Dear Snickers:

[nick1985]

Dear Snickers:

Thanks for shrinking the "fun size" Snickers bars down to the size of a rabbit turd, you greedy fucks.

Fuck you,
nick1985

 

[Kirby]

Dear Snickers:

Thanks for shrinking the "fun size" Snickers bars down to the size of a rabbit turd, you greedy fucks.

Fuck you,
nick1985

How the fuck is less candy bar more fun?

 

[nick1985]

How the fuck is less candy bar more fun?

Exactly.

 

[InflatableBuddha]

Twix still kicks ass.

But all candy bars pale in comparison to real chocolate (e.g. Rogers or Daniel in Vancouver).

 

[bruceb]

Agree, Butterfingers, KitKat, Almond Joy are at the top of my list.

 

[TheTony]

Most of the industry has been moving to using to vegetable oil instead of cocoa butter, much to the dismay of chocolate fans, so this would explain why a lot of candy may not have the same taste.

However, Mars was initially resisting this transition, so I'm not sure why Snickers would taste much different. That said, I agree - Reese's (one of my old faves) just doesn't taste very good anymore. Oh well.

 

[Kadarin]

"Made in china"

??

I have to admit, that was my first thought.

 

[LTC8K6]

Dear Snickers:

Thanks for shrinking the "fun size" Snickers bars down to the size of a rabbit turd, you greedy fucks.

Fuck you,
nick1985

I think you have miniature and fun size confused.

 

[nageov3t]

candy tastes awesome, but the fun-size mars/hersheys/etc candy tastes like crap. go to a chocolatier and get something and you're like punched in the mouth with flavor.

lindt truffles? frigging awesome.
bite-size snickers? fuck that.

taste buds tend to get more sophisticated as we get older and more experienced?

I was watching Cook's Illustrated on tivo last night. they were recreating a recipe that originally existed as a Betty Crocker mix. there was a good discussion about how the mixes we love as kids taste flat as adults because we're looking for a richer flavor experience.

 

[TheTony]

taste buds tend to get more sophisticated as we get older and more experienced?

I was watching Cook's Illustrated on tivo last night. they were recreating a recipe that originally existed as a Betty Crocker mix. there was a good discussion about how the mixes we love as kids taste flat as adults because we're looking for a richer flavor experience.

That's only partly true - many makers have switched to different (read:cheaper) ingredients to save money.

Not that mass-produced stuff would match the smaller or more discriminating makers anyway, but it's still true that things have changed.

 

[tRaptor]

I vote for apples. Much tastier.

 

[nageov3t]

That's only partly true - many makers have switched to different (read:cheaper) ingredients to save money.

idk, I'd question how much of that is just in people's heads (like the blind taste tests of sugar v HFCS where people couldn't tell the difference)

 

[TheTony]

idk, I'd question how much of that is just in people's heads (like the blind taste tests of sugar v HFCS where people couldn't tell the difference)

Cocoa butter vs vegetable oil. Even Mars publicly resisted the move when other companies began doing it, saying it "wasn't real chocolate".

 

[CPA]

I vote for apples. Much tastier.

take your healthy crap out of here, this is a candy thread..

 

[vi edit]

idk, I'd question how much of that is just in people's heads (like the blind taste tests of sugar v HFCS where people couldn't tell the difference)

To me it's not so much a taste as it is a texture. I think cocoa butter has a richer, creamier texture to it than the vegetable oil variants.

 

[slayer202]

how do you expect these "corporations" to make more money? you want them to do something other than to cut cost(quality) and raise prices? HA!

 

[surfsatwerk]

I vote for apples. Much tastier.

Keep your depraved lifestyle to yourself, kthxbi.

 

[ElFenix]

PB max was awesome
look, actual peanut butter instead of that dried out crap in a reese's.

 

[rockyct]

Those things are F'n delicious. That's probably the best composite type candy bar made.

Hell yes. Too bad they are getting harder to find.

 

[QueBert]

PB max was awesome
look, actual peanut butter instead of that dried out crap in a reese's.

this, I like Reese's but PB Max was perfection.

 

[TheTony]

To me it's not so much a taste as it is a texture. I think cocoa butter has a richer, creamier texture to it than the vegetable oil variants.

They technically can't even call it milk chocolate. As a result, they call it "chocolate candy".

how do you expect these "corporations" to make more money? you want them to do something other than to cut cost(quality) and raise prices? HA!

They're free to do what they decide, but trying to get the FDA's definition of "milk chocolate" changed in order to keep selling it as such is just misleading.

 

[ravana]

Mars bars used to be awesome when I was a kid. I ate one last year and it was teh sux.

 

[CZroe]

I had one Saturday. It was good.

 

[trmiv]

I still love Snickers. Those damn Snickers mini's are like crack.

 

[eits]

idk, I'd question how much of that is just in people's heads (like the blind taste tests of sugar v HFCS where people couldn't tell the difference)

most can definitely tell the difference.

i've done plenty of blind taste tests with throwback pepsi and hfcs pepsi and almost everyone could taste the difference.

in foods, however, it's different because they use hfcs42, where the sweetness level is way lower than regular sugar. they need to use much more of it in order to match the equivalent sweetness that sugar would achieve.

anyways, i'm going into a different topic altogether that, for some reason, is a hot button topic in the forums... so, i'll leave it alone.

yeah, tastebuds change... that's true. however, for some reason, fun size just tastes different than full size. full size tastes better and has a better texture altogether than fun size.

reese's peanut butter cups are totally different tasting based on size and shape. for example, the easter egg shaped cups taste different than the normal cups... the reason is the peanut butter to chocolate ratio. depending on the shape and size up the cup, you end up with different proportions of ingredients. it is my opinion that the mini reese's peanut butter cups are the best tasting of all the shapes and sizes of cups reese's has to offer... second best is the egg-shaped reese's peanut butter cup.