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Abba Zaba

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It’s Friday! It’s 5pm! FREE! The weekend is here and it is time to rejoice! So you call up your usual band of friends. Come to find out they’ve all made plans without you. You have been put in a situation where you need that special someone you can always count on to be there for you. Through thick and thin. Through the good times and the bad. Through all life’s trials and tribulations. Yup, you’ve guessed it. Abba Zaba, you my only friend! This is hands down, bar none, no contest, the definition of “old school classic candy bar???. Predating the popularity of the mainstream candy bars by over half a century. Abba Zaba is thick chewy taffy covered in rich creamy peanut butter. Created in the early 1920’s and besting it’s competitors on every snack food level. Not only is it genius in flavor, but it is also high in protein!

Now we all have our own ways about how we as individuals consume our meals and treats, but if I may be so bold as to lend you an inside trade on how I like to do things, this is something I highly recommend. If you have time, and either are in the comforts of your home or near a microwave, first open the Abba Zaba on one end. Place it in the middle of the microwave and set the timer for “approx 7 seconds???. Once done, open the wrapper all the way and let the taffy and peanut butter take you to the days where good times are had by all. To the memories of a forgotten age. To ancient lands far away, where unicorns and wildebeests run free. The Abba Zaba has an effect on the human brain no other candy bar can achieve. It’s something we can all appreciate and afford. This is the middle class working man’s most admired companion. It wont leave you hanging when the world has got you down. It will stand beside you and lift your spirits to new horizons. It will let its voice ring louder than liberty herself. Yes, It is Abba Zaba!

The Reese’s Legacy

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Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Don’t ever say Candy Direct didn’t give you the best candy with a bit of education to appreciate the fine work that goes into these treats. In 1922 H.B. Reese released the first Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. In 1963 Hershey’s Chocolate Company buys the H.B. Reese Candy Company. 7 years later, Hershey would double in size because the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup is that popular.

You know the name. You are familiar with its scent. You love the taste, and that’s what drives your taste buds crazy. It’s the old familiar smell of good times about to be had by all. It’s the joy of knowing you are about to eat something precious. It’s the excitement that you are about to consume the treat of treats that has every other candy wondering how they can become the next big thing. It’s the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. So powerful, and uncompromising in its attitude, it leaves you defeated after going round for round with this past time playboy. Encasing creamy peanut butter in a cup of chocolate, Reese’s give you what appears to be an early birthday cake.

Reese’s Pieces

Reese’s Pieces. Candy in a crunchy shell. They first hit the market in 1978 and made a quick impression on the chocolate candy industry. In fact Reese’s Pieces was so popular, it had a big screen debut as E.T.’s favorite candy. The idea is simple, take peanut butter, cover it in a hard chocolate shell and make it bite size. It’s not saturated with greasy peanut butter, it’s a smooth taste with a nice chocolate compliment. It’s giving all other bite size chocolate treats the stink eye. It wants to be different. It wants to be in your face. It wants to make a nice little home in your heart of hearts, by giving you the best of what chocolate and peanut butter can offer. It takes its time, leaving a lasting impression on your senses for decades to come.

Now, the sister candy to the original Reese’s Pieces is the Reese’s Pieces with Nuts. From exterior to interior we have the chocolate shell, followed by the peanut butter layer found in the original. But those is surrounding a peanut. Again a simple idea, just enhanced. But fret not you band wagon jumpers, there’s room for you yet. These little puppies kick it up a notch and say, “what’s the deal, we can’t come out and play? We just want a chance to prove ourselves in the chocolate world. Just because we’re different, that doesn’t make us wrong. And right they are! They stand next big brother with folded arms of enthusiasm.

In my opinion, Reese’s Pieces may be one of the best ideas for a snack candy. One of my favorite combinations being chocolate and peanut butter, they make it easy for travel on land, air and sea! These pieces of amazement, tantalize and mesmerize the uneducated candy consumer. This is the only type of its kind on the market and bests the challenger on every aspect of the peanut butter and chocolate collaboration. When it comes to Reese’s, they are the original peanut butter and chocolate candy. Do your self’s a favor, buy a bag, and take a minute to enjoy the company of an old friend.

Peanut Butter M&Ms

M&M Peanut Butter

M & M’s are the chocolates that melt in your mouth, not in your hands, according to the old advertisements. So far, they’ve been right. M &M’s have many different varieties-plain, crispy, peanuts, and so on.  These flavors are all very well known. But what about the peanut butter ones? Although not as widely known as the previously mentioned chocolates, Peanut Butter M & M’s are just as great. Open up their red packaging, and it will seem as though you’ve opened up a pack of Plain M & M’s, except jumbo sized. Peanut Butter M & M’s may look like a larger version of Plain M & M’s, but they are filled with creamy peanut butter on the inside.

One would think that Peanut Butter M & M’s are a lot like Reeses Pieces, what with the whole peanut butter idea, but the difference is obvious with the first bite. The chocolate layer on the outside of Peanut Butter M & M’s gives it more crunch. That and the fact that they’re twice the size of the of Reeses Pieces make Peanut Butter M & M’s an ideal chocolate for the peanut butter lover, and the chocolate lover in general.