Mounds, so good, slightly exotic and one of the few “Peter Paul” (now owned by Hersheymonster) candy bars. It’s such a great combination of ingredients I’m surprised it hasn’t been copied more. I like Almond Joy but I’m a dark chocolate girl and Mounds has always been one of my favorites. Bounty is a Mars [...]
There are few things that are so awesomely paired as chocolate and peanut butter. I sometimes wonder how it became a match made in heaven. If you go on youtube and search Reese’s PB cups, you will find a variety of commercials depicting a couple scenarios. I can’t decide which is my favorite, the guy on [...]
I know, it’s a little over 2 weeks past Halloween but I was at a dollar store today and saw some pumpkin Peeps, I was going to pass on them but then saw a second rate version in the same discount basket. They had me at “Hallo”, but what really sealed the deal was their [...]
York Peppermint Patty is one of the best treats around, mint + chocolate= mmm, MM! The Peter Paul Co. was gobbled up by Hershey and these are now produced by them. One of my all time favorite treats in the 80’s was the York Peppermint ice cream sticks which have since been discontinued. I don’t know much about Haviland except [...]
Heath Bar was introduced in the 1920’s followed by Skor in 1981. Seems amazing the world had to wait so many years for an equivalent product but was it worth the wait? These competing bars are now siblings since Hershey acquired the Heath operation so if you’re a Hershey fan, you can feel good knowing profits from [...]
Milk Duds have been around since 1928, I’m not sure when Junior Caramels came out but I think was only in the last few years. I always have a thing about caramel because it always sticks to my teeth and I never find it enjoyable to be picking it out. I tried these with the [...]
Twizzlers are everywhere but I’m not sure where RedVines are available, I picked these up in Oregon but I don’t think I’ve ever seen them in New England. Maybe they’re a strictly regional thing like Mello Yello (any readers in the South want to send me a can?) I just haven’t noticed them in my local [...]
To be honest, I never even knew what a 5th Avenue bar was (besides something I traded after Trick or Treating) until a couple of weeks ago when we were thinking of some second rate items and Ethan recalled that it might be similar to a Butterfinger. On the wrapper it states “crunchy peanut butter” [...]