Comments on: Sweets for the Sweet http://www.sodacraze.com/2009/10/19/sweets-for-the-sweet/ All the crazies, none of the calories Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:36:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Morpheus http://www.sodacraze.com/2009/10/19/sweets-for-the-sweet/comment-page-1/#comment-6598 Morpheus Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:02:04 +0000 http://www.sodacraze.com/?p=466#comment-6598 Yorkie bars are an awesome marketing ploy - they were originally advertised as being big and mean chocolate bars for big mean long distance lorry drivers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMDjLNxI9vE And now it's become all post modern and stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GVXnyD93qc Yorkie bars are an awesome marketing ploy – they were originally advertised as being big and mean chocolate bars for big mean long distance lorry drivers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMDjLNxI9vE

And now it’s become all post modern and stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GVXnyD93qc

]]> By: Kim http://www.sodacraze.com/2009/10/19/sweets-for-the-sweet/comment-page-1/#comment-6588 Kim Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:29:00 +0000 http://www.sodacraze.com/?p=466#comment-6588 Kelly, you're right on the mark with the Flake-ice cream business. Flakes are a zillion times better when stuck in a soft-serve cone. I mean, they're tasty on their own, but once you stick them in a cone... magic! I discovered a few other random chocolate bars while in England, but I can't say I'd recommend them. One was a plain milk chocolate bar called a Yorkie. The flavor wasn't the problem - my issue with it was the slogan: "NOT FOR GIRLS". What's that supposed to mean, jerks? The other random one I tried, the Double Decker, was downright gross. It was a layer of milk chocolate with crispy cereal (like a Crunch bar or whatever they're called) and a layer of nougat. Sounds good in theory, but in practice it tasted like plastic. I'll have to report back once I dig into my stash of random British candy that I brought back with me. Here's hoping there's something to recommend in the pile. :) Kelly, you’re right on the mark with the Flake-ice cream business. Flakes are a zillion times better when stuck in a soft-serve cone. I mean, they’re tasty on their own, but once you stick them in a cone… magic!

I discovered a few other random chocolate bars while in England, but I can’t say I’d recommend them. One was a plain milk chocolate bar called a Yorkie. The flavor wasn’t the problem – my issue with it was the slogan: “NOT FOR GIRLS”. What’s that supposed to mean, jerks? The other random one I tried, the Double Decker, was downright gross. It was a layer of milk chocolate with crispy cereal (like a Crunch bar or whatever they’re called) and a layer of nougat. Sounds good in theory, but in practice it tasted like plastic. I’ll have to report back once I dig into my stash of random British candy that I brought back with me. Here’s hoping there’s something to recommend in the pile. :)

]]> By: 32-P http://www.sodacraze.com/2009/10/19/sweets-for-the-sweet/comment-page-1/#comment-6587 32-P Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:55:19 +0000 http://www.sodacraze.com/?p=466#comment-6587 Regretsy is blocked at work! I have a sadness. But I could definitely see Flake bars as a delicious ice-cream mix-in...as opposed to tonkatsu candy, eww. "Why, a lozenge with the delicious flavour of chicken-fried pork! What a good idea!" :-Q The Superstore near my condo sells Pocky in a million flavours! Also, Mark, what's up with the packaging of the Pudding Delicious Snack?! It looks like it's made out of processed puppy. Regretsy is blocked at work! I have a sadness.

But I could definitely see Flake bars as a delicious ice-cream mix-in…as opposed to tonkatsu candy, eww. “Why, a lozenge with the delicious flavour of chicken-fried pork! What a good idea!” :-Q

The Superstore near my condo sells Pocky in a million flavours!

Also, Mark, what’s up with the packaging of the Pudding Delicious Snack?! It looks like it’s made out of processed puppy.

]]> By: Mark http://www.sodacraze.com/2009/10/19/sweets-for-the-sweet/comment-page-1/#comment-6586 Mark Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:05:56 +0000 http://www.sodacraze.com/?p=466#comment-6586 Me, I'm partial to <a href="http://www.trikofoods.com.tw/j316g%20Pudding%20%28Delicious%20Snack%29.JPG" rel="nofollow">Pudding Delicious Snack</a>, despite it not being pudding. (It's more like a slimy, gelatinous custard; very tasty, though I've had a hard time coming by it lately). Also, I have now just wasted a ton of time on Regretsy. Thanks, Kelly. :P Me, I’m partial to Pudding Delicious Snack, despite it not being pudding. (It’s more like a slimy, gelatinous custard; very tasty, though I’ve had a hard time coming by it lately).

Also, I have now just wasted a ton of time on Regretsy. Thanks, Kelly. :P

]]> By: Solange http://www.sodacraze.com/2009/10/19/sweets-for-the-sweet/comment-page-1/#comment-6585 Solange Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:20:04 +0000 http://www.sodacraze.com/?p=466#comment-6585 You can buy those Flake bars here...I used to buy them ALL the time when I used to work at London Drugs. They are wicked! I think I will need to get one since it's been a while since I last had one. Yum. You can buy those Flake bars here…I used to buy them ALL the time when I used to work at London Drugs. They are wicked! I think I will need to get one since it’s been a while since I last had one. Yum.

]]> By: kelly http://www.sodacraze.com/2009/10/19/sweets-for-the-sweet/comment-page-1/#comment-6584 kelly Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:12 +0000 http://www.sodacraze.com/?p=466#comment-6584 Also: I just saw this topical post on Regretsy http://www.regretsy.com/2009/10/19/crapstack/ Also: I just saw this topical post on Regretsy
http://www.regretsy.com/2009/10/19/crapstack/

]]> By: kelly http://www.sodacraze.com/2009/10/19/sweets-for-the-sweet/comment-page-1/#comment-6583 kelly Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:41:45 +0000 http://www.sodacraze.com/?p=466#comment-6583 My family moved to England for nearly two years when I was 10 years old. The other day I was reading my old journal from that time period and it's full of the usual stuff: car getting vandalized by yobs who thought we were American, crying myself to sleep I was so scared of my teacher (who WAS Miss Trunchbull from Dahl's Matilda) and discovering the wonder of ice cream trucks that sold soft serve with Flake bars stuck into them. They were amazing. Marble Slab can screw off, Flakes are the original "mixin'" Also: Japanese candy is off the hook. They have millions of kinds of Kit Kat and hard candy that tastes like tonkatsu, a popular kind of breaded pork chop, and also beer. And, one word: Pocky. My family moved to England for nearly two years when I was 10 years old.

The other day I was reading my old journal from that time period and it’s full of the usual stuff: car getting vandalized by yobs who thought we were American, crying myself to sleep I was so scared of my teacher (who WAS Miss Trunchbull from Dahl’s Matilda) and discovering the wonder of ice cream trucks that sold soft serve with Flake bars stuck into them. They were amazing. Marble Slab can screw off, Flakes are the original “mixin’”

Also: Japanese candy is off the hook. They have millions of kinds of Kit Kat and hard candy that tastes like tonkatsu, a popular kind of breaded pork chop, and also beer. And, one word: Pocky.

]]> By: 32-P http://www.sodacraze.com/2009/10/19/sweets-for-the-sweet/comment-page-1/#comment-6581 32-P Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:44:54 +0000 http://www.sodacraze.com/?p=466#comment-6581 Really? Because I read somewhere that the French live to eat and the British eat to die. ;) (With that said, you crazy island people still make some keen sweets. Up Britannia!) Really? Because I read somewhere that the French live to eat and the British eat to die. ;)

(With that said, you crazy island people still make some keen sweets. Up Britannia!)

]]> By: Morpheus http://www.sodacraze.com/2009/10/19/sweets-for-the-sweet/comment-page-1/#comment-6580 Morpheus Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:57:19 +0000 http://www.sodacraze.com/?p=466#comment-6580 Our cuisine is supreme! Our cuisine is supreme!

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