Any time, any time. But don’t worry, right after the heat goes away he’ll collapse into a rock hard puddle of ineadible goo. Mmmmm…ineadible Phelps goo…
tdn, the Amish people maybe an hour from where I live make cashew brittle. They also make cashew brittle dipped in chocolate. I don’t eat sugar any more, but that stuff is nectar of the gods. What would you do to get THAT?
Dots, Spree, and PAL bubble gum. I don’t eat candy now but loathed all three of those when I was a kid.
Marry you.
That’s how I feel about those candy bars for dieters. You know, the ones that are 98% loosely packed Rice Crispies, which are 98% air. I’ve tried 'em and they aren’t satisfying, especially after I realized that. When dieting, I’d rather go without a treat if that’s the only choice I have.
In the world of real candy, I’ve never quite gotten Chick O’Stix. Or those solid candy sticks that you slobber on and dip into the sugar mixture. Dots are OK but Gummi Bears are meh. Red Vines (or even Black Vines) are vastly superior to Twizzlers.
Pocky. I kept reading and reading about it, so I set out to find some here at the end-of-the-culinary-world, east Texas. After searching a decent bit, I came up with several different varieties and I’m very sorry to say, but it’s gotten a huge MEH! outta me no matter how hard I wished to the opposite. Now if it was the only thing around and I had the munchies, I’ll still give it another twirl, but otherwise I’d rather wait until I can get my hands on something I actually kinda like.
Unlike you, I’m rather enthusiastic about Pocky. Not just 'cause it tastes good, but it’s also the perfect snack to take to a convention - it is advisable to carry an extra pack to distribute, by the stick, to any overly noisy 13-year-old anime fans in ninja headbands you may encounter, which will help keep them quiet and out of your hair. Unless they ask for more. 
My current favorites are strawberry creme, crushed almond, and the elusive Men’s Pocky (dark chocolate).
The "meh"candies, in my opinion, include, but are not limited to, Brachs cinnamon bears, Twizzlers, Skittles, Laffy Taffy, and Now & Later. Also Hershey bars - to me, they taste overly sugary and a bit gritty; maybe I’m spoiled as far as chocolate is concerned.
I think a lot of “seasonal” candies are pretty meh-tacular:
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Valentine’s Day: Candy hearts (made by Necco, incidentally) are not something I would sit down and eat more than a couple of, if that much. Boxed chocolates are all right, I suppose, but the good ones (being a cut above Whitman’s Sampler, IOW) are not cheap. I mean, damn, I don’t like chocolate that much.
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Easter: Peeps, never liked 'em. I like marshmallows okay, but sugar-coated marshmallows are a bit much, IMO. Cadbury Creme Eggs are sorta good (albeit REALLY SWEET) on the first bite, then the gooey center starts hemorrhaging all over your hand and you start to wonder why you bothered to try to eat the thing in the first place. I meant to try to more manageable Mini-Creme Eggs this Easter season, but missed out on them. And hollow chocolate bunnies are a rip-off. I mean, come on, there’s nothing on the inside? Lame.
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Halloween: Candy corn has its fans, but I’m not real fond of buttery-sweet stuff (like buttermints, also), so I usually pass on it. Other than that…uhhh, does anyone actually eat those candy vampire fangs, or are they just a novelty?
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Christmas: I’m not hugely enamored with candy canes; maybe one of the little ones during the season but not a regular-sized one. Although I don’t like gingerbread, I could see how someone would like it if it were done right. But the shrink-wrapped pre-packaged rock-hard gingerbread men that a lot of stores sell don’t even strike me as edible, let alone tasty. And I find it hard to believe that you’re theoretically supposed to be able to consume that dull brown sheetrock that comes in most gingerbread house kits.
Jujy Fruits. MrWhatsit is always smuggling some into movie theaters, and I’ll go ahead and eat a few, but they’re not that great.
The skinny red licorice whip is very meh, also.
I feel everyone on the Twizzlers, but only because I know that Red Vines is where all the action’s at.
I loathe Men’s Pocky.
Mostly because of the pretzel stick - chocolate and pretzel do not go together.
But, the dark chocolate doesn’t help…I’m not a fan of dark chocolate in general.
(Also, I don’t find Men’s Pocky to be too elusive…it’s the positively divine marble Pocky that’s a bitch to find.)
Circus Peanuts. More than Meh, on to blechhh.
I think you’re right. Most of the seasonal candies are made for kids (even ValDay candy is mostly junk), who are more impressed with quantity than quality.
I rather like strawberry Twizzlers, though I’m not as fond of the cherry ones. And they must be fresh. I succumbed to the visual appeal of rainbow colored Twizzlers, though, and I was overcome with the meh. Pretty to look at, but not much flavor, really.
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Seriously, :eek:
That was my reaction, as well, iwakura43. I don’t want to live in a world where chocolate and pretzels do not lovingly embrace at regular intervals.
All hard candy is pretty “meh” to me.
Hard candy, sour candy, any type of gum, mint anything (an exception for Frango mints, but even they are no more). Anything that has fruit in it–there’s chocolate and there’s fruit. Stop mixing them together.
I don’t eat candy anymore, really. I prefer chocolate baked goods–and even then I’m picky (no doughnuts, no cake, very few pies–I’m a cookie/brownie girl, but not store bought.)
licorice snaps, Mary Janes, circus peanuts, “cotton candy in a bag”–(wtf?), none of this will tempt me, even if I’m hungry.
I guess I don’t like candy. 
Jelly beans. If they are offered, I will pick out a few of the pink and lavender ones.
Pretty much any hard candies.
Milk chocolate. I love white chocolate and I hate dark chocolate, but milk chocolate is just okay. This really bothers many people, who tell me they have outrageous cravings for chocolate.
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Reese’s Pieces, any peanut-butter-based candy, if you can even call the filling “peanut butter.” Who ever had the idea that those two tastes would taste great together?!
I don’t eat peanut butter sandwiches, either, let alone PB&J. Peanut butter belongs on crackers. Then I can’t get enough. Gimme a jar of Smucker’s Natural Chunky (it’s spoil you for that Jif or Skippy crap), a box of Triscuits and a butterknife, I’m good to go! Heck, never mind the crackers, I could eat half the jar off the knife!
First, you must be insane if you really believe what you wrote in the first paragraph, and second, peanut butter on crackers is quite possibly the most dry food combination on the planet. I feel like vomiting just thinking of the struggle to free the cracker from the roof of my mouth.