# Most disgusting American candy ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 6, 2001, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729 "2001-10-06T02:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/21 "2001-10-06T13:45:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GIGObuster \* > **PEEPS!** You beat me to it. Pre-spoiled marshmallows. Godawful stuff more suitable for use as tile grout. ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/22 "2001-10-06T13:54:12Z")
I agree with Mann Slaughter on the paper dot “candy”. I mean, even if the paper didn’t stick when you ate them, they were bad. Monkeypants, C.Howards gum, (I called it Chowards, too) is violet flavored, and I like it, but can’t find it around here. But I can get violet pastilles. I also love black licorice and anise flavored stuff. Anyone else like Sen-Sen? greenlady, your mushy jelly beans sound like Chuckles, which I didn’t hate, but were way too sugary for me. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/23 "2001-10-06T14:03:10Z")
Thanks for the link, **that\_darn\_cat**. I’d forgotton the name, if not the experience. They may not be _made_ here, but they _are_ available in the US, and I actually tried [Happy Plums](http://www.bad-candy.com/happyplum/) once. _ **Bleaargh…!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Epistaxis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Epistaxis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epistaxis)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/24 "2001-10-06T15:06:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by greenlady \* > \*\* > Some candy I don’t remember the name of, but it was like mushy jelly beans coated in sugar. They were rectangular shaped and came in packs of like 5 or 6. I think it was the consistency that made them seem so gross to me. > \*\* Those sound like **Chuckles**! I love 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/25 "2001-10-06T15:38:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dropzone \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Bluesman \* > > \*\*Even bacon dip couldn’t have saved this shit. \*\* > > I know how hard it was for you to say that, and I admire you for it. However, dill dip with extra garlic might have helped. > > **saudade** and **monkeypants** , y’all best NOT be dissing Sugar Daddies and Good and Plenty. Second through fourth grades were spent destroying my molars with Fireballs and Sugar Daddies and I still love Good and Plenty. > > I nominate Hollywood for making the very worst candybars: Milk Shake, Zero, and Zagnut. Gaaaaaaaak! \*\* If you get bored on a road trip, try this: get a cup of hot black coffee and a sugar daddy. Stir the coffee with the sugar daddy until all that caramel goodness is dissolved. Enjoy in perfect bliss. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/26 "2001-10-06T15:42:55Z")
THe _worst_ American candy has got to be those cheap, nasty knockoffs of gummi bears. You know, you buy a bag, expecting to get those wonderfully chewy, flavorful bears, and you end up with a mouthful of toxic nastiness that dissolves at the first touch of saliva and gets all caught in the crevices of your molars. The disappointment factor is almost as bad as the fact that they taste like crap. **EWWWW!** ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/27 "2001-10-06T15:56:05Z")
HEY DROPZONE!! ahem, zagnut is made by clark and is the finest candy bar known to man. so there. ---
**Author:** ![Cleophus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@Cleophus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cleophus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/28 "2001-10-06T16:24:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > \*\*Peanut butter is bad; imitation peanut butter is an abomination. \*\* You take that back! I love Reses’ stuff, as well as PB M+M’s. Also, I eat PB straight from the jar. Keeping in topic, the worst American candy is Crunchy M+M’s. While normal M+M’s are bad enough, the junk inside the crunchy variety sinks to a new low. As mnetioned earlier, only PB M+M’s are OK, because they are devoid of chalky M+M chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/29 "2001-10-06T16:25:00Z")
Bit-o-honey. Millions every Halloween and none of them were ever even slightly close to edible. nasty stuff ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/30 "2001-10-06T17:07:34Z")
Gotta add a third vote for **Peeps** to push them into the lead as Most Disgusting American Candy Ever (the prestigious MDACE award). I’ll take a circus peanut for the team any day over being forced to eat one of these marshmallow chunks of hell. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/31 "2001-10-06T17:14:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sultan Kinkari \* > \*\*Candy corn. 'Nuff said. > > Oh yeah, Happy Halloween. Was candy corn originally an Iowa thing? Was it a subversive plot by parents to get kids to eat their veggies? Like they wouldn’t know the difference… \*\* THANK YOU. I HATE Candy Corn. It’s so goddamn SWEET!!! Icky!!! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/32 "2001-10-06T17:39:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mofo Rising \* > \*\* > I’ve also never been able to purchase a **Chik-O-Stik** but Lord it doesn’t look good. > > \*\* Hey I like those. They are basically the inside part of a butterfinger if you must know. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/33 "2001-10-06T18:02:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Monkeypants \* > OK, how about Good ‘n’ Plenty, anything black licorice flavored, or . . . a blast from the past > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Philosophocles \* > Whenever I have tasted black licorice, I have had to quickly spit it out and race to find anything to remove the offensive residue of the taste from my mouth. Preach it! Black licorice is the most _vile, disgusting_ flavour on earth. It’s worse than brussel sprouts, it’s worse than malted milk balls, it’s even worse than beets. How people can market this stuff as a “treat” is beyond me. :: shudders just thinking of that flavour in her mouth :: Blech. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/34 "2001-10-06T18:14:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cleophus \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > > \*\*Peanut butter is bad; imitation peanut butter is an abomination. \*\* > > You take that back! I love Reses’ stuff, as well as PB M+M’s. Also, I eat PB straight from the jar.\*\* Nope. Can’t stand it. Of course I love Zero bars and I’m nuts on PEEPS, especially the stale ones. To each their own. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/35 "2001-10-06T18:20:53Z")
Another vote against Peeps. I can’t stand marshmellows. Never could, even when I was a kid. The candy I really think is gross are those “saucer” things. They feel and taste like styrofoam, and had cunchy little beeds inside of them. Blech! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/36 "2001-10-06T20:59:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rysdad \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by GIGObuster \* > > **PEEPS!** > > You beat me to it. Pre-spoiled marshmallows. Godawful stuff more suitable for use as tile grout. \*\* The worst part is you can TASTE the food coloring in them-it’s all bitter, like you would think a match head would taste. Sugar Babies are good. Sugar Daddies are best broken in tiny pieces and sucking on. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@King\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/37 "2001-10-06T21:04:44Z")
Pixie Stix. Basically sugar in a straw. Not a very satisfying confectionary experience. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/38 "2001-10-06T22:24:04Z")
Peeps are awful. Peanut butter anything is sick. Malted milk balls are better used as marbles. Anything Peppermint is gross. Candycorn tastes like wax. However, the worst American candy has to be original flavored **Starburst** and **Skittles**. By the way, Black licorice is the best. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/39 "2001-10-06T22:24:27Z")
Necco wafers. \ ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/40 "2001-10-06T22:53:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elfkin477 \* > \*\* Necco wafers. \ \*\* Ooooooooh! Necco wafers. I actually like them weird things. They have a new “tart” version out that is actually really good, not bland like the original ones. Plus, I only live 10 minutes away via freeway from the Necco Candy Factory where they’re made. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729.md?page=3)