Peppermint circus peanuts. Yeah, really. No, I didn't try them. But I did enjoy a big bag of puffed peppermint pillow mints, the ones with the texture of chalk: mmm. Now I am sick.
@2, no, butter mints are the little tiny ones, in pastel colors. These were much larger versions, all white with red blotches on the sides, but with the same chalky texture that I love and cannot tolerate. Seriously, I think I'm going to go barf again.
I know they're not strictly holiday candy but that roll of Necco wafers I just tore through sure did do the trick. So chalky and delicious! I especially love the pink ones that taste exactly like pepto bismol. Next I've got a roll of chocolate Neccos because someone in the old-timey candy world knows what the people want.
Well, Dan Savage's favored Wiener Punschkrapfen are apparently irresistible, and a 4-pack will only set you back about $25. Oh, and probably another $30-40 for shipping, if they're even allowed to send them here—you might have to go snowboarding in Austria to get them. #1%er-problems
The cherry cordial Hershey's Kisses are also really delicious.
I can't stand any other peppermint bark that I don't make myself though. Other versions are too waxy; often include dark chocolate, which is bullshit (I love dark chocolate but it doesn't belong in peppermint bark); and don't have nearly enough peppermint.
...There's the banjo serenader, and the others of his race,
And the piano-organist—I've got him on the list! And the people who eat peppermint and puff it in your face,
They never would be missed—they never would be missed!...
—"As Some Day It May Happen," Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado [bowdlerized version]
The seasonal Reese's Peanut Butter (Christmas Trees, Valentines Hearts, Easter Eggs, Pumpkins) do the trick for me. I don't know why, but they taste so much better than regular RPBC. The period between Easter and Halloween are my 'dark days' because there's no RPBC flags or anything.
@15 - I agree! The chocolate seems less waxy in the softer shapes. Someone needs to get on the "summer-themed candies" to tide us over already. Reese's Peanut Butterflies?
I also like Ghiradelli peppermint bark (I'm not sure that's what it's called, but that's what it is), and Andes mints Christmas variety. I can't remember what they're called, but they're in a red bag and have white chocolate with candy cane pieces where the green mint part usually is.
I do kind of like those little chalk-mint-pastel pillows (though I think they're called "butter mints" which grosses me out for some reason).
Something I would expect to read more in a Dan Savage post than Emily's, but ok.
GMO high fructose corn syrup
Mad cow mucous secretions
bovine growth hormone
Toxic antibiotic chemicals
GO VEGAN!!!
But these: http://www.spanglercandy.com/candy-store…
Chocolate is the best sugar delivery system, as far as I'm concerned.
I can't stand any other peppermint bark that I don't make myself though. Other versions are too waxy; often include dark chocolate, which is bullshit (I love dark chocolate but it doesn't belong in peppermint bark); and don't have nearly enough peppermint.
I also like Ghiradelli peppermint bark (I'm not sure that's what it's called, but that's what it is), and Andes mints Christmas variety. I can't remember what they're called, but they're in a red bag and have white chocolate with candy cane pieces where the green mint part usually is.