# What is this candy called? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-candy-called/204116 "2003-09-27T05:23:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-candy-called/204116/1 "2003-09-27T05:23:20Z")
There is a kind of mint that I’m having a craving for. It’s one of the kind that you might find in a bowl on your way out of a restaurant. They’re about the size of large jelly beans but more round (slightly egg shaped). They have a candy shell in various colors, a little brighter than pastels. The inside is sort of like the inside of a York Peppermint Patty, but maybe a little more firm. They are _not_ “after dinner mints” which are pastel, sort of pillow shaped, and chalky. Those are good too, but not what I’m looking for. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-candy-called/204116/2 "2003-09-27T05:26:09Z")
Oh yum, I love those. They’re like M&Ms, only bigger, pastel and minty. And I’ve purchased them in boxes, so I know you can get them, but I’m blanking on the name. Gimme a few seconds, it’ll come to me. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-candy-called/204116/3 "2003-09-27T05:27:06Z")
Jelly Belly mints maybe? ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-candy-called/204116/4 "2003-09-27T05:28:30Z")
No, that’s not it. I want to say it’s something like Jots. But I think that’s not quite it either. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-candy-called/204116/5 "2003-09-27T05:29:55Z")
Hmm. Are these them? I think they are, but I still think they have another name. [http://www.candydirect.com/html/eng/Dutch\_Mints\_Goelitz.html](http://www.candydirect.com/html/eng/Dutch_Mints_Goelitz.html) (Sorry, I can never remember how to make a working link.) ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-candy-called/204116/6 "2003-09-27T05:31:26Z")
> **[Mints](https://www.candydirect.com/collections/mints)** > > Buy mints in bulk for weddings, hotels, restaurants, parties and more. We have over 70 types of mints at wholesale prices at CandyDirect.com. HA! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-candy-called/204116/7 "2003-09-27T05:39:31Z")
No, those are chocolate. Abby: no, they are not jelly beans. They are like York Peppermint Patties (have you ever had one? the center is this white creamy stuff… but kinda firm). ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-candy-called/204116/8 "2003-09-27T05:45:43Z")
[Junior Mints](http://www.blaircandy.com/juniormints.html). You find them most often in movie theater snack bars. Yum-yum. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-candy-called/204116/9 "2003-09-27T05:49:45Z")
**Opal** - I’m pretty sure the first ones are what you’re looking for - even though it says chocolate, I think that’s a simplified description. IIRC, there’s an extremely thin layer of chocolate under the shell, but the inside is white and denser than a peppermint patty. But I’m also pretty sure they were called Jots when I bought them. Then again, it’s been a loooooong time. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-candy-called/204116/10 "2003-09-27T05:59:06Z")
Horse: No, they are definitely NOT Junior Mints. Junior Mints are not egg-shaped nor do they have a pastel candy shell. Life: hmmm… maybe I should try them… ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-candy-called/204116/11 "2003-09-27T05:59:34Z")
Hmm. I found something else, too: [http://www.keepsakefavors.com/product/013233.shtml](http://www.keepsakefavors.com/product/013233.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-candy-called/204116/12 "2003-09-27T05:59:49Z")
**Opal** I’m sorry I wasn’t clear. I meant Jelly Belly brand mints. I think they make a mint that looks like a [jots](http://www.candydirect.com/html/eng/Mint_Jots.html) mint only more oval and less round. It’s not a jelly bean with mint flavor, it’s a true sorta firm cream chew mint in a candy shell. I tried to find it online. They have them in the gift shop in the tunnels downtown. If you dont find your answer before then I will look on monday during my lunch hour. I’ve had them, but maybe they are by the Jelly Bellys and I just am mistaken about their brand. ] ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-candy-called/204116/13 "2003-09-27T06:02:34Z")
(I like Junior Mints, but these are better. Junior Mints are messy, besides.) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-candy-called/204116/14 "2003-09-27T06:03:56Z")
Life: Hmm… those look like them, too… Abby: let me know if you find them 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-candy-called/204116/15 "2003-09-27T06:11:05Z")
[These are not as pale pastels as the ones I had from the tunnel shop, but they are candy coated mints.](http://www.factoryvendingonline.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=1000&Product_Code=21701&Category_Code=11101) [These are what the ones I was thinking of looked like!](http://www.thenutfactory.com/photos/mints-holland.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-candy-called/204116/16 "2003-09-27T06:53:25Z")
Hmm… the ones I remember were definitely shiny…