What's your culture's version of circus peanuts?

Uh…how??

I might have added that many things in a bad of liquorice allsorts have a disturbing texture as well - a certain grittiness, as I recall.

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I’ve seen something like this, but by the name “reception sticks,” presumably because they are served at receptions. Not at any reception I’ve ever attended.

Those look some kind of solid - refreshment sticks have a filling you can actually drink, so you need to be careful when biting into them, lest you get all that syrup all over yourself.

They are indeed very sugary, a coat of chocolate, then an inner coat of pure sugar containing practically flavored sugary water.