# Describe for me what American sweets and treats are like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 6, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590 "2006-06-06T08:48:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Broken\_Wind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Broken\_Wind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Wind)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/41 "2006-06-06T22:11:04Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] Sheesh, talk about your silly questions! Yellow moons, orange stars, green clovers, and pink hearts, of course. Oh, and toffee-coated leprechaun testicles. [/QUOTE] Holy crap that was funny! 😃🙂😃🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/42 "2006-06-06T22:13:54Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] I’m not sure that the Euro chocolate is less sweet than ours is. I had gotten a Cadbury [Flake](http://www.cadbury.co.uk/EN/CTB2003/about_chocolate/brand_stories/flake.htm) candybar that was almost too sweet to finish. Also it was a horrible mess to attempt to actually eat, being that it crumbles the second you actually bite it. [/QUOTE] I’m not sure if you’re supposed to eat it like a candy bar. The only way I’ve ever heard of anybody eating these is to crumble them on top of ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/43 "2006-06-06T22:52:22Z")
I’m looking for places to order online: So far I’ve found this: > **[ROYALTOGEL - BANDAR TOGEL TOTO MACAU TERBAIK](https://hometownfavorites.com/)** > > Royal Togel menghadirkan pasaran Toto Macau resmi dengan hasil undian yang transparan dan akurat. Which has a Clark bar. I agree with early posts noting that American treats taste overly done and sweet – I’m not a real fan. You might order some Duncan Heinz cake mix and try that to get a taste of things, though not as processed tasting as our Ding Dongs, Ho-Ho’s and the like. I’ll keep looking for online sources so you can experience them – FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/44 "2006-06-06T22:57:40Z")
Nutty Buddies! Yummers! Takes me back about 30 years. And ice cream sandwiches–best thing about summer, next to s’mores. I find British candy to be sweeter, but less rich. I also get confused as to the names of the candy bars. Heck, when I’m over there, I basically live on fish and chips and pain au chocolats, anyway… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/45 "2006-06-06T23:10:13Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] PayDays are actually a caramel, nougat, and salted peanuts concoction, I think. I’m not certain about the nougat. I love them because of the salt. [/QUOTE] I think it’s more of a vanilla fudge, like **jjimm** said, than nougat. There used to be a chocolate coated version as well, which I think was called Big Pay. I still get Paydays occasionally; I don’t think I’ve seen a Big Pay since the '60s. For a company that is internationally renowned as a chocolate maker, Nestles coats its Baby Ruths and Butterfingers with a waxy fake chocolate made from palm and/or coconut oil instead of cocoa butter. Mars candy bars use real chocolate. My favorite is the Milky Way Midnight, formerly called the Forever Yours, which differs from the regular Milky Way in having a dark chocolate coating and vanilla nougat, as opposed to the milk chocolate and chocolate-malt flavored nougat in the original. (The Midnight is also slightly smaller. :mad: ) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/46 "2006-06-06T23:34:58Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Can some Brit Doper explain what the deal is with Yorkies and why they’re not for girls? [/QUOTE] It’s a sort of faux masculinity thing. It’s just a bar of milk chocolate, formed into seven or so rather substantial chunks, but it gained a reputation (through specifically being marketed/advertised that way) as being the favourite choice of truck drivers, rugby players and other red-blooded males. So it’s Seriously Chunky Chocolate. For men. Not for girls. Of course it’s all tongue in cheek. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/47 "2006-06-06T23:36:24Z")
[QUOTE=MrSquishy] I’m not sure if you’re supposed to eat it like a candy bar. The only way I’ve ever heard of anybody eating these is to crumble them on top of ice cream. [/QUOTE] Dunno; they’re good for that, but on the TV adverts, they’re always shown being eaten, fellatio-style, but a nubile, scantily-clad young woman ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/48 "2006-06-06T23:46:33Z")
[QUOTE=panamajack] “Lik M Aid” was what I was referring to by “bizarro Lik A Stik” (turns out it’s properly “Lik a Stix”, which is the name for the stick, and since I was remembering from childhood I never knew exactly what the name was). This stuff looks like that - but the ‘stick’ is black licorice and the powder is more like [this](http://www.thelaundrybasket.com/Our_Products/Our_Products_Powder_Laundry_Detergent/Our_Products_Powder_Laundry_Detergent_SKU/our_products_Powder_Laundry_Detergent_sku.html). It might taste a bit like **saoirse** ’s salted licorice drops, but those aren’t it. [/QUOTE] We have something a bit like that in the UK; it’s called a [Sherbet Fountain](http://www.sweetsncandy.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=SHEFOU048&cat=26) (the term ‘sherbet’ nearly always refers to a dry, fizzy acid-sweet powder here). It’s a cardboard tube filled with sherbet, and has a hollow stick of black licorice down the middle like the wick of a candle - you’re supposed to bite off the end of the licorice and suck out the sherbet, but this invariably results in inhalation of the powder, so you start off by sucking the licorice and dipping it into the powder; when this proves too slow, you open up the end of the tube fully and tip it into your mouth; except it has caked together a bit - so you tap it and it suddenly releases a cascade of sticky powder into your mouth, down your windpipe, up your nose and all over your face and clothing. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/49 "2006-06-06T23:49:00Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Dunno; they’re good for that, but on the TV adverts, they’re always shown being eaten, fellatio-style, but a nubile, scantily-clad young woman [/QUOTE] With moist perky lips, a wide mouth, and generous cleavage…MMmmmmm… … I want chocolate. Maybe this escort service delivers. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/50 "2006-06-06T23:57:13Z")
[QUOTE=LiveOnAPlane] Jeepers, is there no one here willing to mention [Moon Pies?](http://www.answers.com/topic/moon-pie) [/QUOTE] Moon …Pie. What a time to be alive. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/51 "2006-06-07T00:03:55Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] We have something a bit like that in the UK; it’s called a [Sherbet Fountain](http://www.sweetsncandy.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=SHEFOU048&cat=26) (the term ‘sherbet’ nearly always refers to a dry, fizzy acid-sweet powder here). It’s a cardboard tube filled with sherbet, and has a hollow stick of black licorice down the middle like the wick of a candle - you’re supposed to bite off the end of the licorice and suck out the sherbet, but this invariably results in inhalation of the powder, so you start off by sucking the licorice and dipping it into the powder; when this proves too slow, you open up the end of the tube fully and tip it into your mouth; except it has caked together a bit - so you tap it and it suddenly releases a cascade of sticky powder into your mouth, down your windpipe, up your nose and all over your face and clothing. [/QUOTE] That’s the stuff I had! I didn’t realize the stick was hollow to suck up the powder (probably since it seemed so similar to the Lik-a-Stix). Is it all that popular? It just seems so odd-flavored (and an odd name for an American to read - as you may have known, sherbet over here refers to ‘frozen ice milk’[sup]\*[/sup], almost always fruit-flavored). Another odd British candy I’ve had - Wine Gums. Like Jujyfruits, but with some curious flavors (I don’t think they’re wine extracts, just mixed fruit flavors that’re supposed to taste wine-like). [sup]\*[/sup] Roughly speaking; we also have “ice milk” as a product, sherbet is more like lowfat ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/52 "2006-06-07T00:16:52Z")
[This](http://www.oldtimecandy.com/enter.htm) site has a lot of hard to find candies available on it. I’m tempted to get some [Zotz](http://oldtimecandy.com/zotz.htm) myself. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/53 "2006-06-07T00:45:04Z")
[QUOTE=panamajack] Another odd British candy I’ve had - Wine Gums. Like Jujyfruits, but with some curious flavors (I don’t think they’re wine extracts, just mixed fruit flavors that’re supposed to taste wine-like). [/QUOTE] So THAT’s what Hermione was talking about when she and Harry were trying to figure out how to bet past the Horntail! THANK YOU! ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/54 "2006-06-07T01:13:00Z")
[QUOTE=ddgryphon] I’m looking for places to order online: So far I’ve found this: > **[ROYALTOGEL - BANDAR TOGEL TOTO MACAU TERBAIK](https://hometownfavorites.com/)** > > Royal Togel menghadirkan pasaran Toto Macau resmi dengan hasil undian yang transparan dan akurat. Which has a Clark bar. I agree with early posts noting that American treats taste overly done and sweet – I’m not a real fan. You might order some Duncan Heinz cake mix and try that to get a taste of things, though not as processed tasting as our Ding Dongs, Ho-Ho’s and the like. I’ll keep looking for online sources so you can experience them – FWIW. [/QUOTE] Look at Vermont Country store for ones that are not as popular these days. Tehy have one called Vallo-milk that tounds really good. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/55 "2006-06-07T02:09:07Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] Another frozen thing I don’t know if you have over there is ice cream sandwiches, which come in foil wrappers - it’s crappy ice cream between two chocolate cookie things, rectangularly shaped. And now I want one.. [/QUOTE] I love plenty of crappy junk food, like Twinkies, but I have never been able to eat ice cream sandwiches. It’s _very_ crappy ice cream between two DISGUSTING cookie things. I find the whole thing completely inedible. I like me some Suzy-Qs but haven’t had one in probably 15 years. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/56 "2006-06-07T02:19:17Z")
[QUOTE=LiveOnAPlane] Jeepers, is there no one here willing to mention [Moon Pies?](http://www.answers.com/topic/moon-pie)) [/QUOTE] Did you have to? I always found marhsmallow-based candy to be gross. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/57 "2006-06-07T02:26:06Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] A friend of ours over in Essex loves Twinkies. I use to hit the Hostess Store and buy a gajillion for her every once in awhile to ship over. They have a shelf life of like two hundred trillion years…mmmmmmmm preservatives. [/QUOTE] [25 days, actually.](http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/twinkies.htm) ---
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[QUOTE=Cub Mistress] A company called Little Debbie makes a whole line of snack cakes, but like \*\*BiblioCat \*\* says, their quality is not of the highest (to say the least.) A lot of adults eat them, mostly I think, out of nostalgia for childhood. [/QUOTE] I’ve suggested for the past ten years that they market them as “Little Debbie: The adequate snack food” but the line has its fans. I like Suzy-Qs but I could eat an entire box of Devil Dogs at once. Well, at least theoretically. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/59 "2006-06-07T07:52:02Z")
I _love_ Little Debbie snack cakes. 99 cents for a whole box of Swiss Cake Rolls, who can argue with that? My grandfather used to stock up on these chocolate blobby things called Goo-Goo Clusters; I see them sometimes at dollar stores. They had chocolate and caramel and pecans and (I think) nougat. They were pretty good, and not as super-sweet as most other candy bars. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590/60 "2006-06-07T08:02:36Z")
**Cluricaun** , there’s a similar sounding Snickers being touted over here as Snickers Energy - it’s got peanuts and rice krispies in it or something. Sounds the same. I don’t think they’d dare add the name ‘Marathon’ though, as the outcry was so great when it changed to Snickers. **Bytegeist** , thanks for fighting my ignorance on that story. My old history teacher presented the fake Mars story as an example of American business dynamism outshining British business conservatism. The son returns to conquer the father. Very Oedipal, and total crap. He will now be getting a knock on the door in the night from people in balaclavas, wielding Mars Bars. (Actually, UK Mars Bars are so solid that they make exceptionally effective weapons.) **jsgoddess** , there’s no nougat in a PadDay! I should know, I buy about two dozen every time I’m stateside. The Hershey’s site calls it [caramel](http://www.hersheys.com/products/details/payday.asp), but it’s what I’d call fudge. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-for-me-what-american-sweets-and-treats-are-like/359590.md?page=4)