iyo what is the best candy

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afaic

http://www.sugarstand.com/images/sc/sc0080c.jpg

http://bowlofpork.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/egg.jpg

hmmmmm

http://www.oldtimeconfections.com/Bottlecaps%20theatre.jpg

though maybe hot tamales. or skor.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/nyregion/24candy.html?_r=1&hp

hold on i maybe want to change my answer to

http://www.oldtimeconfections.com/Gum/razzles%20-%20three%20kind.jpg

or zotz.

zotz are og like ice t

that goatse.x caramel pick is some serious challops

you cannot change your answer!

ive thought a lot about this and the answer is--

1. reeses peanut butter cups
2. peanut m&ms
3. snickers bars
4. lion bars
5. butterfingers

i love butterfingers

tell me more about these mythical lion bars

reeses is the answer of my true candy heart, so i guess yer right. still - somebody ought to rep for zotz and razzles is all i am saying. xposts

JJ and whiney otm

worst candy: candy buttons. i don't like candy with paper stuck to it and they taste like food coloring

Things with coconut. Mounds, Almond Joy and (esp.) http://theimaginaryworld.com/chico.jpg

worst candy: candy buttons. i don't like candy with paper stuck to it and they taste like food coloring

― (lbrah) (harbl), Tuesday, March 24, 2009 12:45 PM (5 minutes ago)

otm!! my whole life i thought it was just my shit luck that my candy buttons were the ones to which the paper would stick. but apparently they're just the more retarded candy ever

most*

lion bars are sooooo fucking great

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Bar

tell me more about these mythical lion bars

― WOOKIE JOHNSON (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, March 24, 2009 12:42 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

theyre euro candy i think, basically hazelnut snickers bars with kit kat stuck in the middle

although the Lik A Maid was popular when i was a kid, in retrospect it seems pretty lame

yeah lik a maid was retarded

seems like a gateway candy to flavored cocaine imho

it's lik m aid and i still like that shit when i'm really really really diabetic

i feel like there should be separate divisions for chocolate related and not chocolate related

obv chocolate should probably be in scare quotes there but whatever

yes i agree--chocolate candies are imo the pinnacle of candies and shd not be judged in the same way that non-chocolate candies are

divisions should be acidic/spicy/chocolate/nutty/gum/solid state sugar/cocaine

yall are underrating lik m aid, shit was great. eating the stick was the best part, too n/h

forks are acidic and sour the same thing in your taxonomy? bcuz then i am totally down with it

i'm going to give that a tentative yes.

there should maybe be a licorice and/or "weird tasting" category too.

my step-great-grandmother used to bring us licorice and/or weird tasting candy from germany. it was pretty gross.

Sometimes i really like anise flavored candy; mostly the little licorice pellets and seeds at indian restaurant doorways

reeses cups - perfection

i'm eating smarties right now

i will stan for zero bars till the day i die

crunchie and/or violet crumble

serious question how do you pronounce anise is it like a-NIECE or AN-iss because the latter makes me think of anus and giggle ^_^

I think it's the latter.

I love licorice and/or anise flavored candy. I also love the following which most people think taste like soap:

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc217/missmitsu/violets.jpg

For chocolate type candy I think I have to vote for Creme Eggs. Mini eggs are a close 2nd.

i like anise flavored toothpaste but not candy so much

serious question how do you pronounce anise is it like a-NIECE or AN-iss because the latter makes me think of anus and giggle ^_^

― (lbrah) (harbl), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 01:07 (11 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i thought it was the former?

i thought so just from reading it but people say an-iss i dunno

I'm pretty sure it is the former.

its the former

http://philliesphollowers.mlblogs.com/Sour%2520Patch%2520Kids.jpg

here's a tip 4 all u smarties

yeah, sour patch kids are the best non-chocolate, imo

also, ANN-iss http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/audio/lunaWAV/A04/A0493200.wav

i like milk duds.

and licorice bullets and jaffas.

yeah you seem like a milk dud person

i admire how efficiently that works as an automatic veiled insult generator.

lol

I've NEVER heard anyone say ANN-iss.

no i'm pretty sure this is it, tell all your friends they are saying it wrong http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/audio/lunaWAV/A05/A0573700.wav

I am totally gonna start smokin smarties

every post on this thread has me like a family feud contestant — *applauds loudly* "good answer, good answer, good answer!" *applauds loudly*

http://snackerz.com/shop/images/snk241_685_circus_peanuts.jpg

what a stingy portion.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?anise001.wav=anise

http://www.nutsonline.com/images/items/g613.jpg

ive thought a lot about this and the answer is--

1. reeses peanut butter cups
2. peanut m&ms
3. snickers bars
4. lion bars
5. butterfingers

this is a really good list i dont have much to add except that ill rep pretty hard for gummy-type candies too - they fulfill a slightly different kind of candy craving theyre just that one step further removed from actual food

circus peanuts kinda suck. They're like perennial marshmallow easter eggs.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/CandyCorn.jpg/300px-CandyCorn.jpg

they're nothing special tastewise, but waxy, colorized high fructose corn syrup has never assumed a more perfect form, imo. snap off the white tips and affix one to each upper front tooth for instant vampire fangs, mold the other two sections into big, mushy cornballs — you know the drill.

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/candy-corn-3.jpg

these are SHIT. I hate them.

http://www.foodprocessing-technology.com/projects/ferrero/images/4-ferrero-rocher.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ntoJbrqeL._SL500_AA280_PIbundle-24,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg

toss up b/t:

http://chocboy.com/catalog/images/E200603-MaltesersBucket.gif
i would eat that entire bucket yes

http://www.sanza.co.uk/apps/shop/pics/7844.jpg

http://bobsblognz.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/cherry-ripe.jpg

and

http://www.cadbury.com.au/admin/file/content2/c3/Block_Snack_250g.jpg

http://www.sweetfactory.com/images/uploads/34090-NitWitzBanana.jpg

http://www.aussieproducts.com/images/bagged_lollies_sherbies.gif

oh shit also:

http://www.sanza.co.uk/apps/shop/pics/Pineapple_Lumps.jpg

okay i like candy

"dairy milk snack" is a funny name for candy. so is "pineapple lumps" wtf, why not call them pineapple tumors

because they dont require surgery i guess?

it reminds me of a convenience store i live near called "dairy family"

lol britishers.
most of these must have US analogs; I assume malteasers are whoppers?

oh yeah i don't like whoppers, that crunchy stuff in the middle is not great-tasting

i go on a candy corn bender every few months

lol britishers.
most of these must have US analogs; I assume malteasers are whoppers?

― continuous flow crustastunna (forksclovetofu), Thursday, March 26, 2009 3:02 PM

violet crumble doesn't have one and its not britisher. they are v. good

it's not britisher? what is it?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58285552@N00/3315764936/

why does this exist

its aussie forks

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KYNJ52QWL._SL500_AA280_PIbundle-12,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg

xpost to me

this, I mean:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Yorkie_bar.JPG/800px-Yorkie_bar.JPG

iyo what is the most sexist candy ^

either that or sour patch kids

either that or gummy dicks

that's not a real candy btw

http://blog.synthesis.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/gummi_lighthouses-300x225.jpg

ha, I read that as "most sexiest candy" & was ready to rebut you with chocolate-covered cherries or somesuch

ha oh i thought you were saying sour patch kids might be the most sexist candy xp

chrishansen.jpg

ha oh i thought you were saying sour patch kids might be the most sexist candy xp

i was i mean all those kids and not one single girl its like a chinese nurser. but those gummi dicks are on some other level

Malteasers and whoppers taste nothing alike. Whoppers are distgusting for sure. Pineapple lumps are from New Zealand I think.

okay, can we get some description for the non-american candy?
i m curious. Some of this stuff is available at better corner delis but is crazy expensive, like three bucks a candy bar and I wanna know where it's worth it.

okay maltesers are malty fluffy things that you can crunch but if you hold them on your tongue for a minute they collapse in on themselves. they have the same description as whoppers but taste NOTHING like whoppers.

violet crumble is this crunchy honeycomb stuff that breaks off in shards when you bite it and then goes all sticky in yr mouth.

cherry ripe is cherries squished up and coated in dark chocolate

snack is a block of chocolate with about 6 different types of centers - pineapple, strawberry, caramel, orange come to mind. each square is shaped like the fruity flavor it holds. kids fight over the pineapple then they fight over the strawberry.

bananas are a banana tasting candy that is very hard to describe. its soft, not at all chewy and completely delicious.

sherbies are a hardish but chewy orange flavored taffy with sherbet in the middle. im talking about the fizzy white powder not sorbet.

pineapple lumps are chocolate coated squares of pineapple flavored soft chewy stuff.

aren't bananas just runts? but instead of all the other "fruits" you guys just have "bananas."

No. they arent hard at all

violet crumble is pretty much a crunchie, the honey part is maybe a little lighter. both are A+

pineapple lumps:

violet crumble is pretty much a crunchie

i have to disagree with this but

both are A+

strongly agree with this

have u ever wanted candy so bad unnnnghghhghggggggghhhhh

I ate so much candy in college. like, disgusting amounts. I have a late-night sweet tooth that is so strong that I might end up killing somebody one day if they get between me and sugar.

I don't have a favorite tho. go through phases.

i don't really either. i have to make an effort not to buy it except like once a month maybe because sweet teeth are self reproducing, like if you eat refined sugar regularly you want it all the time ime. i dunno.

when i was a kid i loved the pink, heart shaped runts. they sold them in a vending machine at a chinese restaurant we went to often. were these meant to be peach flavored?

i used to buy candy from mennonites at the public market and they had the best orange slices

i love orange slices

omg yes pink runts! i had forgotten about those--sort of an unusual flavor.

I can't really handle sweets :-\

Yeah, they were meant to be peach iirc

I'm a junkfood junkie, raunchy flavored chips and beef jerky in a bag and stuff...

that pineapple lumps commercial is awesome btw

i too prefer savory treats to sweet ones

http://i39.tinypic.com/33f7vcp.jpg

want the candy that looks like fried egg

best candy is watermelon jolly rancher or maybe the sour gummy peach rings

If those are fried Cadbury eggs, then I am deeply awed and deeply jealous of whoever shot that photo.

i wish i could go there

wish harder

gummy porpoises AW MAN

i think i see a GUMMY CRAB?

also those eyeball jawbreakers

lol "wish harder"

i have eaten those gummy hamburgers; can't really recommend

http://i48.tinypic.com/mkdwt2.jpg

http://i48.tinypic.com/s33bwz.jpg

*sigh*

i had a cadbury creme egg a few months ago and i really thought it was gross, not an expected reaction. chocolate was crappy and the stuff inside was way way too sweet, hurt my teeth.

yeah the cadbury creme egg thread is a foreign land to me

you guys

I had forgotten about those caramel creams though!! they are really good. how do they keep the cream so soft, I wonder.

I bought myself a box of Cadbury eggs this Eastertime because it was the first time since time immemorial that I didn't get any as a gift. the trick is to scoop out the filling with the very tip of your tongue to maximize the cartoonish, technicolor sweetness in each bite. if you can't handle the intensity of the yolk, then you shouldn't even be occupying this planet afaic.

sweetarts

xxpost yeah, I wish they sold large volumes of that white Goetze cream by the jar or tube. it reminds me of a dryer, crumblier version of certain cake frostings, but its pillowy softness is a mystery for the ages, aye.

fuckin reeses cups

that's a good answer

the best candy is werthers originals

seriously

i could eat reeses cups...forever. i mean, if i ever had the chance to keep eating them one after another...i might just eat them until i die. or explode. they are like crack to me.

non-chocolate division though i gotta give a shout-out to the haribo family

http://www.gmwa.org.uk/foodguide2/files/haribo.jpg

also the good people at ferrara pan. love you guys!

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and there you have it.

jelly belly jelly beans, duh.

wheeee! candy gifs!

i used to eat a lot of candy until i was about 27, and then my body decided that candy made me sick and fat. so i don't eat candy anymore (sugar was a really hard habit to break - i think it took 4 or 5 years). but i can still love it from afar. i still think the science of finding perfect combos of texture + flavour is what makes candy awesome.
(i too think chocolate candy is a totally dif category)

- cherry nibs - the best - http://www.hersheycanada.com/en/products/details/twizzlers/images/full_nibs.jpg
- anything sour gummy
- those 'healthy' berry-juice gummies
- skittles!
- runts or other small candies with hard exterior, powdery interior
- twizzlers, cherry or licorice
- starburst/mambo

i have the strongest urge to just walk down to the store and buy like $50 worth of candy

all that stopping me is that i dont have $50

or a shirt on

I am a ~sucker~ for:

RITTER SPORT POLL
Manner wafers: http://www.manner.com/en/index.php?idp=16&lang=1
Good & Plenty: http://www.thehersheycompany.com/brands/good-and-plenty/licorice-candy.aspx#/1893
Haribo Grapefruit: http://www.amazon.com/Haribo-Gummi-Candy-Grapefruit-5-Pound/dp/B000EVMNNC/ref=sr_1_18?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1311910229&sr=1-18
Hi Chew (yuzu): http://blog-imgs-19.fc2.com/u/s/a/usamimiusamimi/DSCF0929.jpg

lol lamp

buy some good & plenty imo

lol @ harbl starting a thread about candy

wine gums

http://www.tomgross.com/German%20White%20Taffy%203.jpg

loved these when i was a kid, the german deli where i grew up used to sell em for $.10.

French burnt peanuts

http://www.niftynuthouse.com/images/P/french%20burnt%20peanuts-01.jpg

my tastes in candy have expanded and changed as i have gotten older.

my taste in hersheys miniatures has been widely disseminated across ilx.
watermelon and green apple jolly ranchers are a treat. i have a new taste for skittles of all types. still love runts and spree. twizzlers i think i have always been into; prefer regular black licorice and strawberry to the pull-and-peel variety, but i like all of them. starburst are good, especially the pink ones. sometimes i eat reg or peanut m&ms. i no longer like reese's products. thank you.

boston baked beans - yes

i love cadbury flake and mint aero chocolate bars. english chocolate is my favorite because it tastes kind of muted and doesnt feel like its coating my throat and suffocating me to death like some american or german chocolates.

http://www.meijer.com/assets/product_images/styles/xlarge/1003855_205238_A_400.jpg

the powder at the bottom of a bag of sour skittles. this should be sold independent of a skittles candy. it makes my entire mouth hurt, but especially the tongue part.

I really like jelly beans but jelly bellies are insultingly overpriced

the jelly belly factory tour in fairfield ca is totally worth it tho, you get to see a picture of reagan made out of jelly beans, among other things, and then you get free jelly beans instead of paying like $5 a bag

i got my sister kelly some of these awesome wine flavored jelly things once but i dont know what they were called. they might be british? they were good

i really like wintergreen lifesavers tbh

also has anyone tried these "darksided" skittles lol

yes b/c that's where they moved the lime flavor!

it really brought out the "dark side" in me when they changed the green skittle to apple flavor

ugh, i didnt know that happened. i like skittles but dont eat them very often. this is sad news indeed

FRUIT SLICES

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2574/3863765448_19abbedde8.jpg

http://sweets.seriouseats.com/images/2011/10/2011017goldenbergsstory.jpg

I will never tire of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Miniatures.

I'm eating fruit slices right now and it is amazing.

Those can definitely scratch a certain itch you didn't realize you had. I wouldn't want to eat them often.

the red jelly sugar coated valentines hearts are my fave

Yeah, I have trouble eating fruit slices in moderation so buying a bag is basically like buying a stomach ache, but until the part where I want to barf, it's a sweet fucking ride, man.

nice.

I love the idea of ecstatic, drug-like consumption of fruit slices

dark chocolate covered graham crackers are the jam right now

I need a gif of me with spinning fruit slices where my eyes should be.

good quality lemon bonbons

bees jerky

http://i.imgur.com/H8JCdUn.jpg
i have been craving fancy chocolates

bees jerky

bees jerky?

bees jerky

rereading thread roxymuzak consistently otm should be a roving candy reporter imo

pez obv

I'm going to bring a batch of my peanut brittle to the Big Ears ILX brunch and blow y'alls minds.
(maybe)

rereading thread roxymuzak consistently otm should be a roving candy reporter imo

― local eire man (darraghmac), Saturday, January 24, 2015 7:55 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

thats funny because im not really into candy! but maybe that means that when i do go for candy i am very selective

favourite halloween candy is definitely those molasses kisses, anyone into those?

^never heard of these until now, but I'm intrigued by any candy that inspires so many theatrical displays of revulsion -- "they ruined my childhood", "they're a blot on Canada's human rights record" etc. I can't think of any American candy that's so widely hated except maybe Necco wafers

lads

peppermint bark

why does it cost the same as crack

he best candy is werthers originals

― iiiijjjj, Sonntag, 30. Mai 2010 04:34 (nine years ago)

seriously

― iiiijjjj, Sonntag, 30. Mai 2010 07:19 (nine years ago)

There is Werthers Original coated popcorn now -not flavored, C*O*A*T*E*D- and it fixes all the flaws of Werthers, and popcorn.

there was a fun size Oreo chocolate bar going around during Halloween that I thought for a few weeks was the best candy bar ever but I just had one yesterday and now I don't really ever wanna have one again

speaking of Oreos, the thin ones are just sinful, almost too good, they should be banned imo

Yes to Werthers. I feel like Nips also scratch a similar itch.

Whoa, just realized I used the same phrase in a post in this thread more than four years ago, and it's not a phrase I use that often:

Those can definitely scratch a certain itch you didn't realize you had. I wouldn't want to eat them often.

― walid foster dulles (man alive), Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:30 PM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink

harbl otm.