# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/21 "2005-09-04T23:30:46Z")
> [@Pixisis](#): > > malted milk balls. i like to nibble off the chocolate first. > [@kittenblue](#): > > 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. With malt balls, I like to do _the opposite_. I bite the Whopper in half and then lick and suck out most of the malt center until just the soft chocolate shell is left. As for other candies, most of my favorites are seasonal (e.g., Cadbury Mini Eggs and Mint M&Ms) and are available only for a limited time during the year. Thus, I try to make the experience of eating them last as long as possible. For example, with [Cadbury Mini Eggs](http://www.bewarethecheese.com/minieggs.htm), it’s just not enough to pop one in your mouth, crunch it up, and gobble it down(although I admit to sometimes doing that). You have to savor them. I do this by either sucking them so the candy coating and then the chocolate underneath slowly dissolves in my mouth; biting them in half and–like I do with Whoppers–licking and sucking out most of the center; or delicately biting off and eating the candy coating until just the chocolate remains which I then pop in mouth where it slowly dissolves. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/22 "2005-09-04T23:36:52Z")
As Calvin pointed out to Suzie Derkins, “Disassembling your food into its component parts before eating it certifies you as a grade-A Nimrod.” :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/23 "2005-09-04T23:46:00Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > 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. Are you me? ---
**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 6, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/24 "2005-09-06T01:30:16Z")
Ah ha! A— But really, than you for all the replies. Btw, [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6548175) is a newer thread, about the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/25 "2005-09-06T02:56:48Z")
The big Kit Kat bars are the best yet made for dissassembling. \*\*Hal briston \*\* should be appearing in this thread some time soon. His OCD candy threads are semi-legendary. ---
**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/26 "2005-09-06T05:43:06Z")
I, too, dissect my candy bars, particularly Snickers bars. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/27 "2005-09-06T06:29:02Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > However, I am still guilty of playing with my food, albeit in a very limited manner. I think this is the book you want 🙂 . ---
**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 6, 2005, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/28 "2005-09-06T06:41:28Z")
Book? What is book? ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052/29 "2005-09-06T06:41:47Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > I think this is the book you want 🙂 . :smack: Gee, would probably be helpful to put in the link to said book rather than make you guess… [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060936754/103-8121810-1454250?v=glance](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060936754/103-8121810-1454250?v=glance) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-dissects-candy-bars/320052.md?page=1)