# Are there any truly unique snacks/candy/chocolates? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 17, 2012, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288 "2012-11-17T06:38:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/21 "2012-11-17T17:16:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Bit-O-Peanut Butter. (Which, of course, was made by the same company…) Seriously? I think I just came in my pants… ---
**Author:** ![Dioptre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@Dioptre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dioptre)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/22 "2012-11-17T17:59:54Z")
Musk sticks? Most people outside of Australia don’t even know Musk is a flavor, let alone try to imitate it … ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/23 "2012-11-17T19:24:21Z")
They’re not unique but apparently Reese’s has some secret for making peanut butter cups that taste good. I once made the mistake of buying a Russell Stover peanut butter cup. It was so awful I threw half of it out. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/24 "2012-11-17T19:26:27Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > They’re not unique but apparently Reese’s has some secret for making peanut butter cups that taste good. I once made the mistake of buying a Russell Stover peanut butter cup. It was so awful I threw half of it out. That’s the candy company for dieters. It’s a treat that’s also a punishment. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/25 "2012-11-17T20:33:52Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > What about those old Ice Cubes chocolates? I used to love those, but haven’t been able to find anything else resembling them. There’s at least one other brand with the same flavour and texture - they’re not cube shaped (they look like peanut butter cups, with foil wrappers), but otherwise they’re the same. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/26 "2012-11-17T21:23:23Z")
[Big Hunk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Hunk)? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/27 "2012-11-17T21:36:22Z")
Does anybody besides Canfield’s make a diet chocolate soda? Are they even in business any more? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/28 "2012-11-17T21:51:30Z")
[Nut Goodie](http://www.pearsonscandy.com/nutgoodie.aspx) bars - milk chocolate, peanuts and a maple filled center. They were one of my favorites as a kid. Hard to find (I don’t think I’ve ever seen them in a store in KC) - every now and again my mom finds them and sends me a box. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/29 "2012-11-17T21:53:00Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > 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. I can’t pinpoint the source but I once read an article saying that was intentional on the part of Hershey’s. Supposedly when the company was developing their milk chocolate bar over 100 years ago, there was the belief that American consumers wouldn’t buy a chocolate bar that was too chocolately. That’s why the Hershey Bar has a cheesy taste to it. (That’s also why I think Hershey’s dark chocolate Special Bars taste a lot better.) As for unique candies, what about [Tootsie Pops](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tootsie_Pops)? Or the unfortunately-named [Charm’s Blow Pop](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charms_Blow_Pops)? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/30 "2012-11-17T23:10:57Z")
Chick-o-Stick is pretty much the same thing as Zagnut. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/31 "2012-11-17T23:12:37Z")
[Zotz](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZotZ_(candy)). (There is a mention of Zotosies that are similar, but no evidence they actually exist outside of a Wikipedia citation.) ---
**Author:** ![Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashley_Pomeroy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/32 "2012-11-17T23:30:04Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > The Twinkie extinction got me thinking: there are hardly any unique snacks. You’d have to find something that’s either extremely hard to make, or very unsuccessful, or restricted to a tiny regional or ethnic market. Or the recipe is complicated enough that it can be successfully protected by intellectual property laws. The problem is that snack food is generally a low-margin, commodity product, which means that it has to sell in huge quantities and be cheap to produce. Which is why snack foods are basically very similar, and all the effort goes into the marketing. Really, unique snack foods are a bit like rare elements of the periodic table; they exist, but their half-lives are so short that they disappeared from the natural environment billions of years ago, and nowadays they only exist in the lab or very briefly in the heart of stars. Very briefly, in the heart of stars. That’s where love comes from, don’t you know? It’s generated in the heart of stars. It exists very briefly. And it powers the world. I was going to mention Peperami - the meaty pork snack that’s 44% pure fat - but apparently it’s not just sold in the UK, it’s popular in Germany as well, and according to Wikipedia’s article there are similar products (mainly sold in Germany, where they love pigs and also solidly-built women). In my opinion _Very Briefly, in the Heart of Stars_ would be a great name for an album by a female singer-songwriter with a pixie girl voice e.g. Joanna Newsom. Or it would be a good signature block. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/33 "2012-11-17T23:38:38Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > Only Hershey’s sell baby puke flavoured chocolate. I (almost) hesitate to ask about your basis for comparison. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![snuffleupagus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@snuffleupagus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snuffleupagus)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/34 "2012-11-17T23:44:10Z")
Nerds? ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/35 "2012-11-17T23:46:31Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > What about those old Ice Cubes chocolates? I used to love those, but haven’t been able to find anything else resembling them. Try [here](http://www.oldtimecandy.com/ice-cubes.htm), the same company that **Jeff Lichtman** linked above. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/36 "2012-11-18T00:13:03Z")
> [@hrhomer](#): > > 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. I was comparing them to Necco Wafers. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/37 "2012-11-18T00:13:12Z")
Crunchy Frog Spring Surprise ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/38 "2012-11-18T00:41:30Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > I was comparing them to Necco Wafers. Necco Wafers are, at least to my taste buds, incredibly tasteless and chalky. Smarties taste more like powdery SweeTarts, though less strong. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/39 "2012-11-18T00:44:00Z")
[Seven Up](http://www.candywrappermuseum.com/sevenup.html). [Chunky](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9_Chunky). ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/40 "2012-11-18T00:47:42Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Bit-O-Peanut Butter. (Which, of course, was made by the same company…) > [@hrhomer](#): > > Seriously? I think I just came in my pants… [Commercial](http://www.frequency.com/video/60s-bit-o-honey/16537122). Apparently they also made Bit-O-Chocolate and Bit o’ Licorice bars, but I don’t remember ever seeing those… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288.md?page=3)