Somebody has a case of the 5ives.

Posted by Mark Brooks on 1 June 02007 @ 12pm

The Whatchamacallit is one of my favorite candy bars! It’s highly underrated. What are you, some candy bar snob who’ll only eat the hip candy bars that came out since the Eisenhower administration?

Posted by TheGreenMiles on 1 June 02007 @ 12pm

These five are the ones that I buy the most. They’re tasty, yes, but primarily I feel bad for them. Like they’re not the cool kids, so I help ‘em out by buying them.

Posted by Waldo Jaquith on 1 June 02007 @ 12pm

I’ve never even HEARD of a couple of those.

Posted by Terry on 1 June 02007 @ 1pm

Wow, you should really eat more candy. :) I stuck to nationally-known brands. Though, to be fair, the regional candy bars don’t require pity. Coffee Crisp, Twin Bing, Sky Bar, Goo Goo Clusters, Mallo Cups, Rocky Road, Cherry Cocktail, Bounty, Nut Goodie… Mmmm…

Posted by Waldo Jaquith on 1 June 02007 @ 1pm

Out of pity? As in, you really want a Snickers but you decide to support the One Hundred Grand corporation yourself?

That said, these are all delicious except for Zagnut — which may very well be, I’ve just never heard of it.

Posted by chris on 1 June 02007 @ 1pm

All good, but Baby Ruth rocks them all.

Posted by Jason on 1 June 02007 @ 2pm

Waldo,

If you can find ValoMilk brand Marshmallow cups, buy them. You’ll never eat a Mallo Cup again.

Also, my personal favorite candy bar (which, for whatever reason, doesn’t appear to fly off the shelves) is the Zero bar.

Posted by Johnny Camacho on 1 June 02007 @ 2pm

I do like ValoMilk. They’re sometimes available at one of the Southern States here in town. They’re such a mess.

Posted by Waldo Jaquith on 1 June 02007 @ 2pm

Indeed they are. To prevent the mess, I typically just shove the whole thing in my mouth at once.

Posted by Johnny Camacho on 1 June 02007 @ 2pm

hmmmm… from Wikipedia:

[ZAGNUT's] main ingredients are peanut butter and toasted coconut, and it weighs 1.75 ounces (50 g). Unlike almost all other candy bars, it contains no chocolate.

Now I’m so very tempted to find one. To the online candy shoppe!

Posted by chris on 1 June 02007 @ 3pm

I’m always amazed at how posts about little interesting trivia get vastly more comments than posts on, say, health care. Now if only you could find a way to combine the two to draw attention to the 40 million+ uninsured Americans. Top 5 Companies That Don’t Insure Their Workers? Still not as compelling as candy bars, I suppose. I’ll expect your top 5 favorite snack cakes next week, and if Swiss Cake Rolls aren’t on there, I’m gonna be ripshit.

Posted by TheGreenMiles on 1 June 02007 @ 4pm

I’m always amazed at how posts about little interesting trivia get vastly more comments than posts on, say, health care. Now if only you could find a way to combine the two to draw attention to the 40 million+ uninsured Americans.

Actually, I do just that. :) I write about the fun stuff (candy bars) and the serious stuff (state energy policy). If it were all serious, not only would less people read, but I wouldn’t want to write it.

Posted by Waldo Jaquith on 1 June 02007 @ 5pm

Not only is it less serious, but I’m guessing most people aren’t experts in energy sharing. OTOH, who doesn’t love candy?

Posted by chris on 1 June 02007 @ 5pm

The only people who hate candy are the same people who hate freedom.

Posted by Jason on 1 June 02007 @ 5pm

Charleston Chew sounds like tobacco.

Posted by Luckey on 2 June 02007 @ 12pm