Snickers or Milky Way?
I'm all for trying new, interesting and refined foods. But sometimes...I'm standing at line in the grocery store and I find myself grabbing a Snickers bar. It might be familiarity, it might be convenience, or it might just be that these timeless candy bars are chocolate bricks of perfection - whatever it is, sometimes nothing else does it for me.
I hope I'm not alone, so...the age-old question. Which is it? Snickers, Milky Way, Three Musketeers, Almond Joys?
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37 Comments:
If I'm standing in front of a shelf of candy bars, like in a super market?
Dove Dark 65% Cocoa Chocolate. Deeeeeeeelicious!
Brownie at 11:15AM on 06/02/08
Definitely Three Muskateers. The bars are bigger and last longer. They also have a "lite" option. I've recently spotted a mint version. Just my opinion.
Josdean at 11:17AM on 06/02/08
There's candy in the check-out lines?
Just kidding, but I don't like chocolate, not much of a sweet tooth here, but if I had to choose, it would be Snickers, cause I do like caramel and nougat and peanuts on occassion... if I could just get that pesky chocolate off somehow. :P
Southern_bella at 11:20AM on 06/02/08
Mini Milky Way Bars - right out of the freezer...
izatryt at 11:20AM on 06/02/08
Snickers are the perfect candy. They always were the first to be set aside and rationed after trick-or-treating when I was a kid.
@southern_bella: I don't know if they have these where you live, but check out Pearson's salted nut rolls. All the things you love, and chocolate-free.
LiveToEat at 11:26AM on 06/02/08
milky way midnight first and foremost then if they dont have that I grab a 3 musketeers, SO thinks i'm weird because i nibble the choc off the 3muskateer bar and then eat the "creamy nugget"
huneybumper at 11:28AM on 06/02/08
Personally, I love Paydays. I'm not a big chocolate fan so these are the perfect candy bar for me. We don't have Pearson's salted nut rolls where I am, but I've sampled it before. I've found that Paydays are an ample substitute.
feep at 11:31AM on 06/02/08
@LiveToEat - I've had something similar, PayDay, but it's not the same as a snickers minus the chocolate, it's a bit TOO salty. I'm not sure if Pearson's is around here, but it looks closer to what I'd like than a PayDay!
Thanks! I'll try to remember to give the candy rack a once-over next time I'm at the store :)
Southern_bella at 11:33AM on 06/02/08
Snickers or Milky Way=Boring even as a kid (except Milky Way Dark is okay)
As a kid: 3 Musketeers, M&Ms (the Peanut Butter, Almond, and Dark Chocolate ones still are okay), Reeces PB Cups, Reeces Pieces, and 'Chuckles.' When very young, Ring Pops, Tootsie Rolls.
What I really loved were Walnut and Maple Flavored Cream Brach's candies from the pick-a-mix.
HeartofGlass at 11:40AM on 06/02/08
Prefer 3 muskateers over the others, but also mounds as I prefer my coconut without almonds, though I did enjoy the Fastbreak when it first came out.
zekks at 11:46AM on 06/02/08
Snickers will always win over Milky Way or 3 Musketeers. I rarely buy candy bars (especially with my temporary self-imposed embargo on all things chocolate. Bleh!) any more, but I don't have a go-to. I buy what sounds good based on my mood. I usually want a combo of some kind, so Whatchamacallits, Almond Joy and others with a chewy/crunchy/squishy factor are always at the top.
AuntJone at 11:51AM on 06/02/08
It's a toss up between Three Musketeers and Milky Way. But when I was pregnant I craved Payday. Probably the salty/sweet combo that did it.
jackiebee at 11:54AM on 06/02/08
Hey AuntJone - How are you feeling these days??
izatryt at 11:58AM on 06/02/08
I wasn't very fond of chocolate (still not). As a kiddie of the 70s, I did enjoy on occasion Whatchamacallit and $100,000 bars, and KitKats. As far as sweet snacks in general, I preferred Pocky and Tomoe Ame millet jelly back then.
@LivetoEat -- "salted nut rolls" made me smirk. :)
Cassaendra at 12:24PM on 06/02/08
Three Musketeers, love that fluffy filling.
talida at 12:55PM on 06/02/08
Java Twix.....thanks to mrsbao......lmao
onepercent99 at 1:37PM on 06/02/08
between snickers and milky way....for sure snickers...dark preferably
but take 5 bars beat the rest...sweet and salty, chewy and crunchy...fantastic and delicious :)
hungrygrl7 at 1:53PM on 06/02/08
My favorite is....Twix! Something about that cookie in the center that gets me everytime. I prefer it to nougat or nuts.
Hillary
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Chew on That at 2:28PM on 06/02/08
Canadian Mars bars are like American Milky Way bars--no almonds. That black and red wrapper is like a beacon to me. Also Cadbury Caramilk (the dark version, preferably), Neilson Pep, Aero or Aero Caramel.
blush at 2:45PM on 06/02/08
Personally, I'm a 5th Avenue/Clark Bar kind of gal, though I also love toffee, even the crappy kind. So Heath and Skor are also right up my alley.
BangieB at 2:46PM on 06/02/08
Sorry to double post, but blush's comment about Aero reminded me what a delight the Crunchy bar is. I live in the Midwest, so I get to indulge in Fairy Food when it gets cool outside, and the Crunchy is a perfect bar form of this candy. Yum!
BangieB at 2:48PM on 06/02/08
Three Museteers
bessfour at 2:56PM on 06/02/08
huneybumper - what you said, I second that!
Or Reese's cups. I nibble the chocolate off the whole thing, excep the bottom, then eat the peanut butter center with just the chocolate on the bottom. Very ladylike ;)
CookiePie at 3:26PM on 06/02/08
When I was younger: Milky Way and 3 Musketeers. HATED Snickers. LOVED Whatchamacallit, Twix, KitKat.
@feep: Paydays Rule!
@Brooke29: I want some English Cadbury Chocolate please!!!! Nothing better than English chocolate. You guys add crack in there, don't you?? My friend is not allowed to come back to the states if she doesn't have chocolate for me.
Today, I like Snickers so they can be added to the mix. Also like 100 Grand and Take 5.
No Dark Chocolate please. No Almond Joy or Mounds either. For that matter-anything that involves coconut is out.
I am not a huge sweet tooth person (I'm a salty craver) so I can't remember the last time I had a candy bar.
Butrflygirly at 3:46PM on 06/02/08
@Butrflygirly - my friends are not allowed to visit unless they promise to bring a suitcase full of chocolate (just no fruit & nut please)...perhaps that's why nobody has visited me since 2005:-). Sure, I can always order online, and I do, occasionally...but every time I get to one of those British food sites, I end up spending an outrageous amount of money (don't ask), after which I promise myself to refrain from ordering more for a while.
Now, my absolutely favourite chocolate bar is Cadbury's Wispa. I will never ever disclose the amount of Wispa bars I could consume in one day (fortunately, my metabolism stood up to that). I was so chuffed when they decided to relaunch them last year, it was almost embarrassing. And now I will stop talking about Wispa:-).
So, if I had to choose from Snickers, Milky Way, Three Musketeers and Almond Joys right now, it would probably be Three Musketeers. I'd never even tried it before I came here (and years ago, if I had to choose one of the four, it would have been Milky Way), but I found that I favour Three Musketeers now, especially the "new" minty kind. I did have an Almond Joy phase (which is odd because I dislike coconut), but it didn't last long.
brooke29 at 6:01PM on 06/02/08
@Brooke29: There is an English Store that serves afternoon tea and everything. According to my (one of many) English friend, it is the real deal. I ALWAYS get a ridiculous amount of chocolate when I stop there. Oh yeah, the Cadbury Sampler (it's the only thing I refer to it as-not sure of the true name) is another fave of mine. Either the box or tin or both..:) There's also an English Pub I like to frequent. Love me some Ploughman's Lunch!!
Ok, that was a wee bit off topic.
Butrflygirly at 6:53PM on 06/02/08
Picky eater as a kid, about all I would try at first is Hershey's Milk Chocolate - wouldn't even eat around the almonds in their Almond Bar. Paydays sort of brought me around to the real world. (Better then, softer, rounder, I an almost smell the chlorine at our city pool where I'd always eat them.)
Now, still Payday, plus Snickers, Reese's Cups, York Peppermint Patties and - oh, I could weep for the lost years - Butterfinger. Decades of passing up Butterfingers....
lemons at 7:00PM on 06/02/08
brooke29--In the UK always liked Cadbury's Flyte because it was like Three Musketeers, actually I liked Flyte better because of its cute little 'two bar' shape--apparently long ago Three Musketeers used to be one chocolate, one vanilla, one strawberry mini-bar set in a single package and they changed it.
On a less refined note, I agree lemons--Butterfinger in a wonderfully crass and Bart-Simpson way, is damned good and very filling probably because of its insanely high fat content.
HeartofGlass at 7:26PM on 06/02/08
York Peppermint Pattie, or a kinder bueno.
pbisNOTmyname at 7:37PM on 06/02/08
@blush- I noticed the Mars/Milky Way thing in Germany too.
I like all the chocolate bars EXCEPT Baby Ruth.
smile at 7:57PM on 06/02/08
I am in the 'not big on chocolate' camp myself and I will grab my favorite, a Payday bar - salty and sweet! I also like chewy candy, Tootsie Rolls and sour Starburst, it's the texture. Come to think of it, a Payday is chewy!! If I do go for chocolate, its either Butterfinger or the plain Hershey bar.
Michigander at 10:32PM on 06/02/08
@Butrflygirly - if you're in NYC, I'd really appreciate an address for that English Store you're talking about. We don't go to the city too often now, but would certainly take a trip for this!
@HeartofGlass - I may be wrong, but I think that Flyte is actually manufactured by Mars (or at least used to be?), and it's basically the same as Milky Way, only marketed to adults. But it's quite a bit confusing, as what you call "Milky Way" in America used to be known to me as a "Mars Bar" back at home (it was never my favourite as it was "heavier" than Milky Way). The European version of Milky Way is, come to think of it, quite similar to Three Musketeers Mint (which, I reckon, explains my preference for Three Musketeers Mint over Milky Way here in the States), only it's not minty. I haven't bought a Mars Bar here yet, so I'm not sure what its European equivalent would be. Have I mentioned that it's all quite confusing?:-)
brooke29 at 11:15PM on 06/02/08
Milky Way
Boscompb at 11:27PM on 06/02/08
Milky Way over Snickers
Mounds over Almond Joy
paris221966 at 11:31PM on 06/02/08
brooke29: I never had a Mars Bar in the UK, because I was too busy with Flyte, Crunchies, Flapjacks, ectetera. Mars Bar in the U.S.--I haven't eaten one in decades, literally, but I remember it as like a Snickers, so I wasn't that into it--I don't think you'd like it that much...
HeartofGlass at 5:13AM on 06/03/08
@Brooke29: I am not in NYC, but in Delaware...I'm sorry. Wish I could help you on that one.
I want Chocolate now.
Butrflygirly at 8:56AM on 06/03/08
snickers win no doubt, love the peanut crunch
sweetpotato at 12:51PM on 06/03/08