# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**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 13, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/41 "2020-10-13T04:21:15Z")
I’ve never seen Necco’s in Canada. Have no idea what they look or taste like. Occasionally will see something American like a Heath or Whatchamacallit. Specialty stores sometimes carry British bars or Latin brands like Jet or Carlos V. Newer trends in Canada included adding peanut butter, white chocolate or green tea coating, pretzels or caramel to well known classics which lacked these. Chunkier thick versions also had a moment. Now smaller sizes and “thins” are _en vogue_. ---
**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 13, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/42 "2020-10-13T05:01:58Z")
> [@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. Not only are they delicious, but they seem to be largely air, so you have to eat a lot of them. I can’t be trusted near them. ---
**Author:** ![knavette57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knavette57/32/3871_2.png) [@knavette57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knavette57)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/43 "2020-10-13T05:10:59Z")
Not maybe all that new, but I love the dark chocolate Milky Way bars (Midnight Milky Way), which seem to have disappeared around here. Perhaps it is a pandemic shortage issue. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/44 "2020-10-13T05:42:05Z")
Take a communion wafer, dust lightly with clove or cinnamon and slightly sweet. Or try a cheap poker chip, same. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/45 "2020-10-13T06:34:17Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > I just bought a bag of Take 5. I love them. > > Are Watchamacallits still around? Yes they are. Might be my all time favorite candy bar. Amazing stuff. I’m also a fan of the Take 5. That’s the closest I think we’re likely to get to the OPs question. The only other candidate is the [Fast Break](https://www.hersheys.com/reeses/en_us/products/reeses-fastbreak-standard-size.html). And while this might get disqualified as being just a variation on a classic, I would argue otherwise. It’s a new thing, different than a Reese Peanut Butter Cup, though I admit there’s possibly a slipper slope argument to be had here. I think if your broaden your scope to include candy, as opposed to just “bars” which imply a certain shape and construction, you might have better luck. Especially in the realm of sour candies. You’ll find newer things like Airheads, Warheads, Nerds, Sour Patch Kids, Trolli Gummy Worms and the like which were all introduced in the 80s. There’s probably something in that category that’s newer. Edit: How about [Flipz](https://www.flipz.com/)? They usually live in the chips aisle, but I say they are just candy in a bag. ---
**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, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/46 "2020-10-13T13:29:41Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Take a communion wafer, dust lightly with clove or cinnamon and slightly sweet. Our church services have been only streaming since March (Senior pastor, on the first Sunday of the pandemic: “We’re following the Lord’s advice, which is ‘Don’t be a damn idiot!’”). During a Zoom Coffee Hour, someone asked for home communion and suggested we each somehow have some kind of wafers at home. I said “I’ve got some stale chalky disks!” And held up a roll of Neccos. Saintly hilarity ensued. ---
**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 13, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/47 "2020-10-13T13:38:04Z")
Has anyone tried the Reese’s Dark Thins? OMG!! They are amazing. I could eat a whole bag, but with my new rule of cutting back on sweets, I limit myself to 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 13, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/48 "2020-10-13T15:53:32Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@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. > > Not only are they delicious, but they seem to be largely air, so you have to eat a lot of them. I can’t be trusted near them. I’ve introduced them to several cashiers. At least one reports back that they’re addictive. I, of course, agree. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678/49 "2020-10-13T17:24:10Z")
Very good! 😆 🤣 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678.md?page=2)