Colombia. Swiss.
Ferrero Rocher. I remain disappointed that none of theambassadorial events I’ve attended has had them.
When I worked with a lot of Indian people I loved when they brought in “sweets” from home. Not super sweet, but super flavorful. Pistachio and honey and who knows what else. I’d love to learn to make them.
I wouldn’t call them candy though. For one thing, I think most were homemade. For another, they usually had a cake or cookie or fudge consistency rather than hard or chewy like what I would call candy. Maybe we’re talking about different stuff?
If anybody has a link to a description and/or recipe of various Indian sweets, I’d love to see it. I don’t even know what to call the various things I ate. I just know I’d go into work sometimes and there would be a big platter of tiny slices or cubes or balls of delicious stuff in the break room.
But as you admitted earlier, you havent had any of the prestige American Chocolatiers, like Vosges, Jacques Torres, Scharffen Berger, etc
Like I said, in America you can find top grade chocolatiers.
Sure. And this pointless badgering would be of some moment if I’d said anything as stupid as “All American candy everywhere is crap except See’s”, rather than what I did say, which was to specifically reference my own experience :
" everything else I’ve had** has been absolute crap".
Although, given that you *also *included 2 brands I *have *had, and didn’t like, in your first attempted gotcha, I don’t hold out too much hope as to my liking the rest of them. I’ll see when I’m in the US later this year, I always try the local chocolate.
Might you be making a stop in Philadelphia?
Only Houston, I’m afraid.
Also, I’m afraid Shane looks a little bit … hipster.
I used to love Callard & Bowser nougat but it vanished for a while - seems its back again so I thank the OP for starting this thread and causing me to look it up - I see my future more clearly now.
I’ve always enjoyed jellied fruits - a firm jelly outer casing with a soft syrupy centre
Another that has not been mentioned is the famous chocolate eclair toffee - these were a treat above the average sweet candy - I remember they did a blackcurrent version but have not seen that around for years
No mention of hard fruit sweets such as Fox’s Glacier fruits and Mints - I’ve seen youtubes of Americans trying to eat them, by crunching them :smack: - but these are intended to last for a while because you are supposed to you suck them down to nothingnes
http://www.englishshop.se/en/articles/2.46.4642/foxs-glacier-mints-130g
Last of all to mention are the jelly gummy sweets made by Haribo which also have a line called MOAOM their factory is just up the road from me, they have some ultra tangy versions that take some getting used to, incredibly tart, as well as the more conventional gummies - I would be interested in reading your views on any of these
My WAG would be that you have made up your mind that all American chocolate is crap.
Like I said, I like See’s. My anticipation of dislike is experience-based (both low-end stuff like Hershey’s and some of the premier brands you first mentioned), but like I said, I am happy to try more brands when I’m there. So, you’re projecting like a lighthouse.
Oh, and I like (chocolate) M&Ms well enough (not as much as Smarties, which have’t had artificial colours for more than a decade, and a different shell crunch point) , but I don’t know if ours are imported or made here. Same-same for Skittles.
DRRRP?
:smack: Ah.
Candy doesn’t have to be industrial. A lot of the sweets mentioned in this thread aren’t candy, that I agree with, but even those which are normally sold from industrial sources don’t have to be industrial, any more than cakes have to come from a baker.
Well, I’ve made caramels before so I know candy can be homemade. But I wouldn’t consider cakes, cookies or brownies “candy” either. I just wasn’t sure exactly how to classify the Indian sweets I ate, as they seemed closer to fudge or cookies than the nearly pure sugar confections I’m used to calling candy.
Thanks for giving me the name of the candy! I looked up Italian candy on Amazon. The ones that were the closest were Ferrara Traditional Italian Torrone. Looks like just nougat and nuts. Although they aren’t wrapped in the gold foil with saints pictures that I fondly remember. For something so beautifully wrapped they were sure were a letdown!
Many years ago I bought some high end chocolate at the airport in Las Vegas. They had liquid centers filled with real booze.
I don’t remember the name. But, I think they were part of the Mars group.
I lived in Utah at the time. And due to Utah’s liquor laws, they wouldn’t ship to Utah.
I forgot to address the absolute worst. It’s not native to a country so much as a US State: Iowa. I’ve also seen it attributed to Pennsylvania Dutch and areas of Maine.
According to Food Network, they have the best candy in the country.
Try Araya; they have a store off I-610 just south of the Arboretum and their factory store is out in Katy at Route 99 & Highland Knolls, two miles south of I-10.
Food Network is *not *my go-to for what constitutes good food. Or even edible food.
Thanks for the tip, I’ll have to see if i can get there.
They call them chocolate liqueurs http://www.sweetas.net.au/brands/anthon-berg.html