# Favorite weird candy!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-weird-candy/417654>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 31, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-weird-candy/417654 "2007-08-31T19:17:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-weird-candy/417654/41 "2007-09-02T17:25:36Z")

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[QUOTE=Patty O’Furniture]  
Anybody remember [Zero Candy Bars](http://www.sweetstall.com/acatalog/zero.jpg)? I liked those. Nowadays you only see them in decrepit old vending machines in autobody shops.  
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They’re in the vending machines at the call center I work at and I’ve bought them a few times in the year I’ve worked there. They taste great with fruit punch – kinda like chocolate covered cherries.

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**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-weird-candy/417654/42 "2007-09-02T18:16:38Z")

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[QUOTE=pprgrl]  
I love chocolate covered gummi bears, which used to be very hard to find - now some of the theaters around here have started carrying them again.  
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Agreed - chocolate covered gummi bears are awesome.

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**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-weird-candy/417654/43 "2007-09-02T19:38:04Z")

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[QUOTE=Secret Volcano Lair]  
I like those watermelon and mango flavored suckers from Mexico that are covered with chili powder. Also the tamarind paste that comes in an odd container that [kinda looks like a syringe](http://www.ocexcelsior.com/especiales/lead/notas/images/0430_grafica_pelon_pelo_rico.jpg).  
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Yes! That stuff is wonderful.

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**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-weird-candy/417654/44 "2007-09-03T11:51:52Z")

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[QUOTE=BMax]  
I like circus peanuts, but I can’t eat them more often than every few months. So about three times a year I’ll go buy a bag of circus peanuts, open them and leve them open for a day so they get that stiff, crusty outside. That’s a big part of the circus peanut experience for me, the hard outside.  
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Mmmmmmm…well seasoned circus peanuts. Just like very fresh fruit that needs to be ripened a bit before consumption, the longer the better to get that faint ‘snap’ when you bite in. Where’s that eyes-rolling-back-bliss smilie when you need it?

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**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-weird-candy/417654/45 "2007-09-03T14:37:43Z")

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Another yes vote for Necco wafers. But I only like the clove, licorice, and wintergreen. So I split the package with my daughter who likes the rest.

My other favorite weird candy used to be Clove Lifesavers. They’re wonderful, but apparently they stopped making them. I must have been the only buyer.

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