Comments on: The Candy Hierarchy http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 10:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mark Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918275 Mark Frauenfelder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918275 Another vote for the awesomeness of Whoppers. Now that I can't get Horlick's Malted Milk tablets, these are the next best thing. Another vote for the awesomeness of Whoppers. Now that I can’t get Horlick’s Malted Milk tablets, these are the next best thing.

]]> By: facetedjewel http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918533 facetedjewel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918533 Agree with 'Unmutual'. Almond Joys belong at the top of the list. We've bought them every Halloween for years and are happy to be stuck with any leftovers. Agree with 'Talia'. Salt licorice is special. Perhaps a whole 'salt' catagory that also includes salt water taffy. Pleased to see someone remembers Heath Bars. Might as well toss in Almond Roca as well - a top tier candy. Truffles are the royalty of candy goodness, but not a Halloween treat in my little town - there the candy of choice was always Snickers. I also had a serious thing for Big Hunks. I could make one of those last an hour by slowly dissoving them in my mouth. Yum. I'm not even going to get started on the skirmishes I've participated in, or witnessed, over boxes of peanut brittle . . . Agree with ‘Unmutual’. Almond Joys belong at the top of the list. We’ve bought them every Halloween for years and are happy to be stuck with any leftovers.

Agree with ‘Talia’. Salt licorice is special. Perhaps a whole ‘salt’ catagory that also includes salt water taffy.

Pleased to see someone remembers Heath Bars. Might as well toss in Almond Roca as well – a top tier candy.

Truffles are the royalty of candy goodness, but not a Halloween treat in my little town – there the candy of choice was always Snickers. I also had a serious thing for Big Hunks. I could make one of those last an hour by slowly dissoving them in my mouth. Yum.

I’m not even going to get started on the skirmishes I’ve participated in, or witnessed, over boxes of peanut brittle . . .

]]> By: Selkiechick http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918279 Selkiechick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918279 I kinds liked cool cheap little toys like realistic spider rings, glow in the dark plastic cockroaches and the like... maybe around second or third tier? I kinds liked cool cheap little toys like realistic spider rings, glow in the dark plastic cockroaches and the like… maybe around second or third tier?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-921353 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-921353 Benzedrine! Great post, great sense of humor. Benzedrine! Great post, great sense of humor.

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918538 Talia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918538 I wish there was a way to star favorite comments, because this is truly a wonderfully epic candy commentary! :) I wish there was a way to star favorite comments, because this is truly a wonderfully epic candy commentary! :)

]]> By: Dawn deMom http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918284 Dawn deMom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918284 Our local newspaper is running it's own Candy Smackdown, this is week two but you are welcome to vote! They are going from 64 candies to one, voting between two similar candies until they have a champion. http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20101022/NEWS01/101022005&theme=CANDY/Candy-Smackdown-Second-Round Also, it may not be the BEST (and I admit that) but I prefer Cadbury chocolate over Hershey any day - even though they are made by the same company here in the US. I can't wait until Christmas/Easter to get Cadbury Mini Eggs! The chocolate is smooth and the shell doesn't develop those annoying bumps if you suck on them (like Hershey Eggs.) Cadbury Creme Eggs FTW! As for coconut candy, like Almond Joy and Mounds, I preferred Bounty bars - the coconut was softer, smoother and more flavorful. And FLICKS!!! The chocolate drops in the foil-covered cardboard tubes are being made again after their molds were damaged in the California quake in the early 90's. Find those at your local specialty candy store! Circus peanuts and candy corn are WONDERFUL but given my tastes in other candy you might dismiss my opinion. That's okay - more for me! Our local newspaper is running it’s own Candy Smackdown, this is week two but you are welcome to vote! They are going from 64 candies to one, voting between two similar candies until they have a champion.

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20101022/NEWS01/101022005&theme=CANDY/Candy-Smackdown-Second-Round

Also, it may not be the BEST (and I admit that) but I prefer Cadbury chocolate over Hershey any day – even though they are made by the same company here in the US. I can’t wait until Christmas/Easter to get Cadbury Mini Eggs! The chocolate is smooth and the shell doesn’t develop those annoying bumps if you suck on them (like Hershey Eggs.) Cadbury Creme Eggs FTW!

As for coconut candy, like Almond Joy and Mounds, I preferred Bounty bars – the coconut was softer, smoother and more flavorful. And FLICKS!!! The chocolate drops in the foil-covered cardboard tubes are being made again after their molds were damaged in the California quake in the early 90′s. Find those at your local specialty candy store!

Circus peanuts and candy corn are WONDERFUL but given my tastes in other candy you might dismiss my opinion. That’s okay – more for me!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-920077 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-920077 Seriously? My all time top TWO favorite candies have not made this list? How is that possible? Skor is top tier, straight away, it's like the elite version of Heath. And Gobstoppers. They have spunk, and last long and can actually cause permanent damage if you don't give them the respect they deserve. That's saying something. You can put them down there with the runts if you must but by all means, you can't leave them out. I also think, as far as chocolate goes, that Willy Wonka's new designer chocolate line deserves mention. Seriously? My all time top TWO favorite candies have not made this list? How is that possible? Skor is top tier, straight away, it’s like the elite version of Heath. And Gobstoppers. They have spunk, and last long and can actually cause permanent damage if you don’t give them the respect they deserve. That’s saying something. You can put them down there with the runts if you must but by all means, you can’t leave them out.
I also think, as far as chocolate goes, that Willy Wonka’s new designer chocolate line deserves mention.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918801 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918801 Seriously, you must be Canadian. Canadians have some sort of sick love of caramel, and normal innocent candy bars we have always loved come in some hideous, caramel-filled versions north of the border. Reminds you of maple syrup, eh? A bas le caramel! Pure chocolates at the top, high-quality gummies second. Seriously, you must be Canadian. Canadians have some sort of sick love of caramel, and normal innocent candy bars we have always loved come in some hideous, caramel-filled versions north of the border. Reminds you of maple syrup, eh?

A bas le caramel! Pure chocolates at the top, high-quality gummies second.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918802 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918802 Was the author formerly a Principal in Brooklyn? I was just wondering how "Post-tertiary" phonetically "Third-iary" came in between first and second place? And caramels are never first. Chocolates are always first. Was the author formerly a Principal in Brooklyn?
I was just wondering how “Post-tertiary” phonetically “Third-iary” came in between first and second place?
And caramels are never first. Chocolates are always first.

]]> By: Unmutual http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918035 Unmutual Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918035 Almond Joys are a quadrillion times better than anything in your "top tier". I mean at least its actual shredded coconut and an almond, they have not found a synthetic replacement for that yet! I would be happy with just a big old bucket of that stuff. I don't go for any of the whole wheat or gluten free crap but Almond Joys are just on a whole 'nother level than ROLOS ffs. Almond Joys are a quadrillion times better than anything in your “top tier”. I mean at least its actual shredded coconut and an almond, they have not found a synthetic replacement for that yet!

I would be happy with just a big old bucket of that stuff.

I don’t go for any of the whole wheat or gluten free crap but Almond Joys are just on a whole ‘nother level than ROLOS ffs.

]]> By: Torgo3K http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918803 Torgo3K Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918803 I cannot stress this enough... MALLO CUPS!! MALLO CUPS!! MALLO CUPS!! MALLO CUPS!! MALLO CUPS!! And for the love of God where is Take 5?! I cannot stress this enough…
MALLO CUPS!!
MALLO CUPS!!
MALLO CUPS!!
MALLO CUPS!!
MALLO CUPS!!

And for the love of God where is Take 5?!

]]> By: SeamusAndrewMurphy http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-919060 SeamusAndrewMurphy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-919060 Ok, this list is ridiculous. First off, the bottom tier consists of anything made by Ferrara pan: Boston Baked Beans, Jaw Busters, etc. That stuff is plastic or composite material masquerading as sweets. In this area we can also find the candy corn and "squirrels" (what a gross agglomeration of faux ingredients). Directly flushed was Charleston Chews, those squirrels, Dum-Dum lollipops and Necco Wafers. No mention of Heath Bars? That is at the very tip-top. And Peanut Butter Cups go there too. Hershey's with almonds are also in that group. C'mon people! Smarties are so close to this group that they get to hang around on the weekends. Pixies Stix go into the second tier, but sooooo close. Give that treatment to Bit o' Honey too. Milk Duds and Sugar Daddy's = yum! I remember getting candy cigarettes when I was a kid. Probably not anymore, but a nostalgic thumbs up. Ok, this list is ridiculous.

First off, the bottom tier consists of anything made by Ferrara pan: Boston Baked Beans, Jaw Busters, etc. That stuff is plastic or composite material masquerading as sweets. In this area we can also find the candy corn and “squirrels” (what a gross agglomeration of faux ingredients).

Directly flushed was Charleston Chews, those squirrels, Dum-Dum lollipops and Necco Wafers.

No mention of Heath Bars? That is at the very tip-top. And Peanut Butter Cups go there too. Hershey’s with almonds are also in that group. C’mon people! Smarties are so close to this group that they get to hang around on the weekends. Pixies Stix go into the second tier, but sooooo close. Give that treatment to Bit o’ Honey too.

Milk Duds and Sugar Daddy’s = yum!

I remember getting candy cigarettes when I was a kid. Probably not anymore, but a nostalgic thumbs up.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-920084 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-920084 Caramellos? Seriously? HOW can that be rated above Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and 3 Musketeers? I don't think I have ever eaten one. I don't think I've ever seen them in a fun size...but why would I look? My Halloween candy choices are Snickers, Milky Way, Twix, 3 Musketeers and regular Hershey's fun size. For non-chocolate trick or treaters I got Twizzler's. I think the kid's may come to my house for keeper candy and you house for the crap they trade or give to their parents. I'm just saying. Caramellos? Seriously? HOW can that be rated above Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and 3 Musketeers? I don’t think I have ever eaten one. I don’t think I’ve ever seen them in a fun size…but why would I look? My Halloween candy choices are Snickers, Milky Way, Twix, 3 Musketeers and regular Hershey’s fun size. For non-chocolate trick or treaters I got Twizzler’s. I think the kid’s may come to my house for keeper candy and you house for the crap they trade or give to their parents. I’m just saying.

]]> By: Sapa http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918040 Sapa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918040 It's not fair because I'm allergic to chocolate It’s not fair because I’m allergic to chocolate

]]> By: joelbenroth http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-919578 joelbenroth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-919578 Top tier: Goldenberg's Peanut Chews After that, who cares? And if you have never had one, don't criticize. They are currently being sold as "Chew-ets Peanut Chews" here: http://www.justborn.com/peanut-chews I guess "Goldenberg's" was too semitic. Top tier: Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews

After that, who cares?

And if you have never had one, don’t criticize.

They are currently being sold as “Chew-ets Peanut Chews” here: http://www.justborn.com/peanut-chews

I guess “Goldenberg’s” was too semitic.

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918811 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918811 Au contraire: candy corn is so good, it's worth singing about! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Telzap-Z16k After all, it is yellow and oranges! Au contraire: candy corn is so good, it’s worth singing about!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Telzap-Z16k

After all, it is yellow and oranges!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918300 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918300 I think candy cigarettes are illegal in Canada. I think candy cigarettes are illegal in Canada.

]]> By: knoxblox http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918556 knoxblox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918556 Andes mints should be included in that group as well, IMHO. Just give me a bowl, a couple of shots of B&B, and some mint chocolate, and I'm in heaven. Andes mints should be included in that group as well, IMHO.

Just give me a bowl, a couple of shots of B&B, and some mint chocolate, and I’m in heaven.

]]> By: jordan http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918045 jordan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918045 Whoppers should be higher up on the list. They do not blow. As a point of fact, they rule. Their texture is made even more awesome by freezing them. I presume that Candy Corn only escapes the Bottom Tier due to their redeployment potential as fake vampire fangs... or as fang-covers for real vampires. Whoppers should be higher up on the list. They do not blow. As a point of fact, they rule. Their texture is made even more awesome by freezing them.

I presume that Candy Corn only escapes the Bottom Tier due to their redeployment potential as fake vampire fangs… or as fang-covers for real vampires.

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918046 Talia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918046 3. Whoppers <b>rock</b>. Fixed that for you. :p Also, Butterfinger needs to be higher tiered. Because yum. 3. Whoppers rock.

Fixed that for you. :p

Also, Butterfinger needs to be higher tiered. Because yum.

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918816 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918816 Anon #87: "I think candy cigarettes are illegal in Canada." They are indeed: too many kids were getting hooked. Anon #87: “I think candy cigarettes are illegal in Canada.”

They are indeed: too many kids were getting hooked.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918049 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918049 Hugs > Pencils Hugs > Pencils

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-925985 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925985 Yes, actually, I do go out and specifically buy it. I even had my mom mail it to me one year when I was living overseas. Yes, actually, I do go out and specifically buy it. I even had my mom mail it to me one year when I was living overseas.

]]> By: Genteel Bartender http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918051 Genteel Bartender Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918051 Junior Mints and Kit-Kat need to be swapped post haste. I'd also agree that Almond Joy needs better placement. However, back up off my Rolos. Junior Mints and Kit-Kat need to be swapped post haste. I’d also agree that Almond Joy needs better placement. However, back up off my Rolos.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918307 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918307 #85: Definately agree on Cadbury and Bounty bars. In fact lots of folks say UK Cadbury is better than US. Cadbury cream eggs are great but one is the limit, too much sugar beyond that. Can't agree on the Circus Peanuts and Candy Corn. Eeeeww #85: Definately agree on Cadbury and Bounty bars. In fact lots of folks say UK Cadbury is better than US.

Cadbury cream eggs are great but one is the limit, too much sugar beyond that.

Can’t agree on the Circus Peanuts and Candy Corn. Eeeeww

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918053 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918053 Hello, wax lips? Hello, wax lips?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918054 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918054 Is this talking about American Smarties, which are little tubes of chalk, or the candy-coated chocolate kind? Is this talking about American Smarties, which are little tubes of chalk, or the candy-coated chocolate kind?

]]> By: Dorkomatic http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-920870 Dorkomatic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-920870 In the UK I think we're recognise the top tier; and we'd find these things adequate for an average treat; but I'm sure that the best of the European chocolate trumps these trifles with such ease that we'd be forced to add 2 or 3 tiers of quality above the notional 'top-tier' listed here. Top+1 Most UK Cadburys fare would happily belong here Top+2 Much of the expensive Swiss & Belgian chocolate would be here. Top+3 Speciality & Artisan made chocolates deserve a level of their own, yes? Surely the Americas have something better than a simple Milky-Way too? In the UK I think we’re recognise the top tier; and we’d find these things adequate for an average treat; but I’m sure that the best of the European chocolate trumps these trifles with such ease that we’d be forced to add 2 or 3 tiers of quality above the notional ‘top-tier’ listed here.

Top+1
Most UK Cadburys fare would happily belong here

Top+2
Much of the expensive Swiss & Belgian chocolate would be here.

Top+3
Speciality & Artisan made chocolates deserve a level of their own, yes?
Surely the Americas have something better than a simple Milky-Way too?

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918823 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918823 It is kinda nice to see that this list is free of any kind of meat, fish or poultry. It is kinda nice to see that this list is free of any kind of meat, fish or poultry.

]]> By: GeekMan http://boingboing.net/2010/10/22/the-candy-hierarchy.html#comment-918056 GeekMan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-918056 Are you nuts? Tootsie rolls have got to be the very bottom of the barrel in terms of Halloween candy! How many a post-Halloween season did I spend picking those bland excuses for "chocolate" candies out of my haul? And to add insult to injury, I would always notice those differences in wrapper design, indicating that some had spent many a year in some elderly person's cupboard before being doled out on that particular Halloween. Some, so fossilized that they couldn't possibly be masticated by Human teeth. Take your infernal TOOTSIE rolls, and banish them to whatever infernal place the tormented spirits which haunt Halloween night are destined for. Are you nuts? Tootsie rolls have got to be the very bottom of the barrel in terms of Halloween candy! How many a post-Halloween season did I spend picking those bland excuses for “chocolate” candies out of my haul? And to add insult to injury, I would always notice those differences in wrapper design, indicating that some had spent many a year in some elderly person’s cupboard before being doled out on that particular Halloween. Some, so fossilized that they couldn’t possibly be masticated by Human teeth.

Take your infernal TOOTSIE rolls, and banish them to whatever infernal place the tormented spirits which haunt Halloween night are destined for.

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