What candy would the Lead in your WIP choose, and why?
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Stevens would choose his wife’s hard candy drops. He’s in Eastland County TX in the late 1800s, and it’s hot. Everything else would melt.
Peanut butter and chocolate, a combination made in heaven. Addictive! My lead would choose peanut butter cubes (covered in chocolate), because they’re made at Marie’s Candies in my home town, and near the setting for the Mad River Magic series.
Chocolate generally–the greatest food on earth. But my favorite is the Ghiardelli dark chocolate/sea salt carmel squares. Oh my!
As to my protag–thats a historical research question I haven’t looked into. Not sure what the candy options were in the mid 1800’s.
BK, I have a reference, The Writer’s Guide to Everyday Life in the 1800s. Under “candy” for mid century it has: peanut brittle, taffy, fudge, pralines, honey popcorn balls, gumdrops, peppermint sticks, jujube paste.
Thanks! Peppermint sticks I would’ve expected but I wouldn’t have guessed the others, especially stuff like taffy. Good to know!
Switzer’s Licorice was available in the 1880’s. When I was young it was still made on the St. Louis riverfront. When the wind was right you could get the smell of licorice on your walk to the ball park.
See’s Candy. Bordeaux, Mocha, California brittle, Milk Chocolate Buttercream, and Easter Eggs.
Do you really need to ask why?
Chocolate covered toffee is my favorite, like Heath bars. Sage loves Ferrero Rocher.
What is Mike Romeo’s favorite candy?
Sue, as the picture indicates, Peanut M&Ms, as they are the best for philosophical contemplation. They teach you to slow down and ponder, as popping them quickly in the mouth leads to overindulgence. The careful rolling around of a single piece, OTOH, leads to insights, rewarded by the trinity of tasty goodness and a convivial crunch that comes from nut, chocolate, and candy shell smashed together on the tongue. You can also suck off the shell, followed by the chocolate, leaving the pure peanut for last. You can bite one in half and chew one piece while practicing mindfulness on the other. In short, wisdom, knowledge, peace, tranquility, conversation, celebration, cogitation and joy come from the considered consumption of Peanut M&Ms.
Perhaps even life changing! Case in point. At the party where I met the future Mrs. Bell, our initial conversation was while I was holding a bowl of Peanut M&Ms which I had purloined from a table in hopes it would be an inducement for her to keep talking to me. It worked out. Two and half weeks later I asked her to marry me. She said yes.
Aww…sweet.
You should send that description of peanut M&Ms to the company. They’d be foolish not to use it in their marketing. Nicely done! And now, I’m off to raid the grandkids’ Easter baskets… 😉
Ah, sweet, sweet candy. You mean I have to pick a favorite 🙂
Probably a toss up between peanut M&Ms and peanut butter cups. Theo Chocolates make varying degrees of dark chocolate peanut butter cups. The 85% are nicely balanced by the peanut butter. They also do a fine almond butter cup. But I digress.
As for my Lead, Meg Booker, in the mid-1980s, I’d say Hershey’s Kisses. Unlike me, one or two gives her a nice taste of chocolate without going overboard.
Have a sweet Friday!
Starlight mints. They settle the stomach after a night of hard drinking.
Candy is a treat for me so I’m not that picky. This year’s Easter crop of Brach’s spiced jelly beans, sadly, is horrible. Unmelted sugar and no flavor. I had no desire to buy any to freeze as a later treat. My blood sugar is safe.
I’ve had only one main character who was an on-page candy eater. She was being chased by killers so no piece of candy or stale cookie was beneath her notice. A stress sugar eater.
Ketchup Chips. Not candy but I love them. It’s a Canadian thing.
Anything with dark chocolate and caramel.
The police commissioner in my novels pops Life Savers occasionally.
72% cacao dark chocolate, usually in the form of Trader Joe’s imported Belgian chocolate bars. Unfortunately, I’m very sensitive to caffeine and there’s a lot in chocolate, apparently enough to give me a reaction, lately, so it’s off my diet. I get by with gummi bears, “coke bottles,” and maple cookies.
I’m unsure what candy was available in 17th Century Zaragoza, but it’s probable that Tenirax got by on a little honey, raw sugar cane, and dates. (The Arabs grew sugar cane in southern Spain, and the cane was brought west to the Caribbean by Columbus. “In the 17th century, most European countries had colonies throughout the world where they could grow their own sugar cane.¹”)
My wip characters are on a yacht in the Adriatic and didn’t pack candy, but the heroine grabbed a fruit candy from the snack table and liked it well enough. Her favorite was the chocolate wafer candy, similar to Twix but much better. She bought 2 boxes to take home. My hero’s Outfitting Department didn’t supply him with any foodstuffs.
For me, dark chocolate just about anything as long as there are NO PEANUTS.
Has to be sour patch kids!
Anything with sugar in it. Chocolate would be nice, too. And butter. Unless it’s jelly beans. And I like the black ones.
Stevens would choose his wife’s hard candy drops. He’s in Eastland County TX in the late 1800s, and it’s hot. Everything else would melt.
Peanut butter and chocolate, a combination made in heaven. Addictive! My lead would choose peanut butter cubes (covered in chocolate), because they’re made at Marie’s Candies in my home town, and near the setting for the Mad River Magic series.
Chocolate generally–the greatest food on earth. But my favorite is the Ghiardelli dark chocolate/sea salt carmel squares. Oh my!
As to my protag–thats a historical research question I haven’t looked into. Not sure what the candy options were in the mid 1800’s.
BK, I have a reference, The Writer’s Guide to Everyday Life in the 1800s. Under “candy” for mid century it has: peanut brittle, taffy, fudge, pralines, honey popcorn balls, gumdrops, peppermint sticks, jujube paste.
Thanks! Peppermint sticks I would’ve expected but I wouldn’t have guessed the others, especially stuff like taffy. Good to know!
Switzer’s Licorice was available in the 1880’s. When I was young it was still made on the St. Louis riverfront. When the wind was right you could get the smell of licorice on your walk to the ball park.
http://www.switzercandy.com/about/our-story
Thanks!
See’s Candy. Bordeaux, Mocha, California brittle, Milk Chocolate Buttercream, and Easter Eggs.
Do you really need to ask why?
Chocolate covered toffee is my favorite, like Heath bars. Sage loves Ferrero Rocher.
What is Mike Romeo’s favorite candy?
Sue, as the picture indicates, Peanut M&Ms, as they are the best for philosophical contemplation. They teach you to slow down and ponder, as popping them quickly in the mouth leads to overindulgence. The careful rolling around of a single piece, OTOH, leads to insights, rewarded by the trinity of tasty goodness and a convivial crunch that comes from nut, chocolate, and candy shell smashed together on the tongue. You can also suck off the shell, followed by the chocolate, leaving the pure peanut for last. You can bite one in half and chew one piece while practicing mindfulness on the other. In short, wisdom, knowledge, peace, tranquility, conversation, celebration, cogitation and joy come from the considered consumption of Peanut M&Ms.
Perhaps even life changing! Case in point. At the party where I met the future Mrs. Bell, our initial conversation was while I was holding a bowl of Peanut M&Ms which I had purloined from a table in hopes it would be an inducement for her to keep talking to me. It worked out. Two and half weeks later I asked her to marry me. She said yes.
Aww…sweet.
You should send that description of peanut M&Ms to the company. They’d be foolish not to use it in their marketing. Nicely done! And now, I’m off to raid the grandkids’ Easter baskets… 😉
Ah, sweet, sweet candy. You mean I have to pick a favorite 🙂
Probably a toss up between peanut M&Ms and peanut butter cups. Theo Chocolates make varying degrees of dark chocolate peanut butter cups. The 85% are nicely balanced by the peanut butter. They also do a fine almond butter cup. But I digress.
As for my Lead, Meg Booker, in the mid-1980s, I’d say Hershey’s Kisses. Unlike me, one or two gives her a nice taste of chocolate without going overboard.
Have a sweet Friday!
Starlight mints. They settle the stomach after a night of hard drinking.
Candy is a treat for me so I’m not that picky. This year’s Easter crop of Brach’s spiced jelly beans, sadly, is horrible. Unmelted sugar and no flavor. I had no desire to buy any to freeze as a later treat. My blood sugar is safe.
I’ve had only one main character who was an on-page candy eater. She was being chased by killers so no piece of candy or stale cookie was beneath her notice. A stress sugar eater.
Ketchup Chips. Not candy but I love them. It’s a Canadian thing.
Anything with dark chocolate and caramel.
The police commissioner in my novels pops Life Savers occasionally.
72% cacao dark chocolate, usually in the form of Trader Joe’s imported Belgian chocolate bars. Unfortunately, I’m very sensitive to caffeine and there’s a lot in chocolate, apparently enough to give me a reaction, lately, so it’s off my diet. I get by with gummi bears, “coke bottles,” and maple cookies.
I’m unsure what candy was available in 17th Century Zaragoza, but it’s probable that Tenirax got by on a little honey, raw sugar cane, and dates. (The Arabs grew sugar cane in southern Spain, and the cane was brought west to the Caribbean by Columbus. “In the 17th century, most European countries had colonies throughout the world where they could grow their own sugar cane.¹”)
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My wip characters are on a yacht in the Adriatic and didn’t pack candy, but the heroine grabbed a fruit candy from the snack table and liked it well enough. Her favorite was the chocolate wafer candy, similar to Twix but much better. She bought 2 boxes to take home. My hero’s Outfitting Department didn’t supply him with any foodstuffs.
For me, dark chocolate just about anything as long as there are NO PEANUTS.
Has to be sour patch kids!
Anything with sugar in it. Chocolate would be nice, too. And butter. Unless it’s jelly beans. And I like the black ones.