# What candy could you identify by feel alone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448 "2026-04-21T03:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/21 "2026-04-21T12:34:37Z")
Just make sure [it’s not doody.](https://youtu.be/vuG7lyUaBvM?si=xKhTKkqVEwrB6_YP) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/22 "2026-04-21T13:25:01Z")
[Curly wurly.](https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285919422767) ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/23 "2026-04-21T15:23:42Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Candy ribbons. 😉 Candy canes too. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/24 "2026-04-21T15:35:28Z")
What could I identify with my hand in a bag in a dark room? Most of them. I was alive when people saw films in theaters and sneaking in all the candy was expected. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/25 "2026-04-21T15:50:03Z")
Life Savers ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/26 "2026-04-21T15:55:38Z")
Not sure if it’s known at all outside of the UK, but [Edinburgh Castle Rock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_rock), from its unique crumbly and gritty texture. j ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/27 "2026-04-21T15:57:15Z")
Cotton candy ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/28 "2026-04-21T15:59:35Z")
Pretty sure I could identify an Idaho Spud by feel alone. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/29 "2026-04-21T16:00:53Z")
[Buttons.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Buttons) Nothing like eating a little paper with your candy! ---
**Author:** ![Nyvaak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nyvaak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nyvaak)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/30 "2026-04-21T16:02:28Z")
Pez. Definitely Pez. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/31 "2026-04-21T16:07:02Z")
Twizzlers. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/32 "2026-04-21T16:31:05Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > NECCO Wafers. But don’t wipe your hand on your black pants after identifying it… (they’re dusted with finely powdered sugar to keep them from sticking together in the roll) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/33 "2026-04-21T16:36:00Z")
Un-wrapped bullseyes. That creamy center mmmm. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/34 "2026-04-21T16:38:02Z")
A Marathon bar. Haven’t seen them in years ( decades ) though. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/35 "2026-04-21T16:45:55Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Toblerone That’s a good one, hard to miss that mountain range. I’ve been buying the minis lately with only two peaks. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/36 "2026-04-21T16:47:56Z")
> [@Nyvaak](#): > > Pez. Definitely Pez. They are similar to Smarties, tho. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/37 "2026-04-21T19:23:12Z")
Kinder Eggs. By Ferrero. If we can include wrapping, as they are egg-shaped plastic containing a hollow milk chocolate egg, The lawyer-enticing **prize** inside the chocolate egg makes them unavailable in the litigious USA, where ‘prize is not edible’ and/or “Prize may present a choking hazard” is meaningless. How about marshmallow Peeps? Or just marshmallows? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/38 "2026-04-21T19:27:51Z")
Heath bars, if you still have your teeth. (If not, you can always suck on them.) ---
**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/39 "2026-04-21T20:28:33Z")
Starburst. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448/40 "2026-04-21T21:20:47Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Probably M&Ms (They crush, Skittles don’t) But could you tell them from Reese’s Pieces? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448.md?page=3)