# Will anyone ever come out with a new candy bar again? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 3, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-ever-come-out-with-a-new-candy-bar-again/302177 "2005-05-03T04:03:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-ever-come-out-with-a-new-candy-bar-again/302177/41 "2005-05-03T21:43:38Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > The dark chocolate kit-kats that they had out for a while are total genius…they transform a pretty-good-but-not-great candy bar to a sophisticated treat. Dark chocolate is the key people. How about this, keep the exact same candy bars we have now, but make everything in a dark chocolate verison. > > Thank you. Oh DITTO! Keep the sickly sweet milk chocolate and bring on the dark, dark, lovely dark REAL chocolate. \*\*:oÞ ~~~~~~ \*\* ---
**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-ever-come-out-with-a-new-candy-bar-again/302177/42 "2005-05-03T22:10:37Z")
> [@Neurotik](#): > > Take 5 is freaking heroin. 😃😃😃😃😃 Couldn’t have said it better! We keep 4 around the house for the “munchies”. I agree, I think it’s something with the pretzels, perfect mix of sweet and salty, chewy and crunchy. It’s beautiful! Oooh, I tried a Dark Chocolate Twix bar today. Oh yum. Not as good as the Take 5, but still very good. Worth trying! ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-ever-come-out-with-a-new-candy-bar-again/302177/43 "2005-05-04T01:21:05Z")
For those that live where Mountain Bars are available, they have just come out with a mint version to go with the regular, cherry, and peanut butter versions. It might be time for a trip to the Brown and Haley seconds store. Almond Roca and Mountain Bars, $1 a pound. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-ever-come-out-with-a-new-candy-bar-again/302177/44 "2005-05-04T02:34:36Z")
Y’know what’re hard to find but are freakin’ CRACK in candy bar form? Zagnuts. ( [http://www.oldtimecandy.com/zagnut.htm](http://www.oldtimecandy.com/zagnut.htm) ) Mmmm! Take the center of a Butterfinger, but don’t make it so super-concentrated (a more gentle flavor, if you will) and cover it with toasted coconut. Delicious. The perfect candy bar for when you’re not in a chocolate mood, but still like the standard chocolate accoutrements. ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-ever-come-out-with-a-new-candy-bar-again/302177/45 "2005-05-04T02:50:19Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > Zagnuts. ( [http://www.oldtimecandy.com/zagnut.htm](http://www.oldtimecandy.com/zagnut.htm) ) > > Mmmm! Take the center of a Butterfinger, but don’t make it so super-concentrated (a more gentle flavor, if you will) and cover it with toasted coconut. Delicious. The perfect candy bar for when you’re not in a chocolate mood, but still like the standard chocolate accoutrements. I’ve never had a Zagnut, but it sounds like a [Chick-O-Stick](http://www.oldtimecandy.com/chick-o-sticks.htm) And yes, they’re yummy! ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-ever-come-out-with-a-new-candy-bar-again/302177/46 "2005-05-04T03:51:18Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Decades of buildup? > > You know what foreigners say about American food? Hershey’s Chocolate encapsulates every unpleasant stereotype of American food: bland, designed to be palatable to the lowest common denominator, basically symbolic of the kiddification of our culture that this is what people think of as chocolate. Hershey’s is disgusting. It hardly tastes like chocolate at all - more like soft, sweetened wax. If you come to the United States, bring your own food. OK, television inspired buildup. I should have known, shouldn’t I? As I mentioned, I’m a big fan of those peanut butter cups but Hershey chocolate didn’t do a lot for me. I was disappointed in Oreos when I finally got to try them as well. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-ever-come-out-with-a-new-candy-bar-again/302177/47 "2005-05-04T04:11:50Z")
For those of you who like Zagnut, come to Lawrence. They’re 4 for $1 at my local grocery. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-ever-come-out-with-a-new-candy-bar-again/302177/48 "2005-05-04T04:31:14Z")
> [@Little Bird](#): > > Don’t do it! Don’t eat good chocolate! If you like Hershey’s, just keep eating that!..[N]ow I can only be satisfied by Lindt and other such really expensive chocolate! I remember Lindt. I lived in Switzerland for a while, and I was renting a room from a couple where the man worked for the supermarket that sells Lindt (Migros). As a gesture of pure good will they maintained in my room a bowl of those little mini bars of various Lindt chocolates. The bowl never was empty because they they just kept refilling it. I guess they got it for free. Anyway, you gotta wonder why the Queen of England eats Cadbury (if she does, in fact). But if you want to like Hershey’s again, **Little Bird** , try this: I’d just started working a new job in Colombia and found myself broke two weeks before my first paycheck. I tried to figure out what would be the cheapest source of the most calories to get by. I settled on **Carlos V chocolate bars** –sold throughout Latin America, and surely the worst chocolate you will ever taste. It will make Hershey’s seem like heaven. Regarding OP, why invent new candy bars, when some of the classics are disappering. I’m speaking of the legendary **Idaho Spud** –a candy bar/potato. We used to buy them when I was a kid, but I don’t see them around today. We never ate them; we just thought they were funny. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-ever-come-out-with-a-new-candy-bar-again/302177/49 "2005-05-04T04:41:45Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > It’s like Kenny G turned way up loud. That’s brilliant, Excalibre! Extreme mediocrity. It could even be a kind of torture. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-ever-come-out-with-a-new-candy-bar-again/302177/50 "2005-05-04T05:14:35Z")
Anyone ever have Squirrel Nut Zippers? The swing band took their name from that very old-fashioned candy. It is super-dense and sticky, kind of peanut-buttery with honey or nougat or something. Kind of like a cross between a caramel, a Bit-O-Honey (I miss those too), and something with nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Tamarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tamarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamarin)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-ever-come-out-with-a-new-candy-bar-again/302177/51 "2005-05-04T05:32:24Z")
> [@etmiller](#): > > \ > Regarding OP, why invent new candy bars, when some of the classics are disappering. I’m speaking of the legendary **Idaho Spud** –a candy bar/potato. We used to buy them when I was a kid, but I don’t see them around today. We never ate them; we just thought they were funny. The [Idaho Candy Company](http://www.idahospud.com/) is still in business and making Idaho Spud bars. I don’t really care for them, but if you have a craving, my e-mail is in my profile. E-mail me and I’ll send you a couple. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FlippyFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FlippyFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlippyFly)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-ever-come-out-with-a-new-candy-bar-again/302177/52 "2005-05-04T11:34:12Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Anyone ever have Squirrel Nut Zippers? The swing band took their name from that very old-fashioned candy. It is super-dense and sticky, kind of peanut-buttery with honey or nougat or something. Kind of like a cross between a caramel, a Bit-O-Honey (I miss those too), and something with nuts. They stopped making Bit-O-Honey? The only time I ever ran into these was on Halloween. ---
**Author:** ![FlippyFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FlippyFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlippyFly)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-ever-come-out-with-a-new-candy-bar-again/302177/53 "2005-05-04T11:36:19Z")
> [@](#): > > The popular Idaho Spud Bar is a wonderful combination of a light cocoa flavored marshmallow center drenched with a dark chocolate coating and then sprinkled with coconut (Sorry, no potato!). The potato shape and unique blend of ingredients appeals to both young and old, making the “Idaho Spud” **one of the top hundred selling candy bars in the Northwest** , and is Idaho Candy Company’s best selling bar. The Idaho Spud Bar has been a favorite since it was first manufactured in 1918. What a distinction! One of the top hundred in the Northwest? I would hate to eat a candy bar that did NOT make that list. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-ever-come-out-with-a-new-candy-bar-again/302177/54 "2005-05-04T11:41:45Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > OK, television inspired buildup. I should have known, shouldn’t I? As I mentioned, I’m a big fan of those peanut butter cups but Hershey chocolate didn’t do a lot for me. I was disappointed in Oreos when I finally got to try them as well. Mmm, those things are a drug. I don’t even like peanut butter. I think my love is based on that combination of salty and sweet - such a contrast. They’re wonderful . . . ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-ever-come-out-with-a-new-candy-bar-again/302177/55 "2005-05-04T16:17:01Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > That’s what the newspapers have been saying. As usual, the media gloms onto any vaguely health-related news report, misinterprets it, and then reports it so heavily that it’s impossible to find out what the actual story was. Apparently there has been some actual research suggesting that dark chocolate may provide helpful antioxidants - but then, what plant-derived food doesn’t end up containing antioxidants when it’s studied? Dark chocolate is very high in fat and fairly sugary (though less sugary than milk chocolate, generally speaking) - so it’s as bad for you as anything fatty and sugary is. I did a bit of research on this for biochem back in college. Unfortunately I’m at work so I don’t have all my old cites so no exact figures here, but dark chocolate is quite packed with antioxidants. More so than green tea, in fact. It’s been found to help lower LDL levels in blood. It also contains a chemical similar to THC that activates the same parts of the brain, albeit in a much smaller way. The part about the high fat and sugary is true, though. The study that tested the effects on cholesterol recommended something like a bar a month or so. Ha! Like anybody has that kind of self-control. Besides, who eats chocolate as a health food? ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-ever-come-out-with-a-new-candy-bar-again/302177/56 "2005-05-05T10:03:19Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Mmm, those things are a drug. I don’t even like peanut butter. I think my love is based on that combination of salty and sweet - such a contrast. They’re wonderful . . . I went past the shop which sells the peanut butter cups today. I was strong; I didn’t succumb. Tomorrow, however, is another day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-ever-come-out-with-a-new-candy-bar-again/302177.md?page=2)