"Almond Joy's got nuts; Mounds don't"

[BevReview Steve]

Which do you prefer?

I'm an Almond Joy fan myself...

[kokopuffs]

Sorry Chiliboy, Mounds rules because of the smooth dark chocolate that gleefully encloses a tender coconut core. Its flavor stimulates my taste buds into sheer ecstasy!

Oh yes, the chocolate used in almond joy is rather grainy and low class.

[ June 21, 2001: Message edited by: kokopuffs ]

[Svadhisthana]

Neither, I'm more of a nougat kinda gal.......

CALL ME LOW CLASS.... BUT CLEARLY ALMOND JOY IS THE WINNER!!!!!!!!!!! Of course neither come close to Peanut Butter Cups!!! And the godess of the candy bar world, the Symphony bar... the one with toffee!!

[monpetitchoux]

OMG! I think I should have posted this on the "ashamed to admit it" thread. I eat Almond Joys by the pound. I get into these weird binges. In grade school it was squirrel nut zippers. In high school, it was Mars bars, charleston chews and hersheys with almonds. Then in college, it was almond joy. When I get started, the word variety does not exist in my vocabulary. It'll be Almond Joy until I can't eat any more (ounce I did 4 pounds over three days and I had to walk 12 ice covered blocks to the drug store for them).

My cooking school teacher was abhorred to find that I had ten almond joy bars in my jacket pocket. She was even more abhorred when I got my classmates to eat them. But it was her fault. During the previous class, she had some one make sultanes which reminded me of Almond Joy and then got me on the binge. And those sultanes were dark chocolate, too, Chiliboy.

I did get sick once in a while from the massive amounts of candy. One time in when I was still in high school, I had to sit doubled over on the park bench because I ate three rows of callard and bowser english toffees in less than one hour.

I haven't done this in a while but all this talk has got me craving something sweet. Now that I'm an adult, I have added nougat to my list of favorites. It's a good thing I learned how to make it because nougat is expensive. It's expensive to make, too, but I save myself the embarassment of buying out the store when I get into the cravings.

[KyleW]

When I was a kid I was a Mounds addict. Now,don't tell my dentist, there is nothing quite like a frozen Snickers!

[Svadhisthana]

I'm not a snickers fan, but frozen M&M's.....yummmy. Also frozen black and white cookies Rock!


Monpetitchoux,
Any chance you'll head over to the recipe forum and share the nougat with us? pretty, pretty please?


[ June 21, 2001: Message edited by: Svadhisthana ]

Black and White cookies are amazing and frozen M&M's may be sure genius

[Kimmie]

I sort of knew you were from NYC. Black and White cookies. I think I have a recipe hidden in my computer. Would you like it?

[shroomgirl]

Black and white cookies????Oreos????

hmmm almond joy cus of the nuts, your absolutely right dark choc and almonds would be the best combo....
I love honey comb...there are English candies that are phenominal....
ummm chocolate covered raspberries (dark of course)
and recently jellies (no not the nasty ones but the ones that sing in your mouth MANGO< RASPBERRY<CASSIS)
***FYI coconut ice cream with hot ganauche and almonds!!!!!YES now that is the ultimate.

[cape chef]

I love snickers bars
cc

[Svadhisthana]

I don't much care for Oreos, and my Dh will only eat the "double stuff" variety. Never tried them frozen though. I think I'll just stick to the classic black and white frozen. On a hot day, it's perfection.


Kimmie,
I'm always up for new recipes. I have a few for "authentic" NYC black and whites, but who knows just how authentic they are.......

[nancya]

I'd vote for almond-mounds! Although nothing compares to genuine Swiss chocolate. A friend brought me back ONE PIECE from Laussane once. How unfair is that?

[BevReview Steve]

Actually, one of my biggest pet peeves with both is that they have a bad combination. There should be one WITH nuts and WITH dark chocolate!

[shroomgirl]

I have no clue what a black and white is....newspaper, skunk, oreo, taxi, police