Are there any truly unique snacks/candy/chocolates?

Cafe Society
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The Twinkie extinction got me thinking: there are hardly any unique snacks. Maybe because if a food is popular, other companies will copy it. So for M&Ms there are Smarties. For Crunchie there’s Violet Crumble. For Cornetto there’s Drumstick. And for Twinkies, there are http://www.lockergnome.com/news/2012/11/16/twinkie-alternatives/

So, are there any snacks that haven’t been copied? These would be great to introduce to others. How many times have you told someone to “try x, it’s great!” Only to hear “it tastes just like y”?

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Necco Wafers. I haven’t seen anyone copy this, also Drake’s Cakes and Devil Dogs which will also become extinct :eek: since they were brought out by Hostess.:frowning:
:smack: I must ask my sister in Ct. to buy up as much as she can, we will gladly take them as Christmas presents.:smiley:

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In whose Bizarro world universe are M&Ms and Smarties remotely the same?

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The UK. The Smarties there are not the same candy as the Smarties in America.

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How about Chick-O-Sticks? It’s a pretty odd candy, and I don’t know of any imitators.

Claey’s is the only company I know of that makes a horehound-flavored candy. I tasted some once, and I think I know why.

Is Almond Joy unique? There are other coconut-and-chocolate candies, but do any of them have almonds?

How about Bit-O-Honey? Oddly, there aren’t many honey-flavored candies.

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I have to defend Smarties. They date back to 1937 (in their current form, their genesis can be dated back to 1882), whereas M&M’s date back to 1941, so if anyone copied anybody M&M’s would be the perpetrator.

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Quite right.

And he’d never noticed that one of his major rivals in the UK confectionary market had been selling an identical product for decades? Pull the other one, Forrest.

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I don’t know if they taste different, but they look like the US version of Smarties to me? (I didn’t know Smarties meant a different thing in the US either.)

Having tried both, I have to say I prefer M&M’s. M&M’s also tries harder with many more flavours, while Smarties stuck to one. Did M&M’s copy their peanut butter flavour from Reese’s pieces, or was it the other way around? Hmm.

I noticed Ding Dongs look a bit like Choco Pie, a Korean snack. I’ve never tried a Ding Dong, but Choco Pies are great!

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I am flabbergasted that someone beat me to mentioning Chick-O-Sticks. Most people I know have never even heard of them.

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Only Hershey’s sell baby puke flavoured chocolate.

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You should really check out some of the treats available at your local Chinese, Indian, Japanese, or Thai groceries. Some of them are very, very different from what you’ve listed in this thread so far.

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Good pick - I love those sticks!

A candy store near where I used to live, near Sequoia National Park, made some. Never tasted it, but I’m sure other small candy companies or stores make some.

Bit-O-Honey is another good pick. I’ve never seen anything quite like it.

Mary Janes, maybe?

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No, US Smarties are sour, non-chocolate, and have concave curves as opposed to the convex curves of an M&M. Completely different concepts, except for the general “candy pill” format.

No, that looks like a Moon Pie. Ding Dongs are just chocolate cake filled with cream and dipped in chocolate.

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Circus peanuts. I guess they could be regarded as a generic candy (there are multiple manufacturers), but they are definitely unique.

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Actually, that’s a good one. Hershey’s has a peculiar spoiled/sour milk taste to it that I’ve never encountered in another chocolate.

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I think Zero barsare pretty unique.

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Polar bars are very similar. (Or perhaps were similar - don’t know if they’re still being produced.)

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Bit-O-Peanut Butter. (Which, of course, was made by the same company…)

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Pez and the dispenser.

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What about those old Ice Cubes chocolates? I used to love those, but haven’t been able to find anything else resembling them.