Comments on: Dia de los Muertos/All Saints Day quiz

By: Historiann

Historiann — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:20:31 +0000

Hi, Dr. V.!

I agree with you (and whoever upthread suggested the nasty PB taffies in the first place.) They’re a pretty crappy candy, especially considering that most peanut-butter candies are a cut above the sugary masses (Reese’s PB Cups, Reese’s Pieces, etc.)

By: Dr. Virago

Dr. Virago — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:18:18 +0000

Huh. I’ve never even *seen* circus peanuts, though I think I’ve read references to them. I had to Google them. I’d probably hate them, as I hate candy corn, too (though the suggestion to mix them with salty *real* nuts has me intrigued). I’m not sure I’ve ever had a Necco wafer, either, but at least I’ve heard of them.

But for worst, I’m voting with those of you who suggested and voted for those hard-as-a-rock peanut butter chews in the black and orange wrappers. Those things *sucked*.

By: Indyanna

Indyanna — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 02:48:48 +0000

Almond Joy was from the company, long ago gobbled up by a corporate raider, that used to send me small sample boxes of product at Christmas to generate sugar-haze meltdowns and extract fillings between dental visits. I actually liked the Mounds better. And who wouldn’t like those little packs of Walnetos? I’m now remembering a kind of candy that was little squared layers of pastel colors joined by layers of I guess sludge. Hard to describe in the universe of junk, but the staler they got, the better I liked them.

By: Sweet Sue

Sweet Sue — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:28:03 +0000

I love the taste of coconut and real, toasted coconut but I hate the weird, gummy stuff in candies, like Almond Joy. Shudder.
Also, add my name to the list of jelly candy haters.

By: Feminist Avatar

Feminist Avatar — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 08:21:32 +0000

This is like reading a foreign language. I think the only thing I can identify is haribo sweets and candy cigarettes, which also tasted like chalk in the UK.

By: Tenured Radical

Tenured Radical — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:39:16 +0000

Oh yeah — and how about wax lips?????

By: Tenured Radical

Tenured Radical — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:38:33 +0000

Mike and Ikes. Yecccchhhhh.

By: Historiann

Historiann — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:00:42 +0000

Candy pills! They kind of sucked, but they were irresistable.

I’ve noticed that they call those “candy buttons” now. I guess it’s not cool any longer to suggest to children that medication is “like candy!”

By: Western Dave

Western Dave — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:54:30 +0000

Yes, Fun Dip = Lik-m-aid. I always had trouble with pixie sticks because I would get the paper all wet and then the sugar wouldn’t come out.

I also loved sugar dots (the colored ones that came on paper and you peeled them off but ate a lot of paper that stuck to the back).

By: Ruth

Ruth — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:05:41 +0000

I loved those pink wintergreen things. Also candy corn.