Friday, June 13, 2008

Question #6

Idaho has the Idaho Spud. North Carolina has the Goo Goo Cluster. I currently reside in San Antonio, Texas. Our local pride and joy of the candy bar world is the Big One. It's a bar of some marshmallowy substance, topped with peanuts, and covered in chocolate. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is on the wrapper. What the specialty bar where you guys live?

4 comments:

Marci said...

Well, considering that the author is from Boston and covered pretty much all of Boston and Cambridge, we can't add a whole lot. But you can go into a shop and find Boston Baked Beans everywhere. I guess it's a novelty but I don't really understand who is interested in eating burnt peanuts...

One thing that I think is a funny, regional thing that is sort of related to this topic is that in New England milkshakes are called "frappes" which is pronounced "frap." And you can't get a thick frappe unless you ask for "extra thick" and then it's usually still too runny. They just can't do milkshakes right out here.

Blair said...

The only one I can think of is Moonstruck Chocolates, a local candy store that serves desserts as well. While I haven't tried a candy bar (they are upwards of $4 each!) their ice cream is dang good.

James the Bames said...

There is a company in Salt Lake that makes Salt Lake Truffles, which are long like a candy bar but really soft on the inside like a truffle. They cost about $.75 each and come in multiple flavors which all taste the same.

cassidy said...

I think James is referring to the Utah Truffles, and for some reason the peanut butter one did taste exactly like the plain one. They're delicious though.