![]() I’m not sure how portable the “candy” bar would be on Halloween, but it’s worth looking into. It’s both crunchy and chewy - a brûléed exterior working in combination with the chewy pork center. I gotta admit, pig face is better than any Take 5 I’ve ever had. I stopped by Geraldine’s - located inside Hotel Van Zandt right off boozy Rainey Street - and had what executive chef Stephen Bonin calls “fun in its appearance… resembling a candy bar, but tastes familiar with a nostalgic twist.” I might love the former I know I’ll be disappointed by the latter. I’d much rather take a risk on something “weird,” like the face of a pig, than eat a Mr. But even I must admit I was intrigued when I heard about the Pig Face Candy Bar at Geraldine’s in Austin, Texas. If I’m going to slowly kill myself with sugar, I’m going to do it with baked goods and ice cream, thank you very much. I’ve literally never seen my father buy a Kit Kat, let alone eat one, and my mother would occasionally put a mini Snickers in the freezer, but that’s about it. Then I started to crash (thankfully not literally).Ĭandy isn’t part of my DNA. So, I bought a Twix - it was a good decision for about 10 minutes. My last actual candy bar was about two years ago, when I needed a pick-me-up during a long drive through an endless stretch of Texas and the nearest kolache place was 55 miles away. It’s one of life’s richest ironies: once you’re old enough to get something whenever you want it - be it fast food, candy, or drugs (all equally harmful) - that’s exactly when you stop wanting it. If it’s a wafer, I’m eating it.” This candy bar is good as hell-no matter how you decide to eat it.When was the last time you actively craved a candy bar? Now, I’m not asking when the last time you ate a candy bar was, or how much you hated yourself after, but the day, month, and year when you thought to yourself, “I’m in the mood for a candy bar.” It was probably when you were a kid. I’m a nougat girl, I’m a toffee girl, I’m also a wafer girl. “Kit Kat is my drug of choice,” Jasmine said. I also find it extremely amazing and appealing that there’s more chocolatey sweet stuff between the layers of wafer, but that the bars still aren’t indelibly cloying. To me, it’s one of those candies that has such a distinct flavor that if you presented its chocolatey coating in a totally different way, it would still be recognizable as Kit Kat chocolate. As she wrote in a recent essay, “It prolongs the process, allowing me to savor each bite and continue eating a Kit Kat for much longer than someone who simply crunches down each stick in two bites flat.” Kit Kat is certainly good enough to savor. Justine has a very specific way of eating a Kit Kat bar: you nibble the ends, then eat the chocolate around the edges, and then disassemble it wafer by wafer with your teeth. Learn more about how we work with affiliates here. ![]() The following article contains affiliate links that may generate a small commission to us when you make a purchase through the link. Whether you’re smuggling something sweet into the movies or treating yourself to a no-fuss dessert or snack (or, hell, dinner), these are the best candy bars you can buy. And, really, who thought we’d genuinely like a Zero, of all things?įor this taste test we were joined by Mythical people and culture coordinator Jasmine Williams, a red-blooded candy bar fan like the rest of us. Our pick for the best of the best candy bar was a surprise to everyone. Sometimes it just happens to be seriously fun.Įach Sporked staffer came into this tasting with a preconceived idea of what their favorite candy bar is, but everyone tasted something they hadn’t tried before and formed fresh opinions on a lot of things they’d previously assumed they wouldn’t like. And while our inner mothers may have been politely suggesting we “save some room for later,” we had an important task at hand: finding the absolute best candy bars you can buy. Other days, you’re eating your way through a heap of more than two dozen candy bars like Augustus Friggin’ Gloop. Sometimes, the job entails downing spoonfuls of dijon mustard or sampling hot sauces spicy enough to make you barf (true story). ![]() No two days are the same when you’re a professional food taster. ![]()
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