Topic: CANDY (Read 12715 times)

yyler · « **Reply #80 on:** December 20, 2009, 03:47:54 AM »

First, I'd like to say I forgot about some things with regards to gummy candy. Fresh gummy bears, when you can bite through them like pasta (as norondor said in real life) are decent. So, too, are Swedish Fish. They are too delicious to discount on the basis of being gummy candy.

Now and Laters I like alright, but I don't think they are that good. Even when I was like, 4, I thought of them as hard candy for old people. It's kind of a novel concept, in a way. I don't really like how the sugar scratches your tongue, or how well you can bend them into shapes, because if you do that your fingers get sticky. They are pretty FTE but in a strange way. I'd have to eat some to really know why.

Frocto · « **Reply #81 on:** December 20, 2009, 04:13:07 AM »

confirming what niku said about hai-chu

Joxam · « **Reply #82 on:** December 20, 2009, 11:07:57 AM »

I like them one at a time.

Catloaf · « **Reply #83 on:** December 20, 2009, 01:07:33 PM »

I don't like gummy candy. I much prefer swedish fish type consistency which I believe is achieved by making a gummy but leaving out the gelatin.

Now and Laters: "Oh, this is okay... FUCK THIS IS DISGUSTING! AAUGH I CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY MOUTH!!... Oh, there we go, that took care of that loose tooth."

VgameT · « **Reply #84 on:** December 20, 2009, 03:57:33 PM »

anyone who eats starburst when mamba are available is truly a fool of fools

jsnlxndrlv · « **Reply #85 on:** December 20, 2009, 07:29:39 PM »

What the hell's a Mamba?

As for Now & Laters, my store used to carry "Now & Laters Soft" which was a softer, chewier version. They're like Starburst, except superior.

sei · « **Reply #86 on:** December 20, 2009, 07:38:50 PM »

Quote from: Newbie on December 20, 2009, 07:29:39 PM

a softer, chewier version. They're like Starburst, except superior.

So, you mean like Hi-Chew.

jsnlxndrlv · « **Reply #87 on:** December 20, 2009, 07:51:34 PM »

...perhaps?

I think the most important quality in a candy may be proximity. Hi-Chews may be delicious but I've never even heard of them prior to this thread, much less encountered them in a store. Starburst may disregard subtlety or balance in favor of a hard little chunk of almost-taffy, but at least it's available in any city in a 200 mile radius of my current location.

Speaking of Starburst, Disposable Ninja is correct: pink is superior. Red is too powerful and the sourness yyler complained of comes through too much. Pink has the best balance.

I really like Reese's Peanut-Butter Cups, but they have too many weaknesses: they crush easily, melt in your pocket, get chocolate on your hands, and fester on the shelf. They're prone to developing a greasy circle on the upper surface, and they're more easily compromised by the devil-may-care atmosphere prevalent in the average convenience store. In some sort of perfect-candy afterlife, I'd agree that RPBCs are best, but in our imperfect world, they're rarely the best option.

yyler · « **Reply #88 on:** December 20, 2009, 08:06:18 PM »

Eugh, you buy candy at convenience stores? Is everyone doing this?

jsnlxndrlv · « **Reply #89 on:** December 20, 2009, 08:30:28 PM »

Convenience stores, supermarkets, dollar stores, drug stores, and (maybe once every three or four years) candy stores. When I buy candy for myself, those are the places I get it, and it's entirely determined by what else I'm doing at the moment.

yyler · « **Reply #90 on:** December 20, 2009, 08:32:10 PM »

Okay, well, the only proper way to get RPBC is via buying 24 of them in a bag, or 8(?) on a platter, in the candy aisle. Usually the platter size has better kept RPBC, but it's hard to not buy the 24 loose pack.

Lady Duke · « **Reply #91 on:** December 20, 2009, 08:34:02 PM »

Pink is the grossest starburst. I hate banana, watermelon, and strawberry artificial flavoring. They all make me wanna puke. Forever.

Walker · « **Reply #92 on:** December 20, 2009, 08:41:14 PM »

I was never a huge fan of Starbursts.

I greatly prefer Skittles.

Alex · « **Reply #93 on:** December 20, 2009, 08:57:17 PM »

Starburst jelly beans are great, aside from those fucking green apple ones.

Walker · « **Reply #94 on:** December 20, 2009, 09:17:25 PM »

I never cared for jelly beans either.

Lady Duke · « **Reply #95 on:** December 20, 2009, 09:28:50 PM »

Jelly beans are terrible. Also, I think gummy candies are terrible.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #96 on:** December 20, 2009, 09:49:37 PM »

All the hate on Twizzlers in this thread has given me a major craving for Twizzlers Cherry Pull & Peel, aka the greatest candy known to man.

Niku · « **Reply #97 on:** December 20, 2009, 10:17:43 PM »

Quote from: Newbie on December 20, 2009, 07:51:34 PM

...perhaps?

I think the most important quality in a candy may be proximity. Hi-Chews may be delicious but I've never even heard of them prior to this thread, much less encountered them in a store. Starburst may disregard subtlety or balance in favor of a hard little chunk of almost-taffy, but at least it's available in any city in a 200 mile radius of my current location.

WHAT A MAGICAL WORLD WE LIVE IN

yyler · « **Reply #98 on:** December 20, 2009, 10:19:00 PM »

There is a candy my friend likes that for some reason everyone is convinced is flavored like breast milk, and I think it really could be

Niku · « **Reply #99 on:** December 20, 2009, 10:19:45 PM »

Quote from: Walker on December 20, 2009, 08:41:14 PM

I was never a huge fan of Starbursts.

I greatly prefer Skittles.

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