What's your favorite non-chocolate candy?
Since I have a huge sweet tooth, a few of my favorites are:
black licorice
peanut brittle
Jelly Bellies
caramels
Bit-O-Honey
When you are in the mood for a non-chocolate candy, what do you nibble on? Any retro candies?
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41 Comments:
Caramel in various forms/varieties
Obnoxious flavored sour candies (like SweetTarts or Sour Patch Kids)
Saltwater taffy
Starlight Mints and whatever the spearmint equivalent is
Strawberry (not cherry) licorice
I actually prefer any of these to chocolate (don't shoot me).
corycm at 6:35PM on 09/13/07
Starbursts and sour mix Jelly Bellys.
K at 6:37PM on 09/13/07
Similar list...........
black licorice, the softer kinds, not the ones like my van tires
almond brittle, actually I've never met a brittle I didn't like
spice gum drops, in "traditional" flavors only
salt water taffy
so many of the old fashioned candies are just not the same....Walnettos, the taffy on sticks....whatever your area called them are just faint imitations....or is that my taster?
Anything else, must be dark chocolate to come into the house
Zapp
dmzapp at 6:37PM on 09/13/07
I honestly have never felt that urge! However I do have a fondness for caramel, preferably vanilla flavor, either regular or goats milk (cajeta).
akprincess72 at 8:14PM on 09/13/07
Marzipan
Reese's Pieces
caramel
toffee
AdamH at 10:23PM on 09/13/07
I'm trashy:
Dots
cherry Jolly Ranchers
those chalky, pillow-shaped mints thet serve at wedding showers
GregWA at 10:38PM on 09/13/07
red and black licorice (left in an open bag for several days, so that they get nice and hard and chewy...)
gummy bears (frozen)
peanut brittle
ChristineB at 12:10AM on 09/14/07
circus peanuts
lemon heads
haribo raspberries and blackberries
skittles
JerzeeTomato at 1:59AM on 09/14/07
salt licorice
candied almonds
marzipan
haribo starmix
caley at 4:34AM on 09/14/07
So we do occasionally eat candy that's not choc :)
Will you be handing out any of these non-choc treats at Hallowen?
JEP at 5:31AM on 09/14/07
sour patch kids!!!
one of these days, they need to put out extra sour sour patch kids..
goodbyeohio at 8:43AM on 09/14/07
sorry if its not good chocolate I'm not interested in waisting the calories. However, dried fruit is a great treat.
huney_bumper at 9:17AM on 09/14/07
Divinity! (Does anyone still make it? My granny was a divinity whiz.)
hatlady at 11:15AM on 09/14/07
Non-chocolate candy? I didn't know that such a thing existed. It's chocolate or nothing for me.
Library Lady at 11:36AM on 09/14/07
Non-chocolate candy????? Does such a thing exist??
Licorice, hard peppermint or butterscotch candies.
Dughis at 11:59AM on 09/14/07
Divinity with black walnuts is from the gods. Payday candy bars. Lemon drops (surprise; see name). Peanut logs. Pralines, the soft kind better than the chewy ones. And I could go on, but won't.
lemons at 12:12PM on 09/14/07
Love divinity at holiday time, too! Anyone still find Necco, squirrel nut zippers or chix stix? Of course there's always tootsie rolls & life savers!
JEP at 12:19PM on 09/14/07
Hard black licorice
Swedish Fish
Werther's Originals
Chewy Sweet Tarts
rockykay at 1:19PM on 09/14/07
Dots- red, pink and orange ones only. Hubby gets the yellow and green
Chewy sweet tarts
peanut brittle- oh yum!
starburst- no lemon!
caramels
Cherry or Strawberry twizzlers
AuntJone at 1:49PM on 09/14/07
sour patch kids
skittles...i have to smuggle twizzlers overseas for all my french and turkish buddies--they are missing out on some serious bizness across the pond!
Lexie at 5:26PM on 09/14/07
Jelly-Belly
Worther's Originals
Lemon drops
Smarties (The American ones, not the Canadian/UK version)
Traveller at 5:38PM on 09/14/07
Swedish fish, twizzlers left open for at least a day, and bit-o-honey.
flootsmith at 5:57PM on 09/14/07
My all time favorite candy bar has always been Payday, sweet, salty, crunchy! I also really enjoy LemonHeads, Good 'N Plenty, and Sour Apple Jolly Ranchers.
Michigander at 10:36PM on 09/14/07
What about some of those non-choc holiday candies like the Valentine conversation hearts & red hots, Christmas candy canes, Easter peeps & the famous candy corn? Eat these?
JEP at 5:10AM on 09/15/07
Caramel, caramel and more caramel....
...and the occasional Chic-O-Stix.
cookbot at 1:28PM on 09/15/07
Caramel is great -- with chocolate, it's even better :-)
But my favorite non-chocolate candies are chick-o-sticks and jordan almonds -- whenever I go to an Italian wedding (a lot since that's my heritage) I end up eating everyone's!
Dominic
the zen kitchen
dvchurch at 4:02PM on 09/15/07
Sorry, I completely forgot to mention Neccos! Sot-of like thsoe little Valentine's convesation hearts, but more variety of flavors!
Traveller at 5:23PM on 09/15/07
Anyone like cotton candy or remember eating a Big Hunk?
JEP at 5:50PM on 09/15/07
I thought long and hard about this question, and then it dawned on me, I only eat candy with chocolate. Sorry Jep! ( Okay, I'll eat cotton candy, but only at a country fair)
Mich23 at 6:18PM on 09/15/07
I like to eat Irish Potato Candy, but I hate to make it.
skylar0ne at 6:40PM on 09/15/07
Hey, it is caramel apple time! I like mine rolled in pecans.
JEP at 7:59PM on 09/15/07
Pez!
Steamy Kitchen at 8:53PM on 09/15/07
Lemon drops, Pay Days, caramel in general, fruit jellies...Do Swedish gingersnaps count? Chocolate is really where it's at for me.
Christina at 12:09AM on 09/16/07
Why do most of you like to open soft candies & let them sit open to air for a couple of days before digging in----does it increase the chewiness factor?
SK---are you a Pez collector?
JEP at 5:46AM on 09/16/07
caramels
Jelly Bellys
Jolly Ranchers
Life Savers
Life Savers Gummies
Gummie Bears
Gummie Worms
justboycrazy at 2:10PM on 09/16/07
I rarely eat candy other than chocolate -- in part because of dental work. But I sure do love Jelly Bellys and the Jelly Belly factory in Fairfield, Calif. Oh the smell in there -- it's like bubble gum and cinnamon!
misseditor at 7:06PM on 09/16/07
swedish fish
jelly belly jelly beans
panda black licorice
dettling05 at 9:47PM on 09/16/07
Anyone still eat Pixy Stix, Boston Baked Beans, Milk Duds or Cracker Jacks (just to get a prize)?
JEP at 6:23AM on 09/17/07
Big fat drug store jelly beans (not jelly belly), Dots, and various Haribo gummies (favorites are Colo-rado, frogs and Build-a-Burger).
ceforrester at 12:18PM on 09/17/07
We'll have to read the reviews from the All Candy Expo to find out what the latest craze of non-chocolate candy will bring :)
JEP at 2:56PM on 09/17/07
Hmmm....non-chocolate candy huh, I'll eat Sour Patch Kids or Twizzlers (but only the Pull N' Peel kind or the Nibs, I hate regular Twizzlers). My favorite candy is English Toffee, but I guess that's covered in chocolate, damn.
Hillary
Chew on That
Chew on That at 11:41AM on 09/19/07