Candy Bar Math

October 31, 2001 10:53 AM

Candy Bar Math A Brunching Shuttlecock link and almost certainly a double post. But what the hell: let's gorge on candy.
posted by Shadowkeeper (29 comments total)

My skor was very bad (maybe 2 out of 6 right), but this is a funny idea and a good link for today IMO!
posted by msacheson at 10:58 AM on October 31, 2001

Go ahead and say it, Shadowkeeper: what's your favourite candy bar? :-)

Mine is Kit Kat, preferably in the "chunky" version. Though one Halloween about ten years ago, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, some ungrateful(but well-attired) brats dumped a dozen KitKats my mother had just given them in the snow... which gave them that extra edge, btw.
posted by MiguelCardoso at 11:00 AM on October 31, 2001

Woo. Skor = 5 out of 6. Mostly because I can't remember having ever had an Oh Henry, and have no earthly clue what's in it.

Never had a "Big Hunk" either.

The candy bar version, that is.

Cute link.
posted by precocious at 11:04 AM on October 31, 2001

"Your score: 5. Not bad at all. You must be very popular come Halloween." Nope, I'm not answering the door tonight! All my candy are belong to me!
posted by Carol Anne at 11:06 AM on October 31, 2001

Man, I remember the primo numero uno candy bar of all time: The Marathon. It was this weird chain-link shape and was chocolate and caramel.
posted by Kafkaesque at 11:26 AM on October 31, 2001

Apparently, I was one of the few people who enjoyed the Reggie Jackson candy bar. It's too bad, I remember it as being quite tasty.
posted by rks404 at 11:39 AM on October 31, 2001

The Mr. Big candy bar -- White nougat, caramel, peanuts, and Nilla Wafers dipped in chocolate. It took about a fortnight to eat, if I remember correctly.
posted by j.edwards at 11:43 AM on October 31, 2001

I got a pitiful 1. When I started smoking (what a smart idea!), I pretty much waved goodbye to my sweet tooth.

I do remember Big Hunks, however. They were useful even before you attempted--probably unsuccessfully--to eat them, as they could be used to bludgeon other kids to death.
posted by Skot at 11:52 AM on October 31, 2001

"It's chocolate bar you freaks not candy bar!!!! Damn Yankees" (he muttered to himself)

I've always wondered why Canadians and Americans call them something completely different.

As for the Oh Henry bar, very very good, lots of peanuts and caramel.
posted by smcniven at 11:56 AM on October 31, 2001

For sheer candy-bar pleasure, it's gotta be a Sky Bar!
posted by agaffin at 11:59 AM on October 31, 2001

I used to love those... uhhh... what do you call it... yeah.. Watchmacallit!
posted by fluxcreative at 12:25 PM on October 31, 2001

Whatchamacallits are not around anymore?? Argh! I loved them!
posted by rks404 at 12:56 PM on October 31, 2001

For a while in college I had a hankerin' for Sugar Daddies but as my taste buds recovered from that sticky goodness, I discovered the Heath. Mmmmmmmm......*drool*
posted by Benway at 1:01 PM on October 31, 2001

Whatchamacallits are certainly still around.
posted by kindall at 1:01 PM on October 31, 2001

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posted by skyscraper at 1:03 PM on October 31, 2001

Shadowkeeper: what's your favourite candy bar?

That would be Hershey's Cookies 'n' Mint, Bob. As a kid, though, my favorite were those ... uhh, hmm. They were, like, nougat or something, something chewy. Chew ... Charlston Chew, that's it! Yeah, you grab a couple of those and throw 'em in your freezer. Oh man, I may have to do that tonight -- it's been decades since I had those. I hope they still exist.
posted by Shadowkeeper at 1:05 PM on October 31, 2001

Maybe because I did so poorly on the math test (only got the first and last ones right), I much prefer this other, more interesting candy bar quiz.
posted by LeLiLo at 1:13 PM on October 31, 2001

Canucks call it "chocolate bar" because up here, they're made with "actual chocolate", as opposed to a chocolate-like candy shell.

I've heard of all the chocolate bars mentioned in this link, but I've never eaten most of them. What's a "100 Grand" bar like? What about a "Baby Ruth"?
posted by Succa at 1:57 PM on October 31, 2001

The definitive Baby Ruth moment in film: Chunk and Sloth in Goonies.
posted by Mrmuhnrmuh at 2:07 PM on October 31, 2001

Wasn't it also a Baby Ruth in the swimming pool in Caddyshack? Or am I high?
posted by Kafkaesque at 3:02 PM on October 31, 2001

What, not the swimming pool scene in Caddyshack?
posted by Shadowkeeper at 3:02 PM on October 31, 2001

You so owe me a coke.
posted by Kafkaesque at 3:11 PM on October 31, 2001

You so owe me a coke.
posted by Kafkaesque at 3:11 PM on October 31, 2001

Damn Parkinson's
posted by Kafkaesque at 3:12 PM on October 31, 2001

I'm pretty sure that if, in the process of trying to "jinx" someone, you inadvertantly jinx yourself by saying the same thing twice at the same time, you hafta buy the other guy ice cream. I like Rocky Road.
posted by Shadowkeeper at 3:15 PM on October 31, 2001

OK then:

You so owe me a coke.

Haha, now the shoe is on the other foot, my fine friend!
posted by Kafkaesque at 3:39 PM on October 31, 2001

At the height (!?) of the Orlando Magic's popularity, Shaq has his own candy bar, which we dubbed the Big Lumbering Oaf Bar (or, succinctly, the BLO Bar. "Man, this BLOs!") It had every imaginable ingredient, so we figured it was just leftover floor sweepings from the rest of the major candy factories.

We thoroughly enjoyed harassing the local confectionary by asking for "spunow" (read: spew-now) bars, only to realize they were simply Mounds bars put into the candy rack upside-down.

Ahh, the memories...
posted by Danelope at 3:40 PM on October 31, 2001

Goo Goo Cluster. What a name. Taste lives up to the name too.
posted by raysmj at 3:43 PM on October 31, 2001

Succa:

A baby ruth is sort of like a snickers, but drier and not as good. More nougat, but no caramel (or maybe significantly less caramel)

A 100 grand bar is chocolate with crisped rice wrapped around a crisped rice filled caramel. It is the absolute best candy bar I`ve ever had. Better than Twix. Better than "Big Bar" better than Whatchamacallit. Better than the Orange Kit Kats. Better, in fact, than anything I don`t make myself.
posted by chiheisen at 9:40 PM on October 31, 2001