Have we reached the pinnacle of candy making?

[manowar821]

You guys are nerds. I'm one to talk, though.

 

[surfsatwerk]

All the best candy was created a long time ago, Twin Bing and Cherry Mash for example.

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: HopJokey

Originally posted by: Geekbabe

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Sorry, but perfection was achieved in 1930:

The Snickers bar was created by the Mars family corporation in 1930 with the name itself coming from one of their favorite horses. The Snickers candy bar is comprised of peanuts, nougat, caramel, and milk chocolate.

I'll grant that variety is good, so lesser candies might still be created to provide a change of pace.

Snickers.. hmmmm 🙂

Patrick Chewing and Adam Nougatieri agree!

Lol, I really liked this one for some reason

the feast, it's ruined

 

[oogabooga]

Originally posted by: Geekbabe

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Sorry, but perfection was achieved in 1930:

The Snickers bar was created by the Mars family corporation in 1930 with the name itself coming from one of their favorite horses. The Snickers candy bar is comprised of peanuts, nougat, caramel, and milk chocolate.

I'll grant that variety is good, so lesser candies might still be created to provide a change of pace.

Snickers.. hmmmm 🙂

:thumbsup: I could go for one right now 😀

 

[jtvang125]

Abba Zabba you're my only friend.

Strictly speaking of candy bars I have noticed this too. I guess sticking with the classics is their best bet.

 

[WA261]

Originally posted by: Cutterhead
Bring back Bonkers IMO.

Oh wow, forgot about those. Those were so damn good!!

 

[KeithTalent]

There's a sweet-ass candy store around the corneer from my work, with a tonne of unusual candies and lots of yummy US and UK snacks. There are not very many vending machines around here, so I don't see the stuff you are talking about very often.

KT

 

[I Saw OJ]

Take 5 is a recently new candy and its pretty good.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Sorry, but perfection was achieved in 1930:

The Snickers bar was created by the Mars family corporation in 1930 with the name itself coming from one of their favorite horses. The Snickers candy bar is comprised of peanuts, nougat, caramel, and milk chocolate.

I'll grant that variety is good, so lesser candies might still be created to provide a change of pace.

The string of perfection was continued when they created Snickers Ice Cream Bars. Man, I think I could eat those until I vomit, which is why I can never buy them again. 🙁

 

[wiredspider]

Food from a vending machine is questionable. I would probably not try something new from a vending machine, I wouldn't know if it is suppose to taste like that or not.

 

[Leros]

They make a bunch of crappy "new" candies aimed at kids. Basically the same old candy repackaged in a different shape.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Originally posted by: wiredspider
Food from a vending machine is questionable. I would probably not try something new from a vending machine, I wouldn't know if it is suppose to taste like that or not.

I'm sorry but, that is just sad. You sound like some of my customers who are literally unable to eat at my buffet unless there's a sign telling them what it is. Does it taste good? Eat it. Does it taste bad? Don't eat it. Why do so many require a label, expiration date and, a national food chain to tell them something's alright to eat?

 

[herkulease]

Reese's Fastbreak is fairly new, this decade I believe. It seems like Dark Chocolate is the recent craze.

At some point though we'll run out of "new" candy. Maybe we have, rather it'll just new takes on something. Like Payday and Nutrageous. I swear its just a Payday covered in chocolate. the fastbreak is kinda like a snickers minus the carmel. the peanuts become peanut butter.

I don't mind though. I do love candy.

I do miss or atleast find some candies hard to find. Like a whatcamacallit. there's those Krackel's its just liek a nestle crunch. But now I only find them in those small sizes. loved it when they had the bar.

There's some Gum Drops I like. again I only find them small sizes during halloween. Its not JujyFruits branded. its something else. Yellow box. Dots?

 

[wiredspider]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer

Originally posted by: wiredspider
Food from a vending machine is questionable. I would probably not try something new from a vending machine, I wouldn't know if it is suppose to taste like that or not.

I'm sorry but, that is just sad. You sound like some of my customers who are literally unable to eat at my buffet unless there's a sign telling them what it is. Does it taste good? Eat it. Does it taste bad? Don't eat it. Why do so many require a label, expiration date and, a national food chain to tell them something's alright to eat?

Nah, just giving a reason why they aren't likely to be carrying new stuff in a vending machine where the OP says he was looking for new candy.

What kind of mystery dishes are you are serving at your buffet that people can't even tell what it is? 😛 Anyway, at a buffet I would try it and not get any more if it tasted bad, I pay the same either way. Get a nasty candy from the vending machine, you are stuck with the nasty candy bar or pay for another one.

 

[arrfep]

Originally posted by: Cutterhead
Bring back Bonkers IMO.

Some of my fondest childhood memories involve Bonkers. At some point in the late 80's, every package included a TMNT sticker. I must have bought 3 packages a week for an entire summer just to collect all the stickers. I can still remember how Bonkers smell. Ahh, simpler times...

Edit: Oh, yeah, go to Europe. I just got back from Denmark/Germany/UK a few weeks back. You'd be hard pressed to find any sort of Powerbar or granola type snack in the convenience stores, but holy cow do they have assloads of candy. Most places had an entire wall dedicated to Haribo gummi candies alone. The chocolates were all phenomenal, shit's made w/o HFCS and whatnot.

Oh, AND in England, you can get Cadbury creme eggs year round.

 

[lifeobry]

Snickers is pretty badass. Twix is even more badass. So I think those cover the chocolate section nicely. Although sometimes I crave a Butterfinger. Or a 3 Musketeers. Or a 100 Grand.

Dammit I want some candy.

 

[Narynan]

Im always up for a good new candy, however the established brands are just that, BRANDS. You dont really need to advertise a Baby Ruth anymore. Same way as though even though they DO, they dont need to advertsie Coke/Pepsi.

However, I had most candy I loved as a kid. They dont really use chocolate anymore, wasn't it Hershey, or maybe Mars who made it that a chocolate is taste not a substance, so they could make it out of vegetable oil and not Coco