Cow Tales are a candy made by Goetze. They are long, thin rolls of caramel filled with a vanilla cream. The caramel is chewy, but neither as sticky or sweet as you might expect caramel to be, while the cream is a bit pasty, rather like frosting, and dissolves instantly in your mouth. The combination of the two textures is really delicious, not to mention addictive.
Cow Tales, though they seem a bit old-fashioned, were actually first introduced in 1992. According to the company, the name comes from the fact that the candy "was intended to be fun and exciting to eat" - a statement that actually explains nothing about why they're called "cow tales" instead of "cow tails." One of the great mysteries, it seems...
They're a little hard to find in stores these days, but are readily available online, as are two newer flavors: strawberry and chocolate.
You can check out some other reviews of Cow Tales at CandyBlog and Taquitos, where they did Original and Strawberry.

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7-07-2006 @4:51PM Stephanie said... Oh, my gawd; I love those things! I'm slightly addicted to them, which is why I refuse to buy them.
They just don't last long!
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7-07-2006 @5:57PM Jen said... I got 3/4 of the way through eating one when I happened to glance at the ingredient list. They are full of wheat flour, which I am allergic to. I've never seen that in a caramel before, and it's too bad, because these are really good.
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