A question for the Escapists in the UK/Ireland

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BonsaiK

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bak00777 said:
One of my professors is from Northern Ireland and the other day we somehow got off topic and started talking about candy. She kept talking about this candy bar called a Crunchie (i think that is how you spell it). Now the question is what does it taste like? I think she said something about a honeycomb, but i didnt know if she was refering to the breakfast ceral or an actual honey comb.
We have Crunchie in Australia, too, ever since I can remember. It's a little over-sweet for me these days but I loved it when I was a kid. Basically it's a brittle, light, very dry and flaky but still very sweet and even slightly melty-once-your-tongue-hits-it honeycomb-like toffee with a layer of chocolate wrapped around it. It's a bit sickly if you have it in large quantities and it is oh so very bad for you, basically a one way ticket to early onset diabetes, but when I was 10 years old a big Crunchie bar was like manna from heaven so I couldn't have given a fuck.
 

Aeriath

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The_root_of_all_evil said:
In a reverse way, I don't think many of us Brits have ever tasted Taffy.
(Especially as it's English slang for Welshmen)
Apparently Starbursts are taffy (blame Wikipedia if that is wrong) so we probably just wouldn't know what taffy meant if we were asked.

I don't mind Crunchies, but the honeycomb can be really hard sometimes. I like sugary stuff, but for sweets I prefer a solid chocolate bar or something along the lines of a Kinder Bueno.
 
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Aeriath said:
The_root_of_all_evil said:
In a reverse way, I don't think many of us Brits have ever tasted Taffy.
(Especially as it's English slang for Welshmen)
Apparently Starbursts are taffy (blame Wikipedia if that is wrong) so we probably just wouldn't know what taffy meant if we were asked.
Wow, you do learn something new every day. Thanks for that :)
 

omega 616

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If you feel like hurting your mouth, there great. The only things better for such a thing is razer blades or flossing with razer wire.

There a common bar in selection boxes at xmas, luckily my mum loves them, so me and my brother give her them all, she ends up with about 14 of them.