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Candy!

A few weeks ago we attempted to watch the giant pinata get demolished. Good thing we left early! The only positive thing about the day was FREE CANDY. Sure, most of it was Frooties (fruit Tootsie Rolls) and Caramel Creams but free candy is free candy. We also picked up some Big Hunk, Abba Zabba and Look! made by the Annabelle Candy Co. I wasn't into the Look! and Abba Zabba, but the Big Hunk was strangely delicious -- i think it was the peanuts.

Last weekend be and i stumbled upon old skool candy jackpot bizarreness. It seems that someone at the $5 Below store at the Gallery Mall is a fan of candy; one could find the typical movie-sized boxes of everything, alongside old skool candy, gimmicky candy and some small-company candies. We walked away with a Peanut Butter Goo Goo Cluster, a Zero bar and a Zagnut. The Zero and Zagnut bars are now manufactured by Hershey's but the Goo Goo is still independent.

I love nuts and peanut butter but the Goo Goo Cluster didn't do it for me. Perhaps it was the cheapy chocolate coating? I'll give it another try just in case. Zagnut is basically a crispier Butterfinger with a coating of toasted coconut flakes. Definitely sweet and delicious. The Zero was strange at first but as i kept eating it, it really, really grew on me. Once you get over the "white fudge" coating (aka fake white chocolate), the inside is a nice, chewy, nutty, roasty, caramel stripey block of goodness. And now that i've taken this picture, i can finally consume the remains of my candy!

posted by beXn @ 2:34 PM