Have we reached the pinnacle of candy making?

[SunnyD]

Warming up my lunch, I turned to peer into the confectionery cornrows that sit in the vending machine as the microwave sterilized my food. I came to a dawning realization - I don't recall the last time a truly new and different candy bar had been introduced to the world. I'm not taking like a spin on an old favorite, like perhaps the dark chocolate-mind 3-Musketeers bar or something, but rather a whole new product of mass appeal.

Is the candy industry really that stagnant? Or are we simply satisfied with getting fat the old fashioned way? Inquiring minds want to know!

It astounds me that we still have the same candy that has generally been in existence for the last 50 years.

 

[scott916]

Little incentive for the big corporations who control the candy market to release anything new.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Warming up my lunch, I turned to peer into the confectionery cornrows that sit in the vending machine as the microwave sterilized my food. I came to a dawning realization - I don't recall the last time a truly new and different candy bar had been introduced to the world. I'm not taking like a spin on an old favorite, like perhaps the dark chocolate-mind 3-Musketeers bar or something, but rather a whole new product of mass appeal.

Is the candy industry really that stagnant? Or are we simply satisfied with getting fat the old fashioned way? Inquiring minds want to know!

It astounds me that we still have the same candy that has generally been in existence for the last 50 years.

There's tons of new candies. You were just looking in the wrong place. Vending machines and convenience stores will always carry the lowest common denominator. Have you been to a candy shop recently? The web is your friend. Check out the attendees to the last candy convention.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Warming up my lunch, I turned to peer into the confectionery cornrows that sit in the vending machine as the microwave sterilized my food. I came to a dawning realization - I don't recall the last time a truly new and different candy bar had been introduced to the world. I'm not taking like a spin on an old favorite, like perhaps the dark chocolate-mind 3-Musketeers bar or something, but rather a whole new product of mass appeal.

Is the candy industry really that stagnant? Or are we simply satisfied with getting fat the old fashioned way? Inquiring minds want to know!

It astounds me that we still have the same candy that has generally been in existence for the last 50 years.

There's tons of new candies. You were just looking in the wrong place. Vending machines and convenience stores will always carry the lowest common denominator. Have you been to a candy shop recently? The web is your friend. Check out the attendees to the last candy convention.

I was talking about commercial commodity-grade crap that you see in vending machines.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

You will NEVER in your lifetime see inventive candies in your local vending machine. It's not a question of the candy companies that stock them being stagnant, it's a truism about the people who commonly buy from vending machines.

 

[OCGuy]

I recently invented an amazing new candy that I believe will be a big hit. You'll have to take a ride with me if you want to try it though.

 

[Darthvoy]

Originally posted by: OCguy
I recently invented an amazing new candy that I believe will be a big hit. You'll have to take a ride with me if you want to try it though.

does it include LSD? if so, I'll take one hundred!

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: Darthvoy

Originally posted by: OCguy
I recently invented an amazing new candy that I believe will be a big hit. You'll have to take a ride with me if you want to try it though.

does it include LSD? if so, I'll take one hundred!

LSD, chloroform, what is the difference?

 

[CRXican]

now I wanna go to the Sweet Factory

 

[darkxshade]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
I was talking about commercial commodity-grade crap that you see in vending machines.

vending machines generally only sell classic stuff, if you want new candy, they're usually free, you just need to find the unmarked van that hands them out.

 

[Blackjack200]

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: Darthvoy

Originally posted by: OCguy
I recently invented an amazing new candy that I believe will be a big hit. You'll have to take a ride with me if you want to try it though.

does it include LSD? if so, I'll take one hundred!

LSD, chloroform, what is the difference?

I don't know about LSD, but chloroform makes me wake up all sore.

 

[mcurphy]

I really like the Butterfinger Crisp, which I think was introduced ~5 years ago. Although it is somewhat of a spinoff of the original Butterfinger, it is really its own unique candy bar. Very diferent from the standard candy bar mixes with some combination of the usual chocolate, peanut butter, caramel, nuts...

 

[waffleironhead]

I'm guessing its because there are no new ingredients.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: darkxshade

Originally posted by: SunnyD
I was talking about commercial commodity-grade crap that you see in vending machines.

vending machines generally only sell classic stuff, if you want new candy, they're usually free, you just need to find the unmarked van that hands them out.

Better Nate than lever!

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Here ya go.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Sorry, but perfection was achieved in 1930:

The Snickers bar was created by the Mars family corporation in 1930 with the name itself coming from one of their favorite horses. The Snickers candy bar is comprised of peanuts, nougat, caramel, and milk chocolate.

I'll grant that variety is good, so lesser candies might still be created to provide a change of pace.

 

[gsellis]

Yes, because all the candy combinations have already been invented.

/just like all the scientific theories had been discovered in the 1800's.

// love those lychee gummies!

 

[Cutterhead]

Bring back Bonkers IMO.

 

[Blackjack200]

Originally posted by: SunnyD


I was talking about commercial commodity-grade crap that you see in vending machines.

Do you say that there's been no new types of coffee in the last 50 years because they only serve burned black columbian at your AA meetings? What the fuck is the matter with you? You want cool and exotic candy from a vending machine? Damn, my bar only has Miller Lite and Schlitz on tap, I guess Old Rasputin & Dragon's Milk don't exist. Open your fucking eyes man, OPEN THEM :|

 

[Redfraggle]

Candies will change when American tastes change. In the meantime, we like what we like. Sour candy became popular, and then it was everywhere. There are more experimental flavors of chocolate and such, but nothing really new. New flavors to reflect culture are about all you're probably going to see.

 

[SonnyDaze]

I like Swedish Fish.

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Sorry, but perfection was achieved in 1930:

The Snickers bar was created by the Mars family corporation in 1930 with the name itself coming from one of their favorite horses. The Snickers candy bar is comprised of peanuts, nougat, caramel, and milk chocolate.

I'll grant that variety is good, so lesser candies might still be created to provide a change of pace.

Snickers.. hmmmm

 

[darkxshade]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
I like Swedish chicks.

fixed

 

[shortylickens]

You need to go to DC and hit Union Station. Assloads of original candy.

 

[HopJokey]

Originally posted by: Geekbabe

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Sorry, but perfection was achieved in 1930:

The Snickers bar was created by the Mars family corporation in 1930 with the name itself coming from one of their favorite horses. The Snickers candy bar is comprised of peanuts, nougat, caramel, and milk chocolate.

I'll grant that variety is good, so lesser candies might still be created to provide a change of pace.

Snickers.. hmmmm

Patrick Chewing and Adam Nougatieri agree!