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Old Mar 19, 2022 | 1:53 pm
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Originally Posted by guv1976

Dark-chocolate honeycomb sponge. (Nuts.com sells an excellent version in one-pound bags.)
That's one of my faves. Sprouts has them in the bulk bins, but its version isn't my preferred. On the other hand, if I want a reduced calorie fix (i.e., only get a few pieces), it is a decent option.
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Old Mar 19, 2022 | 1:58 pm
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Originally Posted by Eastbay1K
That's one of my faves. Sprouts has them in the bulk bins, but its version isn't my preferred. On the other hand, if I want a reduced calorie fix (i.e., only get a few pieces), it is a decent option.
See's sells a thinner version of these in eight-ounce boxes -- either all dark, all milk, or mixed. They're good, but more expensive than Nuts.com, and I prefer the thicker version anyway.
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Originally Posted by guv1976
See's sells a thinner version of these in eight-ounce boxes -- either all dark, all milk, or mixed. They're good, but more expensive than Nuts.com, and I prefer the thicker version anyway.
I was weaned off the bottle and on to those crisps as a lifelong California resident.

There's a Nuts.com TV commercial going on in the background as I type this! (That said, I did not care for their chocolate covered orange strips very much.)
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Old Mar 19, 2022 | 3:35 pm
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Originally Posted by Eastbay1K
I was weaned off the bottle and on to those crisps as a lifelong California resident.

There's a Nuts.com TV commercial going on in the background as I type this! (That said, I did not care for their chocolate covered orange strips very much.)
Are you talking about the chocolate-covered orange peel, the chocolate-dipped orange slices, or the Joyva chocolate-covered orange jell bars? I have some of the latter in the apartment right now, along with some of the Joyva chocolate-covered raspberry jell bars.
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Old Mar 19, 2022 | 3:42 pm
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Originally Posted by guv1976
Are you talking about the chocolate-covered orange peel, the chocolate-dipped orange slices, or the Joyva chocolate-covered orange jell bars? I have some of the latter in the apartment right now, along with some of the Joyva chocolate-covered raspberry jell bars.
Orange peel. My favo(u)rite used to be Pierre Marcolini, when it was a single outpost country-style place on the Grand Sablon in Brussels. This is the best candy I have ever eaten in my life. This is before Pierre Marcolini became an international chain that feels like going into a museum where everyone is constipated.

Several years had passed between trips to Brussels (many years ago) and I went to find Pierre Marcolini, the little shop was gone, I couldn't find it ... until I saw it down the block and it had turned into a museum-type chocolate shop, not the rustic country place of years past. So disappointing. Prices skyrocketed and quality (or at least taste, if not quality) fell.
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Old Mar 20, 2022 | 3:08 am
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This is a rather dangerous thread

For some time now , enjoy this

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Old May 13, 2025 | 11:45 pm
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Thought itd be fun to discuss candy bars were eating.
I got this Old Faithful from another mom in my book club. She got it in Iowa and I think the brand is Iowa Candy. She got an assortment box. Its really good like the Cherry candy was.


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Old May 19, 2025 | 11:00 pm
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Thumbs up Chocolates

My most recent candy purchases were on the Monday after Easter. I sent myself (in the 1987 Chevrolet Sprint) to a few Family Dollar stores, because I did well there on the day after Xmas. Family Dollar was not as good this time. Pretty much the only item found {discounted} on the shelf was various packages of Reese's peanut butter 'eggs'.
[N.B.: At one Family Dollar there was a Walgreen's across the avenue from it. I explored, but swiftly exited. Not only because there was hardly anything being discounted - but the discount itself was only 25%. ]
But I did really well at an Aldi. This was not an Aldi I typically shop. It had bars of Choceur chocolate discounted. Including the six-packs of mini-size chocolate bars (both Dark and Milk), the standard large-size Dark and Milk chocolate bars, and Choceur peanut butter cups.
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Anyone had Forever Yours recently ?
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Old May 23, 2025 | 10:47 am
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Originally Posted by FlyerEC
Anyone had Forever Yours recently ?
See Post #8. The "Forever Yours" bar was renamed "Milky Way Dark," and then Milky Way Midnight" a while ago -- at least here in the U.S. Not sure about the overseas versions.
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For the last few years, my go-to candy bar has been the Trader Joe's dark chocolate and hazelnut bars. I read somewhere that dark chocolate was healthier, and these seemed just the ticket.
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Old Jun 27, 2025 | 1:15 pm
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I find the Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups to be awesome. Not technically a candy bar but it's pretty awesome.
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Old Jun 27, 2025 | 1:28 pm
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My current go to chocolate bar is a Pecan Snickers. Tastes like a chocolate covered Stuckey's Pecan Log.
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Old Jun 27, 2025 | 2:56 pm
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Originally Posted by wrp96
My current go to chocolate bar is a Pecan Snickers. Tastes like a chocolate covered Stuckey's Pecan Log.

In 2019, the pecan Snickers was online only. I ordered an entire box. My teenage son and his friends left me a single bar. 🤣
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Old Jul 1, 2025 | 5:03 pm
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As I was driving back home from Lexington, I thought of this thread when I decided I didn't want to stop to eat until later so I pulled out a Payday bar from my portable office, which is something with all its peanuts on the outside and nugget on the outside is a tasty way to keep the hunger at bay for a few hours (and since no chocolate you have less mess to worry about while you are driving when its a heat wave)
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