Limited Edition Candy

February 8, 2006 8:21 PM

Limited Edition Candy. By our very own interrobang
posted by rocketman (39 comments total)

Hey John, do you also have a Heinz Tomato Ketchup Celebrity Labels collection? cause if so . . .I'd be happy to send you my "William Shatner" bottle when I'm finished with these fries.
posted by Zendogg at 8:32 PM on February 8, 2006

I had no idea Kit Kat was so adventurous.
posted by granted at 8:38 PM on February 8, 2006

What? Huh? Who? You mean that wasn't a metaphor‽*
*Notice the interrobang?
posted by rob511 at 8:39 PM on February 8, 2006

interrobang: great idea. Where do we send our surplus limited-edition candy?

For some reason this reminds me of Harlen Ellison buying the last supplies of a candy he had loved as a kid. He kept it in a special refrigerator.
posted by ?! at 8:42 PM on February 8, 2006

Comrades, don't just snarf that snack down—let a thousand calories bloom with Mao's Little Red Wrapper.
posted by cenoxo at 8:46 PM on February 8, 2006

You have a candy called Pay Day? That's weird.
posted by tellurian at 8:53 PM on February 8, 2006

Yeah, tellurian, but 100 Grand is better than Pay Day any day.
posted by booksandlibretti at 9:31 PM on February 8, 2006

Japan is all about seasonal snack foods. Right now there's purple potato pocky, green tea pocky, and sakura Kit Kats, among others. Pop also gets seasonal flavors, especially Fanta (currently, it's honey lemon). They stick around for a few weeks and then they're gone.

If anybody would like to try some of these, email me.
posted by emmling at 9:32 PM on February 8, 2006

Custom candy bar wrappers for all occasions at Chocolate Covers. Anybody care for a "Joey Bar Mitzvah"?
posted by cenoxo at 9:58 PM on February 8, 2006

Hey booksandlibretti, I see that Pay Day:

The Hollywood Candy Company of Minneapolis, invented it in 1932. The inventors were trying to come up with a name for the new candy bar when one of them suggested Payday since it just happened to be payday at the company.

and 100 Grand:

In the late 1950's the hottest programs on TV were quiz shows like "The $64,000 Question," "Twenty-One," and "The Big Surprise." On the "Big Surprise" the contestant chose a subject area and was asked to answer ten questions ranging in value from $100 to $100,000.
The program sparked the idea for a new Nestle' product, introduced in 1966, the Nestle' $100,000 Bar whose name suggests its top-price qualities.
Many of you have asked about the name change from $100,000 Bar to 100 Grand Bar. We have not been able to find out for sure but we think it has something to do with computers. A product name beginning with a dollar sign will cause most computers go nuts.

Now I think it's weird and also feeble brainstorming.
posted by tellurian at 10:08 PM on February 8, 2006

yes, it seems like there was an explosion of limited edition candy last year. Lots of new Reeses and Kit Kats. I actually liked the Inside Out Reeses. The bad one was the Extra Creamy Reeses. The peanut butter tasted like crap.

Here's a question: There's also a lot of new limited edition Hershey's Kisses like caramel, peanut butter, strawberry and dulce de leche. Would those count, or are you specifically archiving candy bars?
posted by tublecain at 10:26 PM on February 8, 2006

I wish there were more reviews on the candy bars. Some of them sound downright hideous, others, I almost want to get in my car and drive to the store to find them and try them myself.

More reviews!
posted by mathowie at 10:34 PM on February 8, 2006

I actually have the hershey vagina chocolates mentioned in this years 100 business mistakes just beggin to go on ebay.
posted by Tryptophan-5ht at 12:05 AM on February 9, 2006

Yuck.
posted by hypersloth at 2:54 AM on February 9, 2006

InterroYUM!
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:01 AM on February 9, 2006

That's a cool collection.

There are general reviews of all things new and snacky (though from a UK perspective) at the rather good Snackspot. Personally I'm a big fan of the limited edition Kit Kats.
posted by patricio at 4:30 AM on February 9, 2006

I actually have the hershey vagina chocolates mentioned in this years 100 business mistakes just beggin to go on ebay.

Did I miss something? What are "hershey vagina chocolates" ?
posted by splatta at 5:43 AM on February 9, 2006

And a good place to score your rare and limited edition candy would be at cybercandy.

Disclaimer: I'm not even a satisfied customer -- just an occasional browser.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 6:12 AM on February 9, 2006

How many new Reese's have come out in the last yet? It seems a bit like they have gone insane.

"Peanut butter OUTSIDE! Didn't work? Peanuts INSIDE! Didn't work? White chocolate! "Didn't work? Caramel inside!"

"Caramel inside? That goes against everything we..."

"Don't question me! You're fired! I said Caramel inside! Do it!"
posted by a47danger at 6:37 AM on February 9, 2006

Heh. I'm a fiend for this stuff, too. If he wants to branch out into other snacks, my man should snag himself som Churros Flavor Bugles. They're actually pretty tasty once you get past the weird cinnamon-sugar-cornchip thing.
posted by jonmc at 6:52 AM on February 9, 2006

At my local 7-Eleven, these Key Lime flavored Almond Joy bars were on the shelves for about a week. One of the ladies that works there told me she tried one and it tasted horrible; I trusted her judgment and didn't bother experimenting myself. Richmond, VA is frequently used as a test market for new food products. My high school friends and I were drinking Crystal Pepsi long before it had found its way onto store shelves all across the country.
posted by emelenjr at 7:22 AM on February 9, 2006

Excellent! But be careful, this is the kind of thing that can take over a life.

(And I have to admit, that knowing what a good artist interrobang is, I figured before clicking through that these were actually candies and packaging that he had made. That would be really cool!)
posted by OmieWise at 7:56 AM on February 9, 2006

Here's a question: There's also a lot of new limited edition Hershey's Kisses like caramel, peanut butter, strawberry and dulce de leche. Would those count, or are you specifically archiving candy bars?

I'm archiving anything that I happen to see at the store that says "Limited Edition" on it. It doesn't have to be chocolate, or candy bar-shaped.

I wish there were more reviews on the candy bars. Some of them sound downright hideous, others, I almost want to get in my car and drive to the store to find them and try them myself.

More reviews!

As the collection grows (and as I sample more of these), I'll start taking more notes. I haven't actually eaten all that many of these, and the collection is relatively young so far.

Thanks, everyone!
posted by interrobang at 7:59 AM on February 9, 2006

I forgot before, but interrobang, are you on the lookout for Almond Joys? I can probably get you the Pina Colada and Double-Chocolate flavors. I'm not sure if either were released to the public, but one of the women at my mom's church works at the Peter-Paul plant, and awhile ago, she was passing 'em out like candy. I can vouch that the Double-Chocolate is pretty good.
posted by booksandlibretti at 8:18 AM on February 9, 2006

booksandlibretti (and anyone else), if you want to submit something to the collection, just e-mail me and I'll send you my address.
posted by interrobang at 8:21 AM on February 9, 2006

Coffee KitKat? Just drive up north of the border and get Canadian Candy Stalwart "Coffee Crisp".

Also, we have dark choclate KitKat up here and it is very good. And not limited either.

Inside out PB cups.. I had one. Blech. Not very good.

We had orange and strawberry KitKat up here for a while as well... maybe you should start soliciting foreign donations.
posted by GuyZero at 10:02 AM on February 9, 2006

I am now on a quest for Mint Kit Kats and Coffee Kit Kats. They sound delish!
posted by like_neon at 11:26 AM on February 9, 2006

Chunky White Kit Kats yummmmmmmmmmy..!
i picked a special edition Strawberries 'n' Cream Hershey's the other day too it rocked.
posted by zenzizi at 2:58 PM on February 9, 2006

This is awesome, interrobang.
posted by luckypozzo at 3:17 PM on February 9, 2006

Cool! Brad Kent's got a nice candy wrapper collection going on too.
posted by ktoad at 3:52 PM on February 9, 2006

Be careful with how you store these...I have some horrible memories of the worms that colonized the World's Finest Chocolate bars I had left over after the fifth-grade fundraiser, and how I discovered them. *shudder*
posted by granted at 6:24 PM on February 9, 2006

Interrobang, how much do you want for that peanut butter kit kat?
posted by Meredith at 6:35 PM on February 9, 2006

I was wondering that myself, splatta. It's number ninety-three on this list, written by Adam Horowitz in Business 2.0. Here's the entry:

93 No joke here. Just suffice it to say that the literal translation of the Spanish word cajeta is "little box."

With the help of Latin pop sensation Thalia Sodi, Hershey introduces Cajeta Elegancita, a new candy bar for the Hispanic market. Though the wrapper features a picture of Sodi, apparently she neglects to fill her Yanqui partners in on a subtlety of Spanish: In Mexico, "cajeta" can be used to mean "nougat." Elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world, however, it's slang for female anatomy.

posted by Songdog at 4:35 AM on February 10, 2006

interrobang - you need to get hold of some of this, limited edition passionfruit KitKat.
posted by tellurian at 4:42 AM on February 10, 2006

Get on the Tic Tac 'Winter Warmer.' Limited edition for the Tic Tac elitist. Initial crunch's in the same ballpark as Jawbreaker Fireballs, although obviously not quite so deadly on the palette.. The aftertaste, well, that lingers. Sorta like a remixed Tic Tac Cinnamon with generous helpings of aniseed, garnished with just a smattering of pepper detected in the bouquet.. All in all a pleasing experience and a recommended choice for the debonair confectionary connoisseur. 8.37/10
posted by Kino at 5:00 AM on February 10, 2006

interrobang - you need to get hold of some of this, limited edition passionfruit KitKat.

Man, is that weird. Know where I can get some?
posted by interrobang at 6:03 AM on February 10, 2006

interrobang - I don't think it's released outside of Japan. I've emailed the blog too but no reply as yet. An offer was made here which you could follow up. Happy snacking.
posted by tellurian at 2:43 PM on February 13, 2006

Thanks, tellurian.
posted by interrobang at 8:35 PM on February 13, 2006

Once again, Hershey vagina chocolates?
posted by cillit bang at 9:03 AM on February 14, 2006