# Violet Crumble **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 21, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violet-crumble/361640 "2006-06-21T23:01:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violet-crumble/361640/21 "2006-06-22T10:38:43Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > What _great_ drag names, and with the Pride Parade just round the corner! I’m glad to know I’m not the only person who has a mind that works like that! 😃 Only I was thinking of porn star names, not pride names. But still… For a color scheme, the Violet Crumble comes in a glossy, deep purple package with bright yellow lettering, with the statement “It’s the way it shatters that matters!” on the outside. The Cherry Ripes are in a vivid red bag. I have had the Pollywaffle **mhendo**. Back when I first had the Australian candies, in the International Candy Exchange on this board, I got a wonderful variety that included the Pollywaffle, the Jaffas, the Cherry Ripes, and some more. The only one I didn’t care for was some kind of pink sticks, the color of bubblegum, that smelled like roses, sort of. Can’t remember the name. But all of the rest, in a very generous selection, were great! ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violet-crumble/361640/22 "2006-06-22T10:49:51Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > The only one I didn’t care for was some kind of pink sticks, the color of bubblegum, that smelled like roses, sort of. Can’t remember the name. But all of the rest, in a very generous selection, were great! Those would be _Musk Sticks_. I don’t know anyone who likes them. That link that **C3** posted, about half-way down on the right column - Musk Lifesavers - same kind of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violet-crumble/361640/23 "2006-06-22T10:54:43Z")
> [@Vagus](#): > > Those would be _Musk Sticks_. I don’t know anyone who likes them. > > That link that **C3** posted, about half-way down on the right column - Musk Lifesavers - same kind of thing. Oh, I do. My good friend was raised in country NSW and she loves them. Keeps them on her person almost always, has some in her desk all the time. I had never seen them before I moved to Sydney from the US and she sprang them on me without explanation. They are horrible, and taste like bad perfume smells. Ugh! Cheers, G ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violet-crumble/361640/24 "2006-06-22T13:18:59Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > I did find some violet-flavored hard candy in a tin at the airport in Paris two years ago. I’ve managed to make it last and last and last… Flower-shaped, purple candy? Made by Maury, perhaps? I know where to buy it, if it’s that… ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violet-crumble/361640/25 "2006-06-22T14:06:49Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > IThe only one I didn’t care for was some kind of pink sticks, the color of bubblegum, that smelled like roses, sort of. Musk sticks. They’re something of an acquired taste. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violet-crumble/361640/26 "2006-06-22T15:04:14Z")
**Baker** , I think I know a place you can get all kinds of candy as you describe. In Lawrence, there’s an import food/gift shop called “Brits”. It’s on Massachusetts St (around 9th). It’s connected with another food shop called “Au Marche”. You should come check them out. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violet-crumble/361640/27 "2006-06-22T17:54:57Z")
I’m not sure why, but Violet Crumbles are easy to find in Oregon. Plaid Pantry tends to stock them and I’ve found them in 7-11s too. I like Pocky sticks, the chocolate ones. I got hooked on them when I lived in Japan as a kid and it was years before Asian stores got prevalent enough to feed my habit. Now they’re available all over, thank Og… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violet-crumble/361640/28 "2006-06-22T20:00:47Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > **Baker** , I think I know a place you can get all kinds of candy as you describe. In Lawrence, there’s an import food/gift shop called “Brits”. It’s on Massachusetts St (around 9th). It’s connected with another food shop called “Au Marche”. > > You should come check them out. I’ve been to Brit’s, but it’s been a while and I wasn’t checking out the candy then, hadn’t been turned on to it yet. I go there to get Twining’s Lapsang Souchong tea. One can find some varieties of Twining’s in Topeka, but not that one. Anyway, thanks for the heads up. I think when I go to the July Dopefest in Kansas City, I’m going to stop off in Lawrence to check out Brit’s again! ---
**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:** [June 22, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violet-crumble/361640/29 "2006-06-22T20:04:13Z")
I’m in California, and I see Violet Crumble all the time, including in drugstores like Long’s. The most consistent place I’ve seen it is at Cost Plus World Imports, where they have all sorts of nifty international candy. If you’ve got one in your area, try there. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violet-crumble/361640/30 "2006-06-22T21:20:22Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > I’m in California, and I see Violet Crumble all the time, including in drugstores like Long’s. The most consistent place I’ve seen it is at Cost Plus World Imports, where they have all sorts of nifty international candy. If you’ve got one in your area, try there. Yeah, i was also about to post about the ease of finding Violet Crumbles in California. My wife’s from San Francisco, and whenever we go back there to visit her mother, i pick up some violet crumbles at Cost Plus. There’s also a candy place in North Beach, i think on Columbus, that sells them. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violet-crumble/361640/31 "2006-06-23T09:21:40Z")
I note the people saying you can buy things locally, but there is always something special about a parcel that arrives for you from overseas. It is the sense of not knowing what is inside, as well as someone else has thought highly enough of you to send something. I love getting parcels from my Internet friends in the USA, even if they contain nothing more than jelly beans. They are special. ---
**Author:** ![Mame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Mame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mame)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violet-crumble/361640/32 "2006-06-23T13:36:43Z")
Apparently Musk lollies **are** an acquired taste. They are popular in Australia and South Africa but not many other of the Colonies, and more popular with females than males in both countries. I like musk sticks, cachous and LifeSavers. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violet-crumble/361640/33 "2006-06-23T13:48:15Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Yeah, i was also about to post about the ease of finding Violet Crumbles in California. My wife’s from San Francisco, and whenever we go back there to visit her mother, i pick up some violet crumbles at Cost Plus. There’s also a candy place in North Beach, i think on Columbus, that sells them. I too have seen them all over. They’re one of my sister’s favorites. There’s also a candy store here in Pasadena that makes them. They do both the dark chocolate covered ones and the more pointless milk chocolate covered ones. So **Baker** , you just need to come to California on vacation! ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violet-crumble/361640/34 "2006-06-23T14:25:29Z")
I tried a Violet Crumble for the first time in ages today (because of this thread, natch). The filling _is_ better than a Crunchie, but I can’t get past the compounded chocolate: it’s horrible. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violet-crumble/361640/35 "2006-06-24T08:51:10Z")
> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#): > > Well! According to [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Crumble) Violet Crumbles are “common” in Hawaii as well. 😃 So, maybe you can find a way to get more of them, via mail order from Hawaii? It certainly would be closer than Austrailia, so it would get to you fresher. Yep!! We do have them here. Had them for years. They are good/different. But they squeak when you bite down on it. Imagine biting into styrofoam:eek: ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violet-crumble/361640/36 "2006-06-24T09:18:38Z")
The Sydney Kings basketball team were dubbed the _Violet Crumbles_ in 1995 - they play in purple and gold livery and were, at the time, notorious for raising the hopes of their fans before failing in spectacular fashion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violet-crumble/361640.md?page=1)