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[Sindra]

[raubhimself]

peanut butter cups

pretty much any home made chocolate/peanut butter confection will send me into a homer simpson frenzy

[wizardcombat]

PB TWIX
PB CUPS
PB M&Ms
ANYTHING PB.

[bjkmenu]

[Another Toad]

Those chocolate oranges are great, but I'd have to go with Reese's Pieces for 1st place (at least for candy that's readily available).

[Eric Dude]

This is timely, because I was thinking about making a "favorite candy bars" thread, but this encompasses that anyway.

I am on a huge candy bar kick right now. We have them at work, and I can get them somewhat cheaper, so it's turning into borderline addiction for me. Snickers is the old reliable for me: chocolate coating, hearty peanuts that fill you up, and the fantastic texture of chewy nougat (there's caramel in there too, right?). When I want something more decadent, I dig into a Three Musketeers or a Milky Way (you can chew these things and savor them for a good while). Recently tried Midnight Milky Way, and that my be my current favorite. I tend not to love things like Nestle Crunch or Hershey bars just because they don't seem to last as long, or fill you up as much.

If you can't tell, I am a chocolate fanatic. Not to say that I don't love some fruity candies. Skittles are probably tops in that category for me, because you can just stick big chaw of them in your mouth and suck out the sweet juice. Boy, do these things fuck up your teeth and cheek though!

I think I have turned the corner on peanut butter based candies. I still enjoy them, but they're not my first pick anymore (used to be addicted to peanut butter cups).

[cacomistle]

PEEPS!!!!!!!
maybe you could tell by how excited i was at the national harbor peeps store at magfest x.

[Demonstray]

Those chocolate oranges are great, but I'd have to go with Reese's Pieces for 1st place (at least for candy that's readily available).

I am a complete Reese's whore. My favourite is a toss between the above mentioned Pieces of the Reese's variety, and Reese's Big Cups.

Also, fuck yes caco! Good times.

[trunkspace]

I don't think this is necessarily a candy, but I loooooove macaroons.

so good.

In the more traditional sense, there's a Idaho Spud, which is kinda hard to come by:

Off the shelf:

Or it's more common brother ...

Basically, stuff with coconut, an peanut butter ftw.

[joe.distort]

the only fruity candy i like is Nerds. it was a sad day when DQ stopped offering them- it sounds weird but a vanilla shake with nerds is like my favorite dessert ever.

'readily available' is probably rolos or caramello

not always easy: cadbury creme eggs (but i get burnt out on them fast in season because they are soooo sweeeet), this crazy ass caramel/fudge/prailine bar at the Hyatt bakery, and smoked peanut butter and caraml squares from Lucis @ 16th and bethany home

[kareshi]

Anybody else notice the HUGE difference between an aging, chewy Butterfinger and a clean, crisp fresh one? Are there any other candy bars that are so time sensitive?
... Why does Butterfinger say "bar barra?" Are they big among Latinos? And would they not know it was a bar without the Spanish?

[Nuttz the Squirrel]

I like peppermint Aero bars.
It's delicious, of course, but I like it because it's bright green inside.

[mooniniteG]

^ Canadian exclusive.

[Eric Dude]

Speaking of Canadian exclusives, I love Caramilk bars.

[Klatrymadon]

^I dunno if you have this in the states, but it's not very similar to actual lokum. It's just this nice purple jelly stuff covered in chocolate.

There used to be these toffees called Toffos, and there were superb fruit-flavoured versions of them. I haven't seen them anywhere in years, unfortunately. I generally much prefer crisps to chocolate and candies anywho. Can we talk about crisps here too?

(I like Crunch bars as well, but I'll be fucked if I'm giving Nestle my patronage.)