I Want Candy

[Eric Nakamura]

No one's mentioned much candy.

What do you all like?

Domestic, because they are cheaper than Import

Zours (hard to find in LA)
Sour Skittles (hard to find in LA)
Peanut Chews (anyone know about this?)
Haribo gummy anything (cola, bears, etc)

Import

Chocoball (japan)
Hi Chew Sour apple (japan)
Wine Gums (canada)

[Iggy]

I like the Doreamon chocoballs, but my fave candy is Everyburger.

[soundslikequiet]

i wish i could get my paws on some of that white rabbit milk candy. mmmmmmmmm.

*Haribo--there's definitely nothing har-ib-oh in this German companys line of delicious gummi treats!
*Sweet Tarts
*Durian candy
*Lik-M-Aid

[martin]

I just got a shitload of those gelly candies that make a mess when you lift the foil top off the plastic cup. I think that it was lychee that led the way (at least in Chinese markets), but now you can get it in any flavors...

Is there a difference? Why are they all made from coconut? Some people I know like to freeze them, but I envision that being squeaky or sticky. I like it as is--slimy. Maybe the best part about them is that they are addictive but you don't really get sick from them because it's like eating nothing.

[Shelley Hermes]

Ok, this is what I've experienced and know about jellys(this is what we call them):

The chinese lychee are the best. There are different flavors, most asian markets seem to be carrying them, that come in the big buckets or are in smaller-purse-carrying-sizes. The flavors other than lychee are yucky. They just taste like jellys with fake flavoring. Then there are jellys that have color added to them. This I find especially weird. They are solid yellow, like the mango. Again, yucky. I prefer the clear. And then there are the japanese versions. These I have found at the japanese markets and these are heart shaped. The flavor is very different from the chinese version, not as sweet and syrupy. I don't think I like them. Now, while in Beijing this summer, a friend handed me a new jelly candy. It comes in a small squeeze tube, kind of like a capri-sun juice drink, and you squeeze the tube and the jelly stuff come out of the top. It's more liquidy than the original jelly and no fruit, but the same flavor. As for freezing them, I don't know, but chilling them is the way to go. And as far as I can figure out, they are all made from the same stuff. Although I wonder about the japanese version. It really does taste different. And finally, I've seen an american version of jellys at Smart and Final. These are totally flavorless and should be avoided! I hope this helps.

[Edited by Shelley Hermes on 12-17-2000 at 07:54 AM]

[martin]

I would agree that the Chinese ones are best, but maybe I'm just flying the flag on that one. The tube sounds like something astronauts would eat out of... I wonder if there's a use for the little cups with the foil tops? Like turn them into Christmas tree decorations? Or maybe goggles lenses? I've gone through quite a few through the years.

Another candy I've rediscovered is Almond Roca. Along with White Rabbit and Sugus, my popo (mom's mom) used to have them at her house all the time. My brother, sister, and I would eat the Almond Rocas first. Recently I discovered that you can buy them at Sav-On and just about anywhere, but they've totally gone cheap on the packaging. No more pink metal tins and no more gold foil wrapper. Now it looks like kitty litter findings in a box! Still taste great, though. Last time I made vanilla ice cream I crushed a bunch and put them in.

One more thing about Almond Roca. Are they mostly a West Coast thing? Or mostly an Asian family thing? I went to Indiana and it was an alien concept to some.

[Shelley Hermes]

I don't know, Martin, I've always thought they looked liked cervical caps, but I'm dating myself. As for Almond Roca, it's great, not an Asian thing, but maybe a West Coast thing. Crumbling over some really rich vanilla ice cream sounds gooood! or over dark chocolate, obviously not over any cheesecake flavored ice cream! and no fruit, except maybe banana.

[45rpm]

Hi-chews (japanese) are totally the best
- just like chewing gum.. but not

that's about it... basically what ever the asian grocery shops get!

[45rpm]

Martin - Almond rocas are so cool... my mum used to buy it quite a bit when we were in Hong Kong (in the 80's) but when we came to Aust the only place to get it was this dept store David Jones (not unlike Neiman Marcus) - consequently we didn't have it much for a while... of course now there is some revival

i forgot to mention, Lindt chocolates (esp the dark thins) are excellent...

[dorsal one]

There's the Botan rice candy you can get at Safeway. It comes with a sticker, you take off the outer wrapper and under that is another rice paper wrapper. Throw the whole thing in your mouth and enjoy the melty goodness. Any one else like those super sour Ume boshi plum things? Hella salty.

I had a friend whose Mom loved Almond Roca, but would never eat it, because it only came out at Christmas, and since they were Jehovah Witnesses, She considered it a Christmas thing, and taboo. But when they began marketing it year round, it suddenly became 'OK', and she now always has a bag in the house. People are weird. =Jed

[Randroid]

Hell yeah! F'kn CANDY!

Botan rocks .. I love the stickers.
Choke Jellies rock ( that's what I call the "cervical caps")
EVERYBURGER rules my world.
White Rabbit kicks my ass down the stairs..
Kasugari Gummy are the freaking best.

My fave candy lately .. Meji's own "MeltyKiss" (only available in winter) Holee CRAP! Good stuff!!

AHHHHWHW! GOO DCANDY !!#"

White Rabbit
Hi chew Cola/Mango.But stay away from the Hi chew hard ass candy/lozenges.Awful,unless you think Ricola is good eats.

Super Lemon/Super Cola!!! AAAAiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!

[Eric Nakamura]

Boston Baked beans! They're good! But are they supposed to be a little stale? That what I always notice, but then again, maybe the stuff I'm getting is always old.

[falcor]

oh boy oh boy oh boy.
nerds - grape/strawberry
lik-m-aid (the sticks are the best)
peanut butter twix
butter rum life savers
those sour apple lollipops with the caramel coating
pocky chocolate
white rabbit
super cola
peach and lichi gummies
yan yan chocolate
and my friend got me these hello kitty hard candies that are really good - fairy kitty
we also have these things at home, it's chocolate in a tube. i dunno the real name but we call them tsonki (which means "joint")

oh where to begin?

gummy bears: preferably from germany, haribo is fantastic
jelly bellies: pear, very cherry, green apple
pez: it's not just candy, it's an activity
chocolate covered coffee beans: chocolate with a kick
sour anything: yum, just yum

there is always more, but those are some top picks. for now.

Used to eat a bunch of those gummy colas, white rabbits, rice candy and heck just about anything. I hate those violet candies and the red hots.

Now I'm on this chocolate craving. When I was in Seattle and Chicago, I went to a bunch of candy stores. There is a lot of chocolate in Seattle. There was even a chocolate factory near one of the outlet malls.

[Yumyumcha]

Almond Roca - We had some in the office and when I pulled the plastic lid off, there were the roca's staring at me, without the gold wrap looking like small doo doo chunks. What happened? Do they no longer make them with the foil wrap? Someone please explain.

[SweetArse]

I recently discovered Taro jellies. They're my favorite jelly now.

Almond Roca gives me nightmares, because people used to gift and re-gift that stuff to us all the time. And it looks like doo-doo to boot.

I have always loved the sugar-coated Black Currant gum drops you buy in sticks at the local Chinese market. I forget the brand. Roundtree or something?

Stick an IV with Haribo factory goop in me and I'm all set.

why no mention of chocolates? I have this intense need for very dark bitter chocolate. I've had Belgian and Swiss chocolates before and there definitely is a difference in the flavor. Once you have one of those, the milk chocolates just seem so blah.

But if this isn't about chocolates, I have to go with the candied plums my parents used to get at the supermarket, or the candied ginger. Stuff was so hot it made me sweat.

Speaking of chocholate, how about those weird Cadbury chocholate bars- Flake, violet crumble, etc.

And I am suprised no one has mentioned Lik-a-stik.
=Jed

the first time i ate super lemons, in seventh grade when they were REALLY hip, i ate an entire bag in one day and burned off all my taste buds with the citric acid. it really hurt. i still like super lemons though.

but i think botan rice candy, the orange ones with the sticker included, are better.

and i really like lychee jellies, the kind that you get in a big bucket in Chinatown for five bucks. the only entertaining thing i have thought of to do with the cervical cap containers is to stick my tongue in them and look in the mirror. it's really weird looking. i agree that all the other flavors are gross!

and i love japanese gum--i grew up eating the sanrio kind, cola is the best flavor, but i also like the much cheaper and highly overpackaged Marukawa bubble gum in strawberry, melon, and grape (orange isn't so good). it's the kind that comes four balls to a tiny, indivudually plastic-wrapped box, and about ten of those tiny boxes come in a larger, also plastic-wrapped box, and the big box is uaually a dollar. what a deal! and it has that lovely springy texture that japanese gum has and american gum sadly lacks.

it's not exactly candy, but i really like any mochi dessert--mochi balls with red bean filling are yummy, and mochi ice cream is the bomb!

Originally posted by Eric Nakamura
Boston Baked beans! They're good! But are they supposed to be a little stale? That what I always notice, but then again, maybe the stuff I'm getting is always old.
Boston Baked Beans are awesome and always stale . I live in Seattle and every since I was a kid they've always had that staleness but goodness to them. Maybe because they're from Boston so it takes a long time to get it shipped to the west coast. Or maybe they're prejudice against the west coast and purposely send stale Baked Beans. Or maybe I'm putting too much conspiracy thinking into this.

domestic-
Strawberry/banana Starbursts
chocolate covered gummy bears
mini Reese's PB cups (they taste better than the big ones)
Choco Tacos(not really candy)

Here's my japanese list:

Wata-pachi -grape flavored cotton candy with grape pop rocks

Poff- it's mousse chocolate thats freeze dried. Kinda like space ice cream. Little individually wrapped squares that melt in your mouth. This is candy fit for the gods.

Lamune/ramune candy- comes in clear greenish blue dildo shaped container. Small white balls of lamune tart goodness that dissolve in your mouth. Lamune is the japaneses equivalent to 7up but better.

Pet-tara Nanjara!- this candy could only be invented by the japanese. It's a candy making kit that you can get at most grocery stores there and they've come out with a lots of different flavors. It comes with a two parted tray, stirring stick and 3 to 4 mysterious ingredients. You mix ingredients, add water and presto, you have a candy assembly line. The candy you get is nothing special but making it is half the fun. This product is ingenius because the company doesn't have to come up with new candy and they don't even have to make the candy, you do that for them. Best marketing idea for candy ever.

Theirs too much good candy to write about, I'd be here all day.

[Zaius]

Originally posted by Eric Nakamura
Boston Baked beans! They're good! But are they supposed to be a little stale? That what I always notice, but then again, maybe the stuff I'm getting is always old.

The staleness is built right in! Every box I've ever opened has tasted that way...

Hey Randroid, you took the words right out of my mouth! "Meltykiss" (esp. dark choc.)is absolutely my fave. Is it just me or is Japanese chocolate way better that anything you can get here?

[Yumyumcha]

Boston Baked Beans are the bomb but I was never sure if that slight stale taste was part of the appeal. I bought two packs for $1.00 a few weeks ago and for some reason, didn't stand for the taste that night. In small print, they said they would reimburse me if I wasn't 100% satisfied. I sent them a letter and got back a check for a dollar as well as a coupon for more candy. I was quite happy.

Alexander the Grape and Lemonheads rocked! What was up with Cherry Chan though?

Originally posted by hillsy
Alexander the Grape and Lemonheads rocked! What was up with Cherry Chan though?

I hear you hillsy. That was the candy with the slanty eyes. One more thing to us that we're funny looking. God bless America. Is the Cherry Clan still around? Maybe we can sue the company. That would be great.

Originally posted by arson
Originally posted by hillsy
Alexander the Grape and Lemonheads rocked! What was up with Cherry Chan though?

I hear you hillsy. That was the candy with the slanty eyes. One more thing to us that we're funny looking. God bless America. Is the Cherry Clan still around? Maybe we can sue the company. That would be great.

That's right....Cherry Clan...that's messed up. I was going to say it probably died out in the '80's because things are a little more politically correct now, but I think I've actually seen them somewhere lately.

[janely]

Those botan rice candies are good when they're not stale, but the stickers offend me because they suck. What the hell? Come on, how many stickers with dogs in sweaters do I want? I think I've gotten that one a dozen times now.
Anybody remember when they used to have little toys in them? That was way back when candy bars were 20 cents. *sigh*

In Chinatown NYC, they've got stores called Aji Ichiban that sells bulk candies and lots of dried squid things. It's a bit pricey since it's $10 a pound for the candy, but I love the apple flavored candy that turns into gum when you suck on it long enough. that sounds dirty!

Haribo is awesome! The best are the little gummy bears that come in the tiny packages. Did a web search for them so I could buy them in bulk but they seem to be alluding me.

[martin]

Just got back from a road trip from LA to SF. On the way up we dropped by the 99 Ranch Market and scored some peach gummies, assorted rice crackers, sweet and salty dried plums, and orange peel. On the way back we went to Target and got Whoppers, Goldfish, and Crunch 'n' Munch.

For staying awake at the wheel, it's hard to beat the plum seeds and orange peel. You know the type I'm talking about--it comes in a heart-shaped clear container and it makes your body shudder and whole face pucker. It's the best and maybe there will be some plum trees miraculously growing on the most desolate parts of I-5.

Those seeds are also handy for sore throats. You might think twice about putting one in your drink, though. See the movie Peace Hotel for more on that...

Any other favorite road candies?

[Randroid]

Road candy ...

Anything taffy or gummy.

I'm not a big fan of hard candy .. they bore me.

Chewy stuff makes the trip go faster.

When I was in LA last, we ended up walking around on the outdoor mall thing in santa monica, near the Boardwalk. Anway, in with the shops there was a little candy store, (kind of near the barnes & noble) that had the wildest varity of UK candy.

I guess they supply the ex-pat brits there with their sugar fix. Don't remeber what the place was called though.

But they had all the Cadbury candybars, and the chocolate Smarties, which I have only seen in Canada.

... as far as the Cherry Clan goes, they are still around, but the comapany, Ferrera Pan, has changed all of their old 'fruit' candys to be more PC/marketable like Lemon heads.

So cherry clan is now Cherry Heads, Alexander the Grape is now Grape Heads, etc. They have even introduced a new Orange Heads candy.

So if you see any of the Cherry Clan candy, it has have been on the store shelves for like 5 years. Probably tastes the same too.

Those things are great candy- a pebble of hard sugar surrounded by flavered wax, and then a color coating.

Take a look the archive of merchendising at:
http://www.njin.net/~knapp/FuFrames.htm

The graphic for the "fumanchews" candy is really obnoxious. (Its near the bottom)

[Edited by Jedhed on 01-24-2001 at 10:48 AM]

[digininja]

i like sour candies... sour gummi worms, sour gummi bears, sour strings, nerds, whatever. botan rice candy is awesome when it's not stale, but the stickers are usually pretty stupid. anyone had those japanese candies in the boxes with really cool toys inside, along with a tiny little bag of crappy gum or candy? those get harder and harder to find these days... i remember i used to be able to get little toy gundams from them. and this one time, i got this one insanely cool rubber band gun sumei-automatic uzi. it was so cool, and the boz turned into a shooting gallery with little miami vice looking badguys. the ones on top you could rig with rubber bands, and if you hit them they'd fly off. that was so fricking cool.

Botan rice candy rules. nothin' like edible wrappers and free stickers. chibi ninja stickers=cool, dinosaur stickers=lame

I gotta say I love Poki, especially the milk chocolate ones, but I love to eat the sweet and spicy mexican candies like chile covered mango and stuff, almost all of it is spicy, but man it's delicious!

[kh6kine]

Oh man. I gotta go to Yaohan or Daimaru or 99 store or something. Botan, with the sticky paper inside is the best. And - who got guns? I always got dinky, lame cars.

But the best candy is SUPER LEMON - especially when ya give one to a haole, who never seen one, eh?

What ever happened to Pop Rocks?

Does anyone make home-made candy?

[loglady]

Originally posted by Eric Nakamura
No one's mentioned much candy.

What do you all like?

Domestic, because they are cheaper than Import

Zours (hard to find in LA)
Sour Skittles (hard to find in LA)
Peanut Chews (anyone know about this?)
Haribo gummy anything (cola, bears, etc)

Import

Chocoball (japan)
Hi Chew Sour apple (japan)
Wine Gums (canada)
-------------eric be liking the peach candies

[martin]

Someone mentioned that British place near Third Street and Santa Monica. It's on Second, but I can't remember the name. I went there for crumpets and stuff once for lunch and it was okay. The best part is definitely the candy. You can get a lot of the Canadian sweets there, like Coffee Crisp, Aeros, and Wine Gum there. No Sour Beaners, though!


One more thing... About Alexander the Grape. Is that a rip-off of Otter Pops or what? If I were to steal an Otter Pop flavor, it would probably be Louie Bloo Raspberry or Pancho Punch. Actually, Strawberry Short Kook had an uncanny shortcake aftertaste if the frozen-ness was just right, and was quite good, too.

[ironmonkey]

ah yes...cherry clan. mmmmmmmm, MMM!

and those white rabbit candies with the edible wrapper were cool too. oh and mango melon berry flavored starbursts.

[yellahbastard]

Originally posted by martin
Someone mentioned that British place near Third Street and Santa Monica. It's on Second, but I can't remember the name. I went there for crumpets and stuff once for lunch and it was okay. The best part is definitely the candy. You can get a lot of the Canadian sweets there, like Coffee Crisp, Aeros, and Wine Gum there. No Sour Beaners, though!


One more thing... About Alexander the Grape. Is that a rip-off of Otter Pops or what? If I were to steal an Otter Pop flavor, it would probably be Louie Bloo Raspberry or Pancho Punch. Actually, Strawberry Short Kook had an uncanny shortcake aftertaste if the frozen-ness was just right, and was quite good, too.

hey I know what u're talking about! it's that little shop next to the british pub King's Head Shoppe. i used to go there all the time with friends! we call it king's head snatch for some reason. the fish and chips are really good, and so are the bangers and mash (which is basically a sausage, some mash potatoes and peas). british food isn't that great, but you'd be surprised how much you crave it sometimes after you've tried it.

[kh6kine]

I don't think anyone's answered your question about the staleness of the Boston Baked Beans.

They be like that 'cause the beans inside (peanuts) be not toasted nor roasted - they are raw. So they squish in you mouth, instead of crunch.

I like them too.

[Eric Nakamura]

Those beans should be roasted! The oil from the nut probably soaks into the candy coating.

eric

[Decadent1]

Pixi sticks man

Botan Rice Candy owns the candy universe. a free sticker AND you can eat the wrapper.

[Mikio4]

Originally posted by skitzo-fix
Botan Rice Candy owns the candy universe. a free sticker AND you can eat the wrapper.

The stickers are OK but back in the day when I was a kid ya got a toy. And also when I was a kid they were only 2¢ a box and the sun always shone and…

Originally posted by martin
I just got a shitload of those gelly candies that make a mess when you lift the foil top off the plastic cup. I think that it was lychee that led the way (at least in Chinese markets), but now you can get it in any flavors...


oh man i was always try to get a large jug of this stuff when i'm on the Northside. I'm not a fan of the lychee flavor (lychees are hella good) so i usually try to get the assorted and that has pineapple as well as some other fruits i'm not reeeaaaal familiar with but they are good.

Originally posted by skitzo-fix
[QUOTE]Originally posted by martin
oh man i was always try to get a large jug of this stuff when i'm on the Northside. I'm not a fan of the lychee flavor (lychees are hella good) so i usually try to get the assorted and that has pineapple as well as some other fruits i'm not reeeaaaal familiar with but they are good.
Did you ever hear a story about not freezing them (they are really tasty frozen) because someone choked and died/got brain damaged because it slid down their throat and clogged their windpipe? I always wondered whether that was an urban legend. Asian urban legend, i guess.

Originally posted by Mikio4

The stickers are OK but back in the day when I was a kid ya got a toy.


Wasn't that toy in a side compartment? Little plastic toy of different colors.

[kh6kine]

Originally posted by Eric Nakamura
Those beans should be roasted! The oil from the nut probably soaks into the candy coating.

eric

Yes way. I think the peenuts is not baked or roasted to prevent the grease infilterating into the candy. If they raw, the peenuts squish and the grease stays inside the nut, maintaining that special texture. You ARE talking about them kine boston baked beans made by the lemon-head people, right? I think they are the same company/onoy company.

There is a "knobbly version" of boston baked beans. You know what I mean? Also red. But somehow not the same. I think they are harder than the real boston baked beans.

Originally posted by Patlaboring
Originally posted by skitzo-fix
[QUOTE]Originally posted by martin
oh man i was always try to get a large jug of this stuff when i'm on the Northside. I'm not a fan of the lychee flavor (lychees are hella good) so i usually try to get the assorted and that has pineapple as well as some other fruits i'm not reeeaaaal familiar with but they are good.
Did you ever hear a story about not freezing them (they are really tasty frozen) because someone choked and died/got brain damaged because it slid down their throat and clogged their windpipe? I always wondered whether that was an urban legend. Asian urban legend, i guess.

no i never heard that but that's damn interesting. what a lesson.

[Mikio4]

[i]
You ARE talking about them kine boston baked beans made by the lemon-head people, right? I think they are the same company/onoy company.
[/B]

Ferrara Pan from Chicago if I be not mistaken.

[jetgrl727]

there's a dope candy called HI-CHEW and it's just like the lychee jelly with out the jelly.. it's in taffy form. when you get the chance to pick it up, i highly recomend it. most asian markets have it. you hsould find it right near the japanese candies. ~slurp-slurp~

[jetgrl727]

Originally posted by 45rpm
Hi-chews (japanese) are totally the best
- just like chewing gum.. but not

that's about it... basically what ever the asian grocery shops get!


hi-chew lychee.... for life.. west side hi-chew lychee flavor hehe

[brilliantine]

it's all about hi-chew red bean and green tea! the flavor is precisely recreated in chewy format. the red bean even has a little beany grained texture added (unless it's just my imagination). A+ for accuracy!

and i love the japanese heart-shaped jellies -- but beware of eating more than 2 in a sitting. they gave me excruciatingly pain along the gastrointestinal tract culminating in the worst case of constipation i've ever experienced. (sorry for TMI)

but i still eat them in moderation -- that's how good they are!

[kidkamikazee]

speaking of candies that come with toys, when I visited Toronto i found some egg shaped chocolate candies wrapped in tinfoil. The packaging is entirely in french. It's actually a bit of a rip off coz there is only a thin coating of not-so-good chocolate 'round a plastic easter egg. But inside are kick ass little toys. Dumptrucks, frogs, little freaky people.
i love pocki (or however you spell it.) The best i've had so far are Hello Kitty strawberry flavored. mmmmmm.
I don't know the name but they're little nuggets of chocolate with a cookie like shell. Each one has a koala bear image printed on it....
domestic: skittles, pixie stix, lik*a*maid, airheads, snickers, gummis, and those rock candies on sticks.
oops i forgot Nerds.

[ojisan]

edible panties, natto flavor minus the keeper
Eric san

[bob1andbob2]

has anyone mentioned that mexican candy, 'pelo con rico'? i think that's what it's called, it's made from tamarinds and you push it though this thing that looks like one of those play-dough spaghetti maker. i love that stuff! you can get them for fifty cents at any of the gas stations by my house.

[sushinaut]

Originally posted by bob1andbob2
has anyone mentioned that mexican candy, 'pelo con rico'? i think that's what it's called, it's made from tamarinds and you push it though this thing that looks like one of those play-dough spaghetti maker. i love that stuff! you can get them for fifty cents at any of the gas stations by my house.


The spicy/spicy kind from the ice cream truck......
thats the sheot....

Originally posted by janely
In Chinatown NYC, they've got stores called Aji Ichiban that sells bulk candies and lots of dried squid things. It's a bit pricey since it's $10 a pound for the candy, but I love the apple flavored candy that turns into gum when you suck


Just wondering where this store is located! I've been looking all over for Aji Ichiban. It's really hard to find here in California. I guess I'm not looking hard enough. I think Aji Ichiban candies are the best one's I've tasted.

[falcor]

they've got that store in the philippines too - i've got some old, nasty (sticking to the wrapper) candy from when i was there last (xmas 99).
i used to love sanrio candy. i always used to get the little twin stars ones because they came with toys. half the box was candy and the other half was a toy.
yesterday i got pokemon gum. it sucks. it's really small and tastes like sweat.

[gorillaglue]

i loooove candy!!
everthing gummy is good especially kasugari gummy. and the one in the shape of a cheese burger. one time i had this candy it was a cookie with chocolate in the middle and it was shaped like gues what... a cheese burger!
also..sweettarts, lik-m-aid, shock tarts(i cracked a tooth on one once!) and those ufo wafer candies with the spinkles in 'em. and those lychee jellys arebest frozen and white rabbits are cool cuz you can eat the wrappers. flushing, qweens is an awesome place to buy candy! if anybody can tell me about more good stuff let me know!

[coxon]

Originally posted by kidkamikazee
speaking of candies that come with toys, when I visited Toronto i found some egg shaped chocolate candies wrapped in tinfoil. The packaging is entirely in french. It's actually a bit of a rip off coz there is only a thin coating of not-so-good chocolate 'round a plastic easter egg. But inside are kick ass little toys. Dumptrucks, frogs, little freaky people.


are they 'Kinder Surprise' ?
the chocolate is pretty crappy, but the toys are quite good~
often buy some for my lil cousin and help her put these toys together..

didnt realise our choc bars were over there now.. violet crumble, flake, etc... but i prefer snickers/twix over the local stuff.. :P (snickers cruncher is my current addiction, absolutely tops!!!)

love those sour skittles ~~

[gorillaglue]

are they 'Kinder Surprise' ?
the chocolate is pretty crappy, but the toys are quite good~
often buy some for my lil cousin and help her put these toys together..

yeah i remember that. i think it is called kinder suprise and they are german or something. i had a friend bring me back a dozen of them there chocolate eggs now i stilll have those toys. they were wierd

[kid_robotron]

The best thing about Kinder eggs is the plastic container contained within the chocolate. Kinder eggs used to be really popular in the UK because that container is good for storing small amounts of weed and other narcotics.

[Sleepy Introvert Ninja]

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[kimchi_girl]

I also like the Chinese lychee flavored jelly candy rather than the Japanese heart shaped jellies. They are so good and refreshing when refrigerated. I also like White Rabbits, Japanese shiso flavored hard candies, and this type of Korean taffy like candy called "yut". Pumpkin flavored is the best. I also like preserved plums. The dried salty sweet ones. I hated it the first time I tried it but got used to them thanks to my old college roommate.

I also remember when Botan rice candy used to come with a free toy. I always got a tiny blue race car.

[Robocon^^]

Rice paper...melts in your mouth not in your hands.
Tried the flavored white rabbits: Strawberry, chocolate, lychee, mango...but the original still wins out

[jardine]

Originally posted by Patlaboring
Did you ever hear a story about not freezing them (they are really tasty frozen) because someone choked and died/got brain damaged because it slid down their throat and clogged their windpipe? I always wondered whether that was an urban legend. Asian urban legend, i guess.
Last year or the year before last I actually did get one stuck in my throat. That sucked. It wasn't frozen though. Honestly, though, I felt like such an ass because I was choking on a lychee jelly. And then it slid down my throat and I didn't even really get to taste it. What a waste.
Most people I know, when I give them one for the first time, really seem to like them. But then there are those who are weirded out by the texture, too bad...

Other yummy candy--
does anyone remember Zotz? They were cherry or grape flavored hard candy, but once you sucked on it enough this fizzy white stuff would come out from the middle. They came on a stick, too. Those were really good but kind of evil, as the holes the fizzy stuff came out of would sometimes cut up your tongue.
Also...
snickers
ferrero rocher
skittles
pop rocks
Botan rice candy (I think ALL the stickers are cool!)
those sour peach gummy thingies
asian gummies
Lindt chocolate is great
the japanese gumballs that came in packs of 4 were dee-lish

[Sleepy Introvert Ninja]

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mmmmm lychee jelly</font>

[invictus]

Originally posted by kimchi_girl
[QUOTE] I also like White Rabbits, Japanese shiso flavored hard candies, and this type of Korean taffy like candy called "yut". Pumpkin flavored is the best.

Naw dude, the sweet potato flavor kicks pumpkin's ass!

[nancyK]

-the purple plum Starburst
-Jelly bellies (juicy pear, peach, pineapple, cotton candy..)
-recently i've been really into chocolate & coconut
like... almond joy or those coconut haystacks at chocolate shoppes

[p_kusmin]

Originally posted by soundslikequiet
i wish i could get my paws on some of that white rabbit milk candy. mmmmmmmmm.

oh ya, i love white rabbit, one of the few candies you can eat wrapper & all (or at least i do).

Baci Perugina - Little Italian chocolates; bittersweet chocolate with hazelnut praline in the middle. Similar to Hershey's Kiss but much, much better!
Gummy Eggs - Swedish candy; a nice little surprise. Looks like a little sunny-side up gummy egg. They're sweet and yummy (and taste nothing like eggs, yuck!)

[gattsu]

kit kat...yummy!

mary jane. no, it's not the *other* mj. honestly.
it's an old-fashioned peanutty, chewy candy, only available in candy shops,
not in markets. another fav of mine is called sugar daddy, but i haven't seen it even in candy
shops for a while.

i dunno why i didn't post here sooner. please help me out. i've skimmed thru this thread and no one's made any mention of the "fruit roll" version of haw (NOT to be confused with the circular haw flake disks that come in stumpy wrappers that make em look like fireworks).

my uncle's mother found these so-called fruit roll style haw treats in flushing, NY. they are really short "fruit rolls," that are rolled up so tightly that they look like licorice or beef sticks from afar. they come in a little bundle of maybe 15. i dunno, forgot. it has a red and white wrapper that simply lists the ingredients and is called "snack." that's it - snack! i haven't been able to find these ANYWHERE.

i found a lame version that comes in little plastic tub with a stolen mickey mouse image on it which look different: they're fatter and shorter and wrapped like hard candy. don't want these, want "snack."

can't ask my uncle's mother, as i don't speak chinese, and she's back in texas.

if you've seen this in NY, let me know!!! it's GOOD!

[Edited by Booter on 03-01-2002 at 08:06 PM]

haw fruit rolls
sour gummy peaches and watermelon
almond roca
sweet tarts
preserved plum, squid
spicy tamarind and mango mexican candy
peanut m&ms
jolly ranchers
all willy wonka brand shit

candy reminds me of buying it from the ice cream truck always parked in front of my jr high school or the drugstore down the street from grandma's. ah, the good ol days...

yeah aji ichiban kicks ass!

fuck now and laters. chewing on one actually pulled out a filling. shit.

[Robocon^^]

Originally posted by Booter

all willy wonka brand shit
I was addicted to oompas a while back. Fat square Skittles but the flavors were pretty good.

Red Vines that aren't too dark and soft are my favorite--gotta be bright red.

[-dRaGoN rOi-]

Botan Rice Candy! They come with cool stickers.

Candy for lazy people
http://business.matav.hu/uzlet/potpouri/images/spray.jpg

It´s Super acid candy spray!
People don't even have the energy to chew candy anymore?

I think it's such a funny name for candy... maybe I should look around for a new sense of humor.

[kh6kine]

SP Ray candy -

Interesting concept. I wonder if this be like a whip-it thingie with artifical coloring. And look ma, no calories!

[nikel]

Originally posted by Lars
Candy for lazy people
http://business.matav.hu/uzlet/potpouri/images/spray.jpg

It´s Super acid candy spray!
People don't even have the energy to chew candy anymore?

I think it's such a funny name for candy... maybe I should look around for a new sense of humor.
i like the kid in the photo. i tried that spray candy, and it's pointless. binanca tastes better.

Yes, the kid looks so excited about his Super acid candy spray.

[strawberry1217]

my (long) favorite candy list:
Pocky (esp. orignal, mens, coconut, choco. mousse, strawberry (the one with all the little crystally bits in it), etc. etc.)
Reese's mini peanut butter cups ( i don't like the ibg ones)
Reese's wafer bars
Reese's other candy bars
Crispy M&Ms
original fruit flavor skittles
Snickers (esp. crunchers)
Ferro Rochers
Meiji candy (esp. the one with the little cone shaped things with strawberry and choclate, with the pic of hte rabbit on the box)
Crystallized ginger (does that count as candy??!)
Japanese strawberry milk candy (there's one brand that's really good, but i can't remember it)

and lots more...

i guess everybody can see how much i love candy....

but i can't buy most of it in htis f**king place!!!!

[SailorVee]

I don't like the big reese's cups either, but I can eat the hell out of the mini ones.

I like picking up misc. candies from the Asian market around here.
White Rabbit coconut candies (I recently discovered these!)
kosher gummies (bears, sour worms, apple rings, etc.)
yan yan (strawberry flavored)
Those little gel candies...

:p I'm headin' out to the store now!

chocolate almond pockys are good.
nerds
any dark chocolate. yea i like that.

[Robocon^^]

http://www.knurdle.com/albums/giantrobot/frugurt.jpg

[nikel]

robocon, that sort of goes with your av. how's the frugurt?

[banchan]

see's chocolate covered ginger glacee.
http://www.sees.com/SPImg/21.jpg
damned if ill be, i can only buy the shit when im back home in california. otherwise i have to mail order and i dont know i guess its the stingy ass in me or something but i don wanna pay through the nose for the shipping of some chocolate ginger pieces.

but mmmmmmmmmmm, i miss the stuff. maybe i will go online....

www.sees.com (http://www.sees.com)

oooh. i just forgot about the evil nuts and chews box. now _that_ i can get here now that its xmas...

[strawberry1217]

i don't actually like See's candy that much.... i think for that kind of candy, british ones get first place...

[Robocon^^]

Originally posted by nikel
robocon, that sort of goes with your av. how's the frugurt?
I was kind of ho-hum on the old gel candies, but I like the little fruitbits in these and the yogurtness. They're really good out of the fridge.

[Liver_on_a_Stick]

Originally posted by Robocon^^
http://www.knurdle.com/albums/giantrobot/frugurt.jpg

I saw that at a Korean market today! Do they taste any good?

Originally posted by Liver_on_a_Stick


I saw that at a Korean market today! Do they taste any good?

oh shit! i just finished a bag of these today. there were three flavors in the little bag that i got, and they all pretty much taste the same. i think there was strawberry, orange and vanilla. can't remember. it took me a month to finish em tho. they weren't that great. sorry.

[Liver_on_a_Stick]

I know what you mean... I bought some discounted Japanese candy today. I bought it because the picture on the package is this wacked out sun with it's eye's poping out and the only english on the front says "Do P-Can". I put one of the candies in my mouth and sucked on it until I got sick and spit it out. Turned the bag around and the ingredients were strange.

suger, corn syrup, peanuts, almond, palm oil, red pepper, mayonnaise!, soy sauce powder, baking powder, amino acid, sucrose fatty acid ester

damn, mayo and soy sauce in candy????

[quietquiet]

Originally posted by Liver_on_a_Stick
\I bought some discounted Japanese candy today...
that right there sounds like ingredients for disaster, the candy has gotta be discounted for a reason. i bought my first kinder egg the other day, it was a star wars one. i got a hippo dressed as chewy. what am i supposed to do with a wookie hippo?

[gorillaglue]

Originally posted by quietquiet

that right there sounds like ingredients for disaster, the candy has gotta be discounted for a reason. i bought my first kinder egg the other day, it was a star wars one. i got a hippo dressed as chewy. what am i supposed to do with a wookie hippo?

well, duh, make a necklace out of it and wear it!
i'm just playing. i would definitly put it somewhere where a lot of people could see it tho. now i want kinder eggs....

[MojoJojo]

Sweet tarts
Lik-M-Aid (especially the stick)
Lindt chocolates
Laura Secord easter eggs
Kopiko coffee candies
Crunchie bars
cherry Nerds

I could go on all night...

[gorillaglue]

wham-o brand diy gummi candi kit

[Hyde]

anyone know anything about a candy that's shaped like a penis and squirts? i saw it on 20/20 and can't find the name of it.

[madcow]

i saw a keychain the other day that was shaped like a penis and squirted white stuff...
i think i'm allergic to strawberry pocky. it makes me SICK
men's pocky is the shit though. and hot tamales. mmmmm spicy!

[xsk8teboyx]

meiji chocolate candies!

meiji-fuyudake.com

[gorillaglue]

all of heberts candy mansion

[akuma]

http://www.bradkent.com/wrappers/wrappers/cambridge/junior-mints.gif


:eek:

[pipmonkey]

guarana boost bars rock

[Chow Yuns Fat]

Some old skool UK sweets:

Wham chew bars
Irn-Bru chew bars
Blackcurrent/Rasperry Beano Chew bars

Bazooka Joe (US?) for lame comic and garanteed lock jaw!

[Garlic]

The Meiji chocolate mushrooms are the best! I had some today along with wierd tasting japanese m&m's that came with little hamtaro toys.

[burgundy]

Can't believe no one has mentioned this:

CHOCOLATE COVERED GUMMY BEARS

[burgundy]

Can't believe no one has mentioned this:

CHOCOLATE COVERED GUMMY BEARS

[stranger]

Ludens cherry flavored cough drops, Sour vines, Peachies or Peachos it comes in apple too. myaaaaaahh I want some now!!

[seahag]

http://www.economycandy.com

They are located on Rivington Street in Manhattan. They carry a lot of old school candies.

[SailorVee]

Originally posted by burgundy
Can't believe no one has mentioned this:

CHOCOLATE COVERED GUMMY BEARS

ewwww.. i believed they are called muddy bears too. :o( I like my gummy bears plain! ^__^ I could eat the whole bag right now... *drool*
How about creamsaver's jelly beans?
I found them in the easter isle.
I :heart: easter candy

[gorillaglue]

mmmmm....chocolate covered gummy bears......
i just treid cadbury cookie bars the other day. be they cookie or candy, either way they were damn good

[PepPenguin]

i'm craving almost anythin chocolate right now. chocolate covered raisins and cashews. *drooling*:D

[SailorVee]

shock tarts anyone? The blue ones are the best

[liquid mass]

I love butterfingers. I just don't like the mess they tend to leave behind.

That's why butterfinger BBs are good.

[key_loser]

there were snack packs of kit kats on sale at rite aid, one buck for the equivalent of five regular kit kat packages. why oh why did i not buy?

[mikroslave]

http://www.durianpalace.com/images/durian_candy.jpg
durian candy our local fave...eeiiiiuuuu...not me!!!

[GRAYmatter]

White Rabbit has also been my fave. (There was a hard brown kind too wasnt there?)
Mentos
Circus Peanuts
Dried mango (I consider it candy)
Haribo cola and strawberry & cream
Remember Peanutbutter Snickers?!! why the funk they stop makin it?
And that one candy that I dont know the name of:
(theyre little drk. red discs that come in a roll of ten)
num num

[Evil Mastermind]

I've got a jones for a Charleston Chew, frozen.

Also, one of those Mexican chili-powder covered mango suckers. That shit is difficult but worthwhile.

[key_loser]

today i sang "fine young cannibals" while eating fun packs of skittles

[phism]

fine young cannibals is the band name...?

[key_loser]

yeah, i was spazzing out when i posted that, the song title is probably something like "she drives me crazy"

OOOH OOOH

[Hap]

Just walked over to the student union and bought a bit'o'honey, sweet tarts, mentos, and jolly ranchers. I was tempted to buy some mike and ikes.

[shibire]

Strawberry Hi-Chew, Grape Mentos, Fusen gum...

I miss those little chocolate eggs covered in foil that had cool little bits of candy in them.

[Robocon^^]

those grape mentos were painfully sweet. save the citrus ones for me.

[j_simone]

everyone keeps talking about white rabbit, but when i had them (for the first time recently), there was some sort of weird film on the candy... i wasn't sure if i was supposed to eat it or peel it off! maybe i just had a bad batch?!
anyway, my candies o' choice: grape bonkers, peach jolly ranchers, whichamacallit (sp?), i also picked up a chewy candy at the asian market that i don't know what it's called - it's got a picture of cherries and milk and says something silly like "this candy is new taste"... :)

[Robocon^^]

Hehe, I didn't tell my college floormates about the edible rice paper. It's fun to watch the uninitated struggle with it, picking away with their fingernails.

Some batches are soft and some are frickin hard as a rock though.

[Hap]

Originally posted by j_simone
peach jolly ranchers

I blame peach jolly ranchers for my need for braces as a yungsta. Def my favorite flavor.

[lakebottom]

Have a sweet tooth lately.

Peanut Butter Cups, Snickers.

Sometimes I like fruity candy, but generally I lean towards chocolate.

[secretazngurl]

Originally posted by Chauncy!
found a Giant Pocky rip-off recently...

it's a version of stawberry pocky, but the giant pretzels are more like crappy breadsticks. the inner wrapper says "giant stick", and the outside of the box proclaims proudly, "Chocky".

which is exactly what it tastes like.
TOO FUNNY!!! :D

yep, i could LIVE on desserts & candy...
of course, i'd be a big fat turd...
but who cares?! :D

mmm... white choc meltykiss... black latte mousse pocky...
gotta gets me some! :heart:

[wonki wonki]

A former colleague of ours visiting from UK brought us a pack of Smarties. Woo!

http://www.babymilk.nestle.se/site_dir/nestle_se/images/smartiesnew2.gif

[key_loser]

See, I don't just want candy, I need candy. And when you need somthing, that's a responsibility.

[shibire]

I've been eating a lot of Kit Kat recently. It been tasting extra good recently.

[11evele]

i just ate a ton of pez my coworker gave me when he came in this morning...though maple cotton candy is def on par!

[shibire]

Peach Hi-Chew is gross. Save your money and don't buy it. Strawberry's pretty good and apple's great.

[Robocon^^]

Originally posted by Tarasitah
Reading this thread made me crave Botan Rice Candy.

They're not doing away with the stickers, are they? Every box I've purchased lately has had a temporary tattoo inside instead of a sticker. Why would a want a tattoo of a monkey brushing its teeth? Why?!

Look for this type:

http://images.jlist.com/c8/bantaname_m92_small.gif

no toy or sticker, but it's about the candy right?

[Robocon^^]

Originally posted by shibire
Peach Hi-Chew is gross
Yeah, fake peach flavored candy in general is gross.
I like that other yogurt chew with the little fruit jelly bits inside. It's more plasticy than Hi-chew and not as sweet.

[dohdoh]

yum...candy..just had some milky way. in fact last night i bought tons of candy for the people in my office

milky ways
snickers
twix
jolly ranchers
livesavers
hersheys kisses

i wish they had those strawberry sour belts in little individual packs.

[Robocon^^]

swedish fish still rock my mouth

[j_simone]

http://store1.yimg.com/I/cartoon-passion_1820_61620516

s'good!

[key_loser]

WOW!

[Robocon^^]

Visiting in Australia now and Cadbury Picnic is easily my favorite candybar of all time.

http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/food/cadbury-picnic/reviews/

The soft licorice here is amazing too.

[650lex]

I'm so craving Strawberry sour power belts now!
mmm or Lik'm'aid!

[lifelibertyland]

http://www.giftpotli.com/images/giftpotli/items/toblerone_100.jpg
any love for toblerone chocolate bars?
they're damn good

[Rev.Bucky]

I want Candy
(Clap clap clap, clapclap)
I want Candy
(Clap clap clap, clapclap)

Ya'all got me jonesing.

No sours for me, no tamarind for me, otherwise, I'll try anything!

Ok, time to check the house, there's gotta be something around here!!

[Rosita]

black licorice
any kind of caramel or butterscotch
any kind of tea candy (tea w. milk, green tea) from Japan
maple candy from Vermont!
Rice Krispies treats
and BUBBLEGUM with good old fashioned SUGAR
there is an ice store near me that sells cotton candy flavor ice and bubblegum flavor ice....with little pieces of gum in it.

[650lex]

i'm craving bubbleliscious pink lemonade gum from 1986
the closest is that LeBron James gum that's out right now!

[lifelibertyland]

1986 bubblegum? talk about throwback...
that reminds me of when I opened that pack of baseball cards that was like from the 70's or some shit and ate the gum that came with it. It had shattered into a bunch of pieces but once i got it chewed up it tasted fine.

[650lex]

you must threw your jaw out after chewing that gum!
i want strawberry big league chew now!

[memoryspill]

Originally posted by lifelibertyland
1986 bubblegum? talk about throwback...
that reminds me of when I opened that pack of baseball cards that was like from the 70's or some shit and ate the gum that came with it. It had shattered into a bunch of pieces but once i got it chewed up it tasted fine.

lol - i'm glad to read I'm not the only that has done that. unfortunately, the gum was not fine after chewing.

[Rev.Bucky]

Old baseball gum is nasty! My friend collects cards, I had some mideighties gum last week. It wasn't good back then, and it hasn't aged well!

I used to have another friend, who worked at a comic and card shop, she loved old gum. People would save it for her, and she could care less about what cards would be in an old pack, give her the gum!!

By the way, the gum in Baseball cards today is sugarless, and sealed in a seperate package. Really bums me out. It's soft too. No wonder these damn kids today have no sense of tradition. Until you've chewed up shards of rock hard gum that have stained your favorite players card, what do you know about collecting!?!?!

[lifelibertyland]

Originally posted by Rev.Bucky
Until you've chewed up shards of rock hard gum that have stained your favorite players card, what do you know about collecting!?!?!
Hahaha
I didn't even know baseball cards still came with gum, they should give it up. No one's gunna be like, "hmm well I dunno if I wanna spend my allowance on a pack of car- what a free stick of gum?! gimme 10!"

[nagasawa]

Hershey's Take 5 king size is tasting damned good right now

[chocolate cake]

Here's a candy I just came across recently. I think some of you guys will like these. They are Gorilla Boogers. They are dried and sweetened soybeans.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://candyaddict.com/blog/candy_pictures/gorilla_boogers.jpg&imgrefurl=http://candyaddict.com/blog/2006/08/16/gorilla-boogers/&h=223&w=179&sz=13&hl=en&start=6&usg=__eDNtHjAzCdpmw54s12mbDqcC6PQ=&tbnid=ta9Hxwjn9TQOuM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=86&prev=/images%3Fq%3DGorilla%2BBoogers%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den

Here's the Japanese web site.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://candyaddict.com/blog/candy_pictures/gorilla_boogers.jpg&imgrefurl=http://candyaddict.com/blog/2006/08/16/gorilla-boogers/&h=223&w=179&sz=13&hl=en&start=6&usg=__eDNtHjAzCdpmw54s12mbDqcC6PQ=&tbnid=ta9Hxwjn9TQOuM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=86&prev=/images%3Fq%3DGorilla%2BBoogers%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den

Other candy I like:

Snickers
Reeses Peanut Butter cups
Peanut Brittle
Chocolate covered raisins
Chocolate covered almonds

[nagasawa]

This thread is almost 8 years old!!! Mmmmmm....LeBron James lemonade chased with muscat gummy...mmmmmm.

[feralmuppet]

The only fruit-flavored candies that I like are gummi ones. Especially the ones from Japan shaped like hearts.

[Lain]

We got all our halloween candy on sunday and have broken into it. When did runts get rid of the lime and add pineapple and mango? I swear they lace that stuff in crack it's so addictive.

[key_loser]

Happened into a drug store last night and saw rainbow nerds.
Boy do I love a nerd. As long as they're not whatever the purple/pink box (the only one I ever seem to see).
You know you want some nerds.

[joetron2030]

I love nerds, too.

[puppy fields]

i guess this is more of a cookie than a candy.

http://imgur.com/Exgks.jpg

i've been loving these things lately.

[key_loser]

Ah yeah, drove about 2500 miles over seven days recently. Those things sitting on top of the ice in your ice chest are totally amazing.

Me and the girl were using them as very straight brown moustaches right before we'd eat them.

[nagasawa]

Saw a pack of Big League Chew the other day. Can't believe they still make it that stuff. When I was a kid I'd chew a big wad of it while sippin' a cherry Slurpee and pretending it was Red Man.

[Iago]

Scorpion brand is the best.

http://grind365.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/cocaine_bricks_scorpion_logo.jpg

[evillilgirl]

nice lolz

[evillilgirl]

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0q2d6Bw4V1qavqp4o1_500.jpg i heard hellokitty brand is cuter though~ ^__________~ lolz

[grandpa_shig]

duders! i was just at the korean market and they have a chocolate filled candy called KANCHO. just thought you all might want to know. )

[kamenriderv3]

did you poke it?

[grandpa_shig]

if you poke it chocolate comes out.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/poppa_shig/lotte-kancho-02.jpg

[noeruna]

Hahahaha! Kancho. Last Saturday, my sis and I get a box of strawberry Hello Panda and a 6 pack of those fruit jelly cups.