What's your favorite candy or what's the best tasting candy you've ever had?

Milky Way

Skittles, oh my god I love tasting the rainbow! ;)

I like almost anything gummy, especially gummy peach rings though.
Resses' Pieces.
Jawbreakers.
Root beer barrels.

Anything with caramel

and skittles.

But basically caramel. I'd kill for caramel.

Patch said:
Anything with caramel

and skittles.

But basically caramel. I'd kill for caramel.

You ever make your own caramel from scratch?
It's actually really easy if you know how.

Hammie said:
especially gummy peach rings though

How did I forget about those awesome rings of flavor?

Hammie said:
You ever make your own caramel from scratch?
It's actually really easy if you know how.

Melting sugar in hot water?

CHOCOLATE!!

oh and cookies. Lots of them!! Specially butter cookies n_n

Butterscotch said:
Melting sugar in hot water?

Not always, that would be a wet caramel, which I personally don't much like.
The water makes it more likely to crystallize easily as it becomes caramel, gives it a grainy texture I don't like.

Dry caramels are less temperamental, but you have to be more careful of the possibility of burning them.
You literally just put sugar in a pan, and add heat until it becomes caramel.

If you add some fat in once it becomes caramel you get a chewy caramel.
No fat and it'll be crunchy, like a brittle, it's actually how you make brittle.
If the fat is butter, you get butterscotch, protip: use clarified butter it doesn't have water in it so it won't cause that grainy texture you get with wet caramels.

Oh, and a candy thermometer is a good idea, can help you prevent that burning.

Hammie said:
You literally just put sugar in a pan, and add heat until it becomes caramel.

Really? Who would thought that?

If you add some fat in once it becomes caramel you get a chewy caramel.
No fat and it'll be crunchy, like a brittle, it's actually how you make brittle.
If the fat is butter, you get butterscotch, protip: use clarified butter it doesn't have water in it so it won't cause that grainy texture you get with wet caramels.

huh… I learned something… +1 EXP!

Oh, and a candy thermometer is a good idea, can help you prevent that burning.

Yeah, burnt caramel is just… bleh.

Chocolate!!! even the 2 cups did not change it for me I still love it!

Xch3l said:
Really? Who would thought that?

Yep, sugar actually contains a small amount of water naturally, so add enough heat and it literally dissolves into itself.

Xch3l said:
Yeah, burnt caramel is just… bleh.

It has it's uses, Crème brûlée for example uses the bitter taste of the burnt sugar as a counterpoint to the sweetness and richness of the custard underneath.

FYI, I know way too much about food for someone who isn't a chef >.>

Patch said:
Anything with caramel

and skittles.

But basically caramel. I'd kill for caramel.

When I studied to be a chef a few years ago, I learned how to make my own caramel from scratch.

I love making it. :P

Patch said:
When I studied to be a chef a few years ago, I learned how to make my own caramel from scratch.

I love making it. :P

Yep, and if you invest a bit in some nice finishing salts, you can make those fancy salted caramels for a few cents a piece instead of a few dollars a piece that the candy shops tend to charge for them.

Hammie said:
Caramel 101

I just tried it and I failed really really badly

TheHuskyK9 said:
I just tried it and I failed really really badly

Oh god, you poor thing.
Please tell me you at least didn't spill the hot syrup on yourself?
I assume you didn't have a candy thermometer, that's the best way to do it, go very slow, with low temperature on your stove and turn it up a bit at a time until you hit the temperature range you need.
You can stir it until it's all dissolved, but after that you don't stir until you're at temperature, then you add other ingredients if you intend to.
You should use a wooden utensil for stirring, or plastic if it's rated for higher temperatures(silicone is usually good), never metal.

It takes patience, and practice, I burned a whole lot of sugar before I ever got it right.
Oh, and never use non-stick.
It might seem like a good idea since sugar is sticky, but you can end up with bits of Teflon in your caramel.

The good news, a cup of sugar costs very little, so it's a cheap mess up :)

Edit: a tablespoon of a fructose based syrup(corn syrup, agave nectar etc.) will help prevent crystals from forming since the different sugars don't crystallize well together.

Patch said:
When I studied to be a chef a few years ago, I learned how to make my own caramel from scratch.

I love making it. :P

You. Me. My home. Tomorrow night. :V

Hammie said:
Please tell me you at least didn't spill the hot syrup on yourself?

.....you know everything

Hammie said:
I assume you didn't have a candy thermometer

Where can I get that?

Hammie said:
that's the best way to do it, go very slow, with low temperature on your stove and turn it up a bit at a time until you hit the temperature range you need.
You can stir it until it's all dissolved, but after that you don't stir until you're at temperature, then you add other ingredients if you intend to.
You should use a wooden utensil for stirring, or plastic if it's rated for higher temperatures(silicone is usually good), never metal.

It takes patience, and practice, I burned a whole lot of sugar before I ever got it right.
Oh, and never use non-stick.
It might seem like a good idea since sugar is sticky, but you can end up with bits of Teflon in your caramel.

The good news, a cup of sugar costs very little, so it's a cheap mess up :)

Edit: a tablespoon of a fructose based syrup(corn syrup, agave nectar etc.) will help prevent crystals from forming since the different sugars don't crystallize well together.

I did the opposite/I do not have those that's in bold

TheHuskyK9 said:
.....you know everything

It's a common mishap with candy making, and a really painful one.
Sticks and burns like lava, so painful.

TheHuskyK9 said:
Where can I get that?

Kmart, Walmart, Target, pretty much any store with kitchen supplies.
Cheap ones will only run you around $3-5, if you want to get really fancy you can get a no touch infrared thermometer, cost you anywhere from $30 to $700+ for super fancy ones.
Can find em online easy enough, but the cheap basic model works just fine, and usually has marking on it for the various candy making stages.

TheHuskyK9 said:
I did the opposite/I do not have those that's in bold

It's definitely something that takes practice, but it so worth it.
Once you get the hang of it, and have the right tools it's quick and easy.
Nothing beats a nice batch of scratch made caramel, tastes much better than anything store bought.

Great on ice cream, can make homemade brittle, caramel apples made from scratch in the fall, little hand made chewy candies for your friends/family.
All just made from sugar and proper application of heat :)

TheHuskyK9 said:
What's your favorite candy

lesbians

Xch3l said:
You. Me. My home. Tomorrow night. :V

Only if you pay for the plane ticket to where ever you live, mate. :P

Munkelzahn said:
lesbians

Winner XD

Patch said:
Only if you pay for the plane ticket to where ever you live, mate. :P

You could skype a caramel making class.
Assuming you have a webcam that is.

Hammie said:
Oh, and never use non-stick.
It might seem like a good idea since sugar is sticky, but you can end up with bits of Teflon in your caramel.

What is your non-stick Pan made out of? My pan goes up to ~300°C/572°F before something happens to the coating. A proper coating should also easily withstand anything below ceramic knives and steel.
I could have also bought one that can withstand temperatures till 400°C but to reach that temperature I would need to burn down my kitchen before it gets even close.
But this does sound interesting, may have to invest in a cooking thermometer.

Oh, Nutella is best candy. Right up there with belgian chocolate and marzipan.

Hammie said:
You could skype a caramel making class.
Assuming you have a webcam that is.

I prefer to keep my identity private :P

Patch said:
I prefer to keep my identity private :P

You could wear a catgirl mask

Patch said:
I prefer to keep my identity private :P

You can be like this guy while doing it

There used to be this sort of dessert ball thing when I was in school, had the consistency of extremely thick peanut butter, but it was sort of a chocolate flavor, with raisins and peanuts mixed in. I haven't had it in over 15 years, but I sure do miss those. Still no idea what was in them, or what they were called.

Reisin, used to be skittles

How is it possible that nobody mentioned Maltesers?

Gilda_The_Gryphon said:
How is it possible that nobody mentioned Maltesers?

We just call those malted milk balls here in the US. And they're gross, that's why no one has mentioned them yet.

Rocket_Corgi said:
We just call those malted milk balls here in the US. And they're gross, that's why no one has mentioned them yet.

I bet they're great for getting that cummy taste out of your mouth :p

Munkelzahn said:
I bet they're great for getting that cummy taste out of your mouth :p

Must be why Gilda likes em' so much!

Chocolatised apricots. Those are soo good.

And lion, that candy bar.

But im generally open for any kind of candy, of course :3

What's that candy that looks like golden pieces of obsidian? It's basically pure sugar, sort of a firm styrofoam texture, really sticks in your teeth.

payday
redvines
twizzlers
cottoncandy
jollyrancher chews

Rocket_Corgi said:
What's that candy that looks like golden pieces of obsidian? It's basically pure sugar, sort of a firm styrofoam texture, really sticks in your teeth.

oh oh...bits of honey

Esme_Belles said:
oh oh...bits of honey

No, they're not soft like that, they look hard and sharp, and you have to actually work at them to get a bite off. It's definitely a crystallized form of sugar of some type.

And no, it's not candy pebbles or rock candy. It almost has the consistency of that green Oasis foam that people stick flowers into, but harder.

Esme_Belles said:
payday
redvines
twizzlers
jollyrancher chews

YES

It's not my favorite but It makes me Nostalgic.
http://www.therockatbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/tumblr_mddq4sddL81rrhg9uo1_500.jpeg
My Favorite Fruit flavored candy is Jolly Ranchers (Any)
My Favorite Chocolate will forever be KitKats
I also make my own Rice Crispy bars with Peanut Butter...
Not Necessarily candy but I would make myself sick eating too much of It when I was younger.

Those ninja turtles gummie things they stopped making in the early 90's.

I fucking loved these things called jungle chews they used to have when I was a kid.

Oh my god I used to buy so many of them. Can't find them now. :<

Warheads
Sour patch kids
Salt water taffy
Sour gumballs
Fucking ring pops

Has anyone ever tried one of those little gummy burgers or hotdogs?

TheHuskyK9 said:
Has anyone ever tried one of those little gummy burgers or hotdogs?

Yes, not a fan, and I like gummies.

TheHuskyK9 said:
Has anyone ever tried one of those little gummy burgers or hotdogs?

Yeah, they're nasty. They don't taste much like gummy at all.

Patch said:
I fucking loved these things called jungle chews they used to have when I was a kid.

Oh my god I used to buy so many of them. Can't find them now. :<

http://www.advantageservice.net/jungle_jollies.htm

Those?

Any chocolate,especially white chocolate.

Caramel wafers,skittles and various others.I'm not too picky when it comes to sweets.

Patch said:
Only if you pay for the plane ticket to where ever you live, mate. :P

How much does a plane ticket to Omicron-Persei 8 cost?

TheHuskyK9 said:
Has anyone ever tried one of those little gummy burgers or hotdogs?

I did. They weren't bad or good, they were… sort of… um… badood.

Rocket_Corgi said:

http://www.advantageservice.net/jungle_jollies.htm

Those?

Nope. They were called Jungle Chews. They were flat things

Xch3l said:
How much does a plane ticket to Omicron-Persei 8 cost?

2expensive4u

Sour/acid candies, wafers, and Hershey chocolate. I do normally prefer other kinds of snacks, but these ones are okay.

See, I can't eat milk chocolate, Hershey's especially. One Kiss will give me debilitation heartburn for hours. :/

Proper dark chocolate is fine, though.

Since this is related to the thread, believe it or not when I was younger, I hold a dental record for 13 cavities in one visit from eating so much candy. I still hold it to this day 

When I was younger I saw some sort of dentures made out of hard candy that looked like Jolly Ranchers. I never regret not trying them out...

anyone mentioned these already?

Smarties
M&Ms
Raider

Rocket_Corgi said:
No, they're not soft like that, they look hard and sharp, and you have to actually work at them to get a bite off. It's definitely a crystallized form of sugar of some type.

Sugar Daddies....or Sugar Babies depending on the size, pretty sure...

Anything with peanuts. Like this and this. Oh this and these too! n_n

Basically anything.

Xch3l said:
Anything with peanuts. Like this and this. Oh this and these too! n_n

Basically anything.

Churros is a candy?

TheHuskyK9 said:
Churros is a candy?

Not that I know. But since it has sugar I thought it had a teeny weeny space around candy

Eh, other non-candies have already been mentioned.
I'll give you a "close enough" pass.

Hammie said:
Eh, other non-candies have already been mentioned.
I'll give you a "close enough" pass.

I passed the test!

TheHuskyK9 said:
I passed the test!

Yay! Me too! We're graduating baby! We're gonna meet sum sweet chicks and have beer too! ^o^

Moon_Moon said:
Sugar Daddies....or Sugar Babies depending on the size, pretty sure...

Nope, those are soft. These are hard, like brown shards of obsidian. Literally looks like large hunks of rocks.

I like Pepsi

Peekaboo said:
Me too. Far better than Coca Cola in my opinion, Coke got too much carbon dioxide in it, so it's hard to chug without having to stop and burp every few seconds, lol.

Trufax:I drank 2L bottles of Coke every day for years, until I finally smartened up.

Peekaboo said:
Me too. Far better than Coca Cola in my opinion, Coke got too much carbon dioxide in it, so it's hard to chug without having to stop and burp every few seconds, lol.

Fritz Kola ftw. Double the amount of caffeine with half the amount of carbon dioxide and not as sweet as either. Alas, you shouldn't drink it like water, which is sad because it tastes awesome.

I don't drink any soft drink due to my anxiety issues. No caffeine for me.

I stick to drinking herbal teas which I make myself or just plain water.

Never thought I'd see an admin derail a thread...........Sparkletts water or hot chocolate. I rarely drink sodas

Orange juice, hot chocolate or tea... don't like sodas.

I will drink Sprite when I eat at a sit down restaurant.
Dr. Pepper when I get Burger king, Mountain Dew when I get Taco Bell, or order Pizza.
When I am driving farther than a 1 hour trip or so, I'll get a coffee(usually iced) or energy drink(usually Monster Rehab).
Aside from that, I mostly drink water, milk, and iced or hot tea.