# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![bwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@bwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bwk)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/81 "2001-10-09T05:33:06Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Fenris \* \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by even sven \* > There was one type, however, that was disgusting beyond beleif. It had a chewy-white body flecked with little brightly colored gummy bits…sort of like the the candy version of fruit cake. Yech! \*\* I saw these in the store today. They are called Jelly Nougats, and, well, I haven’t had one in a long time, but… …I used to really like them. Oh, the shame. They were in the pick a mix or pick and mix or whatever bins. I don’t like that word ‘pick’ associated with food. When I hear ‘pick’ I think of scabs. Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/82 "2001-10-09T14:42:49Z")
I can’t stand: Necco Wafers Good n’ Plenty Candy Corn Jelly beans (Jelly bellys are okay) circus peanuts black licorice peeps **CADBURY CREAM EGGS - Who wants a semen filled egg? (Okay, okay, sorry, that’s just what it reminds me of.)** I like bit-o-honey, though. Delish! And lemon drops are great. Tibs. ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/83 "2001-10-09T15:06:39Z")
Cadbury Cream Eggs Bit o Honey Those peanut-butter flavored atrocities that ended up in my trick or treat bag with the black and orange wrappers Any licorice that’s NOT made by Twizzlers. Twizzlers imitators taste like waxy plastic. Not worth the $.99 for a package of 100, no matter how tempting. Pixie sticks Ju Ju Bees… lost my first tooth at the movies (seeing Back to the Future) in a Jujube. ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/84 "2001-10-09T15:14:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ChristmasEve \* > \*\*Cinnamon Altoids. I am addicted to them (to the extent where I have to get my fix from Cybercandy, being a UK-dweller) but they don’t go down too well with anyone else. Not that it distresses me unduly, you understand. \*\* I love Cinnamon Altoids! In fact, I’m eating some now. In the words of Ralph Wiggum, “They taste like burning!” Let’s see…does anyone remember that A&W Root Beer gum with the disgusting oozy centers? That stuff was pretty foul. And it goes without saying that black licorice and Circus Peanuts are pretty noxious. Oh, and Tootsie Rolls. I’ve always hated them. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/85 "2001-10-09T19:55:46Z")
Another vote here for the absolute awfulness of cherry cordials. The texture of the cherry and the icky flavor of the syrupy stuff which runs all over your hand the second you bite in to them is just … ugh. Makes me feel like I’m eating severed ears preserved in alcohol. I can’t even think about it any more. Mallow Cups are horrible too. I love chocolate and I like marshmallow under the right circumstances, but a chocolate covering over a mushy marshmallow center is just so wrong. Salt water taffy and conversation hearts (those little heart-shaped sugar bombs you see around Valentine’s Day with the sayings on them) are just a waste of ingredients. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/86 "2001-10-09T20:18:52Z")
I remember a short lived candy bar that I think was called 7-UP. It was chocolate with seven compartments. Each compartment had a different nasty filling. Each was worse than the one befor. We bought one once and between 4 kids we could not finish it. Black licorice is Satans poop. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_The\_Bold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dale\_The\_Bold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_The_Bold)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/87 "2001-10-09T20:41:18Z")
I’ll have to be bold and say that Heaven is paved with circus peanuts, light poles are made of Red Vines licorice, the sidewalks are made of those white marshmallowy things with the multi-colored jelly globules, and God’s throne is made of fresh peeps. Though I may be int he minority in this. I agree that Satan poops black licorice, but his underwear has stains of Jelly Belly “buttered popcorn” and “coffee” flavored jelly beans (what the hell were they thinking??). I also think “maple” flavored easter chocolates are from hell. And there’s another easter chocolate candy filled with “pink.” I think it’s supposed to be some sort of fruit, but it tastes like mold. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/88 "2001-10-09T21:17:32Z")
Divinity. I hate divinity. Pecan divinity, regular divinity, I don’t care what it is, I hate it. Sugar and egg whites whipped up. You can use cake frosting and whip that, too, and then let it air dry. Tastes like spackle. ---
**Author:** ![emulsified](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emulsified/32/2915_2.png) [@emulsified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emulsified)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/89 "2001-10-09T21:25:55Z")
I have to vote for the coconut atrocities known as Mounds and Almond Joy, in spite of their quite catchy “Sometimes you feel like a nut” jingle. [geeky python reference] Plus it ain’t a US candy but I also nominate Crunchy Frog or Anthrax Ripple… [/geeky python reference] –emulsified ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/90 "2001-10-09T21:27:36Z")
[tangent] Someone once, long ago, read to me aloud (I could’ve said I read it myself, but it wouldn’t be true) an excerpt from a Thomas Pynchon novel–possibly _Gravity’s Rainbow_–that described the protagonist’s encounter with bizarrely-flavored English candies. As I recall, it was hilarious & brilliant. Anyone care to track it down & post it here? [/tangent] ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/91 "2001-10-09T22:30:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dale The Bold \* > \*\*I agree that Satan poops black licorice, but his underwear has stains of Jelly Belly “buttered popcorn” and “coffee” flavored jelly beans (what the hell were they thinking??). \*\* No way, man! The buttered popcorn ones rock! The A&W Root Beer flavored ones, OTOH – well, the less said, the better. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/92 "2001-10-10T02:54:55Z")
What about those liquid filled gum cubes? I remember Dr Pepper, 7 Up, A&W Root Beer, and several other equally foul mint flavors. The liquid was like cold snot and it made the gum feel like chewing rubber bands. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/93 "2001-10-10T04:21:00Z")
Allsorts, yes, I believe that’s what they were called. But dear **racinchikki** dredged up a repressed memory with this: > [@](#): > > Divinity. I hate divinity. Pecan divinity, regular divinity, I don’t care what it is, I hate it. Sugar and egg whites whipped up. You can use cake frosting and whip that, too, and then let it air dry. Tastes like spackle. Urrrrrrgh. Aaaaaaaaagh. Bleahbleahbleah! The ONE time I ate divinity, I reacted like Tom Hanks in _Big,_ after he ate caviar. I knew I’d repressed that for a reason. Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! ---
**Author:** ![pestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@pestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pestie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/94 "2001-10-10T16:12:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Philosophocles \* > \*\*I never particularly liked Necco wafers. (I’m not a Neccophiliac.) Are those made in America? \*\* Yeah! I had a friend who lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and she could see the Necco wafer factory from her apartment. ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/95 "2001-10-10T16:57:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jsc1953 \* > \*\* > > But here’s a new one… > > cherry cordials. Those chocolate-covered cherry things that come in boxes of assorted chocolates. Picking one of those (instead of a yummy caramel) was like losing the lottery…only worse. Like a lottery where if you lose, they beat you up. \*\* !!! I LOVE cherry cordials!!! You could bribe me with those. Licorice & coconut are both yummy—though one of my non-coconut-eating friends says shredded coconut looks like fingernail clippings. My vote for nasty candy is anything fake banana-flavored. Mary Janes also fall on that list. But my big vote has gotta be for “gummy rats”. Made of the same stuff as gummy bears, only in the shape of a lifesize rat. My next door neighbors used to bring home marshmallow-flavored ones from their vacation to Atlantic City every year. ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/96 "2001-10-10T18:04:50Z")
Hey, you leave my Peeps out of this! [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=67528](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=67528) Come to think of it, I should go out and get a pack of Halloween Peeps. Hmm, will it be ghosts or pumpkins? Black licorice is pure ick though. Imagine my horror when confronted with a full bottle of Sambuca! ---
**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 11, 2001, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/97 "2001-10-11T12:58:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zebra \* > \*\*Satans poop. \*\* SATAN’S POOP. It’s a sig line! It’s a heavy metal band! It’s two things in one. And also an image that wlll never leave my band. I hate any candy that incorporates fruit and chocolate (fruit belongs in the fruit bowl, not the candy dish) and as for “generic red” forget about it. All imitation red flavors taste the same and don’t taste like the real thing. Ick! ---
**Author:** ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/98 "2001-10-11T13:41:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pkbites \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*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. 🆒 \*\* Yipes!!! I thought that they’d stopped making those!!! Yum! I once ate three packages of them and couldn’t taste anything for a week. True happiness… Another vote for peeps. Around easter, there are those displays of pink, yellow and blue peeps. It’s a yearly tradition, while grocery shopping, for me to pick up a pack of the yellow ones and show them to my girl. “Look! Freshly born baby chickies! Aren’t they sweet!” Then I pick up the pink ones. “OH NO! There seems to be something horribly, horribly wrong! I think they’re suffocating! It must be this plastic wrap! Quick! Go for help!” Next I pick up the blue ones. “Nevermind. It is too late. They’ve gone to a better place.” It’s called Peep Theater. And it’s the only thing that they’re good for. Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naughty_wicked_zoot)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/99 "2001-10-11T15:07:51Z")
yet another vote for peeps. my stomach hurts just thinking about them. plus, my mom would always tatke them out of the wrapper to put them in our easter baskets. great, thanks mom, green plastic “grass” covered peeps. yum. root beer barrels. who thought these up and why? absolutely disgusting. i also have no tolerance for anything grape or orange flavored. except grapes and oranges. no candy, ice cream, soda, nothing. it never tastes right, and just tastes chemical-y. on the other hand, my favorite jelly bellys are the buttered popcorn and the roast marshmallow flavor. how do they do that? ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729/100 "2001-10-11T15:57:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Zebra \* > > \*\*Satans poop. \*\* > > I hate any candy that incorporates fruit and chocolate (fruit belongs in the fruit bowl, not the candy dish) and as for “generic red” forget about it. All imitation red flavors taste the same and don’t taste like the real thing. Ick! \*\* That sounds like my husband! I LOVE fruit and chocolate. Godiva used to make a truffle that was blueberry filling covered in white chocolate. Orgasmic. Those chocolate/orange or chocolate/raspberry balls you whack on a table and it opens up into slices are heavenly. I love making brownies or fudge with orange or raspberry flavor. Said husband will NOT touch them. More for me. I also love lemon creams - chocolate candy with lemon filling you find at the candy counter or in a box of quality chocolates. Sheri [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disgusting-american-candy-ever/85729.md?page=6)