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Question of the Day: What's your favorite candy bar?

Wait, that's not peanuts in Rocky Road bars, that's actually CASHEW bits. How could I forget? I obviously need to eat more candy. Though it's a good thing for my waistline that they're hard to find.

prieta at 2:59AM on 04/22/07

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite candy bar?

I can't believe this isn't anyone else's favorite, but I just love the dark chocolate Rocky Road bars... chocolate covered, peanut sprinkled marshmallowy goodness. They're hard to find, though - most stores, if they carry Rocky Road at all, carry the milk chocolate kind in the red foil. The dark chocolate comes in a superior and lovely gold foil, and for a good reason. :)

Mounds will do in a pinch. Although we should start a letter-writing campaign to Peter Paul demanding almonds in our Mounds.

prieta at 2:54AM on 04/22/07

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Trader Joe's. What are your favorites from this store?

I LOVE TJ's. Mostly for its inexpensive frozen fruit (great for smoothies), frozen seafood, inexpensive and excellent dairy (same as Clover brand), nuts, and its lettuce/salad selection. Condiments are excellent, too, and inexpensive: peanut butter, jams, oils, vinegars, etc.

They don't carry any dried beans, though, only canned, so the first time I went there looking for pinto beans (NOT canned) I was so irritated at the yuppieness of it that I didn't go back for a year. But I got over it.

A friend of mine who's a dairy buyer for WFM told me that TJ's sells its eggs so cheap 'cause they change the "best by" date so that they can sell them beyond the expiration date. But I go through eggs so fast that it's never made a difference to me, and they are great eggs, with rich, deep yellow/orange yolks.

I have noticed that their packaging on certain items (granola, chips) oftren sucks and the food inside is stale when I buy it, so I just stay away from those items.

All in all, though, there are definitely some gems at TJ's, and this is coming from a very picky cook/eater/shopper. Produce is so-so, though they do carry some excellent basics at great prices (bananas, onions, tomatoes, avocados).

And let's not forget their wonderful wine and spirits selection. No BevMo, but it does the trick.

prieta at 7:24PM on 03/30/07

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite candy bar?

Wait, that's not peanuts in Rocky Road bars, that's actually CASHEW bits. How could I forget? I obviously need to eat more candy. Though it's a good thing for my waistline that they're hard to find.

prieta at 2:59AM on 04/22/07

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite candy bar?

I can't believe this isn't anyone else's favorite, but I just love the dark chocolate Rocky Road bars... chocolate covered, peanut sprinkled marshmallowy goodness. They're hard to find, though - most stores, if they carry Rocky Road at all, carry the milk chocolate kind in the red foil. The dark chocolate comes in a superior and lovely gold foil, and for a good reason. :)

Mounds will do in a pinch. Although we should start a letter-writing campaign to Peter Paul demanding almonds in our Mounds.

prieta at 2:54AM on 04/22/07

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Trader Joe's. What are your favorites from this store?

I LOVE TJ's. Mostly for its inexpensive frozen fruit (great for smoothies), frozen seafood, inexpensive and excellent dairy (same as Clover brand), nuts, and its lettuce/salad selection. Condiments are excellent, too, and inexpensive: peanut butter, jams, oils, vinegars, etc.

They don't carry any dried beans, though, only canned, so the first time I went there looking for pinto beans (NOT canned) I was so irritated at the yuppieness of it that I didn't go back for a year. But I got over it.

A friend of mine who's a dairy buyer for WFM told me that TJ's sells its eggs so cheap 'cause they change the "best by" date so that they can sell them beyond the expiration date. But I go through eggs so fast that it's never made a difference to me, and they are great eggs, with rich, deep yellow/orange yolks.

I have noticed that their packaging on certain items (granola, chips) oftren sucks and the food inside is stale when I buy it, so I just stay away from those items.

All in all, though, there are definitely some gems at TJ's, and this is coming from a very picky cook/eater/shopper. Produce is so-so, though they do carry some excellent basics at great prices (bananas, onions, tomatoes, avocados).

And let's not forget their wonderful wine and spirits selection. No BevMo, but it does the trick.

prieta at 7:24PM on 03/30/07

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Trader Joe's. What are your favorites from this store?

I love TJs. They have great prices on frozen blueberries and edamame, organic milk and butter, nuts and dried fruits of all varieties, goat cheese, organic rolled oats, delicious freshly-squeezed OJ (it won first place in the SF Chronicle's tasting of store-bought OJs), and nitrite-free bacon. I'm also a huge fan of their eggplant hummus and tzatziki.

Ande at 4:43PM on 01/16/08

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Trader Joe's. What are your favorites from this store?

You really should try their chunky applesauce, it's great! virginia

virginia at 4:17PM on 01/16/08

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Trader Joe's. What are your favorites from this store?

I only recently discovered Trader Joe's and have only been there twice so far!

I love the Bay Blend Coffee. Strong delicious cup of coffee! Macaroni & Cheese...Yum! Chocolate covered cranberries...Yum! Sicilia Nero d' Avola red wine...great red wine for 4.99! Italian Tiramisu Gelato...Yum!

Things I absolutely hated are Buffalo Wings...hot sauce had gritty taste, wings were greasy and fatty...yuck! Many people like the orange chicken. When I bought it, I though the chicken would be white meat, but it was all dark meat. I hate dark meat chicken. Anyone who enjoys dark meat would enjoy this. The orange sauce that comes with this are in packets and after baking chicken, you mix it with the orange sauce. Would love this if it came with white meat instead of dark!


What exactly are Cats Cookies???

ilse at 1:50AM on 06/02/07

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite candy bar?

Skor or Peanut Butter Cups. I use to like one when I was a kid it was about 10 inches long and like a series of figures 8's coated in chocolate. Can't recall the name, but it was good cold!

tgchi at 10:44PM on 05/03/07

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite candy bar?

Toblerone, Mallow Cups, Snickers with Almonds, Kit-Kat, Nestles Crunch with Toasted Coconut, Peanut M&M's, DARK chocolate(72% or higher), Mr. Goodbar, Krackle, Dove chocolate, Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs (at Easter), Symphony, Skor, Twix, Cadbury Mini Eggs, Baby Ruth, Butterfinger, Bit-O-Honey, Chick-O-Stick, Goobers, Smarties (the chocolate candy pieces in the tube from England), Hersheys with Macadamia nuts, Whatchamacallit, Zagnut.

Erinay77 at 4:58AM on 04/25/07

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite candy bar?

cadbury flake in all of it's flavors. It is soooo good.

JerzeeTomato at 12:42AM on 04/25/07

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite candy bar?

Kit Kat

NYminknit at 1:00PM on 04/23/07

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite candy bar?

Baboo - thank you for fabulous site you found! I just finished reading 'Candy Freak' by Steve Almond, wishing I could taste some of the bars he writes about and, and ... there they are, at reasonable prices and shipping! Even in Massachusetts it's hard to find a store to buy squirrel nut zippers. Valomilk, Abba Zabba, Coffee Crisp: there goes the diet!

Oh, and favorite candy bar? I used to love Fast Break, salt peanut butter and chocolate, but found it was hit or miss on the quality: it wasn't often that I got one from a batch that hit salty/sweet peanut butter perfection.

Pastrytroll at 8:38AM on 04/23/07

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite candy bar?

Frozen twix, frozen 100 grand
favorite candy (not bar): red vines, gummi bears, and twizzlers, all stale (or half frozen) so they're extra chewy!

ChristineB at 10:28PM on 04/22/07

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite candy bar?

Snickers, Baby Ruth, Almond Joy. When I studied abroad in Austria in college, I developed a love of Milka chocolate bars, especially the ones with hazelnuts, and Mozartkugeln, though I don't know if that qualifies as a candy bar. I also LOVE Ferrero Rocher!

glenda at 10:14PM on 04/22/07

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite candy bar?

Skor Bars! Cruncy, chocoatey, and caramely... good with milk.

shaofan at 8:45PM on 04/22/07

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite candy bar?

Peanut M&Ms

rosielucchesini at 3:16PM on 04/22/07

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite candy bar?

A fresh Butterfinger that melts in my mouth

Kacey at 12:15PM on 04/22/07

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite candy bar?

Reese's Fastbreak or 3 muskateers here!

zekks at 10:51AM on 04/22/07

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite candy bar?

Heath Bars - I love good toffee!

pageycooks at 10:42AM on 04/22/07

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Question of the Day: What's your favorite candy bar?

Actually, I would think that Rocky Road bars would be easier on your waistline than any candy bars with lots of chocolate and/or peanuts/peanut butter. After all, Rocky Road bars are mostly marshmallow which are nothing more than whipped egg whites, sugar syrup and gelatin. Marshmallows are fat free. Rocky Road bars don't have enough nut bits to add much in the line of fat and protien, and the chocolate is thin and mostly used to glue the marshmallows together. Empty calories, to be sure, but a lower fat choice than most other chocolate bars.

Calichef at 7:31AM on 04/22/07

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Trader Joe's. What are your favorites from this store?

@ prieta: Pretty much all stores do that with their eggs. You'll hear that story from anyone who has ever worked at a supermarket...though I am disappointed to hear that TJ's does it, that's definitely industry standard.

producestories at 9:57PM on 03/30/07

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