The Associated Press reports:
A state lawmaker from Wenatchee says he’ll introduce legislation to name Aplets & Cotlets the official candy of Washington. Rep. Mike Armstrong says the powdered sugar covered cubes of nuts and apple and apricot gelatin have been made by Liberty Orchards in Cashmere since 1920. He says they are made from Washington fruit and identify the state to confection lovers worldwide. The bill is likely to revive the battle with backers of Almond Roca. In 2001 a state candy bill was introduced to crown the crunchy chocolate almond treat made by Brown & Haley in Tacoma since 1912. It failed to pass.
This is fucking bullshit. Despite looking like the contents of a cat box, Almond Roca kicks Aplets & Cotlets’ grody punishment-candy ass. Register your fury with Rep. Mike Armstrong here.
Oh, hell no!
Almond Roca.
wait wait wait….@29: Asslets & Cocklets?
@44 – for once I actually agree with you, Fnarf. Although I prefer those wax bottle things (the ones with REAL cane sugar liquid in them).
Luckily, I ignored @47, since you’re such a douche.
Will learned a new internet word!
I don’t eat a lot of candy anymore, but, while I love Frango, Almond Roca and Aplets and Cotlets equally, I have never considered Aplets and Cotlets to be candy. They are taxonomically different in my head for some reason. Maybe because they’re made of fruit and filled with nuts? But I don’t know what I’d categorize them as. How about “things my late aunt used to get me for Christmas.”
While I have a deep love of the frango -the recipe originally came from Marshall Fields of Chicago. So it isn’t quite ours all the way. But I still buy plenty of the boxes and find that they help me get through long visits to my in laws at Christmas time.
Applets and Cotlets > Almond Roca.
Jujyfruits and Hot Tamales are however, better, by far, period.
The other Mike Armstrong, Bothell Wa.
don’t mess with the 509! aplets & cotlets are old school washington state deliciousness. almond roca looks like something from a catbox.
i grew up near cashmere, and everytime we had guests from out of area, the big deal was to take them on the aplets & cotlets factory tour (along with lunch in leavenworth). you got free samples and a paper aplets & cotlets hat. when i was a kid i thought working there would be about the coolest thing ever.
@54 – I was using it before you were online, Fnarf. Me and Gore used to swap music files … (grin) … (not seriously, that was a joke)
@37, I agree. Mountain Bars are the best, particularly the peanut butter. They used to be 2 for a quarter, which was delightful when I was a kid.
Have you had Liberty Orchard’s “Fruit Chocolates”? Got a box at Uwajimaya to go with my weekly fix of Kona Macs and Maui Caramacs. They’re aplets and cotlets but covered in chocolate. Duh! Why did it take them 89 YEARS to get that on the market. Frickin’ awesome with a lovely glass of wine. LONG LIVE SUGAR!
Applets & Cotlets are the closest existing food to, and I quote Homer Simpson, “nuts ‘n gum.”
@27, so funny. I also love platelets. I have some every day!