# What's your favorite hard candy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 6, 2000, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889 "2000-11-06T02:43:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/1 "2000-11-06T02:43:44Z")
Jolly Ranchers hands down. But I would really like to know how they got their name. That may be a question for GQ though. ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/2 "2000-11-06T02:52:37Z")
I heartily concur. Jolly Ranchers are the best. Especially cherry Jolly Ranchers. But what’s up with the ones they had out this halloween? They’re what, 2 inches long? ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/3 "2000-11-06T02:55:19Z")
My favorite hard candy has to be butterscotch. If I got em, I’ll suck on em all day. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/4 "2000-11-06T03:06:07Z")
Horehound. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fairy_Princess_Kitty)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/5 "2000-11-06T03:06:28Z")
I adore Creme Savers in strawberries and creme they’re so good and yummy and _stops herself from drooling_ Okay, I think I’ll just go away now. Kitty ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/6 "2000-11-06T03:11:29Z")
Oh I love Cream Savers too. My all-time favorite is sour apple Jolly Ranchers. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/7 "2000-11-06T03:17:46Z")
Make that 2 votes for horehounds. I also love rootbeer barrels and ButterRum Lifesavers. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/8 "2000-11-06T03:34:06Z")
I’m naming my first root canal after Werther’s toffees. One between the cheek and gum, a cup of coffee, and I’m set until I run out of coffee. However, HOREHOUND? Jolly Ranchers are bad enough (nobody has mentioned the watermelon ones!), but horehound? ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/9 "2000-11-06T03:46:37Z")
Granted some of those mentioned are pretty good but Jolly Ranchers are just plain consistent. I could eat one or two every morning of my life. And slythe or someone please tell me what a horehound is. I heard them mentioned in another thread but I have never heard of them. Or at least I can’t remember if I have. Are they sold down south? And dropzone, yeah the watermelon Jollys are the best. A nice understated bouquet of real watermelon with every one you eat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/10 "2000-11-06T04:03:27Z")
Horehound is an antique candy from your great-grandma’s days. One of those “natural” (bleah!) flavors–as I recall it’s sorta root-beery. They really aren’t all that bad, but I think these guys like them for the name. And it is a great name. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/11 "2000-11-06T04:40:11Z")
Actually I enjoy the flavor, though I can’t really compare it to anything else. My Grandmother always had a big bag full of 'em (lozenges, kind of a coffee brown color with sugar crystals on the outside). Horehound is a plant in the mint family and you can make tea from it too. It’s probably a mostly rural thing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wastelands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@wastelands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wastelands)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/12 "2000-11-06T04:59:57Z")
Gotta go with the Werther’s. Never without a bag of 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/13 "2000-11-06T05:01:26Z")
Juicefuls, no contest. They actually taste like the flavor they’re supposed to be, plus they have juice in the center. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/14 "2000-11-06T05:03:10Z")
Nothing, absolutely nothing, compares to [Necco](http://www.necco.com/neccohome.html)s. Especially the chocolate ones. Mmmm. Hard to come by in Canada. Pity. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Sang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee7513/32.png) [@Le\_Sang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Sang)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/15 "2000-11-06T05:25:45Z")
I dunno - Jolly Ranchers are good but nothing quite stands up to the Atomic Fireball unless of course someone can find some of the old “Hot” warheads - the sour ones don’t cut it ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/16 "2000-11-06T08:32:30Z")
orange creamsavers. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/17 "2000-11-06T15:16:58Z")
Butterscotch, with Root Beer Barrels a close runner up. I don’t like fruit-flavored hard candies generally, but the watermelon Jolly Ranchers are OK. ---
**Author:** ![Fletch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Fletch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletch)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/18 "2000-11-06T15:31:16Z")
Atomic Fireballs are my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/19 "2000-11-06T16:38:51Z")
Jolly Ranchers are an excellent choice, but my two favorites don’t seem to be available (in the U.S., at least): Zotz – Especially good to give to a friend to see the reaction. Zotz are hard candies with a baking soda center. Bite into them and they fizz in your mouth. Regal Crown Sour Lemon – All of the Regal Crown stuff (even Sour Grape 🙂 ) was great, but sour lemon was #1. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889/20 "2000-11-06T17:05:35Z")
My favorite is the little strawberry ones, with the chewy jam-like center. There seem to be several varieties though, and some are not high quality. I am also very partial to these “limon” mints (half white, half light green, swirled together a little in the middle) that I’ve seen at a few restaurants around Austin. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hard-candy/39889.md?page=2)