# Looking for Mr. Goodbar (Chocolate not Diane Keaton) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005 "2009-06-16T23:39:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005/1 "2009-06-16T23:39:38Z")
The other day I saw a candy bar: **Hershey’s with Peanuts** Isn’t Mr. Goodbar a Hershey Bar with Peanuts? Has Hershey fazed out Mr. Goodbar? Wiki’s [Mr. Goodbar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Goodbar) page says nothing on the matter. Nor does the page on the [List of Hershey Products](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_products_manufactured_by_The_Hershey_Company). [Hershey’s website is also suspiciously mute](http://www.hersheys.com/products/details/mrgoodbar.asp). If it counts for anything, I saw it at the 99c Store which candy companies _seem to_ use for test marketing (I see candy bars there that I never see anywhere else, e.g. Twix Java, PayDay Avalanche). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005/2 "2009-06-17T00:44:22Z")
Mr. Goodbar is still in the Hershey miniatures. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005/3 "2009-06-17T00:46:41Z")
Mr. Goodbar is a sweeter, milkier chocolate than Hershey bars. Peanut, eh? Have to look for it. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005/4 "2009-06-17T00:54:48Z")
I’ve also seen them as the pound chocolate bars, but never as a regular size bar. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005/5 "2009-06-17T01:03:06Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > If it counts for anything, I saw it at the 99c Store which candy companies _seem to_ use for test marketing (I see candy bars there that I never see anywhere else, e.g. Twix Java, PayDay Avalanche). Hmm. I always assumed candy in a dollar store are actually for foreign markets, but weren’t shipped before the expiration/were rejected for too many rat hairs/etc. I never buy food from a dollar store. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005/6 "2009-06-17T01:23:59Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Hmm. I always assumed candy in a dollar store are actually for foreign markets, but weren’t shipped before the expiration/were rejected for too many rat hairs/etc. I never buy food from a dollar store. Hmmm. I actually really like the PayDay Avalanche (Chocolate covered PayDay candy bar). I prefer to think they’re being test marketed and choose to hold my hands to my ears and cry “LA! LA! LA! LA! LA! LA!” at your rat hairs suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005/7 "2009-06-17T01:59:22Z")
My hazy memory tells me that Hershey with Peanuts has more or less whole peanuts, or at least peanut halves, whereas Mr. Goodbar has little peanut chunks. But it’s been a while since I’ve had either, so I could be mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005/8 "2009-06-17T02:15:43Z")
See this post on Candy Blog: [http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/item/hersheys\_milk\_chocolate\_peanuts/](http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/item/hersheys_milk_chocolate_peanuts/) ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005/9 "2009-06-17T16:53:50Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > See this post on Candy Blog: > > [Hershey’s Milk Chocolate with Peanuts (plus Mr. Goodbar) - Candy Blog](http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/item/hersheys_milk_chocolate_peanuts/) Probably the best topic-addressing link available (thanks!), and yet it made me dizzy with confusion. It seems like the answer to the question: “What is Hershey doing here?” is: “Uh, _Hershey_ doesn’t even know what Hershey is doing here.” ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005/10 "2009-06-17T17:13:01Z")
Full size Mr. Goodbars are stocked in our vending machines at work. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005/11 "2009-06-17T17:17:19Z")
I have heard it said that Mr. Goodbar’s no longer contain milk chocolate, but a vegetable-oil based substitute that is more inexpensive. Several candy bars got downgraded thusly last year. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005/12 "2009-06-17T19:47:10Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > I have heard it said that Mr. Goodbar’s no longer contain milk chocolate, but a vegetable-oil based substitute that is more inexpensive. Several candy bars got downgraded thusly last year. This seems to match the info in **Green Bean** ’s link. The article derisively uses the term “mockolate”. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005/13 "2009-06-17T22:49:24Z")
The bulk foods section at the grocery has Hershey’s miniatures in a bin, with milk and ‘special dark’ mini bars, and Mr. Goodbars. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005/14 "2009-06-18T12:16:42Z")
Shame. I wonder why Hershey’s would lower the quality of the chocolate as opposed to raising the price. Aren’t they already some of the least expensive chocolate on the shelves? It seems counterintuitive. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005/15 "2009-06-18T12:55:36Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Full size Mr. Goodbars are stocked in our vending machines at work. I think you need to do a goodwill mailing of Mr. Goodbar pronto. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005/16 "2009-06-18T12:56:49Z")
[Amazon Linky](http://www.amazon.com/Goodbar-Candy-1-75-Ounce-Bars-Pack/dp/B000IXSMGS) ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005/17 "2009-06-18T13:03:52Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > This seems to match the info in **Green Bean** ’s link. The article derisively uses the term “mockolate”. As a result the miniature Goodbars in the Hershey Miniature Assortments went from ‘mediocre’ to ‘nearly unedible’ and Krackle, my longtime favorite of the bunch, became ‘vaguely unpleasant’. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-mr-goodbar-chocolate-not-diane-keaton/500005/18 "2009-06-18T14:16:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Looking for Mr. Goodbar (Chocolate **not Diane Keaton** ) Damn, that’s too bad. It’s a really good movie, she’s great in it (beautiful too), Richard Gere was hot and kinda creepy, it’s got a killer soundtrack, and it’s very, very, VERY VERY disturbing. I’ll bet the candy company hated it when it came out. To this day if I hear the words “Mr. Goodbar” I think of cheap, self-loathing sex and violent sex crimes, so it’s a good thing you clarified your Subject Line.