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[OliverB]

oh yes, candy corn is an abomination. And anything with coffee flavor in it. I'm fine with some sweets with a cup of coffee, but not as flavoring in my sweets.

[Beebs]

Rockets. I hated getting them in my Halloween treat bag.

And cinnamon hearts. That fake cinnamon smell makes me throw up in my mouth a little.

[Twyst]

Peeps.



*ducks for cover*

[Lora]

Dutch salty licorice. That is worse than anything yet mentioned, by far.

Yeah, I said it.

[Mjx]

Dutch salty licorice. That is worse than anything yet mentioned, by far.

Yeah, I said it.

Actually, I kind of like that, especially the honey-based sort.

I'm with those who mentioned peeps, however... what the hell is that bitter yellow stuff that coats them?!

[Panaderia Canadiense]

... what the hell is that bitter yellow stuff that coats them?!

Hate. Pure, golden-yellow hate.

[David A. Goldfarb]

I like Finnish salty liquorice, horehound candy I've had in North Carolina, and I've had a high end dark chocolate flavored with Cointreau that was pretty good.

[Dakki]

Peeps.



*ducks for cover*

That would have been my second choice.

You are a braver man than I.

[prasantrin]

Hershey's chocolate is disgusting. One can argue it should not fall under the "candy" category, but it's really an insult to chocolate to call anything made by Hershey's "chocolate".

Great thread!

[Shelby]

Dots


Nerds


'nough said.

[GlorifiedRice]

Hershey's chocolate is disgusting. One can argue it should not fall under the "candy" category, but it's really an insult to chocolate to call anything made by Hershey's "chocolate".

Great thread!

Its also not the oldest chocolate factory in the USA.
That distinction goes to the delicious and higher quality
Ashers Chocolate Factory in Souderton, Pa
Its 1 yr older.

[Kat Tanaka Okopnik]

Candy corn, circus peanuts...

...and li hing mui.

[SobaAddict70]

I would have thought Passover candy would be nominated.

[Pierogi]

marzipan makes me gag.

WORD, dude !

But chocolate (especially dark chocolate) and orange is a magical combination. Seriously, folks, what's WRONG with you? It's high on my list of favorite combos. I've been known to add a splash of Gran Marnier to my chocolate mousse.

Other than marzipan, licorice jelly beans are pretty vile, and get systematically picked out of the candy dish. I also got some candy/chocolate coated sunflower seeds from Trader Joe's (think M&Ms only with sunflower seeds in the middle instead of bad chocolate) that I had one handfull of and tossed the rest in the trash. And yeah, those "circus peanuts" should be banned. But I can stomach most other stuff, and even crave it occasionally. In small doses, though. Even candy corn. One bag, once a year, and I'm done.

[GlorifiedRice]

Pierogi?

The reason people eat chocolate is its decadence...Its fatty richness and sweetness together.
Somehow when you add ORANGE to it, your tongue can no longer perceive that rich fatty cocoa butter.
To me, it also makes the bitterness of the chocolate more ACRID

[Panaderia Canadiense]

But GR, those of us who defend chocolate and orange are defining the chocolate as the dark stuff, which is by definition not so rich or sweet (since dark chocolate must be at least 60% cocoa solids and the best is generaly 75% or more) - it's then a marriage of two excellent, slightly bitter flavours, namely cacao and orange (peel, at least for me).

The reason I eat chocolate is precisely for the bitter, complex flavours available to me in dark chocolate - I won't touch anything under 60%. I find that the fattyness and sweetness of milk chocolates is off-putting, even when there are macadamia nuts in presence.....

[natasha1270]

Haribo Red Licorice Wheels. I no longer know if I am just getting old bags of the stuff or if they really are intentionally tough and flavorless but disappoinment every damn time.

[Pam R]

I would have thought Passover candy would be nominated.

Which Passover candy? There's a lot of variety - though I am no fan of the candy fruit slices very popular, chocolate covered matzo or chocolate covered orange peel (though otherwise I love chocolate and orange), there's plenty of good stuff too.

[BadRabbit]

Fry's Turkish Delight. It tastes like an old fashioned Glade solid air freshener covered in bad chocolate. Easily the most inedible substance on the planet. I agree with a lot of the above but they all pale in comparison to the vomit inducing Turkish.

[MomOfLittleFoodies]

Marzipan, and those nasty red twizzlers. I'm more of a red vines kind of gal.

[tbear]

Eating real candy is what is missing- look for quality like Sees in CA

[Meanderer]

I nominate Sen Sen. It is akin to eating licorice flavored asphalt and the taste remains in your mouth for a very long time.

[ScoopKW]

Two pages and nobody has mentioned the "Whizzo Quality Assortment?"

mmmm... Crunchy Frog. Heap good.



EDIT - LINK REMOVED. Didn't know it would embed. Google "Whizzo Quality Assortment" if you're interested.

Edited by ScoopKW, 27 June 2011 - 08:59 AM.

[AnythingButPlainChocolate]

Fishermans Friend. Throat lozenges, but absolutely awful.

[weinoo]

Fishermans Friend. Throat lozenges, but absolutely awful.

I think you can hardly count Fisherman's Friend as a candy. It's medicine.

[toolprincess]

Chalky, dry, and oddly flavored conversation hearts for Valentines.

That yucky "hard candy" that comes in a tin and is usually around at christmas. Generally at some point all the candies stick together in one big mass.

[Dakki]

http://www.bad-candy.com/

A lot of the stuff reviewed probably falls under "acquired taste," not "bad candy."

And, seriously, nine out of ten reviews could be boiled down to "THEM FURRINERS EAT THE STRANGEST THINGS LOL!!1!"

[JeanneCake]

However, THE worst candy I ever had was something Twizzlers put out (briefly) some years back, and which were those rubbery twists, but instead of being fake liquorice or cherry/strawberry flavours, were pastel coloured 'fruit' flavours, and filled with some odd, bizarrely plasticky-tasting gluey substance. They made me miserable.

Those were truly disgusting! I am not usually a licorice fan but I bought some of those on a whim and gah!

[Mjx]

I recently bought a packet of citrus- and licorice-flavoured wine gums, which seemed like a fine idea, but they were so sweet and plasticky tasting that I actually binned them... I soldiered through about a third of the bag, trying to appreciate them, but it was a no go.

I nominate Sen Sen. It is akin to eating licorice flavored asphalt and the taste remains in your mouth for a very long time.

Wait: you make that sound like a bad thing.

Fishermans Friend. Throat lozenges, but absolutely awful.

I actually like those! I had a terrible cold recently, and went through a packet of them like they were Smarties. They took the taste of the above-mentioned wine gums out of my mouth, too.

However, THE worst candy I ever had was something Twizzlers put out (briefly) some years back, and which were those rubbery twists, but instead of being fake liquorice or cherry/strawberry flavours, were pastel coloured 'fruit' flavours, and filled with some odd, bizarrely plasticky-tasting gluey substance. They made me miserable.

Those were truly disgusting! I am not usually a licorice fan but I bought some of those on a whim and gah!

Oh, the ones I meant weren't licorice, they were fake fruit flavours! They came out with a licorice version too?

[annabelle]

My youngest son actually loves those gross Twizzlers with the "fruit" filling. But, he's only 14 so I'll cut him some slack.