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Whats your favorite type of candy, chocalote, or sweet?

Mine are a toss up between those cream filled ones with the brown outside, and butterscotch hard candies. I love smooth flavors, nice and easy.

I also like a good hot candy now and then, so most hot candies made today are soft ball.

Tim Tams... for the Tim Tam Slam experience.

Now I don't even have to import them anymore from Australia!

Anything that combines peanut butter and chocolate.

I love my chocolate the way I love my women. Dark, bitter, and refusing to have sex with me.

So yeah, dark chocolate.

Bowielee said:

Anything that combines peanut butter and chocolate.

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There are Peanut Butter Tim Tams.

They are awesome.

I brought TimTams into work today to celebrate Australia Day and introduce them to the TimTam Slam.

I used to be addicted to Junior Mints. I'm pretty sure I kept that company in business throughout middle school and high school.

Now I can't get them anywhere around here, in Taiwan. Are Junior Mints still around?

To be completely pedantic, Tim Tams are cookies, not candy

But seriously, I 've never had them before, and this Tim Tam Slam sounds great.

Caramel and dark chocolate.

I'm not a real big sweets fan, so my favorite candies are those that involve cutting the sweet flavor with something different.

Salted caramel, chocolate and chili peppers, that kind of thing. For that reason, I'm a huge fan of the Vosges line of candy bars. Though on the other end of the economic spectrum, it's hard to beat a Chunky...chocolate, peanuts and raisins are an awesome combination.




I'm aware that this makes me a monster to some people

And they're vegan too!

bhamv3 said:

Are Junior Mints still around?

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Yes.

--Patrick

Not a big fan of candy. I love Starburst & Milk Duds, but I have trouble eating them now. I have terrible teeth (for a variety of reasons) and "filling puller" types of candy just suck.

I love Toblerone with salted caramelized almonds.

Until it vanished, this was my favorite chocolate bar.



The 45% milk was especially good. Richly flavored with a fruity character, very assertive but not at all bitter, and smoothly blended with no distracting bits or clumps.

--Patrick

Oh.That is chocolate from Bremen. The Headquarter is not far from my city.The chocolate is delicious,if a little pricey.

LordRendar said:

Oh.That is chocolate from Bremen. The Headquarter is not far from my city.The chocolate is delicious,if a little pricey.

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German chocolate: if you really can't choose between Swiss and Belgian

LordRendar said:

Oh.That is chocolate from Bremen. The Headquarter is not far from my city.The chocolate is delicious,if a little pricey.

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The one company which was importing it into the US stopped doing so. Ah, well.

--Patrick

Bubble181 said:

German chocolate: if you really can't choose between Swiss and Belgian

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haters gonna hate

M&M's My Mother keeps a homemade dispenser on top of her refrigerator. So when I go visit I am hitting that contraption about 3 times an hour.

Another favorite, is to drop the M&M's into a bag of Movie Pop-corn.

Top 3:

1. Dark dark chocolate (70% or more) with almonds or any other nut, really.

2. Jelly belly, minus the damned licorice and cinnamon ones.

3. Valomilks -- you can find them at Cracker Barrel, but they used to be a lot more popular. I get one every now and then. I love chocolate and marshmallow together. It's kind of runny, not puffy marshmallow. Really good and messy.

Any chocolate with a crunch to it, its just satisfying.

Really depends on what I feel like; I don't like "mixing" too many different types. A fancy 70% dark chocolate bite, followed by a gummy bear? Eww - while I like both separately.

1. gelatine cherries.
2. After Eight thin mints.
3. home made chocolate powder truffles.

I have a weakness for gummies (like gummy bears) and nougat. Thankfully those things are usually not around and I am likely sensitive or allergic to corn (maybe? prick test says no...corn chips say vomit it back up. Time to try a patch test). It really limits my snacking options...for better or for worse.

I keep at least one bar of this in the house at all times:


I just break off a square whenever I need a fix.

I have a massive weakness for peanut M&Ms.

Dark chocolate is best chocolate. When i feel like a treat i get the 50 cent mini lindor dark chocolates. So good.

I love sour candies, because even if they are pure sugar. Except warheads. I think the only market for warheads are elementary school kids who want to prove that they're "tough" by eating them. Sour skittles are my favorite. I thought they were discontinued for years but after further inspection, I just couldnt find them. That was a happy discovery.

Celt Z said:

I keep at least one bar of this in the house at all times:

I just break off a square whenever I need a fix.

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Until she got strong opinions about how chocolate is sourced, Kati would keep a roll of Droste Pastilles in her desk drawer for those moments.

--Patrick

This was actually the best chocolate bar I ever had.



Lavender sounds weird in a candy bar, but it really added something to the dark chocolate. I had it in San Diego as often as I could get to the one store that sold it (Henry's for anyone familiar with that part of SoCal). I can't find them here and, well, shipping chocolate to Hawaii is usually not a good idea due to the temps.

WasabiPoptart said:

This was actually the best chocolate bar I ever had.

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Lavender sounds weird in a candy bar, but it really added something to the dark chocolate. I had it in San Diego as often as I could get to the one store that sold it (Henry's for anyone familiar with that part of SoCal). I can't find them here and, well, shipping chocolate to Hawaii is usually not a good idea due to the temps.

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Dagoba has some pretty interesting flavors. We have a policy of getting a "treat" on every shopping trip, and we've tried a lavender bar (not sure if it was the Dagoba or not). It adds a sort of balsam flavor (think pine nuts/mango/rose water). Checking out their site shows a chai bar which looks very interesting.

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

Dagoba has some pretty interesting flavors. We have a policy of getting a "treat" on every shopping trip, and we've tried a lavender bar (not sure if it was the Dagoba or not). It adds a sort of balsam flavor (think pine nuts/mango/rose water). Checking out their site shows a chai bar which looks very interesting.

--Patrick

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Chai.... I would try that in a heartbeat.

Pretzel M&Ms. Not only a satisfying drunk, but a salty tang to it.

On the topic, anyone here eat those giant M&Ms? Me neither, practically disappeared a week after they were released.

Yoshimickster said:

Pretzel M&Ms. Not only a satisfying drunk, but a salty tang to it.

On the topic, anyone here eat those giant M&Ms? Me neither, practically disappeared a week after they were released.

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Oh man I love the pretzel M&Ms!

Sour patch kids!

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, either regular or miniature. The minis and the big bite ones just don't have the right balance.

Cadbury Mini Eggs

Sparhawk said:

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, either regular or miniature. The minis and the big bite ones just don't have the right balance.

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The big bite ones are gross.

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When given the choice, I will choose Whatchamacallits over $100,000 bars.

--Patrick

I don't think I can narrow it to just one. Right now my candy of choice is those Polish sesame snaps. They're super cheap, which is part of why they're at the top of the list for the time being.

My favourite chocolate bar is just not possible to discern.... it's basically a rotation between Oh Henry, Coffee Crisp, and Snickers. Right now it is Oh henry, but it reliably changes every Halloween when I am suddenly reminded how much I love one of the other two.

PatrThom said:

When given the choice, I will choose Whatchamacallits over $100,000 bars.

--Patrick

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GAH I forgot about those! They had the best weird-ass commercial in the 90s.

Jelly Belly's. Every damn time. I'm crazy for them and will eat them very quickly. One at a time.

For candy it is Cinnamon hearts, the chewier ones, not the crunchy ones. I like Crunchie chocolate bars, all that English toffee or any one with a wafer

Milky Way Midnight, Swedish Fish (the red ones, not those weird giant multi colored ones that try to pretend), Reese's Peanut Butter cups.

Cajungal said:

GAH I forgot about those! They had the best weird-ass commercial in the 90s.

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Under "weird-ass commercials for candy," Reese's Pieces still takes the cake for me.


--Patrick

Sparhawk said:

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, either regular or miniature. The minis and the big bite ones just don't have the right balance.

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I love freezing them. so good!

Yoshimickster said:

I love freezing them. so good!

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What about eating them? Is that good as well?

I miss when Reese's Pieces first came out. You would serve them up in a snack bowl in a dimly lit room. Then watch the faces of people that ate some thinking they were M&M's. If you did not know what to expect, you thought the M&M's were rancid.

sixpackshaker said:

I miss when Reese's Pieces first came out. You would serve them up in a snack bowl in a dimly lit room. Then watch the faces of people that ate some thinking they were M&M's. If you did not know what to expect, you thought the M&M's were rancid.

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Now you have to have a bowl of M&Ms with about 2% skittles or reeses in that dimly lit room to pull that prank off.

Now I actually want to mix Reese's and M&M's just for the choco-peanutty flavor.

Bowielee said:

The big bite ones are gross.

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The half-pound ones, on the other hand, swing back around to proper balance of ingredients.

Reverent-one said:

The half-pound ones, on the other hand, swing back around to proper balance of ingredients.

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That much candy would put me in a diabetic coma.

IT USED TO BE BIGGER THAN MY HEAD. WHY IS IT SO TINY? BRING ME A BIGGER ONE!

Butter Finger and Nestle Crunch make a wafer cookie/candy bars. They are awesomely awesome. I love the texture of wafer cookies then cover it in a melted Nestle Crunch bar....

I love chocolate covered wafer bars.

Of course my favorite Candy.

stienman said:

I love chocolate covered wafer bars.

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I don't know about you, but I could easily kill a "family-size" box of these all by myself, and in one sitting.

Also, with a tall glass of milk, I can easily polish off an entire package of these if I can find 'em fresh:

--Patrick

I CANNOT PHYSICALLY BRO-FIST YOUR POST TO THE DEGREE THAT SUFFICIENTLY DEMONSTRATES MY AGREEMENT WITH SAID POST.

... chocolate covered cashews. But it's going to be a while before I eat any more of them.

Ooh Target has this candy called Hello by Lindt. Caramel Brownie and Strawberry Cheesecake are my favorites. They come in bars, sticks, and bags of assorted bite-sized (along with two other flavors). I could eat them until I burst.

WasabiPoptart said:

Ooh Target has this candy called Hello by Lindt. Caramel Brownie and Strawberry Cheesecake are my favorites. They come in bars, sticks, and bags of assorted bite-sized (along with two other flavors). I could eat them until I burst.

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I've seen those at the Lindt outlet by my house! I have to try some next time I go to replenish my sea salt dark bar stash.