What to do with 12 tons of KitKat bars

[Dung_Beetle]

First off, don’t ask Harry Chapin to deliver them anywhere.
Song of the Day for March 18, “30,000 Pounds of Bananas” by Harry Chapin | WGCU News | PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida

[solost]

@don_t_ask

Crush them and use them as sprinkles on a 40 ton bowl of ice cream.

Speaking of crushed KitKats, fun fact-- the insides of KitKat bars are made of the crushed-up remains of KitKat bars that were rejected on the asembly line.

It’s perhaps the world’s only recursive candy!

[Little_Nemo]

@chappachula

Here’s a P&E thread about NewYork mayor Mamdani and his new policy for building larger grocery stores in Manhattan :

"Bodegas have a business model where all manner of shady practices are commonplace, that a corporate.. operator would not be able to use.

There’s the willingness of the owner and family to work hours and accept physical risks …And willingness to buy soda and snacks from some random with a box truck that isn’t a representative of Coke/Pepsi, Frito Lay or Mondelez.

There are lots of reasons why bodegas operate in places where a 7-11, Quiktrip or Circle-K wouldn’t. These well organized chains have too much of a paper trail

NYC Mayor election thread - #371 by Mighty_Mouse

Just in case anybody else was confused as I was.

This passage is not a quote of something Zohran Mamdani said. It’s a quote of something SDMB poster Mighty_Mouse said in a discussion about Mamdani.

[Czarcasm]

Now I am seeing stories that they were a special edition in the shape of an F1 car.

[BippityBoppityBoo]

@Czarcasm

I am seeing stories that they were a special edition in the shape of an F1 car.

The Kit Kats or the bananas?

[Q.Q.Switcheroo]

@solost

Speaking of crushed KitKats, fun fact-- the insides of KitKat bars are made of the crushed-up remains of KitKat bars that were rejected on the asembly line.

It’s perhaps the world’s only recursive candy!

And “Mystery Flavor” Chupa Chups lollipops are made when production switches from one flavor to another, to use up the residue of the old flavor in the machine.

[Dr_Paprika]

The next step is to acquire a couple thousand vending machines.

[LSLGuy]

@solost

It’s perhaps the world’s only recursive candy!

The molten chocolate used to cover lots of bars & nugggets and whatnot is recirculated. Liquid chocolate falls as a curtain as the goods are conveyed underneath them on a slatted or screened belt. The liquid chocolate that misses the goods (or drips off the goods) drops into a open tub below where it’s pumped back up top, rewarmed, and sprayed again on bars riding by later. So sorta recycled.

Solid chocolate confections like Hershey bars or the famous hollow or solid cast Easter bunnies get inspected at the end of the line and any defective ones get tossed aside to be dumped back into the melt tank at the head of the assembly line to be recast into new bars, bunnies, etc. So even more recycled.

[solost]

@Q.Q.Switcheroo

And “Mystery Flavor” Chupa Chups lollipops are made when production switches from one flavor to another, to use up the residue of the old flavor in the machine.

Dum-Dums brand lollipops does that too.

[Mean_Mr.Mustard]

As someone who has recently eaten a Kit Kat bar…they ain’t what they used to be.

(neither are Reese’s Cups)

mmm