/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.4413755]

Candy thread?
Favorite types, favorite flavors, Favorite brands.
Anything candy.
Lately I've been having cravings for hard candies. Thinking of ordering some Napoleon Bonbon candies.

[Joowz !xHF7cuUuBE No.4413760]

So good.

[Anonymous No.4413763]

ferrero rochers: the classiest candy at walgreens
peanut butter m&ms for something with a little substance
sno-caps are the best movie snack
raisinets are great too

[Anonymous No.4413785]

>>4413760
I just cannot enjoy candy corn. Just ain't my thing.

[Anonymous No.4413794]

I work in a candy store, any questions?

I like good (soft) Gummis, chocolate, hard candies, etc.

Candy Tip: If you have a sore throat, suck on a Horehound drop, better than any cough drop I have ever had, works faster and tastes better

[Joowz !xHF7cuUuBE No.4413801]

>>4413785

[Anonymous No.4413803]

I have been addicted to dots lately.
Me and my friend like to make runs to walmart and get candy. They actually have a pretty large selection for 98 cents.
One thing I don not understand about this candy is the way the air is packaged.
It makes it seem like there is so much candy, then you eat like 3 handfuls and there's only like half a box left.

[Anonymous No.4413808]

>>4413794
What's it like working in a candy store?
What's your favorite hard candy?

[Anonymous No.4413813]

>>4413794
Do you get free candy?
Why I am addicted to candy?
If I worked in a candy store could I get free candy?
Oh god I want candy.

[Anonymous No.4413815]

>>4413803
Dots are god tier.

GOD TIER CANDY:
Haribo Pico Balla
Haribo Cola bottles
Starburst Jelly Beans
Dots
Sour Patch Watermelons

[Anonymous No.4413823]

>>4413813

[Anonymous No.4413827]

>>4413808

Pretty good, can get stressful handling 10 or more customers by myself, especially when someone HAS to order a coffee drink, ice cream is being scooped, need to ring people up, telling about the history of a candy and so on.

Worst kind of folks are: the elderly person who goes IT COST A NICKEL 70 YEARS AGO WHAT A RIPOFF, the person who goes I DO NOT LIKE SUGAR, LOOK AT ME PLEBS, I AM SUPERIOR and of course the person who gives a taste of a fine handmade truffle to a 2 year old

For favorite hard candy? Jawbreakers are a fun if simple one. Zotz are pretty fun if you like sour, my personal favorite are the european hard candies, especially grapefruit and pear

[Anonymous No.4413829]

>>4413815
White rabbit were pretty fucking god tier too, until they found lead in them.
>>4413823
I actually sing lines from this song when I go get candy.

[Anonymous No.4413836]

>>4413827
I still haven't had a truffle. I should get on that.

[Anonymous No.4413839]

>>4413813

Yep, I have to try pretty much everything and I still do enjoy candy, but don't eat much on the job, I do get to take stuff home though and have a small candy stockpile locked away

>>4413815

Haribo Cola Bottles are boring, you want the fizzy gummi cola bottles, you dont drink flat soda, so why have a flat cola gummi?

Also, Sour Patch Watermelons are the worst, the true sour watermelon fan gets them from Spain

[Anonymous No.4413846]

>>4413823
What the fuck I've had this stuck in my head all day

[Anonymous No.4413845]

I'm craving Salmiak right now.

[Anonymous No.4413851]

>>4413836

There is a lot of bad truffles out there. The worst offenders have overwhipped ganaches (to save money by beating air into it), filled molds (which let them use the "cheap" ganache), too much cream, sugar, etc. and ones with overpowering artificial flavorings ruining the chocolate. We use good bittersweet and natural sweetener in ours and hand dip the thick ganache (still creamy, but not a puff of air)

[Anonymous No.4413853]

>>4413839
>you want the fizzy gummi cola bottles
these exist?

[Anonymous No.4413856]

>>4413829

My wife brought that back from China.

I thought it looked sketchy as fuck.

I guess my distrust of it is now vindicated.

[Mudd No.4413858]

Almond Joy and Mounds

[Anonymous No.4413861]

>>4413845

Yeah, we have Salmiak licorice, last count was 3 different kinds. Salmiak is a type of mineral, also known as Ammonium Chloride, it gives the extremely salty and astringent taste you find in the dutch/nordic salmiak licorice. This is not a licorice for casuals, I like black licorice and I cant stand the stuff, it does have its fans though, where did you learn about it?

>>4413853

Yep, we actually have fizzy cola, fizzy cherry cola and a mix bag with fizzy cola, cherry cola, lemon-lime and orange

[Anonymous No.4413865]

>>4413856
Yeah, it's a shame. They are fucking god tier candies, but chine can't have proper human safety standards.
I used to get them at world market all the time.
>>4413861
How do they get carbonation into the gummy?
Also, pic realted is the best, I'm dethroning my dots.

[Anonymous No.4413867]

>>4413853

He may be referring to the ones covered in fizzy/sour powder.

[Anonymous No.4413869]

>>4413851
>hand dip the ganache
>ice cream
>telling the history of a candy

What is the name of this shop? Sounds like heaven on earth.

[Anonymous No.4413873]

>>4413861
>where did you learn about it?

My uncle gave some to me when I was young. I hated them at first too but they grew on me.

Oddly enough, we're Canadian.

[Anonymous No.4413890]

Looking for European hard candies lead me to a site called Snyder's Candy.
I think I'm about to go broke.

[Anonymous No.4413903]

>>4413865
>>4413867

Basically, here is a trick a customer taught me, PUT THEM IN THE FRIDGE, they are god tier that way (they are great normally, but this elevates them

[Anonymous No.4413916]

>>4413869

I wish I could say anything more than it is in CA, but I think it is for the best if I don't. We also handmake caramels (the secret is to let it cook all day). We make the vast majority of chocolates by hand, only bringing in a couple things like cremes (we found the best, so why spend time on that?). We also have imported candy, old time classic US candy you can never find, some fun and crazy stuff plus the best fudge

>>4413873

Neat! Yeah, it is one of those things, you have to learn to like it, I wish I did more, but there is too much good candy out there to be able to like all of it

>>4413890

My favorite two are "LaVie" from France and "Cavendish & Harvey" From Britain (but made in germany)

[Anonymous No.4413921]

obligatory

[Anonymous No.4413923]

>>4413903
>>4413916

You sound like you have a passion for your work.

Good on you, m8.

[Anonymous No.4413928]

I would say Hersheys, Twix, KitKat, but after my Moms gave me some lindor chocalate Tron her job, I am Hooked on that. Raspberry and Lemon/Lime filling in A+ Chocolate. Man...

[Anonymous No.4413933]

>>4413928
>mfw I eat kit kats by just biting into them in front of friends

[Anonymous No.4413934]

>>4413928
Oh and add Whoopers as a close second.

[Anonymous No.4413937]

>>4413923

Nah, I hate it with an UNDYING PASSION. It is good overall, most customers are nice, hours are long, but some customers do make it hell. Especially the holier than thou

[Anonymous No.4413943]

>>4413934

Malteses are so much better than whoppers

[Anonymous No.4413950]

licorice. none of this twizzlers business. i never liked black licorice too much, though. neccos are bomb, too.

[Anonymous No.4413956]

>>4413950
Redvines are awesome.
Especially if you leave them out in heat for an hour or two.

[Anonymous No.4413959]

>>4413933
Do you split up Oreos, Nutty Bars, or Nabisco Crackers?

[Anonymous No.4413964]

>>4413959
yes

[Anonymous No.4413968]

>>4413943
Never years if Malteses, but if they are softer to chew I'll believe you.

[Anonymous No.4413974]

>>4413964
Ok you are normal.

[Anonymous No.4413976]

>>4413968
Heard*

[Anonymous No.4414018]

>>4413829
>white rabbit

my grandma used to give these to me all the time, I still fucking love them.

[Anonymous No.4414084]

>>4413968

Think a richer malt, lighter, crispier and just better

[Anonymous No.4414119]

'hello

[Anonymous No.4414125]

I really enjoy Sour Patch Kids and sour apple suckers.

[Anonymous No.4414136]

These.
Can't stand Haribo gummy bears for some reason.

[Anonymous No.4414204]

>>4414136

Albanese? They are top tier American Gummi company, we use them a lot in the store. More flavors, fresher, softer and they also make some amazing shapes and rings

[Anonymous No.4414230]

>>4413916
Shucks, I live in CA and your store sounds pretty dang nice. Are you sure you can't tell us? I've been looking for any nearby candy stores that aren't groceries, and if it turns out your place is nearby it would be awesome.

[Anonymous No.4414231]

I always like taking Raisinets to the movies. I used to love peanut M&Ms, but I've become tired of chewing them. I always ask for those Lindt truffle things for Christmas, and the Ferraro hazelnut whatevers are growing on me. I also love Kit-Kats. And I just went through a Cadbury creme egg phase for Easter.

[Anonymous No.4414322]

>>4414230

In the Tahoe area

[Anonymous No.4414397]

>>4414136
My and my grandma love gummi bears.

She has this bigass bag that she keeps in a drawer beside her bed. She told me sometimes she'll just reach over, grab a handfull, and go to sleep. She did that one night and got indegestion the next morning.

She tells the whole family, "When I die, don't cry for me. Because I'll probably die with gummi bears in my mouth and ya'll will have a good laugh".

[Anonymous No.4414412]

Does the rest of the world enjoy Wicked Fizz as much as I did as an aussie kid? I still love these fuckers even though they're essentially edible plastic. Too bad they're so hard to come by these days, have to make a 40 minute trip to a specialist candy store just to get them now.