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Candy Bar ID Quiz

Sometimes you feel like a candy bar nut. Sometimes you don't. Can you ID these popular (and some not so popular) candy bars by looking at a cross section?

Candy Bar ID Trivia

Name this candy bar.

  • Snickers
  • Baby Ruth
  • Take 5
  • Fast Break

Name this candy bar.

  • Milky Way
  • Toblerone
  • 5th Avenue
  • Three Musketeers

Name this candy bar.

  • Mounds
  • Charleston Chew
  • Aero
  • Peppermint Patty

Name this candy bar.

  • Skor
  • Heath
  • Caramello
  • Fast Break

Name this candy bar.

  • Twix
  • Chunky
  • Mars
  • Rolo

Name this candy bar.

  • Zagnut
  • Oh Henry
  • PayDay
  • Snickers

Name this candy bar.

  • Take 5
  • 5th Avenue
  • 100 Grand
  • Butterfinger

Name this candy bar.

  • Mars
  • PayDay
  • Almond Joy
  • Snickers

Name this candy bar.

  • Whatchamacallit
  • 100 Grand
  • Nestle's Crunch
  • Reese's Whipps

Name this candy bar.

  • Twix
  • Caramello
  • Kit Kat
  • Chunky

Name this candy bar.

  • Charleston Chew
  • Mallo Cup
  • Peppermint Patty
  • Toblerone

Name this candy bar.

  • PayDay
  • Twix
  • 100 Grand
  • Zagnut

Name this candy bar.

  • Skor
  • Butterfinger
  • Caramello
  • Bit O' Honey

Name this candy bar.

  • Mr. Goodbar
  • Clark
  • Krackel
  • Nestle's Crunch

Name this candy bar.

  • NutRageous
  • Take 5
  • Mars
  • Zero

Name this candy bar.

  • After Eight
  • Goo Goo Cluster
  • Cadbury Fruit And Nut
  • Chunky

Name this candy bar.

  • Butterfinger
  • Reese's Whipps
  • Cow Tales
  • Clark

Name this candy bar.

  • Mars
  • Twix
  • Marathon
  • Milky Way

Name this candy bar.

  • Almond Joy
  • NutRageous
  • Zagnut
  • Fast Break

Name this candy bar.

  • Goo Goo Cluster
  • Sugar Daddy
  • PayDay
  • Peanut Chew

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Down in the mouth: Hershey, Nestle, and the quest for fake chocolate

I might not be the best person to talk about chocolate. Growing up, my favorite candies were generally the tart, fake-fruit flavored ones, like Smarties, Sweet Tarts, Lemonheads, Runts, and certain Jolly Rancher flavors. However, even in the midst of my deepest obsession with the sour side of the candy chain, I still had a special place in my heart for a few chocolate treats. Reese's cups, Caramello, and Chunky bars have always held a strange power over me and I've never been able to walk past a bowl full of M&Ms without grabbing a handful. After I got married, my wife dragged me over to the dark side, and I discovered the wonders of dark chocolate, particularly when paired with red wine. Even now, though, I will sometimes indulge my deep appreciation of plebian chocolate treats, especially when my wife isn't looking.

Recently, though, I came across an article that makes me a little worried about the future of my favorite mass-market chocolate goodies. Some candy companies, including Hershey's and Nestle, are substituting cheap vegetable oils for cocoa butter in their chocolate bars. While this saves a lot of money, it also reduces the creaminess and flavor of the chocolate; some consumers have described the new products as tasting "waxy and artificial."

On the bright side, the FDA has ruled that products which do not contain cocoa butter cannot refer to themselves as chocolate. Consequently, many former "chocolate bars" now boast that they are "made with chocolate," are "chocolate candy," or have "chocolate coating." Most of the major candy companies have unsuccessfully fought this, while smaller manufacturers are desperately supporting the labeling restrictions.

While Nestle and Hershey's try to decide if they're willing to spend a few more pennies to ensure a top-quality chocolate experience, you might want to take a long, hard look at your candy bar. After all, if you're willing to splurge on calories and cash, shouldn't you get the best possible chocolate experience?

The hall of retired candy bars

I stumbled across a list of candy bars that had their heyday well before the 1950s and have since been sent to the great vending machine in the sky. I can think of several sweets from today that should be sent to candy bar heaven, most notably the noxious Yorkie Blue Ice.

But let's delve back into the past and take a look at some candy bars of yore. At right is none other than the Chicken Dinner. In case you're wondering it was not intended to taste like roast chicken. The imagery was designed to convey the fact that the bar provided wholesome nourishment. Why Sperry Candy Co. never created a meat and potatoes bar is anybody's guess.

One candy bar that was invented with health benefits in mind is the Vegetable Sandwich. Unlike the Chicken Dinner, this baby must have tasted exactly like its name. Created in the 1920s, this healthful snack contained cabbage, celery, peppers, and tomatoes.

Nobody can accuse the makers of the Fat Emma of trying to promote healthful snacking. I'll forgive Pendergast Candy Co. for the politically incorrect name since it invented this treat in the 1920s. Pendergast originally intended to name it Emma, but when the bar wound up being twice as thick the name was changed.

There are several other bizarre bars on the list, including two named after strippers: the Sal-Le-Dande (Sally Rand) and the Gypsy (Gypsy Rose Lee). My favorite, however, is the Seven Up Candy Bar. This powerhouse takes its name from having seven connected pieces each with seven different centers. The fillings were cherry, coconut, caramel, fudge, jelly, maple and Brazil nut. Keep in mind, this thing predates Take 5 by more than 70 years. You can thank 7-Up Bottling Co. for this bar's demise. It bought the bar and retired it, so they'd have exclusive rights to their name, no matter the spelling.

Limited editions you don't want to see...

I always keep an eye out for new and limited edition candies when I'm at the store. The candy companies love putting them out and, frankly, most of us know what the originals taste like. It's interesting to compare old and new to see what works and what doesn't. But even I will admit that things are getting a little out of hand when you can venture into what was once the candy aisle and see that not only has it been replaced entirely with different kinds of limited edition Hershey's Kisses, but that it has been expanded to cover four aisles, making room for all the other new varieties of old candies.

How far can manufacturers and retailers go with this trend? Cotton and Sand , getting more than a little annoyed with the overload of not-so-special releases, came up with some as-yet-unrealized (thankfully!) candy bar concepts that poke fun at the overwhelming selection candy consumers now face. Kit Kat Malt Liquor sounds like the best of the bunch, but I think I'll pass on Vegetable Skittles, Seafood Gumbo Reeses Peanut Butter Cups and Snickers Bacon Bars.

Tip of the Day

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