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19 December 2005

Candy! mr. g and I are at the final stages of christmas shopping -- buying candy to fill stockings. What's some good candy to put in the big socks? The candy is for both adults and kids.

post by: gaspode at: 15:22 | 26 comments

You need a chocolate orange. : )

posted by sisterhavana 19 December | 15:22

Gummi Teeth! Valomilk Cups! Butterfinger Crisp Bars! Nerds Ropes!

All available at Dylan's Candy Bar over by Bloomingdales.

posted by jonmc 19 December | 15:24

Toblerone is always popular.

posted by me3dia 19 December | 15:24

Toblerone's for grownups. It's not really a kid candy. I know this, I started out as a child.

posted by jonmc 19 December | 15:26

Don't forget the old-fashioned stuff like chocolate straws and ribbon candy and barley pops and maple candy. I totally love anything made in a mold, shaped like Christmas stuff. I'm a sucker for that. No pun intended ;)

And fudge!

posted by iconomy 19 December | 15:26

Oh I used to love getting chocolate coins, too.

posted by iconomy 19 December | 15:27

I love that website, iconomy.

*drools*

*surreptitiously cleans keyboard*

posted by gaspode 19 December | 15:28

This ribbon candy is actually made by my wife's uncle in Glens Falls, New York. It's delicious. :)

My personal favorite: chocolate covered pretzels. Sweetness + Saltiness = good.

posted by selfnoise 19 December | 15:29

Candy buttons- you know, the little blobs on the long thin paper in a rainbow variety of colors.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 19 December | 15:30

Really, selfnoise? I'm going to order it, then. What's better than peanut butter?

Nuttin', that' what.

posted by iconomy 19 December | 15:32

Don't forget all the Wonka stuff: Nerds, bottlecaps, runts, and sweettarts. Those are my favorites.

posted by poppo 19 December | 15:35

I don't know, but do us all a favor and skip the fruit. please.

posted by puke & cry 19 December | 15:40

My personal favorite is the cinnamon-flavored peanut-butter filled ribbon candy. Sounds a little weird, but it's incredibly good. Sadly I think you have to drive to their store or call 'em up to get it.

posted by selfnoise 19 December | 15:42

Clementines!

posted by sciurus 19 December | 15:44

The squirrel is right. It ain't stuffed unless there's some citrus in the sock.

posted by danostuporstar 19 December | 15:52

Peppermint bark is good - the chocolate pieces topped with crushed candy canes.

posted by iconomy 19 December | 15:55

I am going to stop at Dylan's Candy bar on the way home from work, I think. Happy times.

posted by gaspode 19 December | 15:57

Comic books!

Oh, candy? How about a whistle? I recommend the Acme Thunderer.

Oh, yeah, but you want candy. Well, right. I don't know?

posted by Hugh Janus 19 December | 16:04

Hershey's kisses in the green and red wrappers. And, duh...candy canes! Ooh, and the Lifesaver sweet story thing.

posted by SassHat 19 December | 16:05

Get Valomilks!

posted by jonmc 19 December | 16:06

Anything but licorice.

Jelly babies, flying saucers, love hearts, brown gems/jazzies, creme eggs (hard to find, but wonderfully inappropriate).

posted by flopsy 19 December | 16:11

I lurve licorice. Also ginger chews.

posted by selfnoise 19 December | 16:14

it might be hard to find if you're in america, but Cadbury's Flakes. my god, that is the best candy bar in the whole world. Fortunately there are stores that carry english candy here in nyc.

posted by shmegegge 19 December | 16:37

Cadbury chocolate in general is my favorite and widely available in the U.S. Another thing I found just this weekend that are interestingly *good* are chocolate covered cranberries (something like Raisinettes with a cranberry kick). I found them at Costco, but I'm sure they're available elsewhere.

posted by Doohickie 19 December | 16:40

hannukah gelt (chocolate coins)

candy buttons/dots on those long rolls of paper.

everlasting gobstoppers

that squirty cum gum (if they still make it)

those wax soda bottles with liquid inside

pixie sticks

likm aid!!!!

posted by amberglow 19 December | 18:48

squirty cum gum

posted by flopsy 19 December | 19:16

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