# Canadian Smarties—I'm not impressed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 28, 2000, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-smarties-im-not-impressed/43057 "2000-11-28T18:09:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bagkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bagkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagkitty)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-smarties-im-not-impressed/43057/21 "2000-11-29T03:27:10Z")
Do they have Cuban Lunch bars in the U.S. And why is it that although they are made on the South Shore, I could never find one in Montreal, but can get them at any Co-Op store in Calgary. Cuban Lunch rules. ---
**Author:** ![writefetus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9de053/32.png) [@writefetus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/writefetus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-smarties-im-not-impressed/43057/22 "2000-11-29T16:29:13Z")
…Cuban LUNCH…wtf is CUBAN LUNCH??? my GF just came back from Canada w/about 50 or so assorted Canadian Candy bars…but not one called…Cuban Lunch…oh, and I gotta chime in re: coffee crisp, the originals ROCK!, but by mistake she bought a bunch of these triple choclate coffee crisp AND THEY SUCK! not NEAR as good as plain old coffee crisps…oh yeah and Aeros are too sweet by half, really a one-note chocolate snarfing experience…IMHO ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-smarties-im-not-impressed/43057/23 "2000-11-29T16:31:23Z")
A cuban lunch is a hunk of chocolate with whole peanuts in it. MMMMM, I haven’t thought of them for years. Keith ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-smarties-im-not-impressed/43057/24 "2000-11-29T16:49:34Z")
“Cuban Lunch”–as long as Jesse Helms is alive, there is not a chance in hell that anything called _that_ would be allowed into the States 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-smarties-im-not-impressed/43057/25 "2000-11-29T17:00:51Z")
Mint Aero’s are absolutely beautiful. they have the aeroation down to an art. It suits the mint better than the plain. And Canadian Smarties rock. ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-smarties-im-not-impressed/43057/26 "2000-11-29T18:25:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nymysys \* > \*\*Waitaminute! We have Oh! Henry’s in the US. We USED to, anyway. \*\* I stand corrected. I’ve never seen them in LA, though. They just must not have gotten to this corner of the country yet. ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-smarties-im-not-impressed/43057/27 "2000-11-29T18:58:44Z")
We have ketchup chips too!! ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-smarties-im-not-impressed/43057/28 "2000-11-29T19:27:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by dropzone \* > > \*\ ***Duke** , can’t you find sweet, fried dough balls in the UK? I thought they were universal. > > \*\* > > You mean those dough balls that look like donut holes on the outside, but are acutally a big greasy mass on the inside? No thanks. > > And before anyone else asks: Jelly donuts are not donuts. (Imagine me wagging my finger _a la_ President Clinton.) It’s not a donut unless it’s cake-y inside and it’s got a hole. The symbolism is very important here. \*\* Duke, ``` See if an Italian place has zeppole. Fried dough, usually roughly golf ball sized, dusted with confectioner's sugar.....yum... especially at street fairs, popped up fresh and still warm... ``` ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-smarties-im-not-impressed/43057/29 "2000-11-29T20:03:19Z")
I second rjk’s ZERO suggestion. Belgian chocolate, if I’m not mistaken. Silky smooth. I think it’s basically the same chocolate as the one used in Polar Cups (well, at least that how _we_ call them in Canada:)). Definitely go for the semi sweet. Milk chocolate is NOT for true chocolate lovers:D. ---
**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-smarties-im-not-impressed/43057/30 "2000-11-30T00:40:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by omni-not \* > \*\*Milk chocolate is NOT for true chocolate lovers:D. \*\* Thank you, thank you, thank you! That’s what I keep telling people, but they don’t listen! Milk chocolate is too sweet; the sugar and milk get in the way of the chocolate! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-smarties-im-not-impressed/43057/31 "2000-11-30T01:10:10Z")
They all pale before Ganong’s Pal-o-mine bars. Seeing as they are made in a border town, I won’t get too nationalistic about them, but technically they are Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-smarties-im-not-impressed/43057/32 "2000-11-30T14:07:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lurkernomore \* > **See if an Italian place has zeppole. Fried dough, usually roughly golf ball sized, dusted with confectioner’s sugar…yum… especially at street fairs, popped up fresh and still warm…** An Italian place? In Oxford? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Until two years ago, there wasn’t even a _coffee shop_ in Oxford. Though that’s changed, the hunt for a decent, affordable restaurant continues. Er, OK, just a decent restaurant. One that you don’t end up paying £30 ($45) for a dinner for two at, before drinks are included. Someday, it has to happen. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-smarties-im-not-impressed/43057/33 "2000-11-30T15:03:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by lurkernomore \* > > **See if an Italian place has zeppole. Fried dough, usually roughly golf ball sized, dusted with confectioner’s sugar…yum… especially at street fairs, popped up fresh and still warm…** > > An Italian place? In Oxford? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! > > Until two years ago, there wasn’t even a _coffee shop_ in Oxford. Though that’s changed, the hunt for a decent, affordable restaurant continues. > > Er, OK, just a decent restaurant. One that you don’t end up paying £30 ($45) for a dinner for two at, before drinks are included. Someday, it has to happen. \*\* Come over to the NYC San Gennaro festival down in Little Italy next fall. We’ll split a bag. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-smarties-im-not-impressed/43057.md?page=1)