# Milk Chocolate, Mr. Goodbar, Krackel, or Special Dark? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [September 7, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464 "2011-09-07T02:57:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/21 "2011-09-07T17:10:47Z")
None, because it is Hershey’s. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/22 "2011-09-07T17:14:24Z")
All of the above, beginning with the Special Darks. Fortunately, everyone in my office likes something different. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/23 "2011-09-07T17:21:15Z")
I agree with pretty much everyone else, Hershey’s chocolate (while never particularly good) is now pretty abysmal since the change away from cocoa butter. I used to really like Hershey’s miniatures, particularly the Krackel bar, but I don’t bother anymore. I complained about this back when the change happened, and Hershey’s response was that people “preferred the new formula.” Right. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/24 "2011-09-07T17:21:20Z")
Krackel \> Mr. Goodbar \> Milk \> starving to death \> Special Dark ---
**Author:** ![limegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@limegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/limegreen)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/25 "2011-09-07T17:34:17Z")
I guess I know where to send all the Mr. Goodbars that collect at the bottom of our candy bowl, because no one in our family likes them. I’ll only eat them if I’m desperate. Special Dark is the best, then Milk, then Krackel, otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/26 "2011-09-07T17:36:40Z")
Mr. Goodbar | Krackel \> Milk Chocolate \> “gotta have some chocolate” \> Special Dark I like the less intrusive, slightly sweet taste. Dark is too strong - overpowering. Not a taste but an assault. On the other end is White Chocolate which is too sweet and overpowering. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/27 "2011-09-07T17:40:59Z")
Special Dark. Dark chocolate…mmmmmmm… ---
**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:** [September 7, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/28 "2011-09-07T18:36:20Z")
Krackel, Mr. Goodbar, hunger. Then maybe the milk chocolate. I will never so much as touch the Special Dark, for fear of contamination. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/29 "2011-09-07T18:56:24Z")
Special Dark\>Krackel\>Hershey Bar\>Mr. Goodbar ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/30 "2011-09-07T19:00:45Z")
I’m a chocolate snob, and normally turn my nose up at Hershey’s products - “_Special_” Dark? Puh-leeze. Once you’ve had single-source Costa Rican 72%, that stuff will seem as special as tap water, and about as flavorful. But I’m a sucker for crispy (sorry, **krispy** ) rice. So Krackel, then an overwhelming feeling of shame for enjoying something so pedestrian. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/31 "2011-09-07T19:59:52Z")
I voted Special Dark. I don’t eat much chocolate these days. but I loved Special Dark. I liked to have a little piece of milk chocolate when I was done eating the SD, to cut the bitterness at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/32 "2011-09-07T20:08:21Z")
Mr. Goodbar is the food of the gods. All other candies cower before it. Man, I miss having a Hershey rep living next door. That was a magical time. \ ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/33 "2011-09-07T20:23:32Z")
I’m amazed people actually eat Krackel. It’s basically Nestle Crunch, maybe slightly less boring. Mr Goodbar all the way, followed by Special Dark. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/34 "2011-09-07T21:00:59Z")
> [@diku](#): > > From Wiki: > > The Hershey Company began to change the ingredients of some of its products in 2008, in order to replace some of the relatively expensive cocoa butter with cheaper oil substitutes. This was done to cut costs, rather than having to raise prices in the marketplace for products containing cocoa butter. That explains why the chocolate is rather more translucent around the edges. ---
**Author:** ![Bordesley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@Bordesley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bordesley)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/35 "2011-09-07T21:38:03Z")
Eat Cadbury’s chocolate. Everyone’s a fruit and nut case. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/36 "2011-09-07T22:29:53Z")
**limegreen** , you can send all your Mr. Goodbars to my house. Those always go first around here. The chocolate isn’t the highest quality but the chocolate/peanut combination is our favorite. The special darks linger, gathering dust, until someone gets desperate enough for chocolate that they are willing to eat one. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/37 "2011-09-08T14:10:15Z")
> [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](#): > > I’m amazed people actually eat Krackel. It’s basically Nestle Crunch, maybe slightly less boring. Mr Goodbar all the way, followed by Special Dark. That’s precisely why I like it. The solid chocolate is too boring, and Mr. Goodbar has two different tastes that don’t actually combine, to my taste bud. IIRC, the peanuts are too salty. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/38 "2011-09-08T15:28:34Z")
> [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](#): > > I’m amazed people actually eat Krackel. It’s basically Nestle Crunch, maybe slightly less boring. Mr Goodbar all the way, followed by Special Dark. You can send me your Krackels, and I’ll send you my Mr. Goodbars. 🙂 I can’t stand Mr. G’s–the peanuts have no flavor, so it’s like chewing on chocolate with yucky tasteless things that get stuck in your teeth. Krackels to me are much tastier than Nestle’s Krunch. I’ve been corrupted, though–a friend gave me a Lindt Dark Chocolate with a Touch of Sea Salt bar and I tried it last week (after an initial reaction of “ew–salt and chocolate?”) After that it’s going to be hard for me to go back to Hersheys. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/39 "2011-09-08T15:47:06Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > Special Dark\>Krackel\>Hershey Bar\>Mr. Goodbar That’s exactly what I would say too. I will fight anyone for the last Special Dark in the bag. Mr. Goodbars are best used to level uneven table legs… 😃 ---
**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:** [September 8, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464/40 "2011-09-08T15:52:59Z")
Krackel and Mr. Goodbar. After that, I don’t know. I sometimes crave that weird, funky, unique Hershey’s chocolate flavor, so I guess I’d go Milk then Special Dark. If I’m in the mood for the type of chocolate that Special Dark is supposed to evoke, I go for Lindt’s or Leonidas or something like that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-chocolate-mr-goodbar-krackel-or-special-dark/595464.md?page=3)