# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/101 "2015-02-24T02:28:46Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > The dark chocolate with hazelnuts are the best…] Concur! Best mainstream grocery store source of dark chocolate with whole hazelnuts, which is my very favorite kind of chocolate add-in. > [@Eddie\_F](#): > > 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… > > I’m hungry now. For sweets. Never heard of 'em, but I want very badly to try them. Don’t find myself in the Kentucky/Ohio area all that often, though. 🙂 Are there dark, milk, and white versions, or just one and it’s swirled, or … ? Also, what does opera creme mean? Or is that the world’s most awesome autocorrect fail? > [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > 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… 🙂 Want! ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/102 "2015-02-24T03:26:04Z")
Another vote for Mary Janes. Another favorite is Zotz. For those who enjoy crazy stuff happening in your mouth, Zotz puts Pop Rocks to shame. [Here’s video of a little kid trying Zotz for the first time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S2_w5A6ppg). ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/103 "2015-02-24T23:12:50Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Also, what does opera creme mean? Or is that the world’s most awesome autocorrect fail? I wondered that myself, so I looked it up. [It’s a thing.](http://www.food.com/recipe/cincinnati-opera-cream-candies-511902) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/104 "2015-02-24T23:20:21Z")
I’m one of those that like Necco Wafers. Strange, chalky and ancient candy. I think they are the oldest candy in continuous production in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/105 "2015-02-24T23:24:44Z")
> [@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. I like both Mounds and Almond Joy, but they each taste like they’re missing something. If only Peter Paul made a coconut candy with almonds \*and \*dark chocolate. I think they did try out a dark chocolate Almond Joy once, but they were gone before I got the memo. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/106 "2015-02-25T18:17:33Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **C. Howard’s Violet mints**. Funny, I was -just- talking about these with a co-worker. I have a strong attachment to these things from childhood when they seemed to be more readily available. I don’t even like the taste so much, but the smell gives me the chills (in a good way.) I used to keep a package in the junk drawer just to give it a sniff every once in a while! Incidentally, you can find them at Cost Plus World Market if you ever want to give them a try. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/107 "2015-02-25T18:24:15Z")
Content: Do foreign candies count? I absolutely adore the combo of chocolate + tangy liquid (!) filling in [Erfrischungsstaebchen](http://www.google.com/search?q=erfrischungsst%C3%A4bchen), but these are not available in the US except through import stores. ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/108 "2015-02-25T18:26:23Z")
The chocolate covered orange fudge in Brach’s Bridge Mix Milk chocolate covered orange cheap candy drops in a paper bag – can’t remember the name ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/109 "2015-02-25T19:03:50Z")
> [@amaguri](#): > > Funny, I was -just- talking about these with a co-worker. I have a strong attachment to these things from childhood when they seemed to be more readily available. I don’t even like the taste so much, but the smell gives me the chills (in a good way.) I used to keep a package in the junk drawer just to give it a sniff every once in a while! > > Incidentally, you can find them at Cost Plus World Market if you ever want to give them a try. Cost Plus World Market is a great place to check for imported or hard to find candy. They carry [White Rabbit](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rabbit_Creamy_Candy) candy from China and [Prince Polo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Polo) from Poland. Another favorite is the white chocolate with coconut and corn flake version of Choceur from Aldi. ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943/110 "2015-02-25T19:29:29Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **C. Howard’s Violet mints**. If anyone would like to try these they are usually carried in World Market stores, which is where I found them for the first time. When I was in there last week they had the mints and gum, and a couple of other flavors. They aren’t for everyone! I enjoyed the first few before I had to put them down, but then I started getting the craving for them. If you buy a pack and decide you don’t like them, stick the roll in a drawer to scent your clothes. They are quite strong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943.md?page=5)