# Almond Joy (and other wonderful cheap candies) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almond-joy-and-other-wonderful-cheap-candies/766016 "2016-09-15T17:03:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almond-joy-and-other-wonderful-cheap-candies/766016/61 "2016-09-17T00:48:23Z")
OK, answering the OP’s question about what candy bars taste “gourmet” to me, as opposed to listing my favorite candy bars, I’d have to agree with those who nominate Skor. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almond-joy-and-other-wonderful-cheap-candies/766016/62 "2016-09-17T01:56:20Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Guess what Chick-O-Stick is covered with? 😃 > > I hate coconut but I’ll still eat Chick-O-Stick. Yup, I know. Luckily it’s toasted and completely subsumed by the peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almond-joy-and-other-wonderful-cheap-candies/766016/63 "2016-09-17T03:10:06Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Meanwhile, _Petit Ecoliers_ aren’t wildly expensive, and they’re even French! When they were made (or just distributed?) in the US they were made (same caveat) next door to where I worked. Every time I went into their outlet shop there’d be some truckdriver asking if they had any “Schoolboys” that day. > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > When I lived in Minnesota, I loved Forever Yours bars–vanilla nougat and caramel covered with dark chocolate. > > Fast forward 20 years. The local store has Milky Way Dark bars. I read the wrapper. “That’s a Forever Yours” I say to the counter man. He gives me one, and I gobble it down, telling him about Forever Yours bars. Then I buy a dozen. > > My absolute most favorite cheap candy. They are now called Milky Way Midnight, but they are just as good. Wife tried to force a third of one on me–it was hot and I was driving so a candy bar was a bad idea–and all I could say was, “That’s a Forever Yours.” They’ve always been her favorites, so if she weren’t diabetic daughter and I wouldn’t have gotten our thirds. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almond-joy-and-other-wonderful-cheap-candies/766016/64 "2016-09-17T17:35:59Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Little Debbie’s Nutty Bars. Buy a whole box of them for less then $2. These and Star Crunches. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almond-joy-and-other-wonderful-cheap-candies/766016/65 "2016-09-17T18:22:21Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > If you can find them, [Bounty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_(chocolate_bar)) is the _ne plus ultra_ of candy bars (if you like coconut). It’s like Mounds, but light chocolate, and the coconut is more _ **there** _ than Mounds. Dark chocolate Bounty is the one I prefer over the milk version. I used to like various Cadbury things until Kraft shat all over the formula Another shout out for Little Debby – I hit them and Tastykakes up when I go back to the States. Other than them, though, I can’t stand the taste or scent of American/Hershey’s chocolate anymore. Smells just like sour milk/vomit now; terrible taste. ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almond-joy-and-other-wonderful-cheap-candies/766016/66 "2016-09-18T05:45:58Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > When I was a kid, the local Sears store had a candy counter and my favorite was what they called “coconut haystacks”, which was chocolate-covered coconut. They sell a similar bagged sweet around here in the 75 cents/2 for $1 racks that’s coconut with a sort of vanilla candy goo coating. I love 'em, but only have a bag or two a month. My fav candy bar varies from day to day – it’s usually Reese’s or Milky Way, but sometimes I feel more like having a 5th Ave, or a Mounds. Guilty pleasure time: I occasionally enjoy _Circus Peanuts_, which are among the least-liked candies in the USA. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almond-joy-and-other-wonderful-cheap-candies/766016/67 "2016-09-18T19:15:00Z")
I don’t eat candy very often, so I make it count. My lifelong favorite, by far, is **Snickers**. Close second place- **Butterfinger** Backups: **Almond Joy** **Caramello** **Mars** (now **Snickers Almond** in USA) ---
**Author:** ![peptastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@peptastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peptastic)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almond-joy-and-other-wonderful-cheap-candies/766016/68 "2016-09-18T19:43:05Z")
I find anything reeses to be addicting because of the peanut butter. It isn’t the chocolate that makes reeses so delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almond-joy-and-other-wonderful-cheap-candies/766016/69 "2016-09-22T06:27:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Necco wafers. Even the licorice ones are good. God bless you. I LOVE Neccos and nobody in my family or circle of acquaintances understands why. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almond-joy-and-other-wonderful-cheap-candies/766016.md?page=3)