# Who else dissects candy bars? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052 "2005-09-04T16:01:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/1 "2005-09-04T16:01:24Z")
I don’t make mesas out of my mashed potatoes. Never in my life have I created a canyon out of corned beef. However, I am still guilty of playing with my food, albeit in a very limited manner. I like to dissect my candy. When I eat a Kit-Kat/Mars bar, I like to see how close I can get to eating the chocolate, but leaving the center virtually untouched. It is especially easy to do so when the chocolate comes off in plates. I also like to remove the coating from M&Ms, and I tried to do the same to Smarties when I was in England, though it was much harder. Thus, I was wondering who else is willing to admit to this behavior? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/2 "2005-09-04T16:04:23Z")
The most I do is break apart a Hershy’s Bar. ---
**Author:** ![Shutterbug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Shutterbug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shutterbug)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/3 "2005-09-04T16:06:56Z")
My favorite candy to dissect is Snickers. If no one is watching, I like to eat the caramel peanut part first and the the creamy nougat last. I have dissected KitKats too. ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/4 "2005-09-04T16:17:01Z")
malted milk balls. i like to nibble off the chocolate first. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/5 "2005-09-04T16:19:03Z")
I liked to eat the chocolate coating off Whoppers malted milk balls, back when I could eat candy with abandon. And eat the chocolate off the Heath bar before enjoying the toffee. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/6 "2005-09-04T16:28:08Z")
Disecting candy bars? You people are SICK! SICK I TELL YOU! :eek: Actually, I like to eat Kit-Kat bars in sections. First you eat the border around the bottom edges, then the chocolate off the sides and ends, then you scrape off the top layer of chocolate, eat the first section of cookie, then the next layer of chocolate, so on so forth 🙂 I tried eating all the chocolate off of a Reeses Cup, but after a while I decided it was just more effecient to take the thing down in three bites. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/7 "2005-09-04T18:14:37Z")
Ooh…Reese’s. Nibble the little serrated chocolate edges off, then peel the chocolate off the top & bottom, then finally roll the remainder up in a ball and eat the big peanut butter ball. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/8 "2005-09-04T18:25:06Z")
Kit Kat’s for sure. I do the same My favorite is Mr Big (well it’s been a while since I’ve had one, but I think it is Mr Big) It has a tube of nougat in the centre surrounded by peanuts and chocolate. I like to eat off everything else to just get that nougat tube. mmmmm ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/9 "2005-09-04T19:36:14Z")
> [@Ludy](#): > > tube of nougat I knew a band name would come up eventually. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/10 "2005-09-04T19:41:03Z")
I will pull the chocolate off of a Three Muskateers bar, and eat that, then roll the middle into a ball and eat it in small bites. I am this close to slicing up candy bars with a knife, so I can make sure I savor them by not taking enormous bites. Susan ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/11 "2005-09-04T19:44:40Z")
My name is Robin, and I dissect candy bars. I regard it as a challenge. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/12 "2005-09-04T19:52:47Z")
This was no accident. This Milky Way was murdered! Yeah, I’ve been known to. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/13 "2005-09-04T21:02:22Z")
The only thing I dissect are Rochers. I have to eat all the chocolate/hazelnut shell off, leaving the inside wafer perfectly in tact. Then I twist the wafer open, eat the hazelnut, put the wafer back together, and then eat that. Odd, I know. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/14 "2005-09-04T21:05:36Z")
Whenever I get a chocolate Easter bunny, I bite off the ears first. That way they can’t eavesdrop on me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/15 "2005-09-04T21:27:21Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > Whenever I get a chocolate Easter bunny, I bite off the ears first. That way they can’t eavesdrop on me. 😃 I bite off their faces. That way they can’t you what they’ve heard. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/16 "2005-09-04T21:30:42Z")
I’ve been known to bite the carmel and chocolate off the top of a **Twix** leaving the bottom cookie part to eat last. I also peel the pretzel part of a **Combo** off the center while it’s in my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/17 "2005-09-04T21:46:57Z")
[QUOTE=susan\_foster] I will pull the chocolate off of a Three Muskateers bar, and eat that, then roll the middle into a ball and eat it in small bites. /QUOTE] I used to do that too ! :: fighting strange urge to go and look for a Three Muskateers bar. :: ---
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/18 "2005-09-04T22:07:57Z")
Yup, gotta play with my candy. I bite off the chocolate/carmel on Twix and eat the cookie part last. I always eat Peep bunny ears first, then head, then body. I also think Peep bunnies have more sugar per square inch, so I don’t buy the baby chick Peeps. Purple and blue ones are bad. I know, logically, it’s all the same, but only yellow or pink sugar will do. M & M’s must be sorted by color, eating whatever color you have most of to even them out, then I eat by least favorite color. I don’t have M & M power wars. When I was younger, I would throw green and yellow Sweet tarts out the window of the car. I don’t like yellow or green, but I really enjoyed torturing my sister by having her watch me throw candy out the window. I still won’t eat green to this day. ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/19 "2005-09-04T22:39:15Z")
Twix for sure. And also Double Deckers, the hard choice being whether to eat the nougat or the biscuit first. ---
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/20 "2005-09-04T22:43:05Z")
Yup, gotta play with my candy. I bite off the chocolate/carmel on Twix and eat the cookie part last. I always eat Peep bunny ears first, then head, then body. I also think Peep bunnies have more sugar per square inch, so I don’t buy the baby chick Peeps. Purple and blue ones are bad. I know, logically, it’s all the same, but only yellow or pink sugar will do. M & M’s must be sorted by color, eating whatever color you have most of to even them out, then I eat by least favorite color. I don’t have M & M power wars. When I was younger, I would throw green and yellow Sweet tarts out the window of the car. I don’t like yellow or green, but I really enjoyed torturing my sister by having her watch me throw candy out the window. I still won’t eat green to this day. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052.md?page=2)