Candy around the world

[WebLady]

I was just watching that show "Unwrapped" and it was about southern candies; it made me wonder if there was any special and/or favorite candies that are sort of unique to your area. Maybe something that you grew up with.

Do share!

[WebLady]

Of course I remember Pop Rocks as a kid, but they are available just about everywhere now.

My great grandparents use to always have good sweets at their place; one of the things I remember was the pecan roll.

Then there was this little mom and pop store we use to walk to as kids, they had all the nickel and dime candies ... gum, different flavor candy sticks, etc, we use to rack up.

Anyone have a Cracker Barrel restaurant where they live? This may be a southern thing, though I am not sure. They have a little country store there too and they have all kinds of old candy.

[pedsnurse]

I think Cracker Barrels are in a lot of states, I know Michigan has a few. I love the candy sticks, if you know what I'm talking about.

My boyfriend's grandma lives in Germany and every now and then she sends us a package of goodies and we ALWAYS put in special requests for Duplos (think kit kat but WAY better) She seriously sends about 10 boxes and there are 10 Duplos in each box. It keeps us happy for awhile :D

[WebLady]

I think Cracker Barrels are in a lot of states, I know Michigan has a few. I love the candy sticks, if you know what I'm talking about.Yep! I love those too; I went to brunch at Cracker Barrel with my sister a few weeks back and I got like every flavor they had of the candy sticks ;)

My boyfriend's grandma lives in Germany and every now and then she sends us a package of goodies and we ALWAYS put in special requests for Duplos (think kit kat but WAY better) She seriously sends about 10 boxes and there are 10 Duplos in each box. It keeps us happy for awhile :DCool; I bet those are really good!

I wonder if we could make an exchange out of this candy thing :drool:

[scarymary48]

I wonder if we could make an exchange out of this candy thing :drool:

If there is going to be a candy exchange, I'm going to start posting a whole lot more! Not missing out on that!

[WebLady]

If there is going to be a candy exchange, I'm going to start posting a whole lot more! Not missing out on that!
I think that would be cool; I wonder if it would be hard to ship candy for out international members. I guess we will see how much interest there is here in this thread; maybe we could do something like that after the holidays :frogg:

[ally20o7]

I'm definitely a buckeye girl.
http://z.about.com/d/southernfood/1/I/N/_/1/buckeyea3.jpg
Ohio's state candy.

[ally20o7]

And you can't forget GooGoo clusters down south. I'm addicted to those right now.

[pedsnurse]

Buckeyes are yummy!

[acidcookie]

Well as a little kid in Germany I LOVED Kinder Schokolade (http://www.kinderschokolade.de/ks_produkt_02.htm). It's this milk chocolate with a milk layer (not sure that it's actually white chocolate) and comes in all kinds of shapes and varieties. The best are the Überraschungseier ("surprise eggs") which were hollow chocolate eggs with a toy inside:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/acidcookie/800px-beraschungs-Ei.jpg

[caligal85]

Well as a little kid in Germany I LOVED Kinder Schokolade (http://www.kinderschokolade.de/ks_produkt_02.htm). It's this milk chocolate with a milk layer (not sure that it's actually white chocolate) and comes in all kinds of shapes and varieties. The best are the Überraschungseier ("surprise eggs") which were hollow chocolate eggs with a toy inside:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/acidcookie/800px-beraschungs-Ei.jpg

I love those! My german teacher brought those in once.

[LovingLife]

I love love love lemonheads, always have. And no one else in my family likes them but i like mary janes. o0o0o and sixlets.

yummmy. :hungry: im getting hungry.

[Katie-ryn]

Well as a little kid in Germany I LOVED Kinder Schokolade (http://www.kinderschokolade.de/ks_produkt_02.htm). It's this milk chocolate with a milk layer (not sure that it's actually white chocolate) and comes in all kinds of shapes and varieties. The best are the Überraschungseier ("surprise eggs") which were hollow chocolate eggs with a toy inside:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/acidcookie/800px-beraschungs-Ei.jpg

We have those in Canada. We've had them my whole life. I didn't realize you couldn't get them in the States.

For Canadian candy I love Smarties and Aeros, especially mint Aeros. Mmmm.... I also love Crunchies, Buenos, Bounty Bars, Eat-Mores, Coffee Crisp, and I'm sure there's more. I don't think they have any of those in the States.

[MrsKittyManes]

Zotz...it's hard to find them around here now but when I was a kid I loved them. They're hard candies that when fizz when you get to the center. I also like cactus candy (not sure if they have that outside of az) it's candy made with prickly pear cactus fruit

[acidcookie]

We have those in Canada. We've had them my whole life. I didn't realize you couldn't get them in the States.

Sometimes you find them imported. They had some at this cute patisserie in Portland that I loved. But I lived in Germany before I lived in the U.S. so to me they're all German (even though they're actually made by and Italian company :snide:).

[Whitewater]

Growing up in Chicago . . . there's a department store there called Marshall Field's (they're Macy's now . . .Macy's bought them out, long story) and the MF in downtown Chicago made these chocolate mint candies called Frango Mints.

OMG they were good. They were pure chocolate and the inside was dark chocolate with the mint flavor and the outside was milk chocolate. You could by Frango mints at any Marshall Fields.

Over here, Marshall Fields bought the Dayton-Hudson Corporation, which owned a chain of stores called, funnily enough, Dayton's (which was a mainstay of the Twin Cities for 50 years) then Dayton-Hudson-Marshalls was bought by Target Corp (who agreed to retain the Marshall's name) and NOW Macy's owns the stores! And they changed all of the Field's to Macy's.

But you can still get Frango Mints in the candy section of the stores :) I don't know if you can in all the Macy's, but here you definitely can!


I'd be willing to buy and ship some Frangos if I could get somebody from Oz to ship me some TimTams. Always wanted to try some and we can't get them here.


Whitewater

[scarymary48]

I'd be willing to buy and ship some Frangos if I could get somebody from Oz to ship me some TimTams. Always wanted to try some and we can't get them here.


Whitewater

Sounds like a deal! If you're serious PM me, I would love to try Frangos :D

[Jettadear]

Well as a little kid in Germany I LOVED Kinder Schokolade (http://www.kinderschokolade.de/ks_produkt_02.htm). It's this milk chocolate with a milk layer (not sure that it's actually white chocolate) and comes in all kinds of shapes and varieties. The best are the Überraschungseier ("surprise eggs") which were hollow chocolate eggs with a toy inside:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/acidcookie/800px-beraschungs-Ei.jpg
I loved this stuff too. I just got back from visiting in july and I brought back a ton of it. They tried to sell it in the US but apparently US children are accident prone and a bunch of kid choked on the toys/plastic pill container. So they pulled out of US market. Germandeli.com sells other kinder product though. This is my downfall for sure.

[SerendipityCrafts]

We get a lot of chocolate bars that you don't get - Eatmore, CoffeeCrisp and Smarties to name but a few but my fav of all candy is maple sugar candy (both hard candy and maple sugar leafs)

http://www.canadiansweets.com/zcart/images/products/75-ounce-box.jpg

http://owgd3.onewebgroup.net/Merchant2/graphics/00000003/christmas/popcombo.jpg

[WebLady]

There was something on that Unwrapped show about maple candy; I may have to try to find some and try it :)

[Danielle9608]

I loved Cow tails as a kid but I don't think it is just limited to this area.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517PoqgSyCL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

oh and gummy burgers too!

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff190/danielle9608/babalace328119412.jpg

[acidcookie]

We get a lot of chocolate bars that you don't get - Eatmore, CoffeeCrisp and Smarties to name but a few but my fav of all candy is maple sugar candy (both hard candy and maple sugar leafs)

http://www.canadiansweets.com/zcart/images/products/75-ounce-box.jpg

http://owgd3.onewebgroup.net/Merchant2/graphics/00000003/christmas/popcombo.jpg

Oh yeah, I saw lots of maple candy when I was in Ontario! I didn't get any though :(

[RevMatty]

I think that would be cool; I wonder if it would be hard to ship candy for out international members. I guess we will see how much interest there is here in this thread; maybe we could do something like that after the holidays :frogg:
Actually my parents send candy back and forth to a friend in Australia. And she seems to have no problems sending stuff to them.

[mitch]

Well as a little kid in Germany I LOVED Kinder Schokolade (http://www.kinderschokolade.de/ks_produkt_02.htm). It's this milk chocolate with a milk layer (not sure that it's actually white chocolate) and comes in all kinds of shapes and varieties. The best are the Überraschungseier ("surprise eggs") which were hollow chocolate eggs with a toy inside:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/acidcookie/800px-beraschungs-Ei.jpg

You can get those in the UK all year round. And Kinder bars too.

My Cat likes to play with the little Yellow inner eggs. He knocks them around the house until they end up under the sofa.

[mitch]

I love what We call "Penny Sweets".

So i've uploaded some pictures so You get an idea of what i'm on about. (I've had to Google some of those mentioned so far) I didn't want You thinking that Daft Brit has gone insane LOL.

I used to get these when i was a Kid in the 70's / 80's (Yes i'm that old LOL) Then they vanished from the shops for years. When i moved back to Town i found some in the loacl shop and almost killed Two Women getting to the shelf with a really Loud "OH MY GAWD SHERBERT DIP-DABS" :rofl:

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w229/mitchymoomoo/dibdab.jpg

Lemon Sherbert with a Red Lolly that You lick then shove on the bag to get the Sherbert.

It makes Ya head explode. :bbeek:

[mitch]

Talking of making Your head explode.

I love Sherbert Lemons too. Hard boiled sweets with a really sharp Lemon centre.

Crunch into it and all Your fillings go "Zing" LOL.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w229/mitchymoomoo/sherbertlemons.jpg

[mitch]

For total mess in eating Chocolate. The winner is Cadburys Creme Eggs.

Over the years these have got smaller. Once it was hard to get one in Your mouth whole.

Now it's possible to get Two in and sit there looking like a Hamster :rofl:

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w229/mitchymoomoo/cremeegg.jpg

[mitch]

Our Guests at Our Wedding were fighting over these.

Fruit Salad Chews.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w229/mitchymoomoo/Fruit_Salad.jpg

I bought them for the kids to munch. But Our Witnesses were almost mugging their kids for them. :bbeek:

[mitch]

All My Childhood i loved Shrimps and Bananas.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w229/mitchymoomoo/shrimpsandbananas.jpg

Like Dip-Dabs they vanished for a few years. But the Pound Shop now sells them by the bag. I indulge in my misspent youth now and again. :winktongue:

Millions of E-Numbers and a sugar rush beyond belief LOL.

[ally20o7]

For total mess in eating Chocolate. The winner is Cadburys Creme Eggs.

Over the years these have got smaller. Once it was hard to get one in Your mouth whole.

Now it's possible to get Two in and sit there looking like a Hamster :rofl:

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w229/mitchymoomoo/cremeegg.jpg

OH amen! Every Easter I buy a bag just for me to snack on!

[Dani]

I found this website for candy....

http://www.nostalgiccandy.com/

I love gummy coke bottles, YUMMM!!! There is a store in the town over that has alot of the nostalgic candy. I wonder where they still make it if only small stores can get it in. (Please tell me its not the "original!" ) lol

[rainbowtreat]

Well as there are lots I can think of that I loved as a child the one I can only find when back home in Maine is a Mallo Cup.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/blaircandy_2025_31723625.jpg

For the longest time I could not find them here where I live in NH. Now there is one store in the next town over that has them. I told the lady I was only ever able to find these back home. She said she had a customer ask for them so she ordered them. She had to order them from Maine. I hope she keeps them. I hate having to go home to see my mom just to get my favorite candy bar lol.

[Nekochanpurr]

Ok.. Total fangirl i am, i enjoy me some Japanese candy!

...Like Hi-Chew! That stuff is addictive.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-chew

Pocky.. Can't go to an anime con without it! http://www.alde.com/anime/pocky1.html

And there were these jello like cups my Japanese teacher brought us once when i was in high school.. http://www.amazon.com/Jello-Fruit-Juicy-Jelly-Cup/dp/B001AQW6AA

[ally20o7]

My sister and I have a friend from Brazil and when she visited she made us Brigadeiro, which are like chocolate caramels. Amazing. We can kill a whole batch in 1 day.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Brigadeiro2.jpg/200px-Brigadeiro2.jpg

[vicky_vicky]

There are many traditional candies in greece, one it has a gummy feeling but it comes in a variety of tastes such as almond, mastic, rose (picture)

http://www.larisaportal.gr/cooking/images/Loukoumia.jpg

also some other candy with almond inside and red caramel or hard honey candy outside

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:Xxg_81sjvJ6GVM:http://bp2.blogger.com/_Tn9XQasFmfU/Rp3rLPp_DLI/AAAAAAAACPU/w1C-TLkmHmw/s200/New%2B032.jpg

[SerendipityCrafts]

Our Guests at Our Wedding were fighting over these.

Fruit Salad Chews.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w229/mitchymoomoo/Fruit_Salad.jpg

I bought them for the kids to munch. But Our Witnesses were almost mugging their kids for them. :bbeek:

How small are they? They remind me of the small mojos that I used to get as a kid. Ohhhhhhhh how I loved Mojos!

http://bmojo.ca/images/about-mojos.png