Before yesterday’s post I never really focused on how many candies are out there. Since yesterday’s post I think of nothing but how many candies are out there. It turns out 2019 shall be The Year Of The Two Part Candy Post.
marketing committee brainstorming
1. Airheads: the delicious alternative to tooth extraction
2. Baby Ruth: okay, we know it looks like poop…
3. Boston Baked Beans: seriously, guys? we’re REALLY naming it this??
4. Bottle Caps: Wonka made us include root beer
5. Candy Buttons: pocket sized sugar pellets
6. Candy Necklace: fashion statement at 6:00pm, slobbery mess by 8:00
7. Chick-O-Stick: mystery candy
8. Chocolate Malt Balls: the cost efficient candy (you’ll never run out because nobody eats them. ever.)
9. Chuckles: it’s not our fault they named that stupid clown Chuckles
10. Conversation Hearts: for people who take their cliches with that chalky aftertaste
11. Everlasting Gobstopper: it’s a two hour commitment
12. Fun Dip: mmm, SUGAR
13. Gumdrops: bonus points for eating the spice ones
14. Gummi Bears: delightful and SQUISHY. watch their heads mush up and down!
15. Hershey’s Kiss: for the kid who likes a mountain of trash
16. Hershey’s Nuggets: if you like ’em chunky
17. Jujubes: you think you want fruit chewies but these will do
18. Lemonhead: the best pucker you’ll ever have
19. M&Ms: you’ll end up eating a hundred
20. Peanut M&Ms: yes, they’re bigger, you’ll still end up eating a hundred
21. Mike and Ike: candy you thought you hated but actually don’t
22. Milk Duds: chocolate. caramel. duh.
23. Nerds: voted most likely to spill on a downhill slope
24. Nips: your wintertime treat
25: Now and Later: the square jawbreaker
26. Pixie Stix: because mainlining sugar is efficient
27. Red Vines: Twizzlers Lite
28. Reese’s Pieces: E.T. phone home!
29. Ring Pops: getting stuck in kids’ hair since 1979
30. Sixlets: not an M&M, but close enough
31. Skittles: only serial killers mix their colors. don’t be a serial killer.
32. Sour Patch Kids: just disregard the slightly unsettling cannibalistic aspect
33. Starburst: pro tip – date someone who hates your favorite flavor
34. Tootsie Pops: we only look like a Blow Pop
35. Twix: cookie 2.0
36. Wax Bottles: for the discriminating palate
37. Wax Lips: if you just need some peace and quiet for half an hour…
38. Werther’s Original: keep a stash and win over the geriatric crowd
39. York Peppermint Pattie: No time to brush? Enjoy this sharp minty taste with a chocolate chaser.
40. Whoppers: sure, they taste like cardboard but they’re covered in chocolate, take it or leave it
Oh Laura, I LOLed and LOLed! My favorite was “15. Hershey’s Kiss: for the kid who likes a mountain of trash” Great post! 😀
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Also “Hershey’s Kiss: ranked #1 in hardest to hide the evidence when you’ve eaten an entire bowl”. Bwahahahaha!!
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SO true!
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I am now suffering from a sugar overdose.
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Ah, the power of the written word. 😉
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Wonder if Chick-O-Stick is related to the old Chicken Dinner candy bar?
There are also the classic candies that only appera at Halloween, including Bit O’Honey and Mary Janes, Dum Dum pops, and BB Bats (don’t ask me, I just remember them). And what of Jujyfruits?
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Couldn’t do Jujyfruits because I know I’ve tried them but can’t for the life of me remember how they differed from jujubes or other gummy goodies. Didn’t know dum dums were a Halloween thing, it feels like they’re always floating around, andI haven’t heard of BB Bats at all. Seems like candy knowledge can never be complete!
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My mistake, just saw the Ju-Jubes. 😊
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But we don’t have Wine Gums. Are they chewy candies that taste like wine? Because their name sounds like chewy candies that taste like wine and that sounds fabulous. 🙂
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Yes they are chewy and have a kind of wine flavour with a hint of soap. I’m not doing them justice with this explanation, because they taste way better than I just described. 😊
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I hope so because that “hint of soap” thing… 😆😆😆
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Have you ever seen or heard of soap candy? They were tiny little gum drops, not chewy but not super hard and they tasted like fruit flavoured soap.
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Now it feels like you must be kidding me. People choose to eat something that tastes like soap?? Even fruit flavored soap tastes kind of like…well, SOAP. 😆
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Maybe that’s why they were never a big hit. Now I’m curious though if they’re still around. 😊
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That is a long candy list. 😊 I noticed two of favourites missing, maybe you don’t have them where you are. Wine Gums and Ju-Jubes.
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thanks for taking your personal time to help us with this research. I have to happily admit that I’ve never tried a ‘chick-o-stick’, they terrify me.
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Honestly, the name alone…bwahahahaha!!!
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You are the Professor of Candy. Please tell me you have a secret draw full of many of these.
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Usually no. But we moved into a neighborhood that gets lots of trick or treaters so I bought TONS of candy then there was a tornado watch and severe thunderstorm warning and then the severe thunderstorm itself…big bad weather meant next to no kiddos means I’ve got BOWLS of candy now. Sheesh.
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I think I got diabetes reading this, but in a good way. Going to raid the pantry 🍫
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I know the feeling. We had big storms pass through here last night so there’s a MOUNTAIN of candy in my dining room. No idea how we’re gonna solve that problem without rotting our teeth away. 😉
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A problem you have to eat your way out of, is the best kind of problem. Shame they don’t come around more often.
Candy Mount Sugar Rushmore! I don’t know what it looks like in reality but my mind is painting a delicious picture.
If only cavities/tooth decay took holidays off.
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Well, if your mind is painting a picture of two giant overflowing bowls plus three grocery bags of the “backup” candy then you’ve got the gist. 😆
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You had me at back up candy. That kind of preparedness brings tears to my eyes. (insert tears of joy emoji,, cos I can’t find it lol)
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You have done very extensive research into the candy world. 👍😀
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I know more than any one person should… 😆
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Seems so. Probably practical research.
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