Does GenX have a favorite candy bar?

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realityguy1@reddit

No thanks. I don’t like every crack and crevice in my mouth jammed with rock hard caramel. I thought I liked them back in the day until I realized I didn’t.

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RobotArtichoke@reddit

Favorite by far, but broke a tooth on one 15 years ago and haven’t had one since.

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therealstory28@reddit

Severely underrated candy bar. Blows away a heath bar.

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violet_pike@reddit

Oh my gosh! I read the question and my first thought was Skor. Was my high school lunch… Skor and a Pepsi

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RandomNumberHere@reddit

Hell yeah fuck yeah. Skor is the shit.

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Significant_Ruin4870@reddit

I miss the penny candy like Squirrel Nut Zippers, Black Cow's, Mary Jane's, some kind of coconut caramel sticks. And Ice Cubes.

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RSVPno@reddit (OP)

Do you live near a "Five Below"? They have a lot of those favorites.

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RevolutionarySea7119@reddit

Hundred thousand. I never got over them shortening the name

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twstdbydsn@reddit

I kinda forgot all about the name change until you said it.

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This was my #1. I used to eat them all the time. Had one about a year ago as an impulse buy at a grocery store on a road trip and it was not as good as I remember. It felt much flatter than I remember.

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lancerreddit@reddit

This is our secret delight

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thrownblown@reddit

Thingamabob, gobbledygook, chocolatey chocolate....

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Sea-Management-303@reddit

Came here to say THAT 😁Thanks. Totally marketed for US.

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DangerKitty555@reddit

Also love those, LIKE A LOT! 🥶

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satyrday12@reddit

You forgot the name?

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Stay_At_Home_Cat_Dad@reddit

This has been my favorite since I was a kid.

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-Hot-Toddy-@reddit

Man I love Twix. Crunch Bar was always a favorite too. Ha! Hersey's Special Dark was a nice gateway into really good dark chocolate :)

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Wise_Serve_5846@reddit

Marathon

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Impossible_Way763@reddit

No love for the Butterfinger?

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ofcourseIwantpickles@reddit

Butterfinger Blizzard was the bomb

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Britpop_Shoegazer@reddit

Snickers. I used to eat them for breakfast.

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dbrmn73@reddit

Reeses, Kit-Kat, Twix, and the $100,000 Bar

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RevolutionarySea7119@reddit

Thank you for calling it hundred thousand. I never got over them shortening the name

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Lorelai_72@reddit

Favorite? No. But our dad gave us Eatmores to shut us up during drives in the country..

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RevolutionarySea7119@reddit

I have mini chik o stick individually wrapped ones in my pantry right now. I got them at Halloween but not for the kids. 🤣

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Plane-Fan9006@reddit

Chick-o-stik, yes. I think some is still in my back tooth forty some-odd years later. Ya lost me on Zeros as I seem to only like white chocolate in cookies.

I'll be the guy happy to trade for everyone's Payday and Almond Joys.....yall can have my 3 Musketeers and Milky Ways....

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Parking-Power-1311@reddit

Special Crisp..... it's a Watchamacallit now

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kjbrandon75@reddit

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kjbrandon75@reddit

Aka big hunk

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Str8_Circle@reddit

Bonkers

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throw123454321purple@reddit

Reggie Bar

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bystephaniew@reddit

The Reggie Bar! I miss those.

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ApplianceHealer@reddit

I wish Hershey’s made a non-miniature Special Dark bar. Love the dark chocolate, but the label says “this tastes like cigarette smoke in the 70s”

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NoGood2154@reddit

all.. never met a candy bar I didn't like..

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RSVPno@reddit (OP)

Even . . . . the Almond "Joy"?

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NoGood2154@reddit

"sometimes I feel like a nut, sometimes I don't"

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ApplianceHealer@reddit

Never liked coconut as a kid, so I’d always get irrationally upset at those commercials. It’s a false choice! 😛

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xiphoid77@reddit

Not sure how many know of these outside of Philly area or Wawa locations - but Goldenberg Peanut Chews are the best candy bar in existence...dark chocolate over milk, but both excellent!!

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ApplianceHealer@reddit

Developed as a ration for WW1 soldiers. Delicious!

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userdork@reddit

The dark ones are so much better than the milk ones. I'm an hour from philly and they sell them all over the place. I'm pretty sure the dreaded Sheetz sells them all.

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FarkMonkey@reddit

Zagnut.

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baconography@reddit

Why did I have to scroll this far down for this?

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Dirty_Wookie1971@reddit

No love for the Mars Bar?

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viewering@reddit

beyatch ! 🙋🏻‍♀️

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gauriemma@reddit

Frozen Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.

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Dry-Praline-3043@reddit

They served these at my childhood pool, and I can remember the taste mixed with the chlorine from my little fingers. Delicious.

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WATAMURA@reddit

Did ya know... Many of these old treats are still available.

Google: "Amazon Nostalgic Candy Bars"

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ethan__l2@reddit

Chik-O-Stik isn't really a candy bar. It kind of belongs more with the Ferrara Pan products, the candy necklaces and the other cheap/weird candy.

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PGHNeil@reddit

Baby Ruth. It's always fun in the pool.

Second vote is Reese's Pieces because of E.T.

I've always been partial to Chunky bars with raisins though. Anything Reese's is also a win.

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RSVPno@reddit (OP)

Caddies welcome 1:00pm - 1:15pm.

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Boxofbikeparts@reddit

Powerhouse

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Ihadsumthin4this@reddit

I lament that I had to scroll this far to find this.

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JJQuantum@reddit

Milky Way Midnight all day long.

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Ihadsumthin4this@reddit

⬆️💯💥

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Business_Crew8295@reddit

Not anymore, they have changed so much since the 80's.

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Ihadsumthin4this@reddit

As tragic as it is true.

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Fiver43@reddit

Reese’s Take 5

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Ihadsumthin4this@reddit

For the occasion...🎶 Al Jarreau's "Take Five" 🎶

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satyrday12@reddit

Correct.

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xenxray@reddit

Big Cherry

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mountain-guy@reddit

Coffee Crisp

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mountain-guy@reddit

Coffee Crisp

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bmadccp12@reddit

Whatchamacallit

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GenXella@reddit

Bar None

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AlternativeSad9178@reddit

The iPhone candy bar

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RoutineSea4564@reddit

Milka bars the sheeeot

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deebay2150@reddit

Agree, Skor is yummy. Also like Big Hunk, Chocolite.(thicker Nestle Crunch)

Choco-lite always reminded me of Logan’s Run. After the Sandmen killed a runner, a clean-up crew came in and sprayed them with something that turned them into…Choco-lite. Yummy!

“Choco-lite is people.” Doesn’t have the same ring to it, but I like it.

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descendingagainredux@reddit

Fifth Avenue bar

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Mysterious_Main_5391@reddit

Charleston Chew. Best ever. This is a hill I will die on.

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jefx2007@reddit

Milky Way

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lawstandaloan@reddit

The Marathon Bar

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Dirty_Wookie1971@reddit

The Curly Wurly is the European equivalent to the Marathon Bar. Bought a few from Amazon and enjoyed them.

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DavidDarvin@reddit

Damn straight! (Or is it Damn curly!?)

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modest_irish_goddess@reddit

This is the correct answer. ❤️❤️❤️

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BastardofMadison@reddit

Thanks- I’ve gained 5 lbs and need to pop a Metformin after reading these replies.

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Sitting_pipe@reddit

CHik o stik or butterfinger and Skor

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UniTasker78@reddit

Chunky

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Pdx_Obviously@reddit

Choco Lite. Loved them holes.

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try-catch-finally@reddit

Sometimes you feel like a nut.

… sometimes you don’t

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therian_cardia@reddit

Well, the Watchamacallit commercial was my favorite candy bar commercial.

But partly because the female singer sounded identical to the "girl next door" (literally) that was about 3 years older than me and astonishingly gorgeous. Was absolutely my first real crush.

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TerpBE@reddit

Marathon

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Easy-Gate5229@reddit

This is it! The one!

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Whipstich-Pepperpot@reddit

I had a thing for candy with BAR in the name... Summit Cookie Bar. Marathon Bar. Reggie Bar. Sky Bar.

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WhisperingSideways@reddit

Here comes a bunch of things we Canadians only ever heard of but never experienced!

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moxievernors@reddit

At least we have Coffee Crisp and real Smarties on our side.

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sa123xxx@reddit

I discovered Coffee Crisp on a trip to Toronto a few years ago and loaded up on the way home. I’ve ordered from Amazon a couple times.

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Maleficent-Aside-171@reddit

You guys have real smarties?

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Fantastic_Mouse5140@reddit

In Canada, it's Caramilk.

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evilJaze@reddit

No, sorry. It's Coffee Crisp.

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Fantastic_Mouse5140@reddit

Only when I want a light snack

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DavidDarvin@reddit

Still a banger

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ndgirl524@reddit

The OG peanut butter Twix. A curse on them for changing it.

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monstermack1977@reddit

and a further curse for them taking it away completely!

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Fancy_Average5440@reddit

It was SO good! Have you tried Take 5? Not GenX, but yummy 🤤

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ndgirl524@reddit

Happy to share my powerpoint on exactly how the chocolate cookie version was subpar in every imaginable way.

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DangerKitty555@reddit

Nope, no PB in ma Twix, that’s a no-no 🤠

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sattersnaps@reddit

Skor bar was/is my go-to candy.

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Fancy_Average5440@reddit

Hershey's Miniatures?

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Edward_the_Dog@reddit

Charleston Chew!

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zuziep@reddit

Frozen!

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KillerSwiller@reddit

I don't know about anyone else, but I loved Whatchamcallits

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Fredness101@reddit

Whatchamacallit

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shawncollins512@reddit

This Gen Xer is all about the Zero bar.

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DeezSaltyNuts69@reddit

Kit-Kat

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DangerKitty555@reddit

Ohhhhh I love Kit-Kats too, especially the dark chocolate ones! Very very hard to find tho…

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imadork1970@reddit

Wonderbar, Mint Aero, Mr. Big, Malted Milk, Milky-Way, Crispy Crunch

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Stairs-So-Flimsy@reddit

I always liked Whatchamacallit.

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DangerKitty555@reddit

I used to really enjoy 3 Musketeers but honestly just nougat and chocolate is kinda boring 😊 Twix Ghosts tho make me STUPID HAPPY!

I’m alllll about that cookie layer ✨☮️💕✨

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userdork@reddit

My GF loves Zero bars, I like SkyBar candy bars when I can find them.

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HorrorhoundHippy73@reddit

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

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DirkDundenburg@reddit

Canadian KitKat. The American one doesn’t have as good chocolate.

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CynfullyDelicious@reddit

Twix bars and Cadbury Eggs - the latter of which I tried a few years back and ended up spitting out…. How in blue fuck could I have ever thought that nasty-ass sugary filling tasted good?!

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