Snickers... how they're made

[Maxmars]

With the approach of Halloween, I found this calling out to me...

From ArsTechnica: A candy engineer explains the science behind the Snickers bar
Subtitled: How the airy nougat and chewy caramel is built.

Let’s look at the elements of a Snickers bar as an example of candy science. As with almost everything, once you get into it, each component is more complex than you might think.



This is a worth while read if, like me, you enjoy a Snickers bar once in a while, and ponder on how its built.

[Encia22]

One of my favourites. When I went to the UK in the late 70s, they were called Marathon, but reverted back to Snickers around the 90s.

I still like to cut them up into slices... easier to eat with my wonky teeth.

Here's a visual representation of how they are made...



 

[UltraBudgie]

There is a size for everyone. No judgment.



I freeze mine.

[Maxmars]

There is a size for everyone. No judgment.



I freeze mine.

I used to freeze mine, no more... teeth complain too much! 

I've never seen a 100 calorie size... but then, where I live there probably isn't a market for them.

[UltraBudgie]

I used to freeze mine, no more... teeth complain too much! 

I've never seen a 100 calorie size... but then, where I live there probably isn't a market for them.

Yes, I've known people who gum Snickers, gently suckling until they end up with only the nuts in their mouth. These are the same people, I imagine, who methodically dismantle Kit-Kats with their tongue, first licking off the chocolate and then carefully teasing apart with their teeth, devouring layer by layer.

It all seems a little odd to me, but as I said, no judgment.

[FlyersFan]

Before I got chronically ill and stopped being able to eat gluten, and had to cut out the processed sugars ... 

Favorite Candy ...

1 - Sweet tarts ... original ones not the chewy ones.
2 - Pixy Stix
3 - Good N Plenty
4 - Jr Mints or York Peppermint Patties
5 - Red String Licorice
6 - Milky Way (frozen if possible)
7 - Tootsie Rolls
8 - Mounds Bars
9 - Hershey Bar
10 - 100,000 dollar bar (Or $100,000 Grand)
11 - Reeces Cups
12 - 3 Musketeer Bar
13 - Nestle Crunch Bar
14 - Kit Kat Bar
15 - Snickers Bar
16 - Sugar Daddy
17 - Bit O Honey
18 - Candy Corn
19 - White Chocolate (like the bunnies at Easter time)
20 - Tic Tacs
21 - Sno Caps
22 - Marathon Bars
23 - Rolos
24 -  M & Ms
25 - Raisinetts 
26 - Twizzlers Cherry
27 - Werthers Originals
28- Nerds
29 - Salt Water Taffy
30 - Pop Rocks

Do you want to count Marshmallow Peeps as candy?   If so ... I like to cut open the package and leave them for a couple of days before eating them.  That way the sugar coating gets hard.  Some people like them frozen.   I like to have them in hot chocolate as well.   Or melt down a tobblerone chocolate bar with milk, then dip the peep into the melted chocolate.  MMMMMMM

[UltraBudgie]

Do you want to count Marshmallow Peeps as candy?

You should try microwaving them. They turn in to Mega-Peeps.

[Encia22]

I used to gently remove the chocolate around Ferrero Rochers, leaving just the wafer shell and filling...like stripping Earth of its crust and mantle. 

No wonder they tasted weird. 

[FlyersFan]

You should try microwaving them. They turn in to Mega-Peeps.

I can't do the sugar anymore .... but I LOVED peeps!

I read stuff on how people ate them different ways.
Some wild stuff.
I liked mine in  hot chocolate.
I also liked them stale.   Yes, stale.
I liked the sugar coating hard.
Apparently I'm not alone in that. 
Lots of people do.

PEEPS!   I LOVE PEEPS!

[FlyersFan]

I used to gently remove the chocolate around Ferrero Rochers, leaving just the wafer shell ...

There used to be a candy with a wafer shell that melted in your mouth and left a hard little candy to suck on.    They were like flying saucers.  "Satellite Wafers".  The melting paper thin wafer shell would be different colors and different flavors.

I LOVED THEM!

They are impossible to find except in old country stores ... and online of course.

https://www.amazon.com/Satellite-Wafers-...B0013K7IBU