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Saturday, September 22, 2007

Candy Giveaway! The Ultimate Candy Box

Yes, I have way too much candy from the All Candy Expo, so I’m going to share some of the extra booty with you. I have a nice package set aside of some of the new product previews, including a package of Chocolate Mix Skittles, Mike and Ike Lemonade Stand Mix, TicTac Bold! Apple Sour, Junior Mints Deluxe, Chewy Lemonheads, Chewy Atomic Fireballs, Welch’s Fruit ‘n Yogurt Snacks as well as packs of your favorite existing products.

I’ll ship anywhere in North America. You may only enter once.

Just leave a comment here using a real email address in the comment form (don’t worry, I’m the only one who sees it). Tell me your three favorite candies of all time and what products you’re looking forward to. Don’t be alarmed if your post doesn’t show up, my system only shows 250 comments at a time on the blog, but I can see them via email and in my system ... if you think I didn’t get it, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), don’t post it over and over again.

Entries will be accepted until September 30th, 2007 at 11 PM Pacific. I’ll notify the winner within 48 hours (if the winner does not respond within 48 hours after that, then I’ll draw again).

UPDATE: Entries are closed at this time. Keep reading, I’ll have more giveaways at some point.

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Comments

chocolate cigars, licoroce rope and Mr. Goodbar.
I am looking forward to chocolate skittles, Mike and Ike lemonade stand mix , and chewy lemonheads

Comment by Liam Gibbs on 9/26/07 at 12:22 pm #
1- dove’s dark chocolate. it’s a little sweet but it has just the right consistancy for me
2-m&ms; all of them. i don’t even like milk chocolate but i love these. i even like the silly little mascots!
3-endangered species “wolf” bars- dark chocolate with cranberries and almonds! yay!

i guess i like chocolate, so i am looking forward to trying chocolate skittles and i have been looking for my elvis reese’s EVERYWHERE!

Comment by ren on 9/26/07 at 12:46 pm #
Love this blog and idea:)

3 favs are;

1-Chocolate malt balls
2-Hershy Special Dark Chocolate
3-Junior mints

I am totally drooling over the chewy fire balls and the chocolate skittles.Anything with sugar….bring it on!

Comment by barbara on 9/26/07 at 2:15 pm #
Favorite Candy:

1: Butterfinger
2: Dots (Original)
3: Valomilk Cups

I think of all the new candies you listed, the one that piques my interest the most are the chocolate Skittles. I really enjoyed the carnival flavors, these look tasty!

Comment by Victor on 9/26/07 at 2:26 pm #
1)Godiva… the truffles in particular
2)Milk chocolate dove bars.. and the ice cream bars
3)Hershey’s milk chocolate bar and M&M’s

... Love the chewy shock tarts.. and cotton candy… Right now.. ANYTHING with sugar in it is a good thing.. LOL….

Comment by Kelly Rush on 9/26/07 at 2:36 pm #
wow this is awsome!
um id have to say my three favorite candies of all time are licorice caramels, almond joys, ooo and the super hot tamales (im a cinnamon fanatic !!) as for was im looking forward too…. the skys the limit, ill eagerly try anything!!

thanks katrina

Comment by katrina on 9/26/07 at 4:28 pm #
wow this is awsome!
um id have to say my three favorite candies of all time are licorice caramels, these freeze dried mini ice cream cones from japan!! theyre amazing so rich and bubbly and sweet YUM, ooo and the super hot tamales (im a cinnamon fanatic !!) as for was im looking forward too…. the skys the limit, especially odd forgien candies or flavors hehe ill eagerly try anything!!

thanks katrina

Comment by katrina on 9/26/07 at 4:31 pm #
WOWOW!!

1 - FLORIDA’S NATURAL AU’SOME FRUIT JUICE NUGGETS - they have the best natural taste I’ve had in a very long time. You do not feel like you need to brush or drink something after eating them.

2 - M&M’S - They have done a remarkable job of marketing to a broad audience. I think they have impressed me most of all brands recently…did you see their store in Times Square? The Hershey Store has nothing on this place. (No offense to Hershey)

3 - TRIDENT SPLASH GUM - I particularly like the vanilla mint and lime strawberry. They recaptured my faith in strawberry flavored candy.

Kudos to the blog - keep it up!

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Comment by izzy on 9/26/07 at 5:25 pm #
My favorite of all time are:
1. Marathon Bars - I still dream about them.
2. Chunky Bars - I keep looking for solid chocolate Chunky’s but to no avail.
3. Kit Kat bars - always on the hunt for a new kind that I’ve not tried.

Looking forward to Dark Chocolate Reeses!

Comment by Susan on 9/26/07 at 5:45 pm #
1 - reese’s peanut butter cups
2 - mr. goodbar
3 - lindt truffles

chocolate skittles!!!

Comment by Allyson on 9/26/07 at 7:19 pm #
1) 100 Grand with Coconut (sadly, a Limited Edition)

2) Take 5

3) Twix

So many choices - this is a great country we live in!!!

Comment by Jenn on 9/26/07 at 8:20 pm #
my top favorite of ALL time is the ice cube. nothing like it.
i found this site while looking for the york limited edition chocolate truffles for my sis’ birthday october 6 (ou-texas weekend in case you follow college football. boomer sooner!). anyway, google led me to you where i read the posts and was sad to find no new leads.
then i saw your contest, so i thought i’d enter on her behalf…if i win, maybe i’ll have a brand new favorite for her to replace the yorks!
and as for the others—coconut longboys and bit o’honey, with mary janes coming in neck and neck.
thanks, what a great site! i bookmarked for future reference!

Comment by marg french on 9/27/07 at 1:32 am #
My favorite candies are:

1. Black Sesame Pocky
2. Christmas Ribbon Candy
3. Whatchamacallit chocolate bars

I’m looking more forward to the possibility of more candy imports from Japan. I would totally love to see a Matcha or Sakura Kit Kat.

Comment by Marissa on 9/27/07 at 2:38 am #
Hey, Cybele,
I’m sure you get tired of hearing it, but I luuuuve your site. I can’t barely go a day without sneaking a peek at all the great candy reviews.
Anyway, my favorite candies, as of now are:
1. Heath bars
2. Sugar Babies
3. The Original Werther’s Hard candy

I’m a caramel fan, if you can’t tell.

Comment by Ariel Mink on 9/27/07 at 4:16 am #
My favorite 3 would be:
1. Sixlettes
2. Atomic Fireballs
3. Jelly Fruit Slices (Red)

I don’t have any idea what new candy will be coming out next but since my husband is a truck driver, he is always bringing home new candies.

Comment by Noell on 9/27/07 at 4:32 am #
1.) Almond Joy
2.) The Big Purple One
3.) Toblerone

I’m looking forward to the continuing parade of limited edition candies—I love ‘em!

Comment by Chris S. on 9/27/07 at 4:41 am #
Hi Cybele,

I love this blog! I’ve been reading since I discovered your website via NaNoWriMo several years ago.

I’m a chocolate hound, so I tend not to pay as much attention to the non-chocolate candy you cover, but I do go out of my way sometimes to hunt down things that you recommend (such as the Endangered Species Eco-Rounds and Trader Joe’s Espresso Chocolates).

Here are three candies I love:
1) Reese’s peanut butter eggs!!!!!!
2) Ritter Sport Marzipan and/or Dark Whole Hazelnut
3) Godiva’s Extra Dark Chocolate Truffle

Thanks much!

Comment by Brandy on 9/27/07 at 4:50 am #
Faves:

1) Crispy Crunch
2) Hot Tamales
3) Jelly Belly (black licorice ones)

Wish there were more grape-flavored super sour candies out there!

Comment by yhasan on 9/27/07 at 4:52 am #
I used to love a candy bar called the Milkshake Bar. Unfortunately it is no longer available, but it was so good. It had a nice chewy chocolatey malted-milk nougat center inside.

Current US Faves:

* Airheads
* Sour Patch Kids
* Swedish Fish

I definitely prefer European Chocolate over US chocolate so my fave chocolates are:

* Cadbury Wispa (which I think has been renamed)
* Flake
* Double-decker
* Coffee Crisp (used to import these, but they seem to be appearing locally now)
* Guylian Belgian Chocolate Sea Shells (YUMMO)

Those chewy Ferrara Pan candies look good as well as the circus and chocolate skittles.

After reading Steve Almond’s book Candyfreak, I really want to try one of those Hazelnut Five Star Bars from Lake Champlain Chocolates. They are just so expensive! Next time I’m in VT, I’m gonna have to pick one up at the factory.

Comment by Brett on 9/27/07 at 4:59 am #
1. reeses peanut butter eggs-way better than regular reeses cups
2 take 5 - these are genius
3. popcorn flavored jelly bellies

I most look forward to anything chewy or with peanut butter yum!

Comment by christy on 9/27/07 at 6:04 am #
My three faves:

1) Cadbury Mini Eggs
2) Peanut M & Ms
3) Tie: Green and Blacks’ 70% Dark Chocolate bar and Hammonds’s Mitchell Sweets

I’m a bit of a choco-holic, in case that wasn’t blindingly evident.

I had tried the Mitchell Sweets based on your review and LOVED them! It’s a little expensive to have them shipped to Canada, but now that the warm weather season is coming to an end, I’ll probably indulge again in the coming months.

I am most looking forward to the Reese’s Whipp and the dark chocolate Reese peanut butter cups.

I love your blog!

Comment by Jessie on 9/27/07 at 6:34 am #
Take 5 - It’s the perfect balance of salty and sweet . And they manage to pack every important candy bar ingredient in there without it being a cacophony.

Anything sour cherry. I know it’s not for you, but I love them! Especially sour cherry bats around Halloween.

Scharffenberger 62% cocoa - Again, I know you are not the biggest fan of SB chocolates, but I love the subtle fruit notes and don’t find it at all bitter.

Comment by Allison on 9/27/07 at 7:05 am #
Favs:

1)Ritter Sport Chocolates (particularly their Hazelnuts varieties)
2)Kit Kats
3)Zots!

Those Chocolate Mix Skittles sound WICKED! Definitely looking forward to those!

Comment by Nicole M. on 9/27/07 at 7:12 am #
1) 5th Avenue
2) Reese’s Pieces
3) Cherry Life Savers

I’m looking forward to the day when stores other than 7/11 decide to carry the 5th Avenue again.

Comment by Rich on 9/27/07 at 7:34 am #
It was difficult to come up with only three, but…

1. Movie Favorite (although i can’t find them at the theater anymore - grrr!): Hot Tamales. I love to dump the entire box in my popcorn and let tem get all warm and greasy. It has that whole sweet/hot/saltly/cruchy/chewy thing going on. MMMMM!

2. Childhood favorite - Mint Uno bars. Where are they now?

3. Upscale favorite - Moonstruck Chocolate’s nutmeg truffles. I am actually salivating.

I am looking forward to the Chewy Lemmonheads. I love the original. I remember riding my bike to Bi-Mart so i could splurge on a 10 cent box. Good times!

Comment by Heidi Schulz on 9/27/07 at 7:47 am #
1. Chewy spree. I can eat this until I can’t no longer feel my tongue.

2. Milky Way Midnight. The perfect candy bar.

3. Sherm Edwards chocolate. A shout out to some yummy, made down the road, incredible chocolates. The carmels are amazing.

I look forward to a day when yummy tasting chocolate from around the world takes its place next to all the ones we know and love in the check out counter of every grocery store! Especially Turkish chocolate of any size, shape, or form.

Comment by rks23 on 9/27/07 at 7:56 am #
1 - Le Roux’s Salted Butter Caramels (aka. ‘C.B.S’ for Caramel Beurre-Sal?). You have never had a real salted butter caramel - or indeed any caramel - until you have tasted this. Perfect texture, sweetness, and balance. They’re legendary, impossible to find, and I made sure to check that you haven’t yet tried them (or at least blogged about them). He also makes the most amazing salted butter caramel sauce that makes me make inappropriate noises at the table.

2 - Da Rosa’s Sauternes au Raisins: little, elegantly and barely sweet raisins covered with a sweeter coating of crumbly solidified Sauternes, covered with smooth, high-quality dark chocolate. Delicious, and stopping yourself from finishing the entire bag in one sitting (read: two minutes) is entirely unfeasible.

3 - Couldn’t decide, so I pick three for number three: Bernachon’s Kalouga bar (the most amazing, smooth dark chocolate in the world housing a real, super-rich burst (and hefty too) of just about liquid salted-butter caramel), Da Rosa’s Pimandes (chocolate covered almonds dusted with cocoa powder - it seems seemingly like nothing too original, until your palate discovers that underlying, perfectly balanced kick of piment d’espelette), and La Maison du Chocolat’s Rigletto bonbon (light caramel mousse encased in a thin shell of dark chocolate).

Oh, and a ‘fourth’, just to finally finish:

‘4’ - The original gummy bears. Red ones most preferred.

Let me know, again - I would really like for you to know what I’m talking about. Trust me: these go BEYOND ‘Superb’.

Comment by Juliette on 9/27/07 at 7:57 am #
1. snickers eggs
2.Sour patch kids ( or sour anything, really)
3. a frozen twix

im looking forward to the lemonade stand Mike&ikes;, they’ve always been a classic movie snack for me, i also love any chocolate with a minty or spicy or even peanut buttery kick

Comment by brittney Baker on 9/27/07 at 8:16 am #
1. Aeromilk Peppermint- They are so wierdly textured in a good way.

2. Halva Original Finnish Sweet Licorice

3. candy-corn consumed seasonally around my birthday.

I am looking forward to trying a tootsie roll candy cane lollipop. sounds like the best!

Comment by leah on 9/27/07 at 9:51 am #
i love candy,all kinds but my top 3 are
i love to try new candy.
even if i dont win i think it wonderful of you to do this.

Lindt dark chocolate truffles

Mallowcups

Zagnuts/black babies

Comment by Jenniffer Love on 9/27/07 at 10:04 am #
Good & plenty

Sky bars

Swedish fish

Comment by Debra L Menten on 9/27/07 at 10:06 am #
My favorites:

1. Bit O Honey
2. Regular M&M’s
3. Cherry Cordial Hershey Kisses

Comment by Kara on 9/27/07 at 10:29 am #
Three favorites.
1. Sugar mama. Haven’t had one in years
2. Smoothie Peanut Butter Cups. Hard to Find
3. Starburst Jelly Beans

Looking Forward to anything with Dark Chocolate!

Comment by Wayne Bennett on 9/27/07 at 10:59 am #
I am totally excited about Junior Mints Deluxe! I love me some Junior Mints.

My favorite candies of all time, in no particular order:

Cadbury Creme Eggs
Jelly Belly Champagne Bubbles
Elvis Peanut Butter Banana Reeses

Woo!

Comment by CC on 9/27/07 at 11:05 am #
My 3 Favorite Candies:

1) Twix (right out of the freezer !)
2) Mon Cheri - The Canadian one…usually comes out at Christmas in a pack of four. Sooo good.
3) Sugar Babies

What I?m looking forward to:

1) Dark Chocolate Peanut M&M’s
2) Matcha Swirl KitKat
3) Junior Mints Deluxe (oh yum)

What am amazing blog…keep up the great work !

Comment by Claudia Catalina on 9/27/07 at 11:28 am #
I’m an Australian and feel I should be patriotic and describe only Australian candy, but I’ve been excitedly devouring American sweets since my arrival here a few months ago, and my preferences are accordingly affected!

1. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, because nothing is better than the peanut butter/chocolate mix you Americans do so well.

2. Dagoba Xocolatl Bar, because the chilli/chocolate idea is a new and mind-boggling one to me.

3. Warheads Sours, because getting past the outer layer is such a satisfying relief.

I’m most looking forward to the dark chocolate Reese’s peanut butter cup, but I’m on the verge of tears because I think I’ll be back in Australia by the time it comes out. I need a hug!

Comment by Hannah on 9/27/07 at 11:31 am #
does anybody remember mambos?

they were like a cross between now or laters and starburst candies?

i still love chiclets gum.

i enjoy trying just about every new candy i can find

if you havent tried 3 muskateers mint, do so because its so good.

Comment by Jenniffer Love on 9/27/07 at 11:49 am #
not sure if anybody has ever been to maine but there is a store called yummies, http://www.yummies.com/

they have 10,000 pounds of candy and nuts on display. and they have lots of hard to find candies and they do online orders.

Comment by Jenniffer Love on 9/27/07 at 11:59 am #
Oh, wow, just three? I guess I can rule out the stuff that only tastes good from London, and Junior Mints and FastBreaks, which I can get any day…

1) Lindt milk chocolate (“Lindors”)
2) Pomegranate and/or mango high chew (because the pomegranate tends to be hard to find)
3) ShockTarts (I LOVE THESE SO MUCH AND THEY’VE STOPPED SELLING THEM ANYWHERE NEAR ME!!)

I’m also nuts about honey-flavored noughat, but I’m not hugely fond of stuff heavy on almond and/or walnuts (no allergies, though.)

Comment by Sophia Babai on 9/27/07 at 12:17 pm #
hmm..my 3 favs…that’s a toughie!! here it goes!

1)Peanut butter M&Ms;
2)Milk Duds
3)Haribo Sauer Pommes

I love too many different types of candy though!

um, i’m most looking forward to mike & ikes lemonade stand and chewy lemonheads!

Comment by Krista on 9/27/07 at 1:28 pm #
1. Goldies from Laura Secord Chocolates
2. Turtles (pecan, not that newfangled peanut)
3. Swedish Fish “Aqua Life”

I pretty much look forward to any limited edition candy for a new experience. I’m just a bit sad when I get attached to a particular kind, though.

Comment by Alida on 9/27/07 at 2:00 pm #
Man, painful decision… I guess it boils down to:

Perugina Baci chocolates

Linette white chocolate peanut butter cups (milk choc pb and mint cups also reeeallly good)

Russell Stover coconut cream eggs

(I am SO biting my lip to keep from naming more!)

I’m also curious about those chocolate Skittles, and I’ve yet to try the Elvis Reeses cups with the banana creme.

Comment by May on 9/27/07 at 2:57 pm #
1. Snickers
2. Kandy Kakes
3. White chocolate Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Looking forward to: wild cherry M&Ms;, dark chocolate Reese’s peanut butter cups, crispy mint M&Ms;

Comment by Tom on 9/27/07 at 3:13 pm #
Top 3 All Time Candy?! That’s one of those impossible questions to answer for me, but I’ll give my top 3 I remember from growing up.

1) Razzles - Candy that turns into gum? In the heyday of Transformers in the 80’s, this was a no-brainer. Although it took me a bag or two of swallowing it all before I realized it turned into gum. Oops.

2) Nerds - At the time it was completely revolutionary for us young boys. Crazy cool box, 2 flavors for the price of one, and better yet? NERD FIGHTS! If you don’t know, that’s when you use Nerds as spitball ammo. Nothing like a couple of hours of Nerd fights in the summer with multi-colored welts. To this day, blind luck is all that I have to thank for not losing an eye.

3) Red Hots - I looooved me some Red Hots. A fiery awesome cinnamon taste I have not had in any other food product since, plus the old “box as a whistle”. Then there were the painfully fun contest of how long you can withstand chewing an entire box at once.

I don’t know the majority of what’s coming out, but so far I’m really really looking forward to Chewy Lemonheads and Atomic Fireballs. I love both of their flavors, but I’m not a huge fan of hard candy. It’s like they reached into my childhood dreams and made a small one come true!

Comment by John Foldi on 9/27/07 at 3:38 pm #
This is rough but I’d have to say:

1. Twix- there is nothing quite as delicious as a simple caramel twix.

2. Reeses Peanut Butter Cups

3. Milky Way

I was looking forward to the candy corn kisses and the reeses whipps but I’ve already tried the kisses ( love them) and purchased the whipps ( haven’t opened it yet). After reading your blog I’d have to say the Andes candies in key lime since I LOVE key lime flavored products, the coffee twix, and the double chocolate reeses all sound delicious. You are so lucky that you got to attend the All Candy Expo! I saw it once on the Food Network and it looked amazing!

By the way, because of you I can’t stop looking for limited edition candy items now whenever I walk into drug stores, grocery stores, Target, etc. Thank you for turning me into a candy junkie!

Comment by Jennifer on 9/27/07 at 5:21 pm #
I love Twix candy bars and Reese’s PB cups. I really love all kinds, not picky at all.

I also love Necco wafers, reminds me of when I was a kid.

Comment by Alissa on 9/27/07 at 5:53 pm #
Take two - browser crashed first time.

From when I was a kid -

1) Marathon bars
2) Red Vines
3) Frozen bite-size Milky Way bars
4) Hot Tamales

Now:

1) Any kind of good dark chocolate - too many to rank!

2) Altoids (peppermint, spearmint, licorice . . .)

3) Hot Tomales/Atomic Fireballs/other hot cinnamon candies

4) Asian sour candies, especially “Super Lemon” from Japan.

Comment by Dana on 9/27/07 at 7:01 pm #
I’d have to say my favorite candy of all time is plain old cola bottles! I shared them with a friend at school, and we’ve been friends now for thirty years, so they hold a special place in my heart.

Second, I’d pick Thornton’s Eden chocolates from England. They’re just soooo yummy and decadent! After trying these, I just can’t go back to Godiva anymore. The English may not know how to cook, but they sure know how to make some great chocolate!

Third…probably Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Candy tastes come and go, but after a while I always find myself coming back to these. There’s just something great about them…

What am I looking forward to? Lots, but I think the Twix Java bar is the one - I just hope they capture the coffee flavor well!

Comment by Tracey on 9/27/07 at 10:17 pm #
1. Coconut Toasties
2. Skor
3. Reeses Peanut Butter Cups

Looking forward to EVERYTHING, but especially the chewy lemonheads! I’ve loved lemonheads since I can remember!

Comment by Cheri on 9/27/07 at 10:58 pm #
Top Three:

Lindt intense dark cherry/chili bar
Dark chocolate covered marzipan
Something brought back from CA(unnamed, in red foil)which was a spicy marshmallow with nuts in dark chocolate

Looking forward to:
Seeking new Kit-Kats, Reeses’ & other special edition candies(thrill of the chase!)-particularly the famed mocha Crunch which I never found!

Comment by Skye on 9/28/07 at 2:32 am #
First, let me say how much I love this website—for many years I’ve been a closet candy freak—I love the food part, but the marketing, packaging, everything that goes into making candy is so fascinating, but I always felt like a “grown up” shouldn’t be that into the candy aisle at Walgreens, you know? This site has freed me! Now all my friends come to me to find out what’s new that I’ve tried lately. Now, all time favorites:
#1 with a bullet, a frozen Snickers bar—pure, simple, and joyous, a frozen snickers will take me out of any bad mood!
#2 Ghiradelli Squares—all of them are pure, elegant love, but the dark chocolate and Caramel are my favorite. I’m mostly a Dark chocolate lover, usually the darker the better, and I love when they infuse it with orange or chili notes. But I’ve had some amazing milk chocolate that made me rethink that position!
#3 Symphony with Toffee and Almonds, the BIG bars, usually frozen as well—anoter mostly senitmental favorite, and an unusual Milk choice for me. My dad kept giant Hershey’s with Almonds bars in our freezer most of my life, and I guess I kept the tradition alive, but with my own personal spin.

As for what I’m looking forward to? Well, I guess the truth is that I trust you, so I’m looking forward to ANYthing! What I love about your site is that I can find both high end treats (Das caramels, OH MY, do I owe you one for introducing me to these!) and all the new twists on old favorites (I cried when there were no more Milkshake Kit Kats, and yes, sorry, I loved the Razzberry M&Ms;). I’m just so please to see such a boom in creativity in the industry, and I can’t wait to see what’s next!

Comment by Cortney on 9/28/07 at 2:57 am #
I’ve been thinking about what I’d choose for my top three candies over the past two days. This is a hard decision for me because my loves change based on season and mood, but here goes:

1. Tangy Taffy (grape and strawberry)
2. Take 5
3. Skittles gum (original flavor and carnival)

Candy I’m looking forward to trying, Junior Mints Deluxe and Chewy Lemonheads.

Comment by JoAnn Krzeminski on 9/28/07 at 3:01 am #
A tough question, but I would have to say:
1- Dots
2- Starbursts
3- Leonidas chocolates

I’m really looking forward to the Chocolate Skittles. I’m a huge Skittles fan. I was at the deli last night, and I spotted “Xtreme Fruit Skittles Bubble Gum” - not quite what I expected…

Comment by Amy on 9/28/07 at 3:22 am #
Favorite candies:

1. Ring Pops: Makes me feel like a kid again…especially cherry

2. Chocolate & Citrus anything: I’m an addict
& I love Frey’s Chocolate & Blood Orange Bar

3. Gums: any with coconut or citrus flavors
My fave right now is Mint Mojito from Orbitz

I have heard that Trident has a new flavor out—I think it is Wild Blueberry Twist which sounds intriguing…..Also I look forward to pretty much anything chocolate, I’ll try anything once.

Comment by Kathleen on 9/28/07 at 5:05 am #
Favorite candies:
1. Sour Patch Kids: I love that sour tangy flavor, and the sugar crystals…..even what’s left in the bottom of the bag is good!

2. Chocolate/mint combination: Junior Mints, Andes, Baskin Robins hard candies, whatever the style, the flavor combination is GOOD!

3. Skittles: just a good standby; fruity and chewy, can’t go wrong.

I’m looking forward to seeing more of the high-end chocolate. I am a newcomer to the world of chocoslate, as I’ve always been more of a fruity candy type. But it seems like there’s a growing trend toward “posh” chocolate….and I like it!

Comment by Carter on 9/28/07 at 5:41 am #
I’ve been living in the UK for the past eight years, and miss United Statian candy sooooo much! If I’m lucky enough to be picked, I would be willing to pay for shipping. Because I’m desperate like that.

Favs:
1. York Peppermint Patties. Minis, preferably, to be eaten slowly and savored over time.
2. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. I was at the US Embassy in London a few weeks ago, and they had these in the vending machines. I was forced to share with my children, but I don’t see it as a hardship—they are woefully lacking in American Candy Experiences.
3. Jolly Ranchers. The candy of my childhood, preferably sour watermelon. Are they even around anymore?

Looking forward to: Apple Sour, Junior Mints Deluxe, and Chewy Lemonheads. They sound fabulous!

:fingerscrossed:

Comment by Raisin'Cookies on 9/28/07 at 6:00 am #
My favorites candies are

1. Sixlet - All time favorite. It’s so rare for me to find these and when I do, I buy in bulk because they won’t sell it for long. This year I’m excited they have it at Wal-mart. These are not your ordinary chocolate…. It’s indescribable.

2. Hershey’s white chocolate kisses with pepermint sprinkles - the first time and only time I had these was during last Christmas when I bought 2 bags of them. I regret it because I wish I bought MORE of them. I ran out in a matter of weeks and now I crave them. I hope they will sell them again this upcoming Chrismas.

3. Twix - You can’t go wrong with chocolate and caramel…. It’s even better as ice cream.

What I look forward to?? I’m not updated with the latest new candies but according to your site, I’m really interested in the new Twix Limited Edition Java Bar. The other candy I love and excited to try is the new flavors of mentos candies.

Comment by Hanh on 9/28/07 at 6:35 am #
Thank you for this exciting chance!

Favorites:

Swedish Fish. All Flavors.
Haribo Raspberries. I love the texture.
Peanut M&Ms;. A perfect balance.

I am looking forward to the Chewy Lemonheads- I already like their slightly chewy quality. And the Junior Mints Deluxe, although it may be too much mint for me.

Thanks!

Comment by Julie Halpern on 9/28/07 at 6:42 am #
1) Sky Bars
2) Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
3) Endangered Species Cocoa Nubs Dark Chocolate (with the “cute” bat on the wrapper)

as you can imagine, i look forward to any new chocolate thingies that come up. i loathe the sour anything that my kids seem to love. ewww. of course, i’ve watched willy wonka one too many times, and so i am still waiting for that whole meal in one candyball thingy, the one that made violet turn violet…

Comment by sher on 9/28/07 at 9:06 am #
1) Good and Fruities, the classic type before they changed the flavors in the early 90s
2) Sanders’ jelly beans, terrific finger-tip sized pectin ones with great translucent shells and a great soft gel inside. My grandma had them every year at Easter when I was a kid.
3) Rainforest Crunch, that terrific nut crunch that was available in the late 80s and early 90s.

So, I’m only 35, and my three favorite candies of all time are no longer available. Bleah. Hopefully I can find a new favorite if I win the gift box

Comment by David A. Spitzley on 9/28/07 at 9:51 am #
My favorite candy of all time has to be RedVines (you know, those olde-time licorice stick imitations?)
ooh! and Jelly Belly Jellybeans (they’re just plain fun)
Though I’m not sure if those made it to the expo ^^
The chocolate skittles sound interesting,
I had no idea there was a whole convention devoted to candy though!
Sounds like my kind of place

Comment by Ashley on 9/28/07 at 10:22 am #
Hi Cybele. Three all-time favorites, eh?
1) Red Shoelaces [I could eat these faux-licorice babies forever. Best penny candy ever]
2) Mambas [I like to eat two at a time, mixing the flavors. Lemon and Raspberry are the best combo.]
3) Haribo Grapefruit Slices [I know you feel the same way I do about these. Heavenly.]

I’m certainly looking forward to those chewy lemonheads and the Mike and Ike lemonade mix you speak of along with everything else. In general, though, I’m most looking forward to Good & Plenty bringing back their awesome fruity chews (were they called Fruit & Plenty?). A boy can dream.

Comment by Jesse on 9/28/07 at 10:57 am #
1. Mellowcreme Pumpkins!!! Right now is my favorite time of the year! Nothing beats pure, unadulterated, pumpkin-shaped sugar.

2. Dots! I love gummies in general, but Dots have a great texture and flavor.

3. Starburst!! The only thing that keeps me going through final exams, year after year without fail.

I am intrigued by these chocolate Skittles you mention! I loved the various mint mixes.

Comment by Laurel on 9/28/07 at 11:00 am #
Favorites HAVE to include;

1. the original tart n tinies. The were so good and sugary. Nothing compares
2. conversation hearts. again with the sugary goodness and a plus because they talk to you
3. chewy sweet tarts

Obviously not as much into chocolate as sugar, but I am looking forward to the delux junior mints and also the chewy lemonheads!

Comment by Jaime on 9/28/07 at 11:55 am #
1) 70%< cacao chocolate. I know dark chocolate is the “in” thing now, but I just like it better.

2) Sour gummi worms, especially the Walmart brand ones (which is strange, because Walmart ain’t my favorite.) Sour gummis in general are really good too.

3) Licorice! I don’t eat enough of it.

Looking forward to: random things that look neat (note: not necessarily pretty) and taste yummy.

Comment by Nicole on 9/28/07 at 12:23 pm #
Cool. Love Nutrageous (not that I can ever find them anymore) peanut butter cups, and just really really good dark chocolate.

Looking forward to mike and ike lemonade stand.

Comment by courtney on 9/28/07 at 12:59 pm #
1. York Peppermint Patties (I put in the fridge…mmmm)

2. Mounds

3. M and M’s (a favorite since I was a small child)

Comment by Jessica on 9/28/07 at 1:24 pm #
It is so hard to pick just 3 when you start thinking about it, but I have to go with

1. Big Hunk

2. Flicks

3. Hot tamales

and now I’m off to my kitchen to have one of the above.

Comment by Pamela Hicks on 9/28/07 at 1:31 pm #
1- Now & laters; hard & fruity, soft & chewy! They’re the best for when I want that tangy candy taste that isn’t too overpowering for my tastebuds. Then again, I like eating wasabi by itself so I’m not too sure how that stands.

2- Vanilla tootsie rolls; I love the vanilla tootsie rolls. Maybe it’s because I’m an avid vanilla fan, but I’ll always go for the vanilla ones.

3- Junior Mints; how can I say no to junior mints? I could eat a box everyday & never get tired of them. & that’s pretty hard considering I usually get tired of minty candies really easily.

Comment by chris on 9/28/07 at 1:45 pm #
My three favorite candies of all time have to be:
Reese’s peanut butter cups
Ritter Sport Rum Raisin Nut (I always stock up when I’m in Germany!)
Starburst original flavors

Here’s hopin’!

Comment by Maranda on 9/28/07 at 2:26 pm #
Favorite candies:
1. Licorice allsorts. Sooo… tasty. These are followed in the licorice category by Panda’s black licorice.
2. Peanut Butter Twix. I loved these as a kid, then they disappeared. Then they had the nerve to change to chocolate cookies, though I tried it the other day and I actually really liked it.
3. Jelly beans. Preferably black, of course, but almost any flavor (except buttered popcorn) will do.

I’m looking forward to trying more of the exotic/gourmet chocolates that contain things like curry powder or olives.

Comment by Heather on 9/28/07 at 3:07 pm #
Favorite Candies: SKYBAR -I loved having four little pockets of chocolate covered flavors: vanilla, peanut, caramel, fudge

SNICKERS: The ultimate combo of caramel, chocolate, and peanuts

JUNIOR MINTS: These are my favorite candies to eat in the movies

I am looking forward to: New Reese’s, Green Tea Hershey’s Kisses, and Chocolate covered Skittles

Comment by Susan on 9/28/07 at 3:52 pm #
1. tart n tiny’s (wish I could still find them)
2. Skor
3. whatchamacallit

Looking forward to trying the 3 musketeers Harvest minis mix. They sound yummy!!

Comment by Cindy Groleau on 9/28/07 at 4:14 pm #
Some of my favorite candies:

1. Necco wafers. All the flavors and colors. And you can draw on them.

2. Dagoba chocolate bars. Roseberry and Lime, especially.

3. Licorice. Really strong black licorice, mostly. Red Vines too.

I mostly excited by fruit flavored Kit-Kats. My brother went to Japan this summer and returned with kiwi and orange melon flavors. They were lovely. Also, the licorice caramel sounds very interesting.

Comment by Anna-O on 9/28/07 at 4:18 pm #
Oooh, I love chocolate with caramel!!! And I am really looking forward to any new innovations in chocolate candy that don’t involved nibs/tea/goji berries/any sort of energy ingredients. I want sprinkles, sugar, caramel, so the poprocks bar is more my speed!

Comment by Jenna Z on 9/28/07 at 4:55 pm #
All time Favorites:

1) Caramello
2) M&M’s
3) Curly Wurly bars (from the UK)

Honorable Mention:
Milky Way Midnight (but always will be Forever Yours to me)

Looking forward to:

1) Chewey Atomic Fireballs
2) Junior Mints Deluxe

Comment by Scott Burns on 9/28/07 at 5:06 pm #
1. Skittles
2. Reese?s Fast Break
3. Jolly Ranchers

I am most looking forward to anything new, I am a “Limited Addiction” addict LOL
I love new flavors and love when Skittles has new products.

Comment by Heidi on 9/28/07 at 5:14 pm #
It’s so hard to pick just three favorites, but I guess my favorite candies right now are the following.
1. anything chocolate and raspberry, but especially Godiva squares
2. Hi Chew Strawberry…man, I could eat that by the ton.
3. Big KitKat or Nestle Crisp. Mmmm.

I’m looking forward to trying that chocolate Skittles mix and the new Junior Mints. Yum!

Comment by cecily on 9/28/07 at 5:29 pm #
Hi Cybele, the candies I’m most looking forward to is the Java Twix, Michel Cluizel 99% truffle, and Reese’s Whipps. My fav candy bars of all time are 100 Grand, Twix and Watchamacallit. Although I do love a good bar of dark chocolate above anything else.

Comment by Jessica "Su Good Eats" on 9/28/07 at 6:51 pm #
My all time favorite candies:

1. Chupa Chups (soda pop flavors 1st then the classic fruity flavors)
2. Kitkat & Reeses Peanut Butter Cups tied.
3. Dark chocolates truffes, any brand.

I am looking forward - Kitkat in red beans flavor - hopefully they will launch US some days….

Comment by Patricia on 9/28/07 at 7:05 pm #
1. Picnic
2. Maltesers
3. lotte’s chocolate dipped gummi candy

haha i want m&m’s mint chocolate crisps! i was so sad when they stopped making the regular ones =\

Comment by Michelle on 9/29/07 at 2:20 am #
(I’m in the UK, I’m happy to pay shipping though - I’ve never ever had half the things you’ve reviewed and am insanely jealous!)

1) Milky bar chocolate! Buttons are the best!

2) Mars bars. I’ve only ever had the UK version… Would love to try the American, after the head-to-head

3) Atomic fireballs - joy, bliss, heaven, childhood in a mouthful.

Hell, I look forward to anything candy-wise!

Comment by Fay on 9/29/07 at 5:08 am #
First of all, my wife and I LOVE your blog!

And secondly, my top 3 favorite candies are:

1. Palmer easter eggs. The dark chocolate ones wrapped in polka dotted foil. Soooo good!

2. Cadbury cream or caramel eggs.

3. Dove chocolate.

I’m seeing a theme here!

Love your blog, thanks for the giveaway!!

Comment by Cortny on 9/29/07 at 5:40 am #
For favs(because I have so many..) I’ll put categories more than anything

1) Black licorice. - Specifically real Dutch licorice(sucks I can’t get licorice of the month!!), gotta have mild/medium sweet stuff, so like the licorice cats or the slightly salty coins mmmm, the licorice mentos are awesome too!
2) Milk Chocolate(even better with a little PB) - Max5’s(Take5 in the States), Reese’s Crunchy Bar, Crunch Bars, BigTurk, Lion, ect ect ect… goes on! I love the Ritter products though.. esp the yougurt one
3) Toffee/Chewy products(FIRM toffee.. none of the soft melty goo) - Mack Toffee(not the caramels- too soft), Walkers Toffee.. you have to have a sore jaw from chewing!

runner up’s have to be the pink grapefruit, strawberry, fruit, sours, green apple, and grape mentos(yes there is a store here in town that sells them all, its amazing!!)

Basically looking forward to everything. I’m always looking for new stuff to try.. I love different textures mixed together(Max5 bars!) and am constantly trying new items!

And those licorice caramels… I found one here in town that is a firm chewy and lasts a long time. Can’t remember the brand for the life of me! eek.

Comment by Nicole on 9/29/07 at 6:12 am #
Favorite Candies:

1 - Sour belts
2 - Twix
3 - Air Heads

I’m looking forward to trying anything fruity, especially lemon flavored.

Comment by Christy Gould on 9/29/07 at 7:05 am #
Top three are:
Necco Wafers
Refreshers (British - fizzy hard candies)
Lindt balls - Holiday spiced blend

Kinder Eggs would have made the list - but the chocolate is kind of sub-par - it’s the lego-style engineering I love.

Comment by Noah on 9/29/07 at 7:50 am #
Fav candies:

1. Ferrero Rocher chocolate so smooth and light and crunchy, yummy!

2. Take5 awesome combo of sweety and salty.

3. plain old M&Ms; reminds me of childhood when grandma always had a stash hidden for us grandkids…for some reason the tan ones were my favs but they got rid of em :(

Candy I look forward to is 3 Muskateers Mint Dark Chocolate that an online friend told me about, sounds so yummy!

Comment by Monica on 9/29/07 at 8:04 am #
All time faves (so hard to limit it to just 3!):
- Zotz (grape and cherry in flavour please- unfortunately they don’t make grape anymore)

- Cherry Airheads by Perfetti Van Melle (best artificial cherry on the market, in my opinion)

- Cornflake Corn Crisp Ritter Sport Chocolate bars

Looking forward to someday devouring a grapefruit mento again- that was the best candy I ever stumbled upon randomly at a gas station in the middle of nowhere…

Comment by Gwen Owen on 9/29/07 at 8:12 am #
Three favorite candy of all time:
1. Skor! This is my very favorite chocolate bar of all time
2. Kraft Caramels
3. Jelly Bellies

What I’m looking forward to? I love any new candy that is GLUTEN FREE because I’m celiac. Always so exciting to discover a new treat. I wish they would make a GF Wunderbar!

Comment by Lisa on 9/29/07 at 8:35 am #
1. Sour Patch Kids - tasty, a good sour kick, and bite sized!
2. Bonkers - ate these all the time growing up and miss them dearly.
3. Sour Soothers - another classic from my childhood that I still buy in big 2.75lb tubs at Costco.

The biggest one I’m looking forward to are probably the Chewy Atomic Fireballs. On top of super sour, I like really hot cinnamon (Hot Tamales Fire are great) and the chewy aspect makes them all the more tempting.

Comment by Kepi on 9/29/07 at 9:14 am #
1) Anything from Green & Black. Delicious dark chocolate, the crunch of coffee beans or smooth mint filling…delicious.

2)Lifesavers mints. Wonderful little hard candies that sometimes melt in your mouth

3) (Canadian) Rockets. Loved these since I was a kid. Not too strongly flavoured, but perfect for absently munching.

I’m probably most interested by the deluxe Junior Mints you just reviewed…I’m really fond of mint and chocolate, especially mint filling.

Comment by Steph on 9/29/07 at 9:47 am #
1. reese’s pieces - can’t get enough of the pb!
2. yogurt covered gummy bears - got me through my finals at berkeley
3. jelly belly - like a million desserts in a bean.

i’m looking forward to:
the chocolate skittles! raspberry m&m’s. and the fruit tootsies (i remember picking those out of the variety packs). and chai vermints?!!?!and strawberry 3 musketeers (is this like neopolitan?)hm…so pretty much anything and everything on your blog….

Comment by Eileen on 9/29/07 at 10:00 am #
My top three favorites are:

1. Chick-O-Sticks - nothing like childhood favorites!

2. Caramello - anything with chocolate and caramel.

3. Toblerone - yum!

I’m looking forward to just trying the new things you mentioned. Lemonade stand candies sound like they’d be good and tangy!

Comment by Jessica on 9/29/07 at 11:31 am #
1)Candy Corns (even though they make me SO. SICK.)
2)Lemonheads
3)Junior Mints

They’re not new, but I would love to be able to find some of those inside-out Junior Mints you’re reviewed. Dammit!

Comment by Martha on 9/29/07 at 11:46 am #
Love your blog!
#1 Sees raspberry chocolate creams.
#2 Iclandic cocolate covered licorice.
#3 Recees peanut butter cups.
I am really looking forward to your review of the locorice that your tried at the expo. And hey, I would not send back a box of candy! If you have never tried the Icelandic kind, let me know, I will try to get a hold of some and mail it to you!

Comment by Melinda on 9/29/07 at 12:47 pm #
mmmm, candy!

Comment by jackie on 9/29/07 at 1:18 pm #
My top three:

1. Twix Bars
2. Cadbury mini eggs
3. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

And I was looking forward to the chocolate Skittles until I read your review—so now I’m focusing on the Mike and Ike Lemonade Stand Mix.

Comment by luuv2shop on 9/29/07 at 1:33 pm #
1. Favorite candies: Mars bar (British), Aero bar (British), Caramello
2. Chocolate Skittles!

Comment by Kari on 9/29/07 at 2:02 pm #
Whatchamacallits, I loved those!!!

The wax bottles that had the syrupy sugar in them.

And Peanut Chews, I still loved them!

I’m looking forward to trying some licorice and anything with chocolate and mint in it.

Btw, I love your blog!!!

Comment by Kelli on 9/29/07 at 3:56 pm #
In no particular order… Twix, Junior Mints and Mauna Loa chocolate-covered macadamia nuts (technically, not a candy, but I eat ‘em like one!)

I’m looking forward to having more Razzberry M&Ms; for dessert in a little while. :-D

Comment by Kristina on 9/29/07 at 4:01 pm #
I adore Jelly Belly Sour Jelly Bellys. I also love the Hairbo Berries. A classic favorite are reeses peanut butter cups and for upscale—vosges exotic truffles can’t be beat!

Love the idea of the chewy lemonheads—also would love some of the more exotic mentos flavors.

Comment by anne on 9/29/07 at 4:15 pm #
My three old favorites aren’t made any more:
1. Peter Paul Caravelle
2. Mars Bars (with the whole almonds on the top)
3. Chocolate Covered PayDay
I also miss Powerhouse Bars,soft and chewy Heath bars, Marathon Bars and Krackel.
Now days I’m really into:
1. Tropical Starburst (I love the pina colada!)
2. Russell Stover Pecan Delights
3. Snickers Almond

I’m looking forward to the chocolate Skittles and chewy Lemonheads. I’d like to try Hershey’s candy corn kisses also.

Comment by Debbie Reece on 9/29/07 at 4:59 pm #
Hmm hard decisions. Just to be silly i’m giving my three favourites from when I was 12. Hoping it still counts even though I’m almost twice that age now.

1. Skor bars. The chocolate and that hard inside made my insides melt in bliss.

2. Tootsie rolls. Just the small two inch long ones. My older cousin used to buy them and I’d beg him to share.

3. Bubblegum balls. To me it didn’t matter what flavour or brand jsut that i coyld chew them up and blow bigger bubbles than anyone I knew.

Good luck to me and congrats to whomever the winner is.

Comment by Tegan on 9/29/07 at 5:31 pm #
Hershey Bar Almonds
Wintergreen Lifesavers
Skor Bar

Comment by Melanie Nelson on 9/29/07 at 6:31 pm #
Top 3 Favs:

1. Gummy Watermelons
2. Gobstoppers
3. Babe Ruth

Looking forward to:

Chewy Atomic fireballs & Chocolate mix Skittles!!

Comment by Kelly on 9/29/07 at 7:05 pm #
Stumbled on this blog tonight trying to track down an old Mars candy bar whose name I can’t remember.

Favs are all peanutty:
1) Butterfingers
2) Peanut MMs
3) Snickers

Thanks for the interesting read!

Comment by Hal Gibson on 9/29/07 at 7:23 pm #
1. Mint Chocolate (from Lindt Mint Truffles to Mint Dark Chocolate Kit-Kats, really anything with mint)
2. Sour Patch Kids
3. Twix

I’m so looking forward to Mint Chocolate crisps M&Ms;, the Java Twix and the new Ferrero Rocher flavor!

Comment by Lisa on 9/29/07 at 7:36 pm #
1. Gummi grapefruit

2. Red apple jelly bellies

3. Fruit mentos

I’m looking forward to any new Halloween treats on the horizon. I’ve already bought a pack of candy corn for those autumn cravings.

Comment by Bryan on 9/29/07 at 10:52 pm #
Three favorite candies of all time:

1. Take 5 Bar…perfect mixture of ingradients, awesome crunch, sweet, salty…ideal…

2. Gobstoppers…the absolute antithesis of the Take 5…sickly sweet, fakely fruity…still a favorite…better before they eliminated a layer a few years back…

3. White chocolate peppermint bark…non-commercial, homemade and given as gifts ‘round Christmas time each year…

Things I’m looking froward to - winning a whole big box of candy…

Comment by Lonnie on 9/30/07 at 1:11 am #
oo i’m definitely looking forward to chewy lemonheads! i don’t think i could possibly go with only threee favorite candies, but for now i’ll say 1) cadbury creme eggs, 2) chocolate fudge, and 3)candy pumpkins (can’t wait for halloween!)

Comment by Micki on 9/30/07 at 3:09 am #
My favorites are:

1.Cadbury Fruit & Nut (the real kind that you get in England)
2. Bounty Bars (ditto)
3. Malteasers

I am looking forward to:

1. Reese’s Whip
2. Chocolate Skittles
3. Mint Peeps

Comment by Annie on 9/30/07 at 3:45 am #
1. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
2. Gummi Bears
3. Cadbury Fruit & Nut Bars

Looking forward to checking out the fortified Dove bits!

Comment by Heather on 9/30/07 at 5:05 am #
I love this site so much!

My favorite candies are:

1. Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs
2. Milk chocolate-covered peanuts
3. Sugar Daddies

It’s hard to pick just three!

I’m most looking forward to trying:

-Chocolate Mix Skittles
-Indiana Jones Crispy Mint M&Ms;
-Reese?s Whipps

Comment by Anita on 9/30/07 at 5:31 am #
It is hard to think of just 3 favorites (I have chocolate hidden in whatever nook and cranny I can find at home and work!) but here goes!
1.) Bar None - I couldn’t believe when Hershey stopped making it. I keep hoping they will come back, in their original form.
2.) Cadbury Fruit and Nut Bar - I love the chocolate in the Cadbury Bars and the fruit and nuts don’t tease but are substantial in size.
3.) Charles Bittersweet Carmelized Rice Krispie Bar - this has only been on the market for a few years and might be hard to find but it is absolutely worth the search. The chocolate is so pure and the combination is incredible!

Comment by Joyce on 9/30/07 at 7:13 am #
Favorites:

Abba Zabba
Red Hots
Chunky

Look forward to:

Chewy Atomic Fireballs
Anything pistachio flavored
Chocolate covered chik o stix

Comment by Nick Morey on 9/30/07 at 7:29 am #
1. The dark chocolate and old style (gold wrapper) goobers bars
2. The Moose crunch bar (harry and david’s, I think) (bought at Target)
3. dark chocolate almond joy
4. Payday
5. independent chocolate and candy shop products
I am looking forward to trying the chocolate Skittles because I am not a big fan of fruity skittles; I think the chocolate is a great idea. I also wish I could buy individual fondues at my grocery store! Razzberry M&Ms; sound really good; Cinnabon Carmel Pecan Cluster sounds DELICIOUS; Pomengranate Jelly Belly Jellybean is enticing, and I just LOVE the fruity Jelly Bellies so that will be great.

Comment by Jessica Johnson on 9/30/07 at 7:29 am #
My favorites are:
1. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
2. Whoppers
3. Golden Tree Kingsbite Milk Chocolate (product of Ghana)...I fell in love with it when I was studying over there

I’m really looking forward to trying the Crispy Mint M&Ms;, as well as the Dark Chocolate Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.

Comment by Justin Bush on 9/30/07 at 7:59 am #
FAVOURITE CANDIES:

01. Mentos: Grapefruit, lime, black currant, grape, you name it!

02. Tic tac: Lemon mint - yum!

03. Artisan chocolate or even unique flavours from Dragoba/Vosges

Definitely looking forward to more flavours of Mentos, Artisan chocolates and just non-gelatin candy!

Comment by JL on 9/30/07 at 9:03 am #
My fav candies of all time are Big Cherry and Chunky, neither of which I can find anymore. I think they don’t make them ? :(

I’m not really looking forward to anything in particular. I tend to get excited about a candy, then I try it and it’s not that good. Save for the chcoolate stuff. Chocolate is usually good :D

Comment by Anastasia on 9/30/07 at 9:14 am #
Thank you so much for your wonderfully addictive blog! My three favorite candies are:

(1) Lindt Excellence Chocolate Bar (70%)
(2) Dark Chocolate M&Ms; (to eat with the bar)
(3) Lifesavers Gummis (for the few days of my life on which I don’t eat chocolate)

As a fan of Welch’s current offering of fruit snacks, I am very excited about their “Fruit n’ Yogurt” variety!

Comment by Diana on 9/30/07 at 10:18 am #
1. Chick-O-Stix (love these things) I can literally make myself sick eating so many of these. I have to buy in small quantities because of it.
2. Jelly beans (especially the red ones)
3. Junior Mints or Peppermint Patties. YUMMY!

Comment by Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings on 9/30/07 at 10:54 am #
All-Time Favorites:
1. Caramel Twix candy bars
2. Gummi peaches
3. Scharffen Berger Milk Choc Bars

I’m most looking forward to Chocolate Mix Skittles, Junior Mints Deluxe, Welch?s Fruit ?n Yogurt Snacks,chewy Lemonheads, and anything having to do with chocolate, especially candy bars, or organic confections.

Thank you! This is so nice of you!

Comment by Nina on 9/30/07 at 11:07 am #
My favorite candies are:

1/ Anything Cadbury!

2/ Twix bars

3/ Reese’s Cups

I love anything with chocolate so I am looking forward to that the most! I have been dying to try the new Kit Kats and Reese’s Cups and Twix bars flavors you’ve been posting about lately, but haven’t had luck finding them. And eventually, when I get around to it, I’m going to order a “Fresh from the Factory” set.

Comment by Melanie on 9/30/07 at 11:33 am #
Favorite candies:

1. Cow Tales
2. Peppermint Patties
3. Whoppers

Most looking forward to:

1. Skittles
2. Lemonade Mix
3. Lemonheads

Comment by HMW on 9/30/07 at 11:53 am #
I would have to say my three favorites are…
1)Milky Way Bars-gotta be fresh.
2)Swedish fish - big red ones
3) Hershey Symphony Bars (Toffee)

I’m looking forward to new coffee candies. I also like the Nibs coffee candies, and am a coffee junkie.
I enjoy the blog and your recent appearance on Muchcast.

Comment by Jeff Frohnheiser on 9/30/07 at 11:58 am #
Favorite candies!
1) junior mints- i used to let them melt in the box and then eat it out with a spoon
2) those waxy ball covered gummy raspberries and balckberries
3) smooth and meltys- i think that is what they are called. the kiss shaped minty,creamy things.
I am most looking forward to
1) big junior mints!
2)Chewy lemonheads- I love sour too.
3)chocolate skittles- just because they sounds kind-of weird
Thank you!!!

Comment by ray on 9/30/07 at 12:01 pm #
My three favorite candies are Reeces Peanut Butter Cups, Whatchamacallit, & skittles. The chocolate skittle mix sounds very interesting!

Comment by kailani on 9/30/07 at 1:03 pm #
faves:

1) uha puccho ramune
2) skor bars
3) any sour candy

Looking forward to the chewy lemonheads and finding more japanese candies (so flavourful!).

Comment by MP on 9/30/07 at 1:07 pm #
Favorites:
1. After Eight
2. Cadbury Mint (I love, love, love the chocolate/mint combo!)
3. Skittles

I would love to try the Chocolate Mix Skittles (fun combination!) and the Junior Mints Deluxe.

Comment by ida on 9/30/07 at 1:26 pm #
1. Reese’s Big Cups - the greatest invention of all time in my humble opinion. I love pretty much everything reese’s, but the big cups are the best.

2. Jelly Belly’s Bertie Bot’s Every Flavor Beans - I love jelly belly’s, and mixing in the joke flavors is awesome. Some of the most amazing flavors in there, and it is always hilarious to give one to an unsuspecting friend.

3. Cadbury Creme Eggs - I have such fond memories of these growing up. Every year when I see them in the store the first time it takes me back to my childhood. And they are just delicious too.

As for what new stuff I am looking forward to, those Soda Shop Jelly Belly’s sound awesome, and the chewy Fireballs sound like they could be the best thing ever, or maybe not. I love new candy, I always look at the gas station (the only place around here that has a decent candy section) for new stuff.

Comment by dave on 9/30/07 at 1:36 pm #
Very hard to pick only three, but here goes!

1.) Carnival Skittles - These were the perfect mix of flavors for me. Especially with the cotton candy flavor! I’m so sad that they were only a LE and now I officially can’t find them anywhere. I would also love to get my hands on a bag of Showtime Skittles from Australia!

2.) Tootsie Fruit Rolls - I MUST have a big bag of these on every trip that I go on! (Okay, okay… I eat them all the time anyway!)

3.) Mentos - My favorite is the cinnamon and strawberry flavored. I’m SOOO glad they have both flavors in those boxes now!!

I’m really looking forward to trying the chocolate Skittles mix. I’m hoping they will be as good a mix as the Carnival ones. I’m glad to see so many different candy mixes lately. I can’t wait to see what they come up with next!

Comment by Amanda on 9/30/07 at 1:54 pm #
1. Necco Wafers
Still my favourite.
2. Buttered Rum Lifesavers
Always hunted them out of my Christmas stocking first.
3. Salt Water Taffy. My must have every summer purchase.

Comment by TX Poppet on 9/30/07 at 3:50 pm #
licorice all-sorts
fireballs
peanut ginger chews

I’m really looking forward to the chewy fireballs!

Comment by Rachel on 9/30/07 at 3:52 pm #
1. Chocolate with candied ginger. I don’t care what brand, it’s just so tasty…
2. Lindt truffles, except not so much right now because the insides of them are liquid by the time I get them home.
3. Cella’s chocolate covered cherries, in dark chocolate. I wish they were available all year round, but no luck. I tried a recipie once for chocolate covered cherries but they ended up being the kind with the white stuff instead of the clear liquid. And I’m sure they were very good except I wanted them to be like the Cella’s ones and they weren’t. *Sad*
And I’m most looking forward to anything chocolate. As you may see, I like chocolate. Just not the original Hershey bar, because it gives me heartburn. *shrug*

Comment by Kylene on 9/30/07 at 3:56 pm #
1. VIctoria toffee from sees

2. LEmon HEads

3. Twix

Comment by adriana on 9/30/07 at 4:59 pm #
pick me!
pick me!

I LOVE your blog- great job with it!

Comment by Amy on 9/30/07 at 5:02 pm #
Oops!
I hit submit instead of preview before I was done typing.

1. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
2. Peeps
3. See’s Scotchmallow

I’m looking forward to Chewy Lemonheads.

pick me!
pick me!

I love your blog- good job with it!

Amy

Comment by Amy on 9/30/07 at 5:05 pm #
All time favorites:

1. St Claire Tarts

2. Newman’s orange dark chocolate

3. Reeces

Looking forward to anything without gluten, corn, or cow milk. LOL

Comment by f . schroeder on 9/30/07 at 5:36 pm #
I’ve always wanted to go to the Candy Expo! Thnk goodness I can live vicariously through you

Comment by Jenny on 9/30/07 at 6:28 pm #
Whoops! Accidentally hit submit before I was ready!

I love York Peppermint Patties, M&Ms; and Salt Water Taffy, but those are just the tip of the iceberg.

I was super excited about the new Lemonheads you wrote about. Chewy and fruity! Yum!

Comment by Jen on 9/30/07 at 6:34 pm #
Hi Cybele!:D

Dang it! Dang it! Dang it!
I can’t believe I missed the deadline by
only 54 minutes (at the time I typed this)!!

Oh well, I wanna play anyway so here goes:

My favorite candy: Snickers bar! Yep, I know.
Out of all the beautiful chocolate to be had in
the world, THAT turns out out to be my fav.

Hugs,

~~Life

Comment by Lifesinger on 9/30/07 at 7:58 pm #

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