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01. It is SUCH a beautiful day today! The weather has been crap for a solid week now, and any nice weather we've had in the last few months has stayed around for a few days at most and then run into hiding again. Which is infuriating to me, a summer lover. So after work I walked straight past my house and jaunted around for a good 30 minutes,

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Kit Kats - through my entire childhood, there was one kind of Kit Kat, and it was four small milk chocolate bars attached together (you can break them apart, hence the slogan "break me off a piece of that kit kat bar"). In the last few years, they've come out with a few more varieties, like a dark and white chocolate version. Also, they've recently come out with a "Big" Kit Kat. It's probably the same weight as a traditional Kit Kat, but it's one big bar rather than 4 small ones, closer to the size of a Snickers or Milky Way.

Smarties - as other people have said, we have the small fruit-favored tabs. They're probably my favorite non-chocolate candy, especially at Halloween. They come in a little cylinder, and my OCD side loves to take them out and sort them by color.

Coffee Crisp - I had never seen or heard of these until they magically appeared in our vending machine a few months ago. I thought it was just some new candy, I didn't realize it was something that wasn't widely available in the states. I'll have to try one today!

Cadbury - We have very little Cadbury-anything. Around Easter, the creme-filled eggs are very popular, and you see some other Easter-themed chocolate. I think I've seen one or two bar-type candies, but they're rare and not available in most stores. We're pretty much dominated by Hershey's. I actually live only a few hours from Hershey, PA (The Sweetest Place on Earth!) so it's very popular here. I'm not sure if other areas of the country are similarly Hershey-dominated.

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We have the same Kit Kats here, with all the varieties. I saw them in Houston last summer too.

We call your Smarties "Rockets" and I don't like them that much. Regular Smarties are much better! ;)

Yes! Try the Coffee Crisp and let me know what you think! It was my favourite chocolate bar in grad school.

Someone else said that about Cadbury. I think I'll pick up some extra Cadbury stuff. Incidentally, I've been to the Hershey factory in Pennsylvania! It's kinda creepy - it and the whole town.

[corkdorkdan]

The results are in, and I like Coffee Crisp! It's pretty light and mild, which is good. Sometimes I'm in the mood for some candy, but I don't want a huge nougat-y and caramel-y sugar high. I have an M&M dispenser (looks like a gumball machine) at my desk for real chocolate, but the Coffee Crisp is a good alternative.

LOL @ at the Hershey creepiness. You don't like the giant man-in-a-Hershey-bar-costume that walks around? The amusement park is pretty nice, the factory tour is lame because it's just some goofy animatronics. Back in the day, you got a tour of a REAL chocolate factory, and that was probably better.

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I'm glad you like it!

Yeah, we didn't see the real factory at all.