# Gummy Bears and other delights **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 6, 1999, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268 "1999-08-06T13:38:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![omniscientnot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a5b964/32.png) [@omniscientnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omniscientnot)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 1999, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/1 "1999-08-06T13:38:00Z")
I must admit a fondness for Gummy Bears (at least, that’s how we call them here in Central Canada): you know, the “chewy” type. I’m also a chocolate nut (the dark kind, of course 😃 ) . Just recently, I ate an imported chocolate bar containing **70%** cacao; weighed something like four ounces, cost a mint but was a pure delight the few seconds it lasted. Aside from gummies and chocolate, what else would you “walk a mile” for (or order from the other side of the world, for that matter)? Who knows? Maybe your answers will open up a whole new world for us Epicureans… ---
**Author:** ![mr\_john](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@mr\_john](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr_john)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 1999, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/2 "1999-08-06T13:48:00Z")
Moldy bread. NO sorry, don’t do candy much but good smoked beef briskett I can’t resist. ---
**Author:** ![bernard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bernard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernard)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 1999, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/3 "1999-08-06T14:25:00Z")
Sour gum. Yuuuuuuummie! Big Turk chocolate bar. Hard to find even in Canada now. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 1999, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/4 "1999-08-06T14:34:00Z")
I love the following: ## Baskin Robins Peanut Butter Chocolate Ice Cream Tiramisu (made with a nice strong espresso Bombay Saphire gin fresh handmade sausage (like andouille from Seattle Links) To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion. ---
**Author:** ![omniscientnot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a5b964/32.png) [@omniscientnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omniscientnot)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 1999, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/5 "1999-08-06T15:01:00Z")
Mr. john: I think you confused me with my twin re: moldy bread. (I’ll pass, BTW) But brisket is cool too. Where we part ways is when you equate **real** chocolate with candy. How DARE you!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![omniscientnot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a5b964/32.png) [@omniscientnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omniscientnot)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 1999, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/6 "1999-08-07T05:20:00Z")
Bernie: I’ve had a few Big Turks in my days (pre-dark chocolate era) and I must admit I haven’t been especially looking around for them lately (in the Ottawa area). They were _different_ from the rest in shape and in taste. Thanks for the memories. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 1999, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/7 "1999-08-07T05:26:00Z")
Cadbury’s Fruit and Nut: _not_ the Canadian-made ones, but the British imports. Magic. Also, Marks and Spencers had a truly **great** turkish delight bar, but sadly, the last branch in Canada closed about 2 weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 1999, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/8 "1999-08-07T05:35:00Z")
MMMMMM… my grandmothers homemade carmels with pecans in them. FABULOUS! If you want the recipe, let me know; there’s nothing low-fat about them. Orange Julius drinks: I love these things, especially the Pina Colada one. A _really_ good Carmel-Cappuccino. Sweet, light and lots of carmel. * * * And can it be that in a world so full and busy, the loss of one weak creature makes a void in any heart, so wide and deep that nothing but the width and depth of vast eternity can fill it up! -Charles Dickens “Dombey and Son” ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 1999, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/9 "1999-08-06T21:48:00Z")
I am extremely fond of “Ice Cubes”. These are small square chocolates sold individually wrapped in foil. There is a _slight_ mint flavor, and the consistancy is very smooth. Around here you can find them in clear plastic tubs near the cash registers at many convenience stores. When I was a kid, Clarks sold ice cream flavored gum in many flavors. I loved these, but I haven’t been able to find them in years. Does anyone know if these are still sold anywhere? * * * Carpe hoc! ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 1999, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/10 "1999-08-06T21:59:00Z")
Oh, thanks so much, MrKnowItAll. Now I have to drop everything & go looking for Ice Cubes. Smooth. Creamy. CHOCOLATE. (I’d also walk a mile for a scoop of Cherry Garcia.) BTW, check a web site called [www.virtualchocolate.com](http://www.virtualchocolate.com) for some very sexy chocolate pictures. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 1999, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/11 "1999-08-07T00:06:00Z")
Ice cubes; See’s butterscotch squares; Zero; Uno bar; and three I haven’t seen in many years, Baffle Bar, Mountain Bar and malted-milk balls called “Five5Somes” (yes, it had that “5” in the name). ---
**Author:** ![typertrphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@typertrphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typertrphy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 1999, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/12 "1999-08-07T00:29:00Z")
I have become serious about The Grove. Those kiosks at Airports? In Atlanta, they sell Pralined Pecans, and Cinnamon Pecans. Now…this has become religious for me. I plan stopovers so that I can wind up at ATL with enough time to stop at The Grove. Yes, Yes, I know they are on the Web. NOT THE SAME !!! 🙂 Typer ---
**Author:** ![omniscientnot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a5b964/32.png) [@omniscientnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omniscientnot)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 1999, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/13 "1999-08-07T00:55:00Z")
Kay: You’ve made my day with virtualchocolate ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 1999, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/14 "1999-08-07T00:57:00Z")
Ditto on the Ice Cubes and the See’s candies. Here are mine, in no particular order: **White Castles.** No cheese, please. If I ever leave the Midwest, I’d be forced to buy the frozen kind, and they’re just not the same. **Boiled Peanuts.** I’d have to walk at least to South Carolina to get them, because it’s impossible to find raw peanuts in Ohio. **Sweet Tea that’s not in a bottle or a can.** Yet another thing that I’d have to walk through a few states to find. **My stepfather’s Buffalo Wings.** He’s from Buffalo, and makes them better than any restaurant or bar, including the Anchor Bar, where they were invented. **Cheesecake Factory’s Banana Creme cheesecake.** Luckily, they just opened one around here, so I only have to walk 20 miles or so. **Donatos Pizza.** Definitely a Columbus thing, so much so that when they expand (the chain was just bought by McDonalds, so it’s a possibility), I want them to call it Columbus-style pizza. Thin crust, with the best toppings in all of Pizzadom spread out to the very edge. Expensive, but worth every cent. I have friends who moved away who still make it a point to stop by Donatos whenever they come back here. It’s the smack of pizzas. ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 1999, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/15 "1999-08-07T06:11:00Z")
Theres this gum sold in Japan that my friend sent me that has the flavor of Santol fruits (its a native Filipino fruit). Not available here by any means ☹ (at least i dont think). some others are: ## -In And Out burgers -This japanese whistle gum stuff -Caramel and Sour Apple suckers (fortunately you can find them here) -Sour apple Jolly Ranchers 🙂 “Let me show you something that you’ve never seen before like a light im gonna shine on you forever is a word i dont often get to say but if you say it loud enough i’ll say it too” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 1999, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/16 "1999-08-07T07:32:00Z")
> [@](#): > > what else would you “walk a mile” for Pocky. And when I say I’d walk a mile for the stuff, I pretty much mean that literally. The only store I can get it at around here is almost 20 minutes away from the nearest bus stop. _sigh_ I need a car… It is worth the walk though! Mmmmmm! (For those not lucky enough to have encountered this food of the gods, go here: [http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/graves/pocky.htm](http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/graves/pocky.htm) ) * * * ‘They couldn’t hit an Elephant from this dist…!’ Last words of General John Sedgwick ---
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 1999, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/17 "1999-08-07T09:33:00Z")
## This topic has strayed from its rightful place in MPSIMS, so here it is, back again! Nickrz GQ Mod ---
**Author:** ![omniscientnot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a5b964/32.png) [@omniscientnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omniscientnot)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 1999, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/18 "1999-08-07T12:19:00Z")
Tengu: Thanks for the link. Needs further investigation. The correct URL is: [http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/graves/pocky.html](http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/graves/pocky.html) ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 1999, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/19 "1999-08-07T13:53:00Z")
Here are some of my candy favorites: Goetze Caramel Cremes - aka “targets” Sesame candies that look like bricks made out of sesame seeds - don’t know what they’re called and nobody else I know likes them Shock Tarts Gobstoppers Anise squares ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 1999, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268/20 "1999-08-07T19:58:00Z")
omniscientnot, thanks for fixing the link. Teach me to C&P when I should be asleep… 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-bears-and-other-delights/7268.md?page=2)