Author Topic: Candy (Read 4952 times)

wadesworld · « **on:** May 05, 2020, 04:27:10 PM »

What’s your favorite candy (or candies)? Intentionally open ended.

I prefer chocolate over sugary overall. My favorite chocolate candy is sponge candy (specifically from the Country Store in Eagle River, WI. If you’re a Trembly’s fan over the Country Store get out of my face). Can’t go wrong with turtles or toffee. Also a simple Dove milk chocolate is underrated.

For sugary I’m a fan of the purple package of skittles and the berry version of the Trolly gummy worms.

Galway Eagle · « **Reply #1 on:** May 05, 2020, 04:32:40 PM »

Never been a fan of sweets so Sour Straws or anything that is dark chocolate + peanut butter. seriously try making 100% dark chocolate melted over peanut butter with some shredded coconut on top. try it now thank me later

wadesworld · « **Reply #2 on:** May 05, 2020, 04:36:16 PM »

Quote from: Galway Eagle on May 05, 2020, 04:32:40 PM

Never been a fan of sweets so Sour Straws or anything that is dark chocolate + peanut butter. seriously try making 100% dark chocolate melted over peanut butter with some shredded coconut on top. try it now thank me later

I’m not anti dark chocolate like some people, just prefer milk chocolate. Peanut butter makes just about anything better too.

Lighthouse 84 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 05, 2020, 04:54:15 PM »

1. Twizzlers strawberry licorice. Never not good.
2. Butterfingers.
3. Peanut (or pretzel) M & Ms.

Warrior Code · « **Reply #4 on:** May 05, 2020, 05:10:57 PM »

🏀 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 05, 2020, 05:11:22 PM »

Reese Sticks.

wadesworld · « **Reply #6 on:** May 05, 2020, 05:16:14 PM »

Quote from: Retire0 on May 05, 2020, 05:11:22 PM

Reese Sticks.

Post intramural softball wins we’d stop at Open Pantry and I’d pick up a frozen pizza and king sized Reese’s Sticks and Cookies N Cream Hershey’s bar, along with a Gatorade and Vitamin Water. Classic.

Quote from: Mane'shouse 84 on May 05, 2020, 04:54:15 PM

1. Twizzlers strawberry licorice. Never not good.
2. Butterfingers.
3. Peanut (or pretzel) M & Ms.

You had me until Pretzel M&Ms.

Skatastrophy · « **Reply #7 on:** May 05, 2020, 05:19:37 PM »

cheebs09 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 05, 2020, 06:24:45 PM »

Sour Jelly Belly’s
Sour Patch Kids

tower912 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 05, 2020, 06:40:16 PM »

Iggy Pop Kate Pierson duet.

warriorchick · « **Reply #10 on:** May 05, 2020, 06:41:50 PM »

Chocolate:
Reese's peanut butter cups
Twix
Fannie May bitter chocolate creams

Non-Chocolate:
Salted Caramels
Cinnamon Bears
Jalapeno Jelly Bellys

MU82 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 05, 2020, 07:19:30 PM »

Quote from: Skatastrophy on May 05, 2020, 05:19:37 PM

John

You beat me to it.

As for the real subject ... Reese's Pieces, just like E.T.!

ZiggysFryBoy · « **Reply #12 on:** May 05, 2020, 08:08:38 PM »

Quote from: Galway Eagle on May 05, 2020, 04:32:40 PM

Never been a fan of sweets so Sour Straws or anything that is dark chocolate + peanut butter. seriously try making 100% dark chocolate melted over peanut butter with some shredded coconut on top. try it now thank me later

Coconut sucks.

Pakuni · « **Reply #13 on:** May 05, 2020, 08:16:27 PM »

Wonka Bar, Golden Ticket edition

Galway Eagle · « **Reply #14 on:** May 05, 2020, 08:22:53 PM »

Quote from: ZiggysFryBoy on May 05, 2020, 08:08:38 PM

Coconut sucks.

Figured you'd pop by when I said that

Lennys Tap · « **Reply #15 on:** May 05, 2020, 08:23:54 PM »

Quote from: wadesworld on May 05, 2020, 05:16:14 PM

Post intramural softball wins we’d stop at Open Pantry and I’d pick up a frozen pizza and king sized Reese’s Sticks and Cookies N Cream Hershey’s bar, along with a Gatorade and Vitamin Water. Classic.

You had me until Pretzel M&Ms.

No beer???

JWags85 · « **Reply #16 on:** May 05, 2020, 08:27:13 PM »

Sour Patch Kids, Starburst, Swedish Fish. I won’t buy any of them cause I demolish them like a rookie year Derrick Rose.

Lennys Tap · « **Reply #17 on:** May 05, 2020, 08:28:26 PM »

Milky Way
M+Ms (plain)
Butterfingers

Used to love Clark bars and Slo Pokes. Don’t think they make them anymore.

ZiggysFryBoy · « **Reply #18 on:** May 05, 2020, 08:43:11 PM »

Quote from: Galway Eagle on May 05, 2020, 08:22:53 PM

Figured you'd pop by when I said that

Crean, ND, and coconut all suck.

4everwarriors · « **Reply #19 on:** May 05, 2020, 08:46:13 PM »

Crean double sucks

🏀 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 05, 2020, 08:48:35 PM »

Quote from: wadesworld on May 05, 2020, 05:16:14 PM

Post intramural softball wins we’d stop at Open Pantry and I’d pick up a frozen pizza and king sized Reese’s Sticks and Cookies N Cream Hershey’s bar, along with a Gatorade and Vitamin Water. Classic.

You had me until Pretzel M&Ms.

Cn’C Hershey is so good, but I’m so over it after 75% of it. White chocolate has staying power issues.

warriorchick · « **Reply #21 on:** May 05, 2020, 09:12:35 PM »

Quote from: Lennys Tap on May 05, 2020, 08:28:26 PM

Used to love Clark bars and Slo Pokes. Don’t think they make them anymore.

https://www.oldtimecandy.com/

You're welcome.

GooooMarquette · « **Reply #22 on:** May 05, 2020, 09:15:13 PM »

Plain dark chocolate - about 75% cocoa is perfect IMHO.

Salted caramels.

lostpassword · « **Reply #23 on:** May 05, 2020, 09:18:33 PM »

Jolly Ranchers

Most overrated: Jelly Belly (but I will still destroy those when given the chance)

Thread reminds me of this:
https://youtu.be/xLNplefdGKo

Tortuga94 · « **Reply #24 on:** May 05, 2020, 09:24:56 PM »

I do have a bit of a sweet tooth, I'm sure I'll eventually get diabetes.
My favorites:

Candy - Sour Skittles, Giant Sweet Tarts, Runts, Mike & Ike, Boston Baked Beans.
Chocolate - Heath/Skor and Twix

warriorchick · « **Reply #25 on:** May 06, 2020, 07:23:28 AM »

Anyone else hear of the suspected link between Alzheimer's and sugar consumption?

I used to work for a vending company, and the founder, who was famous for his desk drawer full of candy, developed it. After I heard about the sugar connection, I would ask people whose family members had Alzheimer's if that person had a big sweet tooth. I am almost always told "yes".

Anecdotal, I know, but still interesting. Also, if true, I am f*cked.

MU82 · « **Reply #26 on:** May 06, 2020, 09:44:46 AM »

Quote from: warriorchick on May 06, 2020, 07:23:28 AM

Anyone else hear of the suspected link between Alzheimer's and sugar consumption?

I can't remember if I heard of it or not.

Too much effen Twizzlers and Reese's Pieces, I guess.

vogue65 · « **Reply #27 on:** May 06, 2020, 09:52:36 AM »

HERSHEY'S Milk chocolate with almonds
In Italy the big seller is Peanut M&M's. Why? Who knew?

jutaw22mu · « **Reply #28 on:** May 06, 2020, 10:07:09 AM »

1. Dark chocolate non pareils (from Munson's)
2. Peanut M&M's
3. Ande's chocolate mints

Mr. Nielsen · « **Reply #29 on:** May 06, 2020, 01:03:19 PM »

Favorite non-chocolate candy...
Mike & Ike's

GooooMarquette · « **Reply #30 on:** May 06, 2020, 01:36:41 PM »

Quote from: warriorchick on May 06, 2020, 07:23:28 AM

Anyone else hear of the suspected link between Alzheimer's and sugar consumption?

I used to work for a vending company, and the founder, who was famous for his desk drawer full of candy, developed it. After I heard about the sugar connection, I would ask people whose family members had Alzheimer's if that person had a big sweet tooth. I am almost always told "yes".

Anecdotal, I know, but still interesting. Also, if true, I am f*cked.

I did a quick search because I would be f*cked too...and learned that the link appears to be with poor blood sugar control due to diabetes. So a person with a sweet tooth who then develops diabetes and doesn't keep his/her blood sugar under control would be f*cked.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/type-2-diabetes/in-depth/diabetes-and-alzheimers/art-20046987

vogue65 · « **Reply #31 on:** May 06, 2020, 07:38:06 PM »

Quote from: GooooMarquette on May 06, 2020, 01:36:41 PM

I did a quick search because I would be f*cked too...and learned that the link appears to be with poor blood sugar control due to diabetes. So a person with a sweet tooth who then develops diabetes and doesn't keep his/her blood sugar under control would be f*cked.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/type-2-diabetes/in-depth/diabetes-and-alzheimers/art-20046987

To make a long story short, diabetes is the mother of all disease.

4everwarriors · « **Reply #32 on:** May 06, 2020, 08:03:27 PM »

How do I post my business card in this thread, hey?

Frenns Liquor Depot · « **Reply #33 on:** May 06, 2020, 08:23:29 PM »

I like scoop. It’s just the candy I need.

Warrior Code · « **Reply #34 on:** May 06, 2020, 10:28:28 PM »

Show of hands: who here likes black licorice? I think it's horrible medicine flavor candy from the past, but some people love it.

vogue65 · « **Reply #35 on:** May 06, 2020, 10:36:40 PM »

Quote from: 4everwarriors on May 06, 2020, 08:03:27 PM

How do I post my business card in this thread, hey?

M&M, Hackettstown, N.J, $$$$$$$$$

Spaniel with a Short Tail · « **Reply #36 on:** May 06, 2020, 10:43:59 PM »

MU82 · « **Reply #37 on:** May 06, 2020, 11:47:22 PM »

Quote from: Warrior Code on May 06, 2020, 10:28:28 PM

Show of hands: who here likes black licorice? I think it's horrible medicine flavor candy from the past, but some people love it.

Not a ton of it, but I like it. Sometimes before driving to basketball practice or games, I take 2 red Twizzlers and 2 black Twizzlers and cut them into bite-sized pieces. I put them in a little cup and eat them on the way.

DegenerateDish · « **Reply #38 on:** May 06, 2020, 11:52:36 PM »

The UK version of the Kit Kat is so much better than the US version.

UK Kit Kat is a top 5 candy bar.

GB Warrior · « **Reply #39 on:** May 07, 2020, 12:18:11 AM »

If I need chocolate, it's either salted dark chocolate or, if commercial only, 3 Musketeers

But on a normal day, sour patch kids, lemon heads or good n plenty

TAMU, Knower of Ball · « **Reply #40 on:** May 07, 2020, 01:11:11 AM »

No takers for Hairbo sugarless gummy bears? https://www.amazon.com/Haribo-SUGAR-Classic-Gummi-Bears/product-reviews/B006J1FBLM

For a serious answer, dark chocolate kit kats

warriorchick · « **Reply #41 on:** May 07, 2020, 07:42:56 AM »

Quote from: TAMU Eagle on May 07, 2020, 01:11:11 AM

No takers for Hairbo sugarless gummy bears? https://www.amazon.com/Haribo-SUGAR-Classic-Gummi-Bears/product-reviews/B006J1FBLM

For a serious answer, dark chocolate kit kats

Fun fact: They are building a Haribo factory in Pleasant Prairie, Wisonsin, the same town that is the home of Jelly Belly.

StillAWarrior · « **Reply #42 on:** May 07, 2020, 07:47:27 AM »

I don't have a strong favorite. I generally prefer the chocolate/caramel/nut family to things in the sugar family, but I like some of those too.

I like most of the popular candy bars including Kit Kat, Snickers, Twix, Pay Day, Milky Way, Reese's PBC, Baby Ruth, etc. I don't particularly like Three Musketeers. Recently we had a bin of dark chocolate peanut butter cups from Trader Joes, and those were outstanding. I like sour candies too. I really don't like black licorice or other anise-flavored candies.

Lennys Tap · « **Reply #43 on:** May 07, 2020, 09:27:38 PM »

Quote from: warriorchick on May 05, 2020, 09:12:35 PM

https://www.oldtimecandy.com/

You're welcome.

Awesome, Chick - thanks!

GooooMarquette · « **Reply #44 on:** May 08, 2020, 11:09:40 PM »

Quote from: warriorchick on May 07, 2020, 07:42:56 AM

Fun fact: They are building a Haribo factory in Pleasant Prairie, Wisonsin, the same town that is the home of Jelly Belly.

And the hometown of MU’s very own Jim Dudley.

warriorchick · « **Reply #45 on:** May 09, 2020, 07:48:36 AM »

Quote from: GooooMarquette on May 08, 2020, 11:09:40 PM

And the hometown of MU’s very own Jim Dudley.

I always thought Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin sounded like the setting of a mid-century sitcom. Isn't that where the Cleavers and the "Father Knows Best" family lived?

real chili 83 · « **Reply #46 on:** May 09, 2020, 08:19:09 AM »

Heath bars.

Hershey bars, for some reason, are better in Canada. Weird, huh. We theorize the difference might be real sugar v corn syrup.

Spaniel with a Short Tail · « **Reply #47 on:** May 09, 2020, 09:38:34 AM »

Quote from: TAMU Eagle on May 07, 2020, 01:11:11 AM

No takers for Hairbo sugarless gummy bears? https://www.amazon.com/Haribo-SUGAR-Classic-Gummi-Bears/product-reviews/B006J1FBLM

For a serious answer, dark chocolate kit kats

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Author Topic: Candy (Read 4952 times)