball).

It’s a gelatin/marshmallow type candy...

[H2]

Banana-flavored marshmellow candy.

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By the way...

Circus peanuts are one of the members of the Unholy Trinity. Noooope.

Pocky is great. Love me some Pocky's (Pokies?).

What are the other members of "the Unholy Trinity"?

And what the F is Pocky?  Yeah, I know I could google it....

[hunnus2000]

Dark chocolate and Jolly Ranchers though not at the same time.

Logistically? I can geek out on watching how chocolate is made from the cacao tree to the final product.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cFhx_myB0Q

[Adami]

Let's see. I honestly don't like dark chocolate, but I like white chocolate. Maybe I'm racist. I dunno.

I love all the big standards, Reese's, Hershey, Snickers, etc.

I have been really big on peanut butter M&Ms for some months and I don't seem to be getting sick of them.

I also like sour stuff too but don't need it extra mega sour. Sadly, as a vegetarian, I don't eat gelatin, so that cuts out almost all gummy candies, which sucks. Luckily sour patch kids are vegetarian. Also someone else mentioned starburst jelly beans.....and yes....those are amazing.

[H2]

By the way...

Circus peanuts are one of the members of the Unholy Trinity. Noooope.

Pocky is great. Love me some Pocky's (Pokies?).

What are the other members of "the Unholy Trinity"?

And what the F is Pocky?  Yeah, I know I could google it....

Pocky is a chocolate covered stick -- you'll find it in the Asian snacks section of the grocery store.

Unholy Trinity = circus peanuts, black licorice, candy corn

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Unholy Trinity = circus peanuts, black licorice, candy corn

My wife loves candy corn.  I think it's fine, but I never really want more than a small handful.

I also like sour stuff too but don't need it extra mega sour. Sadly, as a vegetarian, I don't eat gelatin, so that cuts out almost all gummy candies, which sucks. Luckily sour patch kids are vegetarian. Also someone else mentioned starburst jelly beans.....and yes....those are amazing.

There is a sour variety of Starburst jelly beans that are excellent.

[T-ski]

On my list of favorite candies, sour would be on the bottom.

[El Barto]

When I was a kid, these things:


In school Now and Laters and Jolly Ranchers were king.

Hickory Farms used to sell cocktail flavored hard candies that were awesome. They're probably outlawed now.

As an adult I lean towards chocolate. I'm on a diet so this year I didn't go and stock up on discounted Halloween candy for the first time in ages. Generally I'd go with a big bag of bit sized Peanut butter cups, and one bag of mixed mini candy bars. Hershey's or Nestles, either way.

Insofar as alltime favorite candy bars, 100 Grand bar, Payday, and probably Score. There's certainly nothing wrong with a Snickers, either.

Generally I prefer milk chocolate to dark, but dark+orange is a winning combination.

Not a truffle guy at all, but there's a place down here that makes bonbons with the artistry of DaVinci, and the perfect design you'd expect from JPL. Every bite has the perfect amount of crispy, chewy, fruity, chocolaty, or crunchy that the particular confection calls for.  It's basically a $75 Witman's sampler.

[King Postwhore]

I remember those.  We had Brach's candy up in the northeast.

[El Barto]

I remember those.  We had Brach's candy up in the northeast.

They might have been Brach's down here, too. I just googled "black and white peanut butter candy" and that's what I found. Now that I think about it, there's a completely different peanut butter candy (orange) that had the exact same qualities. Flakiness that sticks to your teeth.

edit: Chick-o-stick was the other one.

[XJDenton]

Gonna inject this thread with some much needed British candy:

Malteasers
Dairy Milk
Double Decker
Twirl
Flake
Crunchie
Yorkie
Jelly Babies
Sherbet Lemons
Cadbury Eclairs
Wine Gums
Murray Mints
Rolo
Polo
Chocolate Orange

[Adami]

Stop making up words!

[pg1067]

Gonna inject this thread with some much needed British candy:

Malteasers
Dairy Milk
Double Decker
Twirl
Flake
Crunchie
Yorkie
Jelly Babies
Sherbet Lemons
Cadbury Eclairs
Wine Gums
Murray Mints
Rolo
Polo
Chocolate Orange

Murray Mints?  I don't know why, but that made me chuckle.

A couple years ago, I bought my kid a sampler pack of British candy bars for Christmas, and she dug most of them.  The one that she particularly like (and which I tried and liked) was a Curly Wurly (which resembles something we used to have here in the U.S. called Marathon).