# Best Driving Candy. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 28, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-driving-candy/221437 "2003-12-28T19:44:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-driving-candy/221437/21 "2003-12-29T14:51:39Z")
Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-driving-candy/221437/22 "2003-12-29T15:37:00Z")
Pop-Tarts, popcorn, and icy cold water. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-driving-candy/221437/23 "2003-12-30T04:13:02Z")
Candy would be trail mix, corn chips, lemon drops, or Tootsie Rolls. Like **Intaglio** and **c\_carol** , I’ll also take choco covered espresso beans if I remember, but most gas stations don’t carry them. Beverages are Pepsi, cappucino, or water. ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-driving-candy/221437/24 "2003-12-30T04:26:57Z")
Big League Chew. If chewin’ on that wad with yer big maw won’t keep ya up, ain’t nuthin’ will. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-driving-candy/221437/25 "2003-12-30T18:04:42Z")
People, people. The only real answer to this question is **cinnamon bears**. Aw yeah. ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-driving-candy/221437/26 "2003-12-30T18:19:50Z")
Sorry, it’s gotta be candy coated “Spree”. Helped me go 24 hours straight, from Merrit, BC Canada to Eureka Calafornia! MtM ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-driving-candy/221437/27 "2004-01-01T17:14:39Z")
mmm. Gobstoppers. Especially trying to break them in one bite. ---
**Author:** ![BrianS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c6cbf5/32.png) [@BrianS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianS)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-driving-candy/221437/28 "2004-01-02T07:56:31Z")
I second both Gobstoppers and red rope licorice. I tend to get a bag of Roll’d Gold pretzels and a Coke. If I’m feeling a little worn down, I make it a Mountain Dew for the extra caffiene. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-driving-candy/221437/29 "2004-01-02T15:20:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chefguy \* > \*\*Corn nuts! I defy anyone to fall asleep while eating these brain-jarring morsels. Chase it with a Coke and you’re up for the duration. \*\* Corn Nuts and Diet Coke for me. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-driving-candy/221437/30 "2004-01-02T19:23:14Z")
I like Pep-O-Mint Life Savers–preferably the big individually wrapped ones–and an icy fountain coke or a Dunkin’Donuts coffee. I don’t like chocolate when I’m driving, which is strange, because I love it at any other time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-driving-candy/221437.md?page=1)