What is your favorite non-chocolate candy?

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:06 pm

s1m0n wrote:
The Weekenders wrote:Yeah, and the thread didn't state if white chocolate counts. It's not chocolate.
It's grease.

Mmmmm!

Let's see . . . crunchy toffee, caramel, pecan divinity, pecan rolls, real black licorice are all excellent. I like the Good and Plenty suggestion. Haven't seen that in a while. Hmm.

Nothing beats a chewy praline, though. Oooooh! Looook! I found a recipe! And . . . and . . . I . . . have . . . all . . . the . . . ingredients . . .

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:35 am

Black Licorice, yes.

And Brandy Balls. (Boiled sweets flavoured with Cinnamon and Cassia. Non-alcoholic.)

Plain Vanilla fudge.

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:23 am

Werther's Originals. I'm currently undergoing an obsession. I predict it'll take me another three months to get over this. I can't suck 'em either - I have to crunch 'em up immediately.

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:24 am

Innocent Bystander wrote:Brandy Balls.

You talking to me, pal?

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:09 am

Maple cakes. Just plain old maple sugar boiled down to a slightly moist leaf shaped sugar lump. I cannot walk by a stand selling it without buying some for myself and the family.

I really cannot get a craving for most of the mass produced stuff, and making candies has become a lost art. I should really try my hand at making butterscotch again.

For the Good and Plenty fans, ever try Sugar Coated Fennel Seeds?

Thomaston · Post by **Thomaston** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:14 am

I'm not a big craver of chocolate, anyway. Regular Skittles is probably my favorite.

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:28 am

I think Skittles taste like rotten Sprees.

missy · Post by **missy** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:29 am

French Chew:

Candy Dots:

Necco Wafers (my boss uses these in meeting so he keeps his mouth shut when he should NOT make a comment):

And the BEST Praline maker in Nawlins:

http://www.southerncandymakers.com/StoreFront.bok

rhulsey · Post by **rhulsey** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:34 am

Horehound!

well, not really. I just like to say it. My Grandmother used to have it at her house. It's very peculiar stuff, as I recall.

I'll have to go with Steve - Werther's originals are awfully hard to beat. Kraft Caramels and mighty fine, and a good ole southern praline is a real treat, too!

Reg

dwest · Post by **dwest** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:36 am

Watermelon, what Lucy Temerlin, a chimpanzee, use to call "candy drink."

Thomaston · Post by **Thomaston** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:37 am

mutepointe wrote:I think Skittles taste like rotten Sprees.

I've found that most people I work with hate Skittles, too. I may just have funky taste buds. More for me, I say!

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:37 pm

I'm hungry now!

sbfluter · Post by **sbfluter** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:42 pm

They don't make carmels like they used to. They never taste good anymore.

I like Sunkist fruit gems or similar fruity/jelly candies. Clif shot blocks are included in that even though technically they're not candy. I like those little fruit treats for children, too, shaped like dinosaurs or whatever other things and supposedly made of real fruit. Pectiny goodness. Mmmm.

DCrom · Post by **DCrom** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:54 pm

Atomic Fireballs. Hot Tamales. Jolly Rancher Cinnamon. (Got a real love for hot Cinnamon candies).

Black licorice (the stronger the better) is pretty good too.

Jelly Belly beans, of course.

Werther's Originals are pretty good, too.

Drat it. Now I'll be hungry for the next hour.

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:58 pm

Does peanut brittle count?? I had some at a farmer' market a few years ago and it was the best I've had.