# What are the newest 'popular' candy bars? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [October 11, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678 "2020-10-11T01:16:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/21 "2020-10-12T02:41:09Z")
My current favorite is the Kinder Bueno, and it is _only_ available at the cash register, which is pretty danged annoying. I usually grab an entire display box from a closed register line. [![](https://cdn3.volusion.com/no4tr.u43q3/v/vspfiles/photos/DE702477-2.jpg?v-cache=1578436164) ](https://cdn3.volusion.com/no4tr.u43q3/v/vspfiles/photos/DE702477-2.jpg?v-cache=1578436164) ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/22 "2020-10-12T02:42:34Z")
A new one for us that we frequently see at the cash register is [Kinder Bueno] ([Kinder Bueno - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinder_Bueno)). It’s usually a bit cheaper than other candy bars. I like the light, crispy texture with hazelnut flavoring. My nine-year-old granddaughter loves them. ---
**Author:** ![TheKingOfSoup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@TheKingOfSoup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheKingOfSoup)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/23 "2020-10-12T03:19:19Z")
**california\_jobcase** , no offense, but your taste in candy makes me want to kill you with an ice-axe, several times, as in David Ives’ _Death of Trotsky_. Okay, not really, but if you like the combination of sugar and cloves, and the texture of Dots, I can’t think of any effective way to torture you: you’re already immune to the worst I can think up. This is of course a joke. Hello, and good to meet you. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/24 "2020-10-12T04:09:41Z")
[Necco](https://www.spanglercandy.com/our-brands/necco-wafers) availability. I like the clove and chocolate, plus how the air around MIT used to smell. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/25 "2020-10-12T04:37:39Z")
> [@susan](#): > > plus how the air around MIT used to smell. Me too. Of course you have to factor in that the most heaven smell was Junior Mints wafting over the Charles. Sigh…those were the days. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/26 "2020-10-12T05:09:04Z")
They still make them, except lime. Since 1847! Issued to our troops since the Civil war. ecch. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/27 "2020-10-12T13:40:45Z")
> [@TheKingOfSoup](#): > > Yeah, they were. I also remember Dots: slightly sweetened pencil erasers. Dots have been much better since they started wrapping the boxes in airtight plastic. No more squeezing boxes to see if the Dots are fresh or stale. As for pulling fillings: as a kid I lost fillings to Turkish Taffy and to a penny candy called Mary Jane. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/28 "2020-10-12T13:59:19Z")
I just bought a bag of Take 5. I love them. Are Watchamacallits still around? Candy bars are kind of like Christmas songs - there are about 20 that have been around forever and very few new ones are let in. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/29 "2020-10-12T14:21:56Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > They still make them, except lime. What is it with lime candies disappearing? Skittles, Life Savers, SweeTarts, the little suckers from the bank… all the green ones are now lousy apple or worse, watermelon. At least Mike and Ike still provide the finest of the candy flavors! ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/30 "2020-10-12T17:33:38Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > My current favorite is the Kinder Bueno, and it is _only_ available at the cash register, which is pretty danged annoying. I usually grab an entire display box from a closed register line. That is what I was coming to post. My wife and I just tried one and we both thought it was a great, light candy bar. And we aren’t huge candy bar eaters (well, I would be if I did all the shopping 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/31 "2020-10-12T18:02:27Z")
wiki: _In 2009, Necco changed the formula for its Necco Wafers. Artificial colors and flavors were eliminated. The candy was made softer through the addition of [glycerine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerine). The lime flavor was removed due to difficulties in creating an all-natural green coloring, resulting in a 7-flavor Necco Wafer roll.[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necco_Wafers#cite_note-Globe_InOut-1)_ ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/32 "2020-10-12T18:05:12Z")
Now **this** is what I call fighting ignorance! Thanks **DrD**. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/33 "2020-10-12T18:06:25Z")
> [@TheKingOfSoup](#): > > Yeah, they were. I also remember Dots: slightly sweetened pencil erasers. But nothing ever matched, for sheer evil disguised as candy, Necco wafers. Neccos are my favorites. They’re coming back, though still not yet in any store I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/34 "2020-10-12T20:30:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Neccos are my favorites. They’re coming back, though still not yet in any store I’ve seen. I bought a roll just a week ago! In a Stop & Shop, in one of those free standing cardboard displays in the area they mostly put seasonal foods, rather than near a register or even in the candy aisle. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/35 "2020-10-12T21:22:18Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I still remember the TV commercial from the 1970s. The song is a real earworm: > > Chewy chewy caramel > Hundred thousand dollar bar > Chewy chewy caramel > Hundred thousand dollar bar > Extra rich in caramel > Nestle’s Hundred thousand dollar bar This is so funny. I couldn’t recall seeing the commercial, although I was pretty sure I had. When I played the video, I could sing along. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/36 "2020-10-12T22:24:03Z")
Few of the candy bars named are remotely close to being new. I think UK Marathon bars were known here in North America as Snickers and far more substantial than Curly Wurly’s, sold in Canada as Wigwags before my time. It is true many are spin-offs of old favourites, like Japanese KitKats. The **newest** ones (in Canada) I have seen might be _OMGs_, a delectable cluster of chocolate and graham cracker. _Mini Eggs_ are newer than most. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/37 "2020-10-12T22:46:35Z")
Apparently ruby chocolate is a new type of chocolate rather than coloured/flavoured white chocolate… It was developed in 2004 but has only been available to consumers since 2018. > **[What Is Ruby Chocolate - Ruby Cacao | The Nibble Webzine Of Food Adventures](https://blog.thenibble.com/2019/09/03/tip-of-the-day-ruby-chocolate/)** > > There's a new kind of chocolate to try! Ruby cacao (chocolate), a 100% natural rosy pink color, joins dark, milk and white varieties. The scoop from THE NIBBLE webzine of specialty foods. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/38 "2020-10-12T22:54:17Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > Apparently ruby chocolate is a new type of chocolate rather than coloured/flavoured white chocolate… It was developed in 2004 but has only been available to consumers since 2018. > > [Google](https://blog.thenibble.com/2019/09/03/tip-of-the-day-ruby-chocolate/) Trader Joe’s carried it a couple years ago. It wasn’t a branded candy bar per se. It was just okay. Kind of like white chocolate, with a slight tang to it. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/39 "2020-10-13T00:35:08Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > This is so funny. I couldn’t recall seeing the commercial, although I was pretty sure I had. When I played the video, I could sing along. 🤣 It’s burned in my brain, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/40 "2020-10-13T03:29:36Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Neccos are my favorites. They’re coming back, though still not yet in any store I’ve seen. I’ve posted before of my love for Neccos, how I’ve lost weight on the Necco Diet, and my adventures buying all the rolls I could find after they stopped making them. But, good news, they’ve started making them again in Mexico (they’re branded as from The Spangler Candy Co.). And I finally saw a display, checked the wrappers, and tried 'em. Yay, so glad that I love the new ones, too. BUT the originals are chalkier, without any of that Actual Candy flavor… They redid the chocolate. It’s like the previous flavor, but more like chocolate, and less chalky. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678.md?page=3)