Peenit Choose!!!

[buffcoat]

Browsing through the aisles of my local Kroger when what to my wondering eyes should appear but:





All that and 32% of your Saturated Fat, too.

Should Mr. Zeigler (who is growing on me) happen to visit the Triangle or should Mr. Zeigler's Triangle-native friend Jon Wurster be over that way, they can be found in the front of the candy aisle at the Kroger on NC Highway 54 near Southpoint Mall.

[Laurie]

Just Born? Those are the wonderful people who bring us Peeps!

[Chris L]

I work for a medical journal and our office got some free samples of these. The verdict:  I'm sticking with Milky Ways. 

[buffcoat]

Soon I will eat it and let you know if it's any good.

I thought it was weird that the product is a candy bar called "Peanut Chews."  I know that PBR refers to killing someone with a sharpened "Peanut Chew" - it would appear that Peanut Chews is both the singular and the plural.

Of course, given Mr. Zeigler's penchant for grammatical and pronunciatory irregularities, I shouldn't be surprised.

[erika]

I think Roy was referring to these:



You could extract wisdom teeth with one of those things. I thought they had been discontinued, but the blue is just new [UGLY] packaging I guess. I'd be interested to see if they still taste the same.

[buffcoat]

So now they've glommed the 7 bite size pieces together into one bar?  What holds them together?  Caramel?  Nougat?

Something more... sinister?

I'm filled with dread of my Peanut Chews eating excursion later this week.

[Matt]

The Peanut Chews taste ok. However, eating one is very unpleasant with peanuts and a caramel-type coating getting stuck in my teeth. This candy is almost as hard as America's worst candy: Riesen

[buffcoat]

Yeah - if it were Swiss chocolate they'd say "Swiss chocolate."  I bet Riesen's "European chocolate" is now made in Bulgaria by former witches.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_bar

It always gets me how the European versions of US names are different - forex Milky Way (EUR) = 3 Musketeers (US)

The worst mass-produced candy bar for Americans is, hands down, Mr. Goodbar. 

"Peanuts in granular milk chocolate" - sounds appetizing!  And the peanuts should be described as "rancid."  Boo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  How can you make a BAD candy bar?

[PatrickChew]

The Peanut Chew is nature's perfect food, next to Tasty Kakes. Respect must be paid.

[nick]

It always gets me how the European versions of US names are different - forex Milky Way (EUR) = 3 Musketeers (US)

We have 3 Musketeers and Milky Way in the US. I think the difference is that 3 Musketeers has caramel.

[Susannah]

Riesens are bad, but what about the Mary Jane? My teeth hurt just thinking about them.  And they tasted so terrible!

[buffcoat]

Nick,

I am in the US - and 3 Musketeers has never had caramel.  Apparently it orginally had three different flavors - choc van straw, but never caramel.

[Omar]

Riesens are bad, but what about the Mary Jane? My teeth hurt just thinking about them.  And they tasted so terrible!

MJs are without question the worst candy of all-time.  My grandmother used to dispense these for Halloween. 

[Laurie]

Nick,

I am in the US - and 3 Musketeers has never had caramel.  Apparently it orginally had three different flavors - choc van straw, but never caramel.

The European Milky Way has never ever been topped with caramel, so it's more like a 3 Mustekeers. Fact.

[buffcoat]

As I said, Milky Way (EUR) = 3 Musketeers (US)

Do I need some other naming convention?