I Ate an Expensive Candy Bar
64 Comments Published by JD July 1st, 2008 in I Buy Stuff, I Eat Stuff.I want candy
I want bacon
I want . . . bleeeuuurggh
Every time I’m at Whole Foods, I see these enticingly packaged toy-sized candy bars. They are so wee. The brand is Vosges, and the label tells me they are “haute chocolate,” which is French for “pay out the ass.”
Intrigued by their size and the bizarre flavor combinations, I decided in the name of science and blogging to BUY and EAT two of these adorable, tiny, expensive candy bars so you don’t have to.
To give you an idea of just how small they are, here’s a picture of the two bars with an average-sized matchbook:
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And here’s Gus checking out one of the bars:
Clearly, Gus does not approve. Look at his ears!
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OK, a slightly blurry view of an unwrapped bar:
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And a straight-on view:
Ridiculous.
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The Barcelona Bar
The label says: “See . . . smell . . . snap . . . taste . . . feel . . . guided tasting notes inside. Deep milk chocolate melts into the mineral and sumptuous taste of sea salt and roasted almonds, reminiscent of Marcona, Spain.”
JD says: Despite all the ellipses, it’s good. It’s very good. The chocolate is rich, and the salty crunch is satisfying, but because the bar is so small and thin, I can’t really taste the difference between the almonds and the salt granules. As for the “guided tasting notes,” um . . . I like chocolate?
I could easily eat about 30 of these, stacked together to form a normal-sized candy bar. But I can barely afford one.
Mo’s Bacon Bar
The label says: “Rub your thumb over the chocolate bar to release the aromas of smoked applewood bacon flirting with deep milk chocolate. Snap off just a tiny piece and place it in your mouth, let the lust of salt and sweet coat your tongue.”
JD says: You can talk about lust all you want, I’m not rubbing my candy bar. I’ll snap off a tiny piece, tho, and voila! Half the bar is gone. I take a bite . . .
Oh, no. No. No, no, no, no. This is all wrong and terrible. There is bacon in my mouth. With chocolate. Who thought this was a good idea? This flavor combination is a sin against God and nature and all things sweet and salty. I guess I was expecting more of a bacon essence, but instead I got a nice-tasting candy bar studded with rubbery hunks of bacon.
I recommend the Barcelona Bar if you’re rich. As for the Bacon Bar, why don’t you just chew on some nice money? It will taste better and cost less. Or, may I direct you to:
JD’s Top 10 Candy Bars
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Ritter Milk Chocolate with Biscuit
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Caramello (giant size)
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Milky Way
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Wunderbar (Canadian)
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Crunchie (British)
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Coffee Crisp (Canadian)
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100 Grand
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Kit Kat
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Marathon (discontinued but available as a Curly Wurly)
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If YOU want to eat expensive chocolate
- Spend a little more than $3.50
- Read Candy Addict‘s favorable review of Mo’s Bacon Bar
- Chowhounds discuss the best high-end chocolate bar
What’s your favorite chocolate?
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Humor-blogs will eat bacon with ANYthing.
64 Comments
64 Responses to “I Ate an Expensive Candy Bar”
- 1 Pingback on Aug 12th, 2008 at 10:28 AM
Ok bacon and chocolate sounds so undelicious.
I do love this odd combo of chocolate with chili pepper in it– and chocolate with lavender in it… I know it sounds weird and all flowery fields-ish.
2 amazing chocolate places–
http://www.johnandkiras.com/
and
http://www.chocolatesbymrroberts.com/about.htm
I used to live around the corner from the 2nd place– it’s amazing and they ship.
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Hershey bar with Almonds.
But since the gas prices I swear they are skimping on the almonds.
If you’re lucky you might get two whole almonds and three almond slivers in a normal sized bar. If you go for the gigantic 1/2 pounder or whatever that insane size is, you’ll be reduced to eating maybe 3 almonds, slivered up.
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I sure wish I was Allowed to eat chocolate, because I would probably enjoy the bacon chocolate bar. I think Gus has very discerning taste.
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This is one of the banes of my existence. I cannot pick a candy bar, under pressure, for the life of me. I love chocolate, as well.
But tell me to pick a candy bar in ten seconds and I will start to hyperventilate. Do I was straight chocolate? Hershey’s?
Do I want carmel and nougat. What about rice crispys thrown in there?
Auuggghhhh! The pressure.
Something chocolate. Just pick it for me and make sure there are no nuts in there.
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Excuser me, but have these manufacturers confused themselves with vintners? As an incorrigible chocolate lover, I don’t need the package to tell me how to release aromas. Any dark chocolate is fine iwth me, the darker the better.
Thanks for tasting the bacon combo so I don’t have to. If you’re ever in Barcelona check out the chocolate museum there — it’s a hoot.
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See..and this is why they need to make me in charge of the Chocolate Police. I NEVER would have let that whole Chocolate/Bacon thing get off the ground. Foul. Thanks for sacrificing yourself for the cause.
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Yeah, I could’ve told you the bacon-choco combo was a BAD idea.
Call me a purist – but I just want chocolate with my chocolate and the darker, the better!!
Mmmmm…. expensive chocolate. I have many favorite candies, but I haven’t had the chance to try nice candies from Canda and Britain.
My favorite candies are chain, manufactured candies. From candy bar machines. My favorites ((in no particular order))
1. Twix
2. Butterfinger
3. Take 5
4. Hershey’s
5. Kit Kat
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
You should have just had a Toblerone OR a Hershey’s Symphony bar (extra large … the one that could double for a raft).
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Florida Girl in Sydney: OMG. From that first site? I must have these and these. Now. As for the other site, I love how you can mouse over each individual piece of chocolate for its description. Thanks for these delicious links. They will help erase the taste of bacon.
Samsara: I think this same argument can be applied to candy bars in general. Aren’t they all getting smaller, with less stuff inside?
Daisy the Curly Cat: Gus does indeed have a fine palate, which is why I trust his judgment. Maybe you could scrape off the chocolate and just eat the bacon?
cardiogirl: I can never buy just one. It’s like donuts at the bakery. I must have a selection, because who can say what I’ll feel like in an hour? Lots of pressure, for sure.
feefifoto: I know, right? Leave the food pairings to gourmet restaurants and Haagen-Dazs.
A chocolate museum? I’m there. As long as there’s no bacon.
Alice: You’re welcome. This was a tough one, I’ll admit, but I’m glad to do it. Hopefully I can prevent at least some people from falling for the attractive label.
Lori: But it looked so pretty!
I do like “stuff” with my chocolate, usually caramel or something crispy. But from now on, nothing that comes in rasher form.
Regan: I have to agree: my favorites are just run-of-the-mill, grocery-store candy bars. I like all the ones on your list except Butterfinger.
jennypenny: Mmmm. I haven’t had a Toblerone in a while. Seriously, I want to convert everyone to Ritter. Those are the BEST!
I’m with Penny, Tobelrone is the shizz.
Trader Joe’s chocolates with raspberry filling isn’t hard on the pocket and delights the taste buds. I can’t remember the exact name as we have no Trader Joe’s here (my mom brings it when she visits).
Trader Joe’s also has big chunks of breakaway milk and dark chocolate, big slabs, like, Old Testament chunks of chocolate, wrapped in plastic in barrels at the checkout. I used to buy one and drive home gnawing on it like a rabid dog. Now I take medicine for PMS.
I once bought an $8 candy bar that was supposed to be like the chocolate in that movie, the one with the chili peppers in it. It was pretty glorious. Now I can’t remember the movie. Chocolat? I don’t know. It had Johnny Depp and chocolate. I don’t remember silly things like titles.
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I must respectfully disagree. The Vosges Bacon Bar is a beautiful thing.
Caramello is so delicious.
And by the way—have you bought a candy bar at a gas station recently?? What a rip!! I don’t even feel uneasy about using a debit card for the candy bar alone as its such a ripoff.
I also like something called the “Lindor ball”. And no, my neighbor’s last name is not Lindor.
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All chocolate. I have a crazy sweet tooth.
So thanks not only for saving me money but for saving me the calories and all that extra sugar in my system that I already get too much of.
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I don’t care how they word the descriptions (sounds a little J. Peterman, no?), if JD says it tastes like crap, I believe her! Um, and Knipschildt at $2,600/lb?? What the??? With a price like that, the least they could do is make their name pronounceable. I gotta get outta here. This story and all the comments have me longing for chocolaty goodness and there is none nearby!
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huh?
we’re sposed to trust someone who’s second favorite candy bar is Carmello?!? Not only is that a boring candy bar but they KNEW it was a boring candy bar and didn’t even bother coming up with a decent name!
Top Three…
1 – Twix
2 – Snickers
3 – Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Rock On,
Aitch
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If anyone is jonesing for proper British Cadbury chocolate (including their HOT COCOA MIX which should be a controlled substance)….
http://www.jollygrub.com. All sorts of stuff you can’t usually get here. Nom nom nom!!!
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Gizmo: I’ve seen that TJ’s chocolate, but I’m not crazy about raspberry. I am, however, CRAZY about Trader Joe’s.
Shieldmaiden96: See above. I’ve got to try those giant hunks. They’re so ugly! So you liked your $8 candy bar? I’ve had some of the spicy chocolate, and I don’t love it. I like hot and I like chocolate, but I’m not sure about them together.
cody: Wow! I’m glad to hear from a Bacon Bar fan. I hope I didn’t offend you with my childish reaction. I don’t have a very refined palate. Give me a good ol’ Milky Way, and I’m happy.
The Hypocritical One: YES! Those gas station candy bars are a rip-off. But at least that gives you an excuse to avoid paying cash. I love the milk chocolate Lindor balls. Just don’t leave them in your purse. They WILL melt.
Jennifer: “All chocolate,” indeed. That says it all. I didn’t really need that sugar either, and I definitely didn’t need that bacon!
Kathy: HA! You’re right: J. Peterman. That’s funny. I had a bad chocolate craving all morning (with nothing in the house), and here comes my mom with homemade brownies.
Harris Bloom: Caramello? Boring? NEVER! And what better name could there be? Hmmm. I used to like Twix, I still like Snicker’s, but I’m not a big fan of Reese’s PB Cups. I like regular peanut butter, but that stuff inside the cups is . . . different.
Natural: I’m tellin’ ya. You should see what I do from my bed!
Shieldmaiden96: I am lucky (or unlucky, depending on your viewpoint) to live close to a World Market (Cost Plus), which sells a wide variety of British products: Cadbury, McVities, TONS of stuff. I remember when the only place I could get my Flake fix was this little store in Key West, of all places. But, of course, there is always the Internet. Thanks for the link!
I’m still trying to imagine how chocolate might taste reminiscent of Spain. In my experience it should taste of charred sardines, sweaty footballers and scooter fumes.
That bit about sweaty footballers is a lot more innocent than it sounds, by the way.
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I watch a lot of Top Chef and Iron Chef and the bacon with sweet seems to be the ‘it’ flavour combination. I get the appeal of sweet and salty but the fats are so different tasting in bacon and chocolate, that’s where I see the problem.
I like white chocolate best(not even really chocolate, I know), but it’s like butter, sugar and vanilla had a threesome.
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My favorite chocolate is whatever is available at any particular time. However, I would have to actually draw the line at bacon-chocolate. A girl’s gotta have standards. Thank you for tasting it so I don’t have to.
Bacon chocolate? revolting!
“I could easily eat about 30 of these, stacked together to form a normal-sized candy bar.”
Ha ha! That made me chuckle.
I haven’t really eaten chocolate for years :O( but my favourites were:
For a real treat a box of ‘Black Magic’ chocolates
Cadbury Bournville with roasted almonds.
Cadbury Fruit & nut (these Brits with the fruit and nuts again)
Crunchie (I used to stick my tongue down the centre and make it melt)
Ferrero Rocher (I eat these now but sadly, only at Christmas time)
Oh I almost forgot, Cadbury Mini Eggs ;O)
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HaHa! I had a message that I had to come to this site right away from someone else. I assumed you were talking about nudity again but am delighted to see you are talking about BACON! We would make a prefect couple in a way not unlike Jack Spratt and his Mrs. – in that, between the two of us we would lick that bacon bar wrapper clean. (Note: I don’t like chocolate.) I’ve heard that us Canadians do have some good chocolate bars (as we call them) – I can vouch for the ‘Curly Whirly’ which my friend’s Nana used to bring from the UK for us. Beyond that – I’m no help here … cheers!
Gahhhh Bacon & chocolate. No. Noooooo. (this from a woman who recently made black bean brownies…) I can’t live without my 100 Grand, Heavenly Hash Eggs in the spring, or Caramello.
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Ewwww… bacon and chocolate? That’s just not right.
My fav is the dark Hershey’s with almonds. But I haven’t had one in months. Now I want one. Badly.
And all the stores are closed (Canada Day holiday)
Thanks. Thanks a lot.
Know what you meen about Coffee Crisp. Living on the US-Canada border, The Woman I Love was always able to cover her CC addiction [a few stores in Niagara Falls, Ny have carried it for years, so there wasn't even border hassles}]. My favorite import has always been the Canadian-made Aero bar [especially the Mint Milk Chocolate incarnation]. Years ago, tho, Wayne Gretzky endorsed a Cadbury of Canada bar that was coated in some kind of white coating. It was crispy, and so good I can still half-taste it if I scrunch my eyes a certain way. Anybody remember that one?
By the bye, among domestic candy, I’ve always enjoyed the classic Hershety’s milk chocolate. Or a bag of M&M’s, Milk chocolate. Or an obscenely large bag of Hershey’s Kisses. And people wonder why I’m a diabetic…
-MR
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I will take your word for it that it’s good. I’m not spending that much money on CANDY and I LOVE candy.
I’ll stick to the $.97 snack size pack of Twix, thank you very much!
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I admit I’m a serious chocolate abuser, but I would never consider eating…ahem..bacom with God’s gift to mankind. That is just SO wrong on so many levels! Besides bacon gives me gallstones….
My favorites…
Sees chocolates
Frango Mints…from Seattle
Toblerone
Cadbury Bars with Almonds
Dillitant Chocolates
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I’m an alien from another planet and don’t like chocolate. (I have already given my life’s supply of chocolate to my friend Leslie.)
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Tiggy: References to sweaty footballers are never innocent. I’m pretty sure I saw a candy bar with that combination. I believe the “sweat notes” were especially praised.
Formerly Fun: YES! That’s what I was thinking. They’ve done bacon ice cream on Top Chef, haven’t they? Not that that makes it OK, but still. I remember when the whole chocolate and sea salt thing came out, and I thought that was crazy, but that’s actually quite good. Not a big fan of white chocolate, but threesomes? Hmmm…
ann of the shampoo bag: You’re very welcome. If I can prevent at least one innocent chocolate lover from experiencing the bacon-chocolate combo, this all was more than worth it.
Babs – beetle: “I haven’t really eaten chocolate for years.” OK, I don’t understand this sentence. How does anyone go without eating chocolate? For years??? Especially when you have such fond memories? Crunchie! Cadbury Mini Eggs! Babs! Get out and get you some chocolate!
Canucklehead: Again with these mysterious phrases: “I don’t like chocolate.” I can see us with one of these Bacon Bars: you picking out the bacon bits (ew) and me slurping up the chocolate.
Nudity is on the horizon!
Elle! Another Caramello lover! (giant-sized, right?) Yes, I saw your black-bean brownie recipe, and I am intrigued. I wonder what bacon brownies would taste like…?
Maureen: Ooops. Sorry. If it makes you feel any better, all this chocolate talk forced me out of the house to buy a Milka bar, which promptly melted in my purse. MILKA!!!
Mike Riley: Woo! Coffee Crisp, now with no border hassles! We can get that mint Aero bar now at our local grocery store, which takes some of the fun out of it. I agree about the pleasures of simple M&Ms or a giant Hershey’s bar. As for that white-coated Cadbury bar…I’m on it!
Angelika: And I am NEVER spending that much again. Pass me some of that Twix, please.
Peggy: I hear a lot of great things about See’s Chocolates. I’m going to have to check them out. It’s going to take a LOT of chocolate eating to get this bacon taste out of my mouth.
Kelly: This is the THIRD comment from a non-chocolate lover! You people ARE aliens! Now, where can I get in touch with Leslie?
It’s that horrible thing called ‘cholesterol’ I have to consider :O(
No chocolate, no cheese, no cream – the list goes on. I do cheat now and again though. I eat silly things like sherbet powder instead ha ha!
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I think I’d like a job copy writing for that candy company.
Great new banner!
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Ahhhh, just when I thought it was finally out of my mind forever, a simple notation on a list makes my mouth begin to water for a Marathon Bar! Unfortunately the Curley Bar fell short of the memories I hold for the creamy caramel and sweet milk chocolate that would melt onto my fingertips if I took too long eating my Marathon Bar.
Thanks for the drool-I mean stroll-down memory lane!
Chocolate and bacon? That’s just so sick and wrong on so many levels!
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Me, I’m a cheap date. Symphony bar with almonds and toffee chips. Yeah baby! Or dark chocolate covered espresso beans. I don’t even drink coffee, but for some reason, you can give me a bag of those and I will scarf every single one. Then clean my house from top to bottom
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Speaking of bacon-infused foods… I clearly remember there being a version of Skippy peanut butter that had little crunchy bacon (flavored) chunks in it when I was a kid – which I thought was freaking delicious! When I brought it up to my co-workers they thought I was insane, so I wrote a letter to Skippy themselves. Here was their response…
“Hi Jeff,
Thanks for taking the time to contact us. We appreciate the opportunity to respond to you. Our archives do not go back that far but we believe that there was a peanut butter with bacon bits made sometime in the 1950′s.
We hope that this information is helpful,
Your friends at Skippy”
She’s wrong about the date though, because I was eating it in the 60′s. But I thought I’d share this with you (and Kathy because she loves bacon more than life itself).
Not a day goes by that I don’t eat chocolate and have tried many combo’s with chocolate and many combo’s with bacon but bacon and chocolate mix sounds nasty! Thanks for the warning. I love a lot of the one’s you have listed but I would have to go with the MARS Bar and I’m starting to really like the dark chocolates with 75% cocoa – those are more for acquired taste, didn’t really like them at first.
P.S. I did try that Bacon Vodka that a co-worker of mine’s family makes and it was AWESOME as a Bloody Mary. That really is a good combo.
Babs – beetle: Oh, I’m sorry. Cholesterol is nothing to make fun of. But at least you get sherbet powder . . . yay?
Meg: Me too! And I’d start with that Bacon Bar. I have a few VERY choice words.
And thank you!
Barbara: Hey, thanks for visiting and commenting! So you don’t think the Curly Wurly holds up? They really should bring back the Marathon Bar already. Give us what we want!
jt: Oh, I forgot about Symphony. That’s some good chocolate. I’ve always been curious as to whether those chocolate-covered coffee beans give you a buzz—I guess it’s pretty obvious that they would. runs out to buy chocolate-covered coffee beans
dcr: YES! I have thought about a bubbly background, but I don’t know how to do it. Anyone out there care to offer their bubble-background services?
And I’m glad the header looks OK on your main page. Dunno why it’s funky on the comments page. Thanks for letting me know.
Jeff: That is so cool! “Our archives don’t go back that far” = HA! It does sound good, too, actually. I prefer crunchy peanut butter, so, yeah! Throw some bacon in there, why don’t ya.
Very interesting. What else can we add bacon to?
Lisa Lisa: I’ve heard of Bacon Vodka, but I don’t know that I’d ever try it—not a big vodka fan. I wonder about Bacon Wine…?
*Passes Twix & Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups*
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I pretty much will eat it if it’s chocolate… I don’t need no stinkin’ fancy chocolate.
P.S. I’m over from Cardiogirl’s blog.
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Angelika: Thank you! Now, I’m wondering about a Twix dipped in a Reese’s PB Cup?
Rebecca (Ramblings by Reba): No. No stinkin’ fancy chocolate for me either. My palate is just not that sophisticated.
Friends of Cardiogirls are ALWAYS welcome!
I LOVE bacon. I like chocolate. I would NEVER think to put the two together. Ever. ICK. You’re so brave. And THANK YOU for eating that so I don’t have to.
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Back in the early ’90s they sold Fudge Twix. Those were my favorite. I wish they still sold them.
But I think they have peanut butter twix. I haven’t tried them…
You should try them so I don’t have to!
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I love bacon but coating it in chocolate is just so wrong.
I’m not really a big chocolate fan so I usually go for things I like with a light chocolate coating. Snickers, M&M’s with peanuts, Reese’s cups.
Now give me a box of Mrs. See’s vanilla-pecan caramels and I’m in heaven. But for the chocoholics among us, that selection has not a drop of chocolate in sight.
Bacon … chocolate …. blah.
I’ll stick with my Reeses Cups.
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Scratch Bags: Thank you and welcome! They dooooo look tempting, don’t they? And all I have in the house right now are a gross knock-off healthy version of Frosted Mini Wheats.
Corrina: Same here. Bacon? Check. Chocolate? Double-check. Choco-Bacon? BLEEEUUURRGGGH!
Angelika: YES! They do have PB Twix. I’ve seen them. Y’know, it might be time for another contest here at I Do Things. Perhaps the fabulous prize could be candy bars…?
Daniel: Ah, another reference to See’s chocolates. Or in this case, non-chocolates. I’m definitely going to have to check this out. Welcome, non-chocolate fans!
Michael: A very wise decision, my friend.
ROFL! That made me laugh out loud!!! The almond and salt bar sounds good though.
My favourite chocolate is Green & Blacks. G & B milk chocolate is to die for, and I looooove their dark chocolate and cherry! It’s sinfully good! I also love the almond/chocolate combination. Mmmmmm!! But I do like plebeian chocolate as well, because I’m a true chocoholic. Cadbury’s is fine, and I like both Crunchie bars and 1000 Grands, though both ruin your teeth.
I have to admit though, that I won’t eat Hershey’s. Hershey’s is not proper chocolate. It tastes wrong and doesn’t melt properly.
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Ahhh- my husband has been going on about the Bacon/chocolate bar for several days now, since he knows I frenquent Mr. Baconpants blog. For some reason he thinks because I consider bacon one of the 4 food groups that I would love it with chocolate. I have no idea where he read about that sick Franken Bar.
Ummm actually no thanks baby… that is repulsive and it would be like fishing a keystick (that is code for my cat’s crap) out of her john- wrapping it in bacon and indulging. That will never happen…
I assume there was heavy drinking involved in the discovery of that candy.
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Jay: Yeah, the almond/salt one was good, but $3.50? I’ve been wanting to try caramels with sea salt . . .
I like Green & Black, too. The dark chocolate and cherry actually sounds pretty good, and I’m neither a dark chocolate or fruit fan.
Not even a Hershey’s kiss?
Michelle Gartner: I’d like to blame the Bacon Bar on drunkeness. I’m not sure I would give as harsh a review as your comment suggested (keystick? I need more information), but yes, please tell your husband that bacon does not necessarily go with everything. Bleeuurgh.
Yeah, I’m not so sure about chocolate and bacon. Now chocolate and smoked apple-wood on the other hand…Incidentally I once had occasion to taste Marcona, Spain and it’s really not even a little bit reminiscent of a chocolate bar.
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Ernie: HA! You make an excellent point. How is a candy bar reminiscent of a country or vice versa? They tried to wriggle around the fact that they didn’t use actual Marcona almonds by squeezing the city name in the description any way they could. FAKERS!
My all time fav is Cadbury fruit and nut bars just because they bring back great childhood memories. I love Heath and Skor bars too.
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Woodbury Commons: Oh, I haven’t had a Heath in years. I read somewhere that American Cadbury products aren’t as good as the British Cadbury. I guess our standards aren’t as high…?
I am also a lover of bacon and was curious about your review of the candy bar. It looks like, for the most part, it was not a good idea. However, a crunchy peanut butter and bacon sandwich is out of this world! Jeff, that peanut butter would be amazing, if it were Jif (crunchy). Skippy is not sweet enough to balance out the saltiness of the bacon.
mlm: Very interesting! I’m going to have to try out this PB/Bacon combo. I didn’t realize there was such a marked difference between Skippy and Jif. Of course, the sweeter must be better. Thanks for the suggestion!
I think I’ll take your word for it. As much as I love chocolate it’s too much for a candy bar. Though I’d be curious to see how chocolate can taste like bacon
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Alex: A lot of people really seem to love this combo. I prefer to keep my chocolate separate from my bacon from now on.
Very nice information…the World needs more Bacon info! Thanks for this
Reverent Tex B. Acon: Oh, boy, you came really close to getting slammed into my spam receptacle, but your awesome name saved you. It’s true that the world needs more bacon info. I hope you’re doing your part.
I think I rather stick with my twix candy. I don’t like bacon and I know for sure that I won’t like bacon and sweets.
Well, I do love my bacon but mixing it with chocolate doesn’t really turn my crank. Quite an interesting combo that I would never of thought of. Hmm
I love bacon and I love chocolate but then I love my husband and my girlfriend but I won’t stand for having them together.
I’m a snickers girl myself.
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This is so so so funny. I’m not sure about how I feel about the bacon candy bar since I don’t like the sweet and salty taste. I’m simple myself with my favorite candy bar being the Cookies and Cream Hershey’s bar. These came out a while ago, but now they are kind of hard to find. Nonetheless, they are white chocolate and probably the best tasting candy I’ve every had.
For those of you who feel the same, here is a link to where I usually buy the, because like I said, they are hard to find.
http://www.candyfavorites.com/hershey-s-bar-cookies-n-creme