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800 Maynard Ave S, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98134
800 Maynard Ave S, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98134
..gnarles.
Yuck
Chick-O-Stick
Smarties
Pink Starburst
Written like someone so privileged against the true horrors of the real candy isle, that she can't even contemplate the hell that is developmental and test candies.
There are far too many American's who yearn to to have Jolly Ranchers "inflicted" on them on a regular basis and here you are talking about how it is the worst candy that's ever happened to you. I wish to God that was the reality that all of the world's children woke up to this morning.
Next you'll be begrudging these "Halloween Queens" even those Jolly Ranchers, let alone any Milky Ways or Skittles.
I hope you gain the capacity to feel ashamed of yourself.
Jolly Ranchers are great, especially when you stick your teeth together with them and pull. It's like exercise for your teeth! Necco wafers are even better. Chick-o-stick is good, too. Candy corn and Good'n'plenty are all right.
Most chocolate-based candy bars are terrible -- 3 Musketeers, Snickers, the lot. They all suck donkey dick; they may in fact BE donkey dick.
The best candy of all is Sen-sen.
Then we can have fun adding up the percentages.
Strangely, my dad's two favourite candies are Necco wafers and Peeps.
I change my favorite -- it's dubbelzout (double salt) licorice.
Aside from those already mentioned (and I agree, Peeps and Circus Peanuts are definitely in my "Top Worst Candies" list), there's Boston Baked Beans, and their cousin the tres horrible French Burnt Peanuts. Also, Idaho Spuds, Raisinettes, Mike & Ikes, Sweet-Tarts, and those awful striped taffy hard candies your grandmother always kept in a little glass dish that no one ever touched.
1) I realized that I didn't reference the injustice that was candy before the New Deal... Not just the chalky mints and dusty striped candies still sitting in a bowl in a some sort of depression era shrine, but the truly horrific, like wax lips and Nik-L-Nips.
2) I saw the attached add for Centerfolds, who paid the Stranger to let us know the except free passes for other clubs.
I could eat six pounds of French Burnt Peanuts right now. SO good. You carefully crack the shell off with your teeth and eat it and the peanuts separately.
Dwight, I have foil-lined underpants, so you're out of luck. They crinkle when I walk but it's worth it to protect my bidness.
I'm sure Fnarf will come in and start raving about them, since he seems to have the worst taste in candy I've ever seen.
Personally, I would add black licorice. But I know a lot of people really like it, so I'll back down on that one. Though I'll never forget the time I was in Iceland and bought chocolate bar that had been poisoned by a large strip of black licorice. The horror...
That's why we'd always stop at Stuckey's on the way to Grandma's house.
My proposals: Cantaloupe and peanut butter Jelly Bellies (worst flavors ever). And yeah, Jolly Rogers are horrendous.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ7pGMfVN….
Also, I think Maynards has moved into the HFCS camp - regrettably.
3 Musketeers is the worst candy bar, ever. Just nougat? Who came up with that idea? Probably the guy who came up with the Pixie Stix.
Agreed on the French burnt peanuts, Fnarf. I'll have to give Sen-sen a try. And I don't know if it was "double-salted," but I the worst candy I've ever had was licorice from Denmark that tasted like ammonia.
Cinnamon, grape and cherry JRs rock. Keep the watermelon away.
Fun JR bonus: stained glass cookies. Make thin (1/8") rolled cookies on parchment, cut out a shape in the middle and fill with crushed JR. Underbake the cookies a little (no browning), and the candy will melt back into a clear solid layer. If it's full of bubbles, you cooked them too long.
You can make a fade from one large (> a thumbnail) area of color to another, but don't bother trying to put in little spots of color--they just merge into a bad purple.
http://www.amazon.com/Wax-Lips-Candy-24-…
but I was all about Pixie Stix and wax tubes full of food-coloring, sugar, and water! YAY! so gross to think about now... lol... why didn't i just buy a juice? lol...