Frozen Candy?
When I was a kid, my Mom would slice a snickers bar into about 8 little pieces, spread them out and freeze them. Then after they're good and frozen, you have awesome little candies that start out hard and cold, then defrost from the heat of your mouth into a chewier than normal caramel... it's awesome!
Today I freeze all kind of candy. Anybody else?
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27 Comments:
We did Charleston Chews in the freezer. Freeze the whole thing (the big ones!) and then break it off in bites in your teeth as well as you could. Yum. Strawberry and Chocolate were the best!
sadiepix at 10:13PM on 06/23/08
that is exactly what i thought of when i read this post!! my mom always talks about charleston chews and freezing them. whenever we find some, we buy them for her and she only eats them frozen.
listener at 11:47PM on 06/23/08
Oh... I never tried Charleston Chews. Thanks for the inspiration. I will try it.
FastFoodCritic at 12:17AM on 06/24/08
frozen peanut butter cups...mmm
zekks at 7:01AM on 06/24/08
at the pool where i lived they used to sell frozen snickers, i still see them around sometimes... not that its too hard to make yourself or anything
avryan at 7:53AM on 06/24/08
i always freeze the chocolate creme eggs you get at easter! soooo good!
Lilartist at 8:00AM on 06/24/08
I also enjoy frozen 3 Musketeers and freezing chocolate covered marshmellow Easter candy is definitely the way to go :)
bubbamom at 9:19AM on 06/24/08
My husband freezes every kind of candy he can get his hands on. Everything except Twizzlers...
bitchincamero at 10:00AM on 06/24/08
We didn't get much candy around our house except at Easter, Christmas and Halloween but every once in a while, my mom would buy a bag of fun-sized Snickers and put them in the fridge (whole rather than sliced). Yum.
Milky Ways are good straight from the fridge or freezer.
Not a candy, but Girl Scout Thin Mints usually go straight into the freezer around here.
holdthemayo at 11:25AM on 06/24/08
I always put swedish fish in the freezer, they last much longer as suckers in my mouth!
KtMc24 at 11:30AM on 06/24/08
Three Musketeers is awesome frozen, so are York Peppermint Patties.
Brownie at 11:42AM on 06/24/08
LOVE frozen vanilla charleston chews. Also love frozen mini reese's peanut butter cups and hostess ho ho's even tho I know that isn't really candy...
bodaciousgirl at 3:34PM on 06/24/08
this post is a dentists DREAM! :)
I love frozen snickers, Twix are great-it firms up that weird stale cookie inside, also I keep a stash of Heath bars in there- yum!
bisbee at 5:17PM on 06/24/08
this post is a dentists DREAM! :)
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Hahaha... sure enough! :)
FastFoodCritic at 8:08PM on 06/24/08
Actually, with the exception of perhaps M&Ms and jelly beans, I think that most candy tastes better frozen. Ditto with the snack cakes.
Perhaps not a dentist's dream, but from a dietician's POV as someone pointed out it does slow you down and make things last longer.
Also, as the bar melts, it's like 2 treats in one--the frozen taste and then the regular taste.
HeartofGlass at 8:34PM on 06/24/08
OMG - frozen Junior Mints are the BOMB!
CookiePie at 9:39AM on 06/25/08
Frozen Milky Way's are really good but really hard.
eatorama at 10:20AM on 06/25/08
I forgot. I love frozen M & M s too. I keep 60% cocoa chocolate chips in a bowl in the refrigerator. A few tend to get grabbed every time the refrigerator is opened.
eatorama at 10:24AM on 06/25/08
Tonight I created a new one...
- I refrigerated a 3 Musketeer and a Snickers to harden them up slightly.
- Then I sliced them both in 6 pieces. (refrigeration helps slicing)
- Let them sit out for a few minutes to soften back up to normal.
- Spread a thin layer of peanut butter on all pieces, and then stick together one of each, so you have 6 double sided cubes, with half of each candy type.
- Now freeze.
It was good... interesting.. but they didn't stick together as well as I hoped, and the freezing seemed to loosen up the bond between the peanut butter.
I will keep experimenting...
FastFoodCritic at 12:24AM on 06/26/08
FFC -- Have you thought about maybe taking some cooking classes?
Or, perhaps wood shop?
Sieseye at 12:32AM on 06/26/08
to all the people that love frozen snickers bars, have you tried the snickers ice cream bar? they replace the nougat with ice cream and it's really addicting. they have them all the time at the dining commons and everyone tries to smuggle out as many as they can.
foodbeast at 12:50AM on 06/26/08
foodbeast, those are GLORIOUS. When I see them at the store I literally have to run away, because I swear I will rip it open and eat it right there. The salty peanuts are really what does it for me.
BangieB at 3:19AM on 06/26/08
@Sieseye
LOL ... no.
I wasn't aware they taught you how to make a Snickerteer in either one. :)
FastFoodCritic at 7:44AM on 06/26/08
By the way, I have no desire to cook, and I have plenty of wood, thank you.
FastFoodCritic at 7:45AM on 06/26/08
I am also a frozen snickers and reese's peanut butter cup fan. Darn you people for making me crave candy I don't have on hand!
I also read here about the Indiana Jones Snickers bar that has coconut and haven't been able to find that anywhere--as I'm a coconut lover I believe this would be my perfect candy bar.
bobcatsteph3 at 1:05PM on 06/26/08
I loved frozen Charleston Chew back in the day, but I tried one last year (?)and it wasn't the same. The candy might have been stale. Or my tastebuds changed. :(
I have a bag of Cadbury Mini Eggs (the hard ones with the candy shell, not the creme eggs) in my freezer right now. They've been there since March. I haven't been able to eat straight up chocolate since February, and since those little suckers only come out once a year I decided to snag a bag and freeze it so I could have some when my chocolate aversion subsides. Every so often my son will open the freezer, gaze longingly at the purple bag and say "I sure hope you can eat chocolate again soon." Yeah, like I'm going to share those with you after a 9 months chocolate hiatus. Poor kid is delusional.
AuntJone at 1:16PM on 06/26/08
FFC -- I just thought you could combine your love of food and assembling things into one activity and perhaps make a bird feeder, or a cutting board.
:)
The vision of candy bars being dissected, and reassembled with PB, then frozen in some sort of Frankenbar will be with me for a while. Better candy than cats though. :]
PS. Try caramel to hold those bits together. Freezing though will create separation especially if they haven't been melted together. Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking: The science and lore of the Kitchen could be very helpful with your chemistry experiments. Remember, always wear safety glasses.
Sieseye at 9:11PM on 06/26/08