# What's your favorite non-mainstream candy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943 "2015-02-17T19:19:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/81 "2015-02-19T00:33:21Z")
More by Pearson’s: > **[Pearson's Mint Patties Candy, 12 Oz. - Walmart.com](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Pearson-s-Mint-Patties-Candy-12-Oz/38323311?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227028251309&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=47345362112&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=93453624992&veh=sem)** > > Arrives by Tue, May 30 Buy Pearson's Mint Patties Candy, 12 Oz. at Walmart.com At Dollar Tree, I found the 2 in a pack Pearson’s Mints. I have never heard of Pearson’s other than at Dollar Tree, though the link has them at WalMart. ---
**Author:** ![ashtayk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@ashtayk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashtayk)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/82 "2015-02-19T00:53:38Z")
[Kopiko](http://www.kopikousa.com/aboutus.html) Very strong coffee flavor! Perfect after a meal. I have seen them only in a couple of Vietnamese restaurants in Houston. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/83 "2015-02-19T07:45:07Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > Ooh, I totally forgot about windmill cookies (which Wikipedia just informed are [called speculoos](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculoos), which is delightful word). I think it’s 'cause the considerable Netherlands extraction which populates west Michigan that they’re fairly well known here. Such a nostalgic taste, I think they’re why I like ginger so much. Not speculaas? That’s how I knew them. Grew up with Dutch sweets. These may be why I like ginger so much too. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/84 "2015-02-19T07:53:32Z")
Bob’s Sweet Stripes soft peppermint. [The Sticks](http://ep.yimg.com/ay/blaircandy/bob-s-soft-peppermint-sticks-12oz-23.jpg)are really hard to find. My local grocery sells [the nuggets.](http://www.oldtimecandy.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/b/o/bobs_ss_mint_balls_bulk_1_1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/85 "2015-02-19T13:32:10Z")
**Mallo Cups** by [Boyer](http://www.boyercandies.com/) are pretty tasty too! I indulge in them maybe once a year. I loves me some **pastel mints** too, knockoffs of the old [**Merrimints**](http://www.oliverscandies.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&product_id=110). Lots of great candies mentioned in this thread! ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/86 "2015-02-19T14:06:19Z")
Why DO the dollar stores seem to get all the cool old, weird candy?? ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/87 "2015-02-19T17:22:11Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > Not speculaas? That’s how I knew them. Grew up with Dutch sweets. These may be why I like ginger so much too. Trader Joe’s sells them as [Speculoos](http://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article/1322). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/88 "2015-02-19T17:44:04Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > “[Bounty](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_(chocolate_bar))” bars. Almond Joy without the almond, Mounds without the dark chocolate, more coconut than either. Seen them one time since 1978. > [@Aspidistra](#): > > Come to Australia. Srsly. Hell, come up here to the Mid-Atlantic! At least one grocer in the area carries milk chocolate Bounty bars in the British Import section. Bounty does come in dark chocolate as well but I haven’t seen those around here since the '90s. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/89 "2015-02-19T17:57:19Z")
[Gummi burgers](http://www.oldtimecandy.com/candy-by-decade/1990s-candy/gummi-burger-1pc) I was the only kid I knew who liked to chew [wax lips](http://www.oldtimecandy.com/wax-fangs-1pc), instead of playing with them, then throwing them out. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/90 "2015-02-19T17:59:33Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > [Gummi burgers](http://www.oldtimecandy.com/candy-by-decade/1990s-candy/gummi-burger-1pc) I remember Gummi Burgers! I never could recall their name, though. I’d separate all the pieces and eat the buns last. Once I figured out all the parts tasted the same, a little bit of the magic was lost . . . ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/91 "2015-02-19T18:02:51Z")
[Whoppers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoppers) malted milk balls. Trader Joe’s [Chocolate Raspberry Sticks](http://www.jeffmcbride.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/choc_raspberry.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/92 "2015-02-19T19:52:58Z")
Not sure if [**Ritter Sport**](http://www.ritter-sport.de/en_US/) bars count as non-mainstream – they’re sort of available, though usually the variety is limited – but I could eat the dark chocolate with marzipan forever! Today I tried milk chocolate with cocoa mousse, which I’d never seen before, and frankly it wasn’t as good as I’d hoped. I recently started working in a new building and the little deli here sells the dark chocolate with marzipan flavor. I really don’t need to be eating them, but I just can’t resist! > [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > [Shocko Bananen](http://www.mylifeissweet.de/_my_media/1/cms/Product_of_the_Month/_tn/510_649_0_Schoko_Bananen.jpg) - Dark chocolate covered banana flavored marshmallow. Those. Sound. Awesome. I’m a big fan of banana flavored things. > [@TruCelt](#): > > Banana flavored Now-and-Laters. For me it’s banana flavored Laffy Taffy. Whenever someone brings in an assortment I always pick through and take out the banana ones! > [@RTFirefly](#): > > Trader Joe’s [Chocolate Raspberry Sticks](http://www.jeffmcbride.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/choc_raspberry.jpg). For me it’s the chocolate-covered orange sticks. The raspberry ones are definitely yummy, but the orange ones are like crack. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/93 "2015-02-22T05:24:37Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > For me it’s the chocolate-covered orange sticks… the orange ones are like crack. 😃 I haven’t tried Trader Joe’s orange sticks, but, I can definitely say that it is impossible that they were better than the orange sticks that one could get from Sears, Roebuck & Co. when they had candy counters. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/94 "2015-02-22T22:31:46Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Not sure if [**Ritter Sport**](http://www.ritter-sport.de/en_US/) bars count as non-mainstream – they’re sort of available, though usually the variety is limited – but I could eat the dark chocolate with marzipan forever! _snip_ 😃 The dark chocolate with hazelnuts are the best. My favorite, usually available but not mainstream candy, [Brachs Maple Nut Goodies.](http://www.brachs.com/products/maple-nut-goodies//) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/95 "2015-02-22T23:15:17Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > [Necco Wafers](http://www.necco.com/candy/wafers.aspx), especially the chocolate ones. They’re available but kind of hard to find in Minnesota (Casey’s has them). Yes! My absolute favorites. I stock up when they show up at my local 99 cent store. I even love the licorice ones, and I normally hate licorice. I also love Flicks, and they can be found at our local Northern California supermarket. ---
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/96 "2015-02-22T23:59:34Z")
Without the slightest hesitation, [Papas](http://www.cincy2u.com/product/PAP-12) dark, milk, and white chocolate covered opera creme eggs (especially the white and dark chocolate varieties), available in the southwest Ohio, northern Kentucky area every year around Easter time. And anything from [Esther Price Candies](http://www.estherprice.com/), especially the cherry cordials. I’m hungry now. For sweets. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/97 "2015-02-23T15:20:29Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > For me it’s banana flavored Laffy Taffy. Whenever someone brings in an assortment I always pick through and take out the banana ones! The Firebug loves Laffy Taffy, and the ones with the yellow wrappers always seem to disappear first. So you’re not alone. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/98 "2015-02-23T17:32:05Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Qadgop, I seem to remember you and I talked about this once - tamarind candy! Love! A coworker recently had a huge bag of tamarind candies that he had brought back from a trip to visit family in the Philippines. I ate as many as I could cajole him into giving away… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/99 "2015-02-23T20:49:27Z")
Havilland Wintergreen patties. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/100 "2015-02-24T01:16:14Z")
Boy oh boy, I sure liked visiting my paternal grandparents every Sunday as a kid. Good ol’ pop-pop always had a stash of barley candy sticks available to quench my sweet tooth if I’d been a good boy during the week (and, I made it a point to always be a good boy…well, I at least-talked-the talk of being a good boy). Later, I’d mosey on into the kitchen and partake of one of nana’s scrumdiddlyumptious nutmeg topped lemon junket parfaits (that woman knew how to enzymatically curdle milk, lemme tell ya). After dinner, it wasn’t unheard of for us to hightail it out the back door and walk the half block to the back of the frozen custard shop with the small sliding window opening to the back for apartment-dwelling customer access and order a chocolate jimmy encrusted vanilla cone or three. After Ed Sullivan (that Topo Gigio was a rascal, no?), it was customary for pop-pop to sit us back down at the kitchen table and pour us each a big glass of coca cola over ice, then ad mix ~100cc or so of pure cola syrup into that, because, according to pop-pop, _“that coca cola company doesn’t put enough cola in their cokes.“_ Yeah, you’d think pop-pop was a big fat tub-o-lard with that voracious sweet tooth of his…but, you’d be wrong. He was a rail thin, muscular health nut his entire life, and was still cutting grass with a non-power hand mower into his mid-nineties. …unfortunately, the rest of us didn’t inherit those particular genes. Oh, back on topic…_“barley sugar candy”_, that’s my nostalgic candy love. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943.md?page=6)