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But when I'm feeling especially decadent and craving something salty and sweet I forgo candy bars. Instead, I whip up some chocolate bruschetta. Simply cut small pieces of bread as you would for bruschetta; top each with a small chunk of good dark chocolate; and toast until the chocolate melts, but hasn't lost its shape. Take them out, and finish each with a sprinkle of fleur de sel. In case anyone's wondering, I've yet to try chocolate-covered potato chips, but they're on my short list.
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10-24-2006 @7:03PM lee said... I agree with you about the salty/sweet. Big Island Candies in Hawaii makes these chocolate bars that have crushed potato chips and macadamia nuts in them. Scrumptious!
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10-24-2006 @7:59PM David Schloss said... It was an epihony for me when I realized that a payday is the same as the center of a Baby Ruth, which happens to be my fave. candy ever.
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10-25-2006 @12:31AM bdw said... Out west a company called Pearsons makes a Salted Nut Roll with nougat instead of caramel. I miss them terribly.
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10-25-2006 @9:18AM dlz said... i, too, had the aversion to payday as a kid, which was odd for me because i would take jumbo slickers bars and whittle off the chocolate just to eat the insides (similar, but not). i think it's because i perceived it as an adult candy. after all, what do kids know about a payday in the real world? adults get paid, they celebrate with an adult candy bar, or so i reasoned.
sometimes it really does come down to marketing.
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10-25-2006 @11:14AM Meg said... I personally suggest chocolate covered potato chips as a sweet/salty snack. Thet are my favorite indulgence. I also have a tendancy to dip potato chips into a jar of nutella.
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10-25-2006 @11:40AM Villarreal said... Pulparindo! I know them, they are quite popular here in Monterrey. I used to eat them regularly as a kid but now it takes a while before I start to lurk for one of them in the stores.
Similiar but not equal, is the Indy, which is more acid and it makes you fell that sensation inside your mouth that irremediably provokes you to do gestures and funny faces usually done when you eat an acid chile based candy.
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10-25-2006 @1:52PM Stefan said... For candy bars, try a "Take 5". Chocolate, caramel, peanut butter, and some salty pretzels thrown into the mix.
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