I remember the store’s shiny hardwood floors and my father giving me a dollar to go there and get some “nibblin’ stock.” Mine was a 5-cent “Bing” - purchased at the corner Simmons’ Market in downtown Onawa. To be mathematically precise, then, a 10 Million Dollar Bar.ĭo you remember the first candy bar you ever ate? Chances are, you probably remember the store where you bought it and even how much it cost. The Caravelle, sadly extinct, boasted the same ingredients as the 100 Grand – caramel, crisped rice, milk chocolate – but was approximately 100 times better. Ladies and gentlemen, the greatest candy bar you’ve never tasted. Devotees have been known to drive across state lines in pursuit of this limited edition. The bittersweet coating tastes like a fine chocolate pudding, with hints of French Roast. Your tongue (and your dry cleaner) will thank you.

Hershey committed a crime against mint lovers when they discontinued this sublime bar.įinally, a raisin d’etre for the common raisin.Ī rich vanilla syrup in a creamy chocolate cup, this confection is built to spill. This gourmet bar combines crushed hazelnuts, Belgian chocolate, and feuilletine, a crushed pastry that lends the bar its addictive texture. A cherry cream surrounded by a lump (and we do mean lump) of chocolate and ground peanuts. Narrowly beats out the Idaho Spud as the strangest candy bar still in production. The key is an exquisite nougat, which has a hint of cinnamon flavor. If you love the flavor of cake batter, the Hunk is your dreamboat.Īmerica’s top selling candy bar also happens to be one of its best. The only thing better than butter toffee is butter toffee enrobed in milk chocolate.Ī comely slab of chewy vanilla nougat, shot through with fried peanuts. Steve Almond’s Brief and Embarrassingly Subjective List of the Top 10 Candy Bars on Planet Earth.

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