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Posted by Corby Trouser Press on 2007-10-31 14:53:12 +0000

I heart mary jane too - no idea what your going on about with molasses and peanut butter though...

Posted by Miriam on 2007-10-31 14:57:33 +0000

I heart the ginger snaps on my desk.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2007-10-31 15:12:51 +0000

On par with raisins.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2007-10-31 15:17:35 +0000

Soft and chewy?? I remember them being as hard as a frozen Charleston Chew, but not worth the effort.

Posted by tgl on 2007-10-31 15:30:03 +0000

They need to be made within that past 60 days to be palatable, I think.

Posted by tommy on 2007-10-31 17:21:36 +0000

I heart Necco. When I started dating M, I discovered that weird Necco candies were something Boston and Milwaukee had in common. Apparently The New England Confectionary COmpany bought out whatever Milwaukee's equivalent was back in the day. For some insane reason, though, the Sky Bar -- the best candy bar ever -- is not marketed in Wisconsin. Another unexpected commonality: the term "water bubbler". 10D and I once looked into getting custom candy hearts from Necco (maybe to give out on Halloween? I forget.) But we calculated that their minimum order would fill my van something like 30 times over.

Posted by G lib on 2007-10-31 17:27:38 +0000

That would be the 'rollo de mayo' van you're talking about, right? *cues music* memories, like the corners of my mind... yes, too many candy hearts.

Posted by Miriam on 2007-10-31 19:23:24 +0000

We thought about doing that at my old job in Boston a few years ago. Also realized that we'd have to move our office to accommodate the candy.

Posted by mr. mister on 2007-10-31 19:59:47 +0000

skor bars taste a lot like heath bars and they both kick ass.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-10-31 20:03:40 +0000

I like 100 Grand bars FWIW also: my Dad's Mom Ida Ladew rocked Mr. Goodbar exclusively. I still get weepy sometimes when I see those @ the drugstore...

Posted by virtue on 2007-11-01 11:10:00 +0000

I like skors better than heath bars, but I'm not sure why. And I am awfully fond of 100 grands, and mr. goodbars. I prefer krackles to crunches, and wish I could remember the name of this candy bar that they used to have at the Cristies near BHS--it was 4 of 5 segments, with chocalate and peanutbutter and caramel, in a blue and silver wrapper, I think maybe produced soemwhere in New England, or one of the nearer Canadian provinces. SO effin' good.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-11-01 11:37:39 +0000

The Mr Goodbar Mug at tgl's and my house in college was definitely in my top 3, along with the Bichon Mug and the Rainbow Mug. I really just liked to be looking for it, actually.

Posted by tommy on 2007-11-01 11:43:00 +0000

That's the Sky Bar! If I am correct, formerly made just outside Central Square, but now made in Revere.

Posted by virtue on 2007-11-01 12:59:22 +0000

Except that it wasn't a Sky Bar! It was more peanut butter, and no marshmallow. Not that I don't love me a sky bar. It definitely wasn't a necco product.

Posted by tgl on 2007-11-01 14:11:40 +0000

Groan.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2007-11-01 17:42:40 +0000

The Zero Bar?

Posted by virtue on 2007-11-01 18:33:30 +0000

No, no white fudge, or nuts (I have only recently become able to tolerate nuts in my dessert products).

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-11-01 18:59:05 +0000

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-11-01 19:28:33 +0000

Posted by virtue on 2007-11-02 11:01:56 +0000

A yorkie is just chocolate, so no, and no coconut. Or anything crunchie. Part of what I liked most about it was the creaminess of the peanut butter. It was all about the texture. And I don't recall the peanut butter being as salty as that of reeses peanut butter cups (I just had two, goddammit--one of my co workers has a kid who doesn't like chocolate, it's positively evil I tell you!).

Posted by tommy on 2007-11-02 12:23:04 +0000

Weird. So were all the segments the same?

Posted by virtue on 2007-11-02 12:51:00 +0000

I feel like there may have been a caramel segment, but honestly, I'm really not sure. This is starting to really drive me crazy. I was hoping someone would say, "oh yeah, that's the [insert candy bar name here]." I've tried to use the interweb, but it makes my head hurt. Or maybe that's a sugar crash.

Posted by tgl on 2007-11-02 14:07:14 +0000

You know how there are these t-shirt websites and coffee mug websites... instantly configurable products from the printing industry. Why not configurable candy?

Posted by tommy on 2007-11-02 14:15:34 +0000

That, tgl, is the best idea I've heard in a while. Why not? Technology might not be there yet to affordably make a whole bar while-u-wait, but I think we've got the wherewithal to make a nougat injector to use on pre-made chocolate bars with voids in them. Also: donuts. (mmmm.. kreme filled with maple icing, please)

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-11-02 14:33:01 +0000

"The wherewithal to make a nougat injector to use on pre-made chocolate bars with voids in them": phrase of the day.