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The Candy Bar - The Hungry Bride

by Sarah De Heer, Posted Sep 17th 2009 @ 4:00PM

blue and white themed candy bar at a wedding

A Blue- and-White-Themed Candy Bar. Photo: Sarah De Heer.

With 23 days to go until Jon and I say "I do," we're still debating our favors. While we have narrowed it down, I've decided to offer an array of items instead of just one. In the meantime, Jon and I have attended two very special weddings (Jon's good friends from high school and college), and both offered candy bars on top of handing out favors.

Both sweet tables were decked out with some of the best and most color-coordinated treats. The first wedding focused on a blue-and-white theme (colors of the wedding) with sweets such as malt balls, chocolate-covered pretzels, nonpareils and shark gummies.

The second wedding offered more nostalgic options such as Dots (my favorite), gummies, rock candy and what seemed to be a total hit with the crowd -- Ring Pops! Sitting back on a couch during the afterparty, I was tickled to see our friends walking around in their Sunday best with Ring Pops on their hands.

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Candy Bar ID Quiz

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by Slashfood Editor, Posted Sep 1st 2009 @ 4:56PM

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

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Twix
Chunky
Mars
Rolo

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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

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Whatchamacallit
100 Grand
Nestle's Crunch
Reese's Whipps

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Twix
Caramello
Kit Kat
Chunky

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Charleston Chew
Mallo Cup
Peppermint Patty
Toblerone

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PayDay
Twix
100 Grand
Zagnut

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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

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Mars
Twix
Marathon
Milky Way

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Almond Joy
NutRageous
Zagnut
Fast Break

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Goo Goo Cluster
Sugar Daddy
PayDay
Peanut Chew

See all our fun food quizzes and share your score in the comments below.

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Candy Bar Trivia

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by Slashfood Editor, Posted Sep 1st 2009 @ 4:18PM

Candy bars have a rich history in American culture. Nestle candy has been around for a hundred years and many candy bars have historical significance. So take our candy bar quiz on candy trivia and fun candy facts on Slashfood.

Candy Bar Trivia

This candy bar was named after the family horse:

Snickers
Milky Way
Butterfinger
Fast Break

When introduced in 1932, 3 Musketeers had three pieces of candy in one package, each with separate flavors. These three flavors were:

Vanilla, chocolate and strawberry
Chocolate, malt and toffee
Vanilla, chocolate and peanut
Strawberry, vanilla and nougat

Until 1990, the Snickers bar was sold under which name in England and Ireland?

Snickers
Fast Break
Crunchie
Marathon

In what year was the original Hershey's milk chocolate bar introduced?

1890
1900
1917
1932

For whom is the Baby Ruth candy bar named?

Babe Ruth
Ruth Cleveland
Ruth Chris
Ruth Davis

Which has chocolate, raisins and peanuts in a four-square bar?

Reggie candy bar
Chunky Bar
Nutty Raisin Bar
Baby Ruth

What was the Twix candy bar known as in several European countries before the name was standardized in 1991?

Curly Wurly
Raider
Cookie Crunch
Aero Caramel

Which of the following candy bars is no longer in production in the U.S.?

100 Grand Bars
Breakaway
Mallo Cup
Mars Bar

Who invented the candy bar?

Milton S. Hershey
Joseph Fry
Henri Nestle
John Cadbury

How much did the standard size Hershey Milk Chocolate Bar sell for in 1900?

$1.00
75 cents
5 cents
A Penny

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Russian woman finds wedding ring in candy bar

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by Joe DiStefano, Posted Aug 9th 2006 @ 5:00PM

An elderly Russian woman almost lost a tooth when she bit into her favorite candy bar last week. But it wasn't an errant bit of walnut shell that she found inside the chocolate-coated treat, it was a diamond wedding ring.

At first Elena Otpushchennikova thought she had won a prize from the local candy factory. After finding out that no such contest existed she decided to track down the owner of the gold ring. She quickly concluded that the ring must have slipped off someone's finger while the candy was being made. Rather than publicly announce that she found it she went to the factory to find the owner.

Soon after learning that one of the women there was a newlywed she was giving the ring back to Tatiana. It seems that Tatiana, who'd been married for only two weeks, brought the ring to work to show off to her co-workers. For some reason the whole incident sounds like fodder for a Russian version of I Love Lucy.

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Limited edition candies: hot or not?

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by Nicole Weston, Posted Jul 10th 2006 @ 9:01AM

The limited edition Kit Kats released in the UK resulted in consumer overstimulation and, in the US, too, consumers are seeing more and more limited editions on the shelves. Some of them seem to be only limited in their packaging, not the actual product.

Candybloggers Cybele, from CandyBlog, and Brian, from Candy Addict, were interviewed in a piece in the New York Times magazine that asked "what is the point of these releases?" The companies don't seem like they're asking consumers if they want to see them as part of the "regular" line-up, but there are so many limited edition candies on store shelves that they don't seem all that special anymore.

Personally, I don't mind seeing a new product every time I go into the store, but it can be annoying if a new favorite is never seen again after only a short run. There is no way for us, the consumers, to tell if this trend will continue or not - but do we want it to?

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Candy Bar Trivia

Candy Bar Trivia

This candy bar was named after the family horse:

When introduced in 1932, 3 Musketeers had three pieces of candy in one package, each with separate flavors. These three flavors were:

Until 1990, the Snickers bar was sold under which name in England and Ireland?

In what year was the original Hershey's milk chocolate bar introduced?

For whom is the Baby Ruth candy bar named?

Which has chocolate, raisins and peanuts in a four-square bar?

What was the Twix candy bar known as in several European countries before the name was standardized in 1991?

Which of the following candy bars is no longer in production in the U.S.?

Who invented the candy bar?

How much did the standard size Hershey Milk Chocolate Bar sell for in 1900?

Russian woman finds wedding ring in candy bar

Limited edition candies: hot or not?

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