Americans Steal the Curly Wurly

Yeah. IIRC, Hershey initially supplied Mars with chocolate, then under new management Mars cut ties and made their own stuff, and it was all downhill from there.

MAYONNAISE IS FUCKING LOVELY FUCK YOU

I miss those collectible statuettes from the Kinder eggs too. Between us my sibs and I had all the Teeny Terrapins, with several doubles.

KelinciHutan wrote:

Miss Prince wrote:

And suddenly I understand that M&M probably stands for Mars & Mars, as it was developed by the company's founder and his son together.

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Mars and Murrie, actually. Murrie is for Bruce Murrie who was the son of William F.R. Murrie, a president of Hershey's for a while. Mars and Hershey's hate each other rather passionately now, but they started out as terribly friendly with one another. I don't remember the whole story but there was candy empires and family backstabbityness and corporate maneuvering. It was actually pretty interesting when I saw it.

Huh, that's interesting. Thanks for the info So much candy knowledge I am gaining today!

In Germany Mars bars and Milky Ways are two completely different things.
Milky ways don't have any caramel in them.

Mars is Mars and Snickers is Snickers.

And Raider is now Twix.

I'm annoyed with Kinder eggs, too. Especially as most of the time the things don't work properly or fall apart after they've worked three times.

I used to have two mini-smurfs. And almost all Happy Hippos.

Chris91 wrote:

For my money, Hershey's leaves all other chocolates-- with the possible exception of Nestle --in the dust.

Thou shalt not buy Nestlé products.

Chris91 wrote:

saeku wrote:

Godiva > British Cadbury's > Hershey's > Feces > American Cadbury's

Respectfully have to disagree with you there. For my money, Hershey's leaves all other chocolates-- with the possible exception of Nestle --in the dust.

Hershey tastes like sawdust and corn syrup. The taste, texture, and entire experience are horrible.

Cyberwulf wrote:

MAYONNAISE IS FUCKING LOVELY FUCK YOU

IAWTC

Only the best can handle the tastiness of mayo.

myeerah wrote:

Chris91 wrote:

saeku wrote:

Godiva > British Cadbury's > Hershey's > Feces > American Cadbury's

Respectfully have to disagree with you there. For my money, Hershey's leaves all other chocolates-- with the possible exception of Nestle --in the dust.

Hershey tastes like sawdust and corn syrup. The taste, texture, and entire experience are horrible.

Yeah, I like Hershey's pretty well, but trade restrictions make American mass-produced candy not very high on the totem pole internationally.

But the people who think Hershey's is bad have never tried the REALLY cheap Easter/Valentine's seasonal candies.

KelinciHutan wrote:

Miss Prince wrote:

And suddenly I understand that M&M probably stands for Mars & Mars, as it was developed by the company's founder and his son together.

...I want chocolate now. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Mars and Murrie, actually. Murrie is for Bruce Murrie who was the son of William F.R. Murrie, a president of Hershey's for a while. Mars and Hershey's hate each other rather passionately now, but they started out as terribly friendly with one another. I don't remember the whole story but there was candy empires and family backstabbityness and corporate maneuvering. It was actually pretty interesting when I saw it.

...It stands for something? Yay, I learned something new today!

Miss Prince wrote:

myeerah wrote:

Chris91 wrote:

saeku wrote:

Godiva > British Cadbury's > Hershey's > Feces > American Cadbury's

Respectfully have to disagree with you there. For my money, Hershey's leaves all other chocolates-- with the possible exception of Nestle --in the dust.

Hershey tastes like sawdust and corn syrup. The taste, texture, and entire experience are horrible.

Yeah, I like Hershey's pretty well, but trade restrictions make American mass-produced candy not very high on the totem pole internationally.

But the people who think Hershey's is bad have never tried the REALLY cheap Easter/Valentine's seasonal candies.

Oh, those just taste like sawdust.

Jay/Cris wrote:

Chris91 wrote:

For my money, Hershey's leaves all other chocolates-- with the possible exception of Nestle --in the dust.

Thou shalt not buy Nestlé products.

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My half American friend always brings back American sweets when she goes there every summer so that we can laugh about how disgusting they are. The Hershey's. Oh, god, the Hershey's. It tastes like shit.

By 'shit', I don't mean that it tastes bad. I mean that it literally tastes like faeces.

Seule wrote:

My half American friend always brings back American sweets when she goes there every summer so that we can laugh about how disgusting they are. The Hershey's. Oh, god, the Hershey's. It tastes like shit.

By 'shit', I don't mean that it tastes bad. I mean that it literally tastes like faeces.

...Do you...do you have a lot of experience consuming faeces? I just...I hear people say something "literally tastes like faeces" a lot, and it always causes the vague thought of "Do you really know that?"

After having spent a summer on a dairy farm, I can safely assure you that Hershey's is no where near as bad as shit.

Miss Prince wrote:

But the people who think Hershey's is bad have never tried the REALLY cheap Easter/Valentine's seasonal candies.

Word on this. Palmer's is made of grit and disappointment.

Cyberwulf wrote:

...and is currently being advertised by Mr. T under the borderline sexist
slogan, "GET SOME NUTS!"

I dunno, is that really sexist? I mean, it doesn't specify who should be getting the nuts. Perhaps it's just a call for general testicle enjoyment across the board.

Delcat wrote:

Cyberwulf wrote:

...and is currently being advertised by Mr. T under the borderline sexist
slogan, "GET SOME NUTS!"

I dunno, is that really sexist? I mean, it doesn't specify who should be getting the nuts. Perhaps it's just a call for general testicle enjoyment across the board.

It's not as bad as Yorkie's slogan, "It's not for girls", but it is kinda saying "EAT THIS IT WILL MAKE YOU MANLY", which, yeah. Then again Galaxy market exclusively towards women so there you go.

Delcat wrote:

Cyberwulf wrote:

...and is currently being advertised by Mr. T under the borderline sexist
slogan, "GET SOME NUTS!"

I dunno, is that really sexist? I mean, it doesn't specify who should be getting the nuts. Perhaps it's just a call for general testicle enjoyment across the board.

It's Mr. T yelling at men, men caught doing what would be considered 'girly' things ("TOE DIPPER!"), and then throwing Snickers bars at them whilst implying they should grow some balls.

Eh, I see the whole ad. campaign as a kind of tongue-in-cheek poke at the whole masculine ideology. I haven't really seen a problem with it, and this is coming from somebody who was once on the receiving end of a Snickers bar to the face during a get-together with friends. The only problem I might have with it is some idiot with a bad sense of humour might try and re-enact the adverts and start tossing them at people.

No one mentioned the sheer awesome of Lindt Swiss chocolate yet?

It's like the Captain Picard of chocolate. Other stuff can be great, but this stuff is better.

Hot Cancer wrote:

No one mentioned the sheer awesome of Lindt Swiss chocolate yet?

It's like the Captain Picard of chocolate. Other stuff can be great, but this stuff is better.

Everyone and their mother mentioned Lindt.

In Hershey's defense, at least it melts quick for smores.

^ Trufax.

I actually really like Endangered Species chocolate. They have some sort of WTF flavors (I never thought of cranberries and chocolate as going together), but what I've had is good. They have a bar that has actual cacao bits in it. That was a good sort of unique.

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I just...I hear people say something "literally
tastes like faeces" a lot, and it always causes the vague thought of
"Do you really know that?"

So do I. I ought to start asking people if they've ever actually tried shit/piss next time someone makes that remark.

Mafiosa wrote:

Hot Cancer wrote:

No one mentioned the sheer awesome of Lindt Swiss chocolate yet?

It's like the Captain Picard of chocolate. Other stuff can be great, but this stuff is better.

Everyone and their mother mentioned Lindt.

In Hershey's defense, at least it melts quick for smores.

Don't I feel like a fuckin' asshole..

Hot Cancer wrote:

Mafiosa wrote:

Hot Cancer wrote:

No one mentioned the sheer awesome of Lindt Swiss chocolate yet?

It's like the Captain Picard of chocolate. Other stuff can be great, but this stuff is better.

Everyone and their mother mentioned Lindt.

In Hershey's defense, at least it melts quick for smores.

Don't I feel like a fuckin' asshole..

I AM ASHAMED OF YOU

HOW DARE YOU NOT READ AN ENTIRE 4 PAGES OF " MY CHOCOLATE IS THE BESTEST EVER"

Mafiosa wrote:

p.s. cadbury eggs are shit there I said it

FINALLY SOMEONE AGREES WITH ME

Just Chipper wrote:

It's Mr. T yelling at men, men caught doing what would be considered 'girly' things ("TOE DIPPER!"), and then throwing Snickers bars at them whilst implying they should grow some balls.

Ah, carry on, then.

Cyberwulf wrote:

It's not as bad as Yorkie's slogan, "It's not for girls"

Heeeey, I know about those things! Seiran and I ate them on a trip to England! Out of SPITE.

...which is probably what they were going for in the first place BUT A MORAL VICTORY WAS HAD.