[Fatty Duckets]

I consider myself a candy pro. Unfortunately, I have the dental work to back it up. These two choices below are the bomb. Please do give them a try


Nerd Clusters are A+
https://www.target.com/p/nerds-gummy...E&gclsrc=aw.ds

Snickers Peanut Butter Squares
https://www.snickers.com/products/ch...ar-356-oz-bars

[Tyga11]

Dark chocolate for me. Minimum 80% cacao or I won’t eat it.

I also like sour patch kids

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Heath was in my original list. Not a filling-removal device in my book though. MJ and BoH just weren't in my wheel house.

Now, if you have a bad tooth, Big Hunk <drops mic, and a few teeth>

[translux]

Nothing like REAL Jelly Babies

[chassis]

My usual lunch place has mini dumdums at the register.

Butterscotch and root beer ftw!

Chart showing votes for favorite dumdum flavors, on dumdumpops.com

[Sara]

Apparently I'm not the only one. Went to the grocery store this morning and they were sold out of nerds I guess I'll add them to my registry

[infinitekidM2C]

Originally Posted by Tyga11

Dark chocolate for me. Minimum 80% cacao or I won’t eat it.

I also like sour patch kids

60-65% is my "sweet" spot. you do you though

[chassis]

Latest faves:

Turkish delight in various flavors
Chocolate truffles
Squares of quality chocolate
Mixed nougat, Middle Eastern style

[bosstones]

I don't normally buy candy outside of Halloween but I'm a sucker for anything caramel or toffee. Those Chuppa Chups lollipops at Springhill Suites are addictive, too.

[DocL]

Glad to see you guys are supporting your local dentist. It's too bad none of you seem to live close to my office.

[floridaorange]

Originally Posted by bosstones

I don't normally buy candy outside of Halloween but I'm a sucker for anything caramel or toffee. Those Chuppa Chups lollipops at Springhill Suites are addictive, too.

Normally I’m the same, toffee or peanut butter & chocolate - like that pb snickers = savory + sweet, I can’t have that stuff around or I’ll devour it…

These strawberry-spicy chewy candies from Mex I ordered are pretty good, definitely unusual which is nice.

Odering the those Jelly Babies.

If you haven’t had sour patch jelly beans yet - they are great.

[wtwo3]

Brought back some chocolates from the Dominican.

They're.... ok. Not bad but nothing special. I guess the Dominican isn't known for chocolate.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by DocL

Glad to see you guys are supporting your local dentist. It's too bad none of you seem to live close to my office.

As long as I can get my nitrous, I’m good.

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by wtwo3

Brought back some chocolates from the Dominican.

They're.... ok. Not bad but nothing special. I guess the Dominican isn't known for chocolate.

It's hard to judge the chocolate itself when the product is a milk chocolate. My experience is that it takes a fairly high percentage of cocoa solids before you're getting what the chocolate has to offer - say, 60%+ or so. Not everyone likes dark chocolate, though, so it's a matter of personal taste.

I'm no expert, but the top Venezuelan cacao is being grown only 600 miles south of the DR's main growing region. That would suggest the DR's chocolate could be very good.

We lived in Venezuela when I was a kid, and once my dad discovered the chocolate available there, he made a pan of fudge about once a month. Compared to the Hershey bars we'd had in the States, the Venezuelan stuff was incredible. I still favor bars made from that country's chocolate over all others.

If you ever want to try a sampling of high-quality dark chocolates from around the world, this outfit has a package that's worth a try: https://www.burdickchocolate.com/single-source-bar-set. No affiliation - just a satisfied customer!

[dradernh]

This is another favorite dark chocolate bar of mine; it's from a Swiss manufacturer using Bolivian cacao:

[wtwo3]

Originally Posted by dradernh

It's hard to judge the chocolate itself when the product is a milk chocolate. My experience is that it takes a fairly high percentage of cocoa solids before you're getting what the chocolate has to offer - say, 60%+ or so. Not everyone likes dark chocolate, though, so it's a matter of personal taste.

I'm no expert, but the top Venezuelan cacao is being grown only 600 miles south of the DR's main growing region. That would suggest the DR's chocolate could be very good.

We lived in Venezuela when I was a kid, and once my dad discovered the chocolate available there, he made a pan of fudge about once a month. Compared to the Hershey bars we'd had in the States, the Venezuelan stuff was incredible. I still favor bars made from that country's chocolate over all others.

If you ever want to try a sampling of high-quality dark chocolates from around the world, this outfit has a package that's worth a try: https://www.burdickchocolate.com/single-source-bar-set. No affiliation - just a satisfied customer!

I'll have to check it out! Other issue was we picked these up from the airport so I'm sure there are better quality chocolates available elsewhere in the country.