Candy Blog

1. out of curiosity, how are the two sugars different? one is vegan and one isn’t? am i just dumb?

   Comment by Pam on 10/09/06 at 12:27 pm

    

2. Strange, kind of like a seaside stick of rock with a peanut butter centre. I’m having a bit of difficulty imagining the texture - crispy, hard, crunchy smooth and pastey…

   Doesn’t matter really, anything that has peanut butter is a winner in my book.

   Comment by GTO on 10/09/06 at 12:39 pm

    

3. Sounds...odd? It looks like the candy shell tastes like peppermint if i’m to believe my boiled lolly colour coding. Does it have a flavour?

   Comment by leigh on 10/09/06 at 1:50 pm

    

4. Oh Wow!  Spoilt for choice when I come by your blog :D

   Looks yummilious but would it be ‘overly’ sweet?  Does it has a peanutty taste?

   Tks for a great job!

   Comment by shionge_ on 10/09/06 at 5:10 pm

    

5. i really like these, although they’re much harder to come by in the midwest - it’s one of those things i should stock up on when we visit the southwest. i kind of prefer the “change maker” size to the bars - and i’m pretty sure they used to be a solid bar, not rods! maybe their bar machine broke so they switched a chick-o-stick production line to p.b.bars :^)

   to leigh - there’s no minty flavor at all. the inside is peanut buttery. the outside layer is off-white with dark brown stripes (not red). it’s been a while since i’ve had one but i don’t remember that part having much flavor on it’s own - it’s more there to keep the center from crumbling!

   Comment by Tricia on 10/09/06 at 7:25 pm

    

6. Pam - as I have learned cane sugar is often purified to its ultrawhite state by passing it through filters - sometimes made from bone char (charcoal made out of animal bones). Even though the charcoal doesn’t make it into the sugar, the fact that a dead animal was necessary to make the sugar makes it non-vegan. Beet sugar doesn’t need to be filtered that way. Evaporated Cane Juice is also not filtered through bone char. The tricky thing is that very few companies will mention what kind of sugar they use. I know that Jelly Belly uses beet sugar ... but they also use beeswax, which some vegans also do not allow in their diets (or candles).

   GTO - it’s kind of like the center of a Butterfinger or 5th Avenue, but a little less buttery and more crunchy.

   Leigh - yeah, I’ve never understood the shell on them, it’s just a plain hard candy, kind of butterscotchy, an opalescent white with brown strips.

   shionge - thanks for visiting - not too sweet, the saltiness really balances it out and helps the nuttiness shine.

   Tricia - excellent description - I don’t think I’ve ever seen them in the midwest either, I didn’t start buying them until I moved to CA ... and the midwest is closer.

   Comment by Cybele on 10/09/06 at 8:04 pm

    

7. Why do they look shiny.....?

   Comment by Tindy on 10/10/06 at 3:31 am

    

8. Yumm! If there’s one thing I envy Americans, it’s probably their peanut snacks.

   Comment by Barbara on 10/10/06 at 8:51 am

    

9. Cybele beet [<<haha] me to the explaination of vegan vs. nonvegan sugar. A very thorough one at that =].

   Yay for vegan candies! I hope there’re more you review, regardless of how much I love every single review!

   Comment by Julia on 10/10/06 at 1:11 pm

    

10. I guess I’ll nit-pick your rod vs bar nit-pick:
    If you’re concerned about the cross section being round:

    Bar (n): a straight piece that is longer than it is wide
    Rod (n): a slender bar

    cross section shapery is not specified. 

    Comment by Brad on 10/13/06 at 9:36 am

     

11. Every one I have ever eaten has been the small penny size bar, and never, not once, have the stripes been on the candy - it is only the package only… I grew up in FL and now live in KY - I love PBB!

    Comment by Someone on 10/11/07 at 11:27 am

     

12. I would like to know many milligrams of sodium is in you peanut butter bars.
    Thanks,
    DS

    Comment by Dolores Sherrod on 3/04/08 at 12:33 pm

     

13. These were one of my Grandfather’s favorite candies when I was growing up. I loved going to his house on the weekends....he shared!
    MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Good memories!!

    Comment by chip on 4/04/08 at 1:05 pm

     

14. does anyone remember the grape ones?

    Comment by tlatrice on 5/07/08 at 8:57 am

     

15. What happened to the stripes on the peanut butter bars?  I hadn’t had one for a long time and just purchased a bag.  No stripes!

    Comment by Crafting in the midwest on 8/14/08 at 6:24 pm

     

16. Does anyone know where I can get the small individually wrapped peanut butter bars - not RODS in the San Fernando Valley?

    Comment by Ellen on 10/02/08 at 1:16 pm

     

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