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What is your favorite candy bar? Mine is Reese's Peanutbutter cup. (Original Post) debm55 Sep 2023 OP
That us a reaaaaaaaaaaaal toughie, LOL! I'll go with Heath bars, but 50 Shades Of Blue Sep 2023 #1
Thank you 50 Shades. debm55 Sep 2023 #3
Heath bar Walleye Sep 2023 #2
Thank you Walleye. debm55 Sep 2023 #4
Heath, me too Captain Zero Sep 2023 #51
Zagnut underpants Sep 2023 #5
I haven't had those in a long time. thank you underpants. debm55 Sep 2023 #7
What is that? Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #17
It's a weird combination of peanut butter and coconut underpants Sep 2023 #27
Lindor Truffles bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #6
Love Lindor Truffles. Thank you debm55 Sep 2023 #8
I agree, but the OP specifically asked for "candy bars." :) n/t malthaussen Sep 2023 #75
Sander's Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels. sinkingfeeling Sep 2023 #9
Sounds very good, will have to try. Thank you, sinkingfeeling. debm55 Sep 2023 #10
Not big on candy bars nowadays EYESORE 9001 Sep 2023 #11
Thank you, Eyesore. They look good. debm55 Sep 2023 #24
Three Musketeers ... Jeebo Sep 2023 #12
Those are on my favorites list too. debm55 Sep 2023 #25
Now: Heath's Toffee Bar; then: Payday. Polly Hennessey Sep 2023 #13
I also like the Heath Toffee Bar. Thank you. Polly debm55 Sep 2023 #26
These aren't available any more. AnnaLee Sep 2023 #14
I didn't know they took them off the US market. Was there a reason? Thank you Annalee. debm55 Sep 2023 #28
I didn't know about the comebacks. AnnaLee Sep 2023 #36
That's great. Thanks for the information. debm55 Sep 2023 #39
Payday, followed by Almond Joy stopdiggin Sep 2023 #15
A like the Almond Joy. Adds a crunch to the coconut. debm55 Sep 2023 #57
Payday then Reese's Cups. Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #16
Good choices, Elessar Zappa. debm55 Sep 2023 #29
Right choices, wrong order; Reese's cups, then Payday. ;) Chainfire Sep 2023 #42
Payday..bought two today..saving for when craving hits Demovictory9 Sep 2023 #68
Kit Kat. Even better in the dark chocolate variety. Ziggysmom Sep 2023 #18
Ziggy, forgot about Kit Kat. I like in the milk chocolate. debm55 Sep 2023 #31
Snickers. Mr.Bill Sep 2023 #19
Good choices, Mr, Bill debm55 Sep 2023 #32
Take 5 and Chocolate Paydays. MenloParque Sep 2023 #20
Paydays are yummy. debm55 Sep 2023 #33
Mounds. Golden Raisin Sep 2023 #21
Yes, Mounds is a good choice. debm55 Sep 2023 #34
Power House (1950s) Chipper Chat Sep 2023 #22
Chipper, Snickers is great. debm55 Sep 2023 #38
It's a tossup Alliepoo Sep 2023 #23
Both great choices. debm55 Sep 2023 #37
Eh, all of them? I have always maintained a bowl of candy bars (and no particular favorite, just SWBTATTReg Sep 2023 #30
You are so funny. debm55 Sep 2023 #35
PayDay, followed closely by 5th Avenue. Different Drummer Sep 2023 #40
Great choices, Different Drummer. debm55 Sep 2023 #56
Coffee Crisp ironflange Sep 2023 #41
Oh well. debm55 Sep 2023 #59
Ghirardelli dark chocolate. n/t GP6971 Sep 2023 #43
I like it with the raspberry filling. debm55 Sep 2023 #58
Mounds. I love the dark chocolate and cocoanut combination. Glorfindel Sep 2023 #44
Mounds are good. I like it with the almond too. debm55 Sep 2023 #60
debm55....... Upthevibe Sep 2023 #45
Love the crunch of Heath Bars. debm55 Sep 2023 #61
My favorite candy bar isn't a candy bar. beemerphill Sep 2023 #46
We have those too. AND you eat my favorite flavor. debm55 Sep 2023 #62
Hundred grand, .. surrealAmerican Sep 2023 #47
All good choices. debm55 Sep 2023 #63
Snickers Bars marked50 Sep 2023 #48
HAHAHAHAHA so true. debm55 Sep 2023 #64
Toblerone ProfessorGAC Sep 2023 #49
Are they the Italian nuggets. Because I love them. debm55 Sep 2023 #55
No, It's A Swiss Chocolate ProfessorGAC Sep 2023 #69
Reese's peanut butter cups for me, too. Any size. 3catwoman3 Sep 2023 #50
I have seen them. Too much for me. debm55 Sep 2023 #54
Payday, with the occasional Butterfinger a close second . . . hatrack Sep 2023 #52
I love Butterfingers. YUMMY debm55 Sep 2023 #53
The problem is the aftermath, involving pry bars to get the fragments off your teeth . . . hatrack Sep 2023 #66
So true debm55 Sep 2023 #67
I'm spoiled by these things called bark-thins... Rizen Sep 2023 #65
Three way tie DFW Sep 2023 #70
Ice Cubes GoodRaisin Sep 2023 #71
Ooh yeah those are good. we can do it Sep 2023 #73
Also Reese's Peanut Butter cup. area51 Sep 2023 #72
Snickers. With almonds, if I can get them... malthaussen Sep 2023 #74
Apropos, does anybody remember the "No Jelly" candy bar that had a brief life in the '70s? malthaussen Sep 2023 #76
Besides the solid 72%, 85% Good Dark Chocolate Bars.. electric_blue68 Sep 2023 #77
When I can find them, Ritter Sport Chocolate bars. Wolf Frankula Sep 2023 #78

50 Shades Of Blue

(11,337 posts)
1. That us a reaaaaaaaaaaaal toughie, LOL! I'll go with Heath bars, but
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 10:18 AM
Sep 2023

Reese's peanut butter cups and Almond Joys are right behind them!

underpants

(194,960 posts)
27. It's a weird combination of peanut butter and coconut
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 12:05 PM
Sep 2023

Corn syrup, sugar, peanut butter, dextrose, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (coconut, palm kernel, palm, soybean, and cottonseed), soy lecithin, salt, …

bucolic_frolic

(54,064 posts)
6. Lindor Truffles
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 10:27 AM
Sep 2023

or Mozart Balls

Not that I have either very often. Usually my chocolate is semi-sweetened drops for cooking

EYESORE 9001

(29,459 posts)
11. Not big on candy bars nowadays
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 10:43 AM
Sep 2023

although I have been known to pilfer a peanut butter cup or two around Halloween.

I have one of these most days as a snack:



Technically not a candy bar, but it’s a good alternative IMO.

Jeebo

(2,551 posts)
12. Three Musketeers ...
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 10:50 AM
Sep 2023

I always buy a bag of Three Musketeers minis for Halloween because I'll have to eat them myself if I don't give them all away. Second choice is Tootsie Rolls.

-- Ron

AnnaLee

(1,353 posts)
14. These aren't available any more.
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 10:56 AM
Sep 2023

But the best ever was the Mars bar. My husband gave up candy bars, except occasionally splitting a Snickers, when they were taken off the US market. Later in life he accepted Hersey's chocolates.

Much to my surprise I like Reece's pieces but not near as much as that old Mars Bar.

debm55

(55,852 posts)
28. I didn't know they took them off the US market. Was there a reason? Thank you Annalee.
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 12:05 PM
Sep 2023

AnnaLee

(1,353 posts)
36. I didn't know about the comebacks.
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 12:30 PM
Sep 2023

We didn't shop at Walmart and I don't buy candy at Amazon. He died last year.

The American version of the Mars candy bar was discontinued in 2002, before returning to production in 2010 as an initially Walmart exclusive product, only to be discontinued in 2011. However, the American version of Mars went into production again as of September 2017 by Ethel M Chocolates, a gourmet chocolate subsidiary of Mars, Inc. Ethel M Chocolates is selling the original version of the American Mars through both its stores in the United States, as well as Amazon.


https://www.snackhistory.com/mars-bar/#:~:text=The%20American%20version%20of%20the,to%20be%20discontinued%20in%202011.]

stopdiggin

(15,037 posts)
15. Payday, followed by Almond Joy
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 11:01 AM
Sep 2023

Snickers is never wrong. And then if someone (not naming names) buys a bag of miniature Hersheys around Christmas time - dibs on all the dark chocolates.

SWBTATTReg

(26,053 posts)
30. Eh, all of them? I have always maintained a bowl of candy bars (and no particular favorite, just
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 12:07 PM
Sep 2023

those candy bars that happened to be on sale at the time).

They haven't made a choc. candy bar yet that I'll stay away from! Ha ha heh.

Upthevibe

(10,032 posts)
45. debm55.......
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 03:59 PM
Sep 2023

Heath Bars but I also LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Reeses Pieces!

Whenever I go to the movies, I treat myself to a bagful of those.

beemerphill

(599 posts)
46. My favorite candy bar isn't a candy bar.
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 04:05 PM
Sep 2023

My favorite candy bar is a Nature Valley Oats and Honey. I still like the chocolate bars (Hershey, ReesesCup, M&Ms, etc.), but have gone to having Oats and Honey when the urge for candy hits.

surrealAmerican

(11,739 posts)
47. Hundred grand, ..
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 04:27 PM
Sep 2023

... Kit Kat, almond joy, heath bar, take five, mallow cup - probably one of those.

marked50

(1,558 posts)
48. Snickers Bars
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 05:27 PM
Sep 2023

They have all the nutrition you need for a day of pure sugar overload and peanuts

ProfessorGAC

(75,859 posts)
49. Toblerone
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 05:54 PM
Sep 2023

Since those are hard to find, I'll settle for Hershey's Symphony with toffee & almonds. (A poor man's Toblerone)
For the stuff we see regularly advertised, Twix & Baby Ruth.

ProfessorGAC

(75,859 posts)
69. No, It's A Swiss Chocolate
Wed Sep 27, 2023, 05:55 AM
Sep 2023

They're a triangular bar, that's segmented so you break off one thin triangle at a time.
Super rich & creamy.

3catwoman3

(28,606 posts)
50. Reese's peanut butter cups for me, too. Any size.
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 08:27 PM
Sep 2023

have you seen the really big ones that are at least the size of hockey pucks?

hatrack

(64,268 posts)
52. Payday, with the occasional Butterfinger a close second . . .
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 08:56 PM
Sep 2023

Sadly, the Marathon bar, which was my all-time favorite, hasn't been made in years.

hatrack

(64,268 posts)
66. The problem is the aftermath, involving pry bars to get the fragments off your teeth . . .
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 09:22 PM
Sep 2023

Still, worth every second of molar mining!

Rizen

(1,025 posts)
65. I'm spoiled by these things called bark-thins...
Tue Sep 26, 2023, 09:22 PM
Sep 2023

It's dark chocolate bark with pretzels.

DFW

(59,746 posts)
70. Three way tie
Wed Sep 27, 2023, 12:52 PM
Sep 2023

All have to do with white chocolate, two from Belgium, and one from Spain.

1. Blanc-café by Café-Tasse in Brussels
A bar of white chocolate with finely ground coffee running through it.
2. #8 by Wittamer (since discontinued), also in Brussels
White chocolate mixed with concentrated raspberry juice
They stopped making this#. I got the last 4 bars out of their Brussels store on the Sablon/Zavel, and brought them to my sister last summer.
3. Xocolata blanca amb fruta de passiò by Vicens in Barcelona
White chocolate with ground dried passion fruit sprinkled on top before drying

Since the bar by Wittamer is no longer in production, a decent substitute is the pink blackberry-raspberry white (now pink) chocolate bark made by Läderach in Switzerland. They now have a shop in the USA, so you can order from them online, but the Swiss franc being what it is, that stuff is EXPENSIVE, and addicting as well.

malthaussen

(18,404 posts)
74. Snickers. With almonds, if I can get them...
Thu Sep 28, 2023, 09:53 AM
Sep 2023

... but most stores don't carry six packs of that kind. Regular in that case.

Second would be Hershey's with almonds, third would be Reese's.

Clark Bars are great, too, but try finding them in the US.

-- Mal

malthaussen

(18,404 posts)
76. Apropos, does anybody remember the "No Jelly" candy bar that had a brief life in the '70s?
Thu Sep 28, 2023, 09:59 AM
Sep 2023

It was a peanut butter candy bar, and the shtick was that Peanut Butter had made it to the big time, but his g/f Jelly hadn't, so he made them name the candy bar after her.

The 70s were weird.

-- Mal

electric_blue68

(25,942 posts)
77. Besides the solid 72%, 85% Good Dark Chocolate Bars..
Fri Sep 29, 2023, 11:44 PM
Sep 2023

I also love the dark chocolate one with raspberry bits, and those with almonds.

Or Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter cups, or their dark chocolate coated almonds! They were a surprise after eating WX Reese's milk choc ones for decades. I prefer dark choc.
Butterfingers - though years ago the center core would be uneatable! Got solid. 😐
And Mounds.

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