# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/61 "2012-11-19T03:38:00Z")
[Sky Bar](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Bar)? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/62 "2012-11-19T03:45:11Z")
On the streets of of many a small town in Thailand are vendors of Thai sweets. These I find very unique. Made with natural ingredients such as banana and taro. I would venture to guess these are probably better for you than your standard chocolate, Twinkie etc goodies, but there is also probably a lot of sugar in some of them. But they’re real good, and the vendor who set up in the evening in my town up in the North when I lived there got much of my business. Inexpensive too. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/63 "2012-11-19T08:41:15Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [Idaho Spud](http://www.idahospud.com/candy-idaho-spud-bar.php)? > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I never saw another candy bar quite like a Rocky Road. A slab of marshmallow, covered with a very soft chocolate coating, with tiny morsels of minced nuts on top. Spud, meet Rocky Road. Marshmallow coated in chocolate and coconut? Description of Darrel Lea, an iconic Australian confectioner’s, “[Rocklea Road](http://www.dlea.com.au/milk-choc-rocklea-road-1507)” here. (I’d love the Rocky Road, if not for the \*&(# coconut) See, the way people suggest 2 products that turn out to be similar is what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/64 "2012-11-19T09:12:08Z")
For the Brits - Fry’s Chocolate Cream. We used to get them in Australia, but now I need to load up my suitcase whenever I visit the UK. How I wish another chocolate manufacturer would copy it. By the way, as a point of reference, in Australia M&Ms and Smarties are basically the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/65 "2012-11-19T09:13:00Z")
Hershey’s chocolate bar is actually a good contender. There is just no other chocolate that is quite like it or probably ever could (or would want to) be. Smarties are nothing like Necco Waffers, there is no comparison. Mother’s English Tea Cookies, when dipped into milk, are about the greatest things in all of creation. There is something about those cookies that are just phenomenal, but only really released when soaked in milk for several seconds. I don’t know what they are exactly but I doubt there are any cookies remotely like them. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/66 "2012-11-19T09:25:11Z")
At least one fish 'n chops shop in Bangkok offers that old Scottish standby, the deep-fried Mars bar. Actually pretty good and a revolutionary new way to harden your arteries. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/67 "2012-11-19T10:53:56Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > [Creme Eggs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream_egg)? I don’t think I’ve seen that sickly sweet gooey filling duplicated anywhere. IN the UK various other forms of “small chocolate egg filled with a fondant filling” exist, but the Creme Egg is king. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/68 "2012-11-19T12:45:44Z")
The Pollywaffle? A waffle tube filled with marshmallow and coated in chocolate. The original is extinct, so if this thread turns up a copy… Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/69 "2012-11-19T13:58:54Z")
Pixy Stix? ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/70 "2012-11-20T09:51:52Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > By the way, as a point of reference, in Australia M&Ms and Smarties are basically the same thing. Ditto Crunchie Bars and Violet Crumbles, IMHO. Does anywhere besides New Zealand have Eskimo lollies or Clinkers? They’re sort of like a hard(ish), flavoured marshmallow lolly in the shape of an Eskimo (or a large pebble). ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/71 "2012-11-20T10:17:06Z")
I’ll speak up for my fave, Valomilk, the chocolate cup with the marshmallow goo inside. Yes, there are also Mallo Cup and Cup O’Gold, but they’ve both got coconut. Valomilks are just what the name says: VAnilla + marshmalLOw + MILK chocolate. (All 3 are regional products, as is most anything containing marshmallow goo, which doesn’t always travel well.) ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/72 "2012-11-20T14:52:41Z")
> [@midnight-dreary](#): > > [Musk Stick](http://www.cottoncandydiva.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/musk-sticks1.jpg) > > Tastes sweet, and like perfume. (in a good way!) It’s soft and grainy. That has to be one of the worst names for candy I have ever seen. Musk Stick? _ **MUSK?!** _ You want people to associate your candy with a species of large rodent, and old men with hairy chests and gold chains?\* \*I hear the word “musk,” and I think of the way old men with hairy chests and gold chains smell…it’s like they all buy the same cologne at the Old Men with Hairy Chests and Gold Chains Store. Probably Brut, or the “classic” (ie, nostril-burning) Old Spice. Edit: For content, is there anything else like an Abba-Zabba? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/73 "2012-11-20T15:48:57Z")
[Candy Raisins](http://www.savethecandyraisins.com/) which really aren’t raisins at all. Sort of like a mild vanilla flavored dot with a harder texture the company that made them, Stark, went out of business. ---
**Author:** ![Greekfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@Greekfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greekfreak)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/74 "2012-11-20T15:52:32Z")
Gotta go with Crunchie bars. That toffee is normally impossible to get off your teeth but coated in chocolate, there’s nothing better. My second choice might be “Whoppers”. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/75 "2012-11-21T01:06:06Z")
Anything else remotely similar to these [edible ball bearings](http://www.dutchsweets.com/-cola-rola-balls-half-pound-p-787.html)? ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/76 "2012-11-21T07:56:40Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Anything else remotely similar to these [edible ball bearings](http://www.dutchsweets.com/-cola-rola-balls-half-pound-p-787.html)? You mean dragees? [Dragée - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag%C3%A9e) ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/77 "2012-11-21T13:35:00Z")
Pop Rocks ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/78 "2012-11-21T14:37:45Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > Pop Rocks See [Crazy Dips - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Dips) At first I thought this was like Willy Wonka’s Fun Dips, but it’s more like Pop Rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/79 "2012-11-21T18:16:53Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > That has to be one of the worst names for candy I have ever seen. > > Musk Stick? _ **MUSK?!** _ You want people to associate your candy with a species of large rodent, and old men with hairy chests and gold chains? There’s also [Parma Violets](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parma_Violets), for people who would rather eat something that tastes and smells like their granny’s hankie drawer. I think (and hope) that they are unique. ---
**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 21, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288/80 "2012-11-21T18:20:04Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > There’s also [Parma Violets](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parma_Violets), for people who would rather eat something that tastes and smells like their granny’s hankie drawer. I think (and hope) that they are unique. This site hasn’t been updated in a long time but here’s some unique(shudder) [treats.](http://www.bad-candy.com/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288.md?page=5)