Strange Candy

RE: Strange Candy (uncledaveyo)

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:14:26 GMT

Mexican candy takes this topic up to a whole new level....

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

RE: Strange Candy (Sonny Funzio)

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:08:14 GMT

Couple years ago at halloween we gave out gummy facial parts (ears, noses etc) and eyeballs. It was a *huge* hit with the kids ... actually had kids showing up and saying "are you the house giving out the eyeballs?". I guess good news travels fast?

RE: Strange Candy (Sonny Funzio)

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:59:49 GMT

One confection that I absolutely can not eat would have to be chocolate truffles ... and I've never had one that was edible to me.

There seems to be a coating or ingredient used in their preperation that tastes like soap to me. I have never encountered this flavor in any other chocolate in a chocolate assortment or other candy ... not in the cremes or the nugats or any other ... too bizarre.

I actually have to spit out the piece if I bite into one and wash my mouth out ... it's that bad.

The only other place that I've noticed that horrible flavor is in the glaze on fruit tarts (that would be the little tart shells that have fruit in them that has a shiney glaze ... and also in some petit-fours, though not (I don't think) the ones covered with regular cake frosting or fondant.

I don't know if this could be "confectioners glaze" because there is all kinds of chocolates that seem to have a shiney sort-of glaze that are fine.

If anyone knows what this mystery ingredient could be I'd sure be interested to know.

RE: Strange Candy (CajunKing)

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:39:11 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Foxyfishy14

I'm gonna have to say that I agree with the people that said Jelly Belly Jelly Beans...the buttered popcorn flavor has got to be one of the worst things ever! It makes me want to ralph just thinking about them!

The buttered popcorn is better than the vomit flavored or earswax flavored bertie bots from Jelly Belly.

Besides mix the rootbeer flavor and the buttered popcorn flavor and it is almost like caramel corn.

RE: Strange Candy (Foxyfishy14)

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:06:44 GMT

I'm gonna have to say that I agree with the people that said Jelly Belly Jelly Beans...the buttered popcorn flavor has got to be one of the worst things ever! It makes me want to ralph just thinking about them!

Other odd candies:

These Japanese hard candies that I think are supposed to taste like Grapefruit..but whenever I have them with other people, we all taste something different...they sell them at Mohegan Sun in the gift shop.

RE: Strange Candy (jettababs)

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:25:09 GMT

Ok, here's one, just got it out of our vending machine: Reese's Elvis Commemorative Peanut Butter & Banana Creme cups.

It tastes sort of like a banana Moon-Pie collided with the chocolate and peanut butter. Not bad, just odd.

RE: Strange Candy (DavidEMartin)

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:25:11 GMT

The absolutely most bizarre candy I ever encountered was the Star Wars Jar-Jar Bink pushup pop.
It looked like head of that repulsive character mounted on a handle.
When you pressed on the trigger in the handle Jar'Jar's head flipped open to expose a huge, erect candy tongue.
You had to French Kiss Jar-Jar to eat the candy.....

RE: Strange Candy (boy143)

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:54:46 GMT

My favorite all time candy is Li Hing Mui. Most people here in Minnesota does not know what it is because it's like a candy unique to Hawaii. When I moved here I could not find it anywhere at all, like I said most people didn't even know what I was talking about. Now I buy it online at snackshawaii.com. Their the cheapest site I found with cheap shipping. You'll either love it or hate it cause it is a aquired taste, but being raised in Hawaii I love this stuff. I'm trying to find Li Hing Mui margaritas too, but can't find it anywhere, but I know they make it cause they serve it in Hawaii clubs.

quote:
Originally posted by yumbo

There's a brand of Japanese breath mint called Jintan. They look like little silver BBs and come in a small box. They are so strong, like Altoids on steroids.

And this is probably more a snack than a candy, but has anyone had that Chinese dried and salted plum called Li Hing Mui? I got hooked on it when we lived in Hawaii. They're intensely salty with a hint of sweetness. Just thinking of it has me drooling on my keyboard.

RE: Strange Candy (dasl_4)

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:07:06 GMT

Rose Pastilles and Rose Turkish Delight(powdered sugar coated not chocolate) are yummy .. Lavendar chocs. and candy are icky

RE: Strange Candy (Sonny Funzio)

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:34:14 GMT

Space Food Sticks have been available, on and off, for the past 4 years or so.
They used to be available at spacefoodsticks.com ... now I see they are going to be marketed through http://www.funkyfoodshop.com/

RE: Strange Candy (jmckee)

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:53:56 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by MikeSh

I remember space food sticks from when I was a kid. I liked them. Buth then we all know Mikey will eat anything...

MikeS.

OMIGOSH. I had completely forgotten those ever existed. With that strange, bendy, almost rubbery texture. . .

I was crazy for anything space-related at the time. Which explains why I ate Space Food Sticks for so long.

RE: Strange Candy (Twyla)

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:28:59 GMT

Omigosh, I *loved* that edible rice paper candy! I remember buying it at Pier 1 as a kid.

So exotic!

RE: Strange Candy (Sonny Funzio)

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:55:52 GMT

RE: Strange Candy (stevefinn)

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 08:54:43 GMT

I used to work at a casino that had a lot of Asian employees, and they would sometimes give me candies from NYC's Chinatown. These usually had a picture of flowers on the wrapper and tasted literally like...well...flowers.

RE: Strange Candy (fabulousoyster)

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 08:22:44 GMT

Freeze dried Neopolitan Ice Cream, usually only found in specialty stores or museums of astronomy or space travel.
Its delicious!

RE: Strange Candy (MikeS.)

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:44:30 GMT

I remember space food sticks from when I was a kid. I liked them. Buth then we all know Mikey will eat anything...

MikeS.

RE: Strange Candy (Twyla)

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:24:35 GMT

LOLing at sugar cube strange candy.

The rocket/sputnik gum references remind me of Space Food sticks. UGH. Did anyone eat these? The peanut butter ones were especially repulsive.

And this reminds me of Great Shakes. A 60s CD I want to order from Amazon has several original commercial jingles for this product, with various bands performing. Cool!

RE: Strange Candy (Jesseabrams)

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:38:35 GMT

I live in moscow, Idaho. I drive by cowgirl on my to work each day. The choclate is superb

quote:
Originally posted by Jennifer_4

Or how about CowGirl chocolates? Flavored with cayenne pepper..

www.cowgirlchocolates.com

RE: Strange Candy (ann peeples)

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:30:22 GMT

LOL-I believe I had the same candy years ago.....

RE: Strange Candy (Greyghost)

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:09:18 GMT

I somewhat remember someone giving me a candy that looked and tasted like a sugar cube with a flower design on it in the mid 60's. I think the brand was called Mind Candy. After one, the thought of having another did not occur, in fact very few thoughts at all occurred.

It did make music taste funny, gave my dog the ability to speak incessantly as well as turning him purple for about 12 hours. The product must have been a failure as I have not seen it since. It certainly was a strange candy though.

RE: Strange Candy (ann peeples)

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:03:43 GMT

Does anyone remember Sputnick gum? It came out around the time of the spaceship Sputnick in the 60s.It was a round gumball, bright light blue in color with sparkles coating it.Used to buy it at the penny candy store.Best gum I have ever tasted!

RE: Strange Candy (xannie_01)

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:39:55 GMT

they weren't strange.

RE: Strange Candy (Grillmeister)

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:39:00 GMT

Okay Boomers, what about candy cigarettes and wax pop bottles? They were great for letting kids play like they could smoke and get liquored up!

RE: Strange Candy (HollyDolly)

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:14:47 GMT

I have had those lavender pastilles as well and they aren't bad,also had rose flavoured ones too.
My sister once gave me some Turkish Delight from England that was rose and violet flavoured jelly cubes covered in dark chocolate.I enjoyed them.I have seen lolipops that were tequila flavoured with a worm in it ,yuk.

RE: Strange Candy (DavidEMartin)

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:14:59 GMT

The Space Age brought something called "Astronaut Candy". It was a small white tube with a small rocketplane blocking the nozzle. You snapped off the rocket plane, stuck the nozzle in your mouth, and squeezed red jelly out of the tube. The rocket plane then docked with the opening to form a seal.

RE: Strange Candy (Grampy)

Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:32:48 GMT

Yes, chocolate can indeed be strange, in the wrong hands. Though not commercially available -- thank goodness -- the homemade chocolates one of my aunts made could have been sold in munitions shops. How she managed to capture the flavor of camphor and moth balls, with a texture of fingernails scraping a blackboard is beyond me. And I am grateful for that. I later learned that part of her secret was recycling old Easter bunnies. One Christmas I gave her a large block of Belgian chocolate to work from. The next time I saw her, she handed me a box of chocolates. As I put one in my mouth I said, "So, how did you like working with the Belgian chocolate?" To which she replied, "Oh, I'm saving that for a special occasion."

RE: Strange Candy (Michael Stern)

Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:12:18 GMT

I think spruce gum is pretty grotesque: chew until it's good and soft, then use it to patch leaks in your canoe.

RE: Strange Candy (ahmicchick)

Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:03:48 GMT

Ugh, salted black licorice chews, kind of like Wine Gums but nasty.

RE: Strange Candy (Michael Hoffman)

Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:08:04 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by tiki

quote:
Originally posted by rumbelly

On Caribean islands in front of schools there are older ladies selling treats to the kids at recess and lunch. Fresh tamarind paste rolled in coarse sugar were the winners. Most of the other stuff is just way too sweet.

We spent a year in Jamaica---wife is an anthropologist--and she became absolutely addicted to theses!!!!---them and Guinep---i woderful fruit. She buys the tamerind balls candies at asian markets now and prefers the ones with less chili powder.

So that's how you spell guinep. In the Virgin Islands it's pronounced guh-NIP. They used to climb our guinep tree to pluck the ripe fruit whenever they could get away with it when we lived on St. Thomas.

RE: Strange Candy (tiki)

Thu, 19 Feb 2004 06:37:32 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by rumbelly

On Caribean islands in front of schools there are older ladies selling treats to the kids at recess and lunch. Fresh tamarind paste rolled in coarse sugar were the winners. Most of the other stuff is just way too sweet.

We spent a year in Jamaica---wife is an anthropologist--and she became absolutely addicted to theses!!!!---them and Guinep---i woderful fruit. She buys the tamerind balls candies at asian markets now and prefers the ones with less chili powder.