# Most disagreeable chocolate/candy bars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105 "2018-05-14T01:01:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 14, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/1 "2018-05-14T01:01:08Z")
No, these aren’t confections that are able to employ rhetoric and actually disagree with you; these are offensive little comestibles innocuously wrapped up all spiffy-looking but containing vomit fodder. Turkish Delight - All that red crap I couldn’t get my head around. (also Big Turk) Cherry Blossom - sickly-sweet cherry syrup - I’ll pass. Butterfinger - a poor man’s Crispy Crunch Red Twizzlers - ok slightly going from the bar thing, but still (usually) in the same grocery rack. ETA: No Spring Surprises on me. ---
**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 14, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/2 "2018-05-14T01:35:01Z")
Butterfinger is the only one those I consider a candy bar. There ain’t one that I see at the grocery store candy counter that I wouldn’t gladly eat. ---
**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 14, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/3 "2018-05-14T01:42:15Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > Butterfinger is the only one those I consider a candy bar. There ain’t one that I see at the grocery store candy counter that I wouldn’t gladly eat. I’ll admit Cherry Blossom is kinda stretching it, too, but in google images there’s a Turkish Delight ‘mini-bar’ in a purplish-pink wrapping, and the aforementioned Big Turk, which is definitely in bar format. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/4 "2018-05-14T01:51:05Z")
Do Girl Scout cookies count? A few years ago, when I was living in my old town, the GS council test-marketed a sugar-free brownie. I never tasted it, but I was told by multiple people that they never thought a brownie could be disgusting, but this was, and that’s why it didn’t go into wide circulation in following years. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/5 "2018-05-14T02:18:22Z")
Hershey’s Milk Chocolate, plain. Adding almonds doesn’t help much, either. > [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Butterfinger - a poor man’s Crispy Crunch A what, now? :asks Google: You know Butterfinger predates [the Canadian bar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispy_Crunch) by [seven years](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfinger), right? ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/6 "2018-05-14T02:25:20Z")
Cherry Ripe - I’m not sure if the coconut or the cherry is the worst part ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/7 "2018-05-14T02:32:09Z")
If you’re talking about just “chocolate” candy bars, Baby Ruth and Butterfinger are at the bottom of my list. If you expand it to anything that calls itself candy, there’s nothing worse than Laffy Taffy, which is not only disgusting, but also sticks to your mouth so you can never completely get it out of your mouth, which means you can’t wash or gargle out the taste. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/8 "2018-05-14T02:34:12Z")
Cherry Blossoms are amazing. Blasphemy! My entry is the Zero bar. So bland. It’s like a protein bar without the protein or the sheen of assumed virtue. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/9 "2018-05-14T02:47:52Z")
Please let me add my nomination: Charleston Chews. Some alien artificially flavored “nougat” that tastes vaguely of cherry or chocolate with a weird, greasy, overly sweet chewy texture, covered in “chocolate” that is applied with the same technology used to electroplate silver. There’s no other explanation for how they get that layer so thin. Just yuck. ---
**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 14, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/10 "2018-05-14T02:49:07Z")
Milk duds are a dud! But who can dispute Hershey bar? Not me, oh no, not me! ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/11 "2018-05-14T02:49:36Z")
Any chocolate bar that has rice in it needs to be tossed into a super volcano. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/12 "2018-05-14T02:53:56Z")
Circus Peanuts. They suck. Yes, I said it! ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/13 "2018-05-14T02:55:40Z")
Hershey chocolate (their bar of straight chocolate) tastes terrible. Some Americans like it, but only because Hershey’s market dominance there means they don’t often get to taste the better stuff. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/14 "2018-05-14T03:00:00Z")
I will eat everything mentioned in this thread thus far. Yes, I have a problem. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/15 "2018-05-14T03:00:24Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Cherry Blossom - sickly-sweet cherry syrup - I’ll pass. Even worse (in my opinion) is the Canadian “Eat-More” candy bar, which may or may not contain cherries because the factory sometimes throws deformed Cherry Blossoms into the ingredient vat. (It’s true!) ---
**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:** [May 14, 2018, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/16 "2018-05-14T03:04:08Z")
Mounds and Almond Joy. They have coconut in them. BTW, if you think Hershey’s chocolate is bad, it’s not even close to the awfulness of Palmer (though that’s not a bar; it’s cheap Easter chocolate). ---
**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 14, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/17 "2018-05-14T03:08:29Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > Hershey chocolate (their bar of straight chocolate) tastes terrible. Some Americans like it, but only because Hershey’s market dominance there means they don’t often get to taste the better stuff. Some? Some? We loves our Hershey bar. It is perfection! IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/18 "2018-05-14T03:09:09Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > Hershey chocolate (their bar of straight chocolate) tastes terrible. Some Americans like it, but only because Hershey’s market dominance there means they don’t often get to taste the better stuff. Bah. I’ve eaten great chocolate; I worked for awhile with a pastry chef who ordered magnificent 10 lb bars of Scharffen Berger that I got to nibble on while chiseling off chunks for ganache. And while Hersheys is of course not in that league, it’s perfectly delicious for what it is. The soured milk tang to it ain’t to everyone’s taste, but I like it. > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Do Girl Scout cookies count? no ---
**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 14, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/19 "2018-05-14T03:26:18Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Hershey’s Milk Chocolate, plain. Adding almonds doesn’t help much, either.A what, now? > > :asks Google: > > You know Butterfinger predates [the Canadian bar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispy_Crunch) by [seven years](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfinger), right? Guess I’ll give Butterfinger longevity points, but CC came along and made it more ingestible. Someone gave the thumbs down to Eat-More bars; I’ve heard them dissed elsewhere, too, but I can stomach them, despite it being maybe 30 years since I last had one. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105/20 "2018-05-14T03:31:50Z")
Another Canadian voting for Eat-Mores. I don’t know if they still make them, but Pep Chews were truly bad too. In other candy gone bad, may I offer nasty little purple chewy pellets called Thrills. They look like candy covered rat poop. The awesome thing though is that the makers are totally aware of how bad they are because printed on the package is - “Thrills. They still taste like soap!” Ah, nostalgia! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105.md?page=2)