# Kit Kats are the best candy bar. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738 "2019-05-09T18:19:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/81 "2019-05-10T21:34:46Z")
Mr. Goodbar, which is a Hershey bar with peanuts ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/82 "2019-05-10T21:34:53Z")
Zagnut. Not because I like them or that they’re even available where I live or could ever become a serious rival to the myriad varieties of Kit Kats in the endlessly rich _kitto katsu_ subculture. I just like saying Zagnut. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/83 "2019-05-10T21:38:56Z")
> [@Rough\_Draft](#): > > Also, reading this thread made me realize that I have never had a Mars, Milky Way, or Three Musketeers bar in my life. I hope that doesn’t make me a tragic figure. To my reckoning, you’re not missing much w/r/t Milky Way or Three Musketeers. Seems like all sugar, not enough chocolate, not enough non-chocolate things that aren’t sugar. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/84 "2019-05-10T21:45:26Z")
Gimme a Zero Bar and I’m happy. Candy bars aren’t really a fave, so I like the weird ones like Zero. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/85 "2019-05-10T22:00:10Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > When I was in Japan I was able to get wasabi white chocolate Kit Kats as well as cayenne chocolate Kit Kats. > > I suggest that until you have had those, you are not granted passage through the kept gates of True Kit Kat Lover. I, for sure, thought the wasabi was an error, and you were thinking of green tea/matcha or something. But, no, it really is wasabi Kit Kat. I want some. Now. I mean, I want some matcha Kit Kats, too, but I just love this idea of wasabi/horseradish and white chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/86 "2019-05-10T23:12:12Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I’m a sucker for Whatchamacallits. Finally, someone restores some sanity to this thread. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/87 "2019-05-10T23:39:43Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Agree. Though in high school they put some in the apple machine, so they were cold, and for some reason I liked them better that way. I wouldn’t go out of my way for a Kit Kat, though those unusual flavored ones sound cool. Are they available at all outside Japan? > > For commercial brands, my favorite is Snickers, but my all time favorite is See’s Awesome Bar (chocolate covered peanut brittle). I like peanuts.🙂 > > The spoiled milk taste of Hershey’s is awful. I won’t eat it. Yes, Hershey’s regular chocolate is disgusting ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/88 "2019-05-11T00:17:03Z")
Looking at this thread, I can only come to one conclusion; I love almost all of them. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/89 "2019-05-11T00:42:35Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I, for sure, thought the wasabi was an error, and you were thinking of green tea/matcha or something. But, no, it really is wasabi Kit Kat. I want some. Now. I mean, I want some matcha Kit Kats, too, but I just love this idea of wasabi/horseradish and white chocolate. I felt the same when I first encountered it, like it’s got to be bullshit, but it totally works. Happy to pass some along but I won’t be back in Japan for at least a year. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/90 "2019-05-11T00:58:11Z")
I did have wasabi ice cream in Japan. That was weird. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/91 "2019-05-11T03:46:37Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Yes, Hershey’s regular chocolate is disgusting It’s an acquired taste;) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/92 "2019-05-11T12:15:32Z")
**Rough Draft** , have you ever had a Snickers? Milky Way is like Snickers without the peanuts, and Three Musketeers is like Milky Way without the strip of caramel (i.e., just whatever the heck that “nougat” stuff is, covered in chocolate). ---
**Author:** ![BlueInfinity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BlueInfinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueInfinity)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/93 "2019-05-11T12:57:59Z")
Limiting myself to traditional candy bars to get away from the Reeses cup debate… Of the major “traditional” varieties, Snickers all the way with Twix in second place. As for the more obscure and regional varieties, are there any Salted Nut Roll fans in the thread? ---
**Author:** ![Teddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Teddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teddie)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/94 "2019-05-11T17:49:34Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > It’s an acquired taste;) I lived in the US for 2 yrs and I tried so very hard to like American chocolate but i just couldn’t get the taste for it. I had my grandparents send over care packages of British chocolate and Marmite. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/95 "2019-05-11T18:12:50Z")
Well, better than that Turkish Delight or Cherry Blossom crappy crap. No love for that old school Pep Chew? ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/96 "2019-05-11T18:16:10Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > Wow that’s more than I am aware of. I know about the dark chocolate/cayenne pepper, white chocolate wasabi, white chocolate green tea. What others did you find? > > I actually don’t like American Kit Kats because of whatever Hershey did to their chocolate recipe about 10 years ago. All Hershey chocolate tastes like sugary vaseline to me now. But whatever they’re doing in Japan is good. Not sure I can remember them all, but some were: White Peach, Tokyo Banana, Orange, Roasted Tea, Strawberry Cheesecake, Tiramisu, Sweet Potato. The White Peach was the best. It was really delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/97 "2019-05-11T18:36:11Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > Wow that’s more than I am aware of. I know about the dark chocolate/cayenne pepper, white chocolate wasabi, white chocolate green tea. What others did you find? Kit Kats come up [a lot](https://soranews24.com/?s=kit+kat#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=kit%20kat&gsc.page=1) at a Japanese culture site I read. It looks like there are 30 varieties available [here](https://soranews24.com/2019/04/17/kitkat-pairing-bar-manned-by-ai-pairing-sake-with-kit-kats-to-appear-in-tokyo-this-month/) and 35 were available in [this](https://soranews24.com/2018/11/26/all-the-best-japanese-kit-kat-flavours-together-in-one-exclusive-anniversary-box-for-limited-time/) Kit Kat kit. (There have been more than 350 variations sold in Japan.) That kit doesn’t include things like the [fancy handmade Kit Kat](https://soranews24.com/2018/08/21/taste-testing-japans-extra-expensive-handmade-kit-kat-moleson-line/), the [birthstone Kit Kats](https://soranews24.com/2017/11/02/gourmet-birthstone-kit-kats-go-on-sale-in-japan-give-us-something-to-look-forward-to-all-year/), or the [cough drop Kit Kats](https://soranews24.com/2017/08/22/now-you-can-buy-cough-drop-flavoured-kit-kats-in-japan/). ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/98 "2019-05-11T18:41:17Z")
Kit Kats were made until very recently just a few hundred yards from my house, and lots of locals worked there at one time or another. Anyone who lives in my town knows someone who worked there. When Nestle took over Rowntrees (or Mackies\* as we used to call it) they didn’t make too many changes at first. \*[aka Rowntree-Mackintosh] After a good few years, the quality of the rice in the Toffee crisps declined - and you can tell the difference, not as light and crunchy and more stodgy. The rice is somewhat cheaper. As for the chocolate part for all the products made in Mackies, Nestle reduced the cocoa solids considerably and increased the amount of sugar and again its noticeable - to the extent that sales have declined enough for Nestle to do something about it. Result is that you may have noted Kit Kats being advertised as being ‘more choclety than ever’ which is code for they reverted to the original recipe. Now you might think I am all conspiracy theory stuff, but not so > **[KitKat from 1995 found - and contains LESS sugar than current version](https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/food/832011/kitkat-nestle-sugar-size)** > > NESTLÉ KitKat bars have been found to contain more sugar than versions from 22 years ago, despite the current incarnation of the chocolate bar being smaller. > **[KitKat cocoa content upped 13% in sugar reduction push](https://www.confectionerynews.com/Article/2017/03/28/KitKat-cocoa-content-upped-13-in-sugar-reduction-push)** > > Nestlé UK & Ireland has upped the cocoa and milk content of KitKat in its bid to cut sugar by 10% across its confectionery range. So in summary, Kit Kats are nowadays improved and taste better than they did say five years ago - but that is still a little bit short of what they were before Nestle took over Rowntrees and degraded the quality in the name of profit and screwing over consumers. ---
**Author:** ![baileygrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@baileygrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baileygrrrl)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/99 "2019-05-11T18:56:10Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > There is no such thing as a bad candy bar, but Cadbury Dairy Milk Fruit and Nut bar is really yummy. > > I can easily eat the whole thing in one sitting. Agreed. I recently discovered it comes in a dark chocolate version and my life is now complete. ---
**Author:** ![baileygrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@baileygrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baileygrrrl)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738/100 "2019-05-11T18:58:02Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Bounty! And I will show myself out, thank you! You can bring me with you. YUM. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kit-kats-are-the-best-candy-bar/833738.md?page=6)