Soft Candy Chews

Question: Candy as a kid? Trying to remember wrapped chews in a package. Some were licorice, some butterscotch. Soft.? The package was not fancy. They were foil wrapped chews inside. It was kind of a "grown up" candy as I remember. I have googled way too much to keep trying. I remember them being so good and very strong in flavor. Thanks.

Answer: I think they were Callard & Bowser Soft Toffees. They came in a roll, each piece was individually wrapped (I think in wax paper). They came in a plain toffee (caramel) as well as the licorice flavor that you mention. I loved those. Callard & Bowser was bought out by Wrigley's and they stopped making them. I found some very tasty licorice caramels from Utah called J Morgan that are the closest thing I know of.

Question: Do you chew hard candy and suck on soft candy? Why/why not? I find I will always chew on jolly ranchers and suckers but suck on taffy. I wonder why? What about you?

Answer: i bite and chew everything. dont care if it's soft or hard.

Question: How do you make bacon strips out of candy? Im making a bacon chesseburger cake and i need to make bacon. The recipe calls for a candy not made here anymore. Its the Creme Savors Chocolate & Caramel soft chews. These are no longer carried where i live. I need help ASAP. Cake has to be done by tomorrow!! Thanks. giving points to best help!

Answer: allrecipes.com has a whole section on April Fool's food. The hamburger I saw looked real. And it was a mint cookie and vanilla wafers. Try there.

Question: POLL: What's your fave soft candy? Or can you still chew it without losing your dentures???

Answer: Home made caramels.

Question: I am 28 weeks pregnant and I have horrible burning in my throat and chest??? I didnt have this until the last 2 weeks with my first, but have been feeling this every day for about a month with this pregnancy? I dont know what to call it if its heartburn or acid reflux... but it hurts! Its particularly bad when I lie down... I eat rolaids soft chews like candy and even milk makes me feel this way. What else can I do to prevent this or make it better?

Answer: Try a handful of Almonds. I read it online one night when I was having horrible heartburn/indigestion and had nothing to take. They actually work! I just eat the roasted and salted ones not the smoked ones. I keep some in the car and in the house at all times. I got burned out on Tums, Rolaids, Malox etc in my first pregnancy so it is nice to have an alternative. Also, i normally get it really bad at bed time (so bad that it makes me very nauseous) so my doctor has had me taking one extra strength Pepcid or Zantac (I take the off brand of Zantac-cheapest) one hour before going to bed. It's been amazing! I can actually lay down right when I go to bed instead of having to sleep propped up for hours. These are just a couple of things that have worked for me. Good luck!

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Question: Why are strawberry Starburst candies softer and easier to chew than the other 3 original flavors? I would have thought only the flavoring and coloring would be different, and the other ingredients and preparation would stay the same, but it seems like there's something else going on.

Answer: it's a chemical food be careful

Question: does you kids school have a nutritional guideline? i found this at a school webside: Nutrition standards defined by 126-86-5 Limit total calories to no more than 200 per package Limit total fat to no more than 35% of the calories per product excluding nuts, seeds, cheese Limit saturated fat to less than 10% of the total calories Limit trans fat to less than or equal to 0.5 grams per package Reduce sugar content of food items to no more than 35% of calories per product excluding fruits Limit sodium to no more than 200 milligrams per product/package At all grade levels it is recommended that only water, 100% fruit/vegetable juice and non-fat 1% low-fat milk, flavored or unflavored be served. W.Va. code 18-2-6a permits juice beverages with a minimum of 20% juice. No candy, soft drinks, chewing gum or flavored ice bars will be distributed during the school day The WVBE strongly recommends that juice beverages not contain sugar. Limit fruit/vegetable juice portions to nom more than 4 0z. for elementary students No coffee-based products may be given to students Prohibit caffeine containing beverages with the exception of those containing trace amounts of naturally occurring caffeine substances No foods containing non nutritive artificial sweeteners No foods shall be served or distributed to students in elementary schools from the time the first child arrives at school until 20 minutes after lunch is served Foods and beverages shall not be offered as a reward or used as a means of punishment Accountability and Compliance: Noncompliance with the rules and standards stipulated in section 126-86-4 may result in sanctions that include suspension or recovery of federal reimbursements.

Answer: Yes, and they also have requirements for daily physical activity. The link below provides more detail on both the physical and nutritional requirements, but the basics are: Nutrition Guidelines Snacks: No more than 8 grams of fat per serving. No more than 30% calories from fat. No more than 30% added sugar by weight. No more than 170mg. Sodium per oz. Beverages: Milk, 1% skim, white and flavored Beverages, contributing to the RDA for: Vitamins Minerals No more than 20% added sugar Minimum 5% fruit juice or provide isotonic hydration Unflavored, non-carbonated water Flavored, unsweetened water http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/Pubs/Nutrition/NutritionNews.pdf

Question: Are tonsil stones the sign of a health condition, and should I seek help? This morning I coughed up my first tonsil stone while brushing the back of my tongue. At first I thought it was some sort of weird aftermath from the Hi-Chew candy I had been eating (A Japanese candy similar to Starbursts, but more soft and gummy in texture), but it was indeed a tonsil stone. Should I be concerned? Am I in some sort of health trouble if I have a tonsil stone at the age of 20? Please only reply if you even know what tonsil stones are.

Answer: I've never heard of a tonsil stone, how do tonsils make stones?

Question: 1 year old and Halloween candy? So I am taking my son trick or treating this year for his 1st Halloween. He will be a year old Nov 18th so hes almost one now. And I figured since its his 1st Halloween we do it up. I was wondering what candy he could try or eat? Because I dont wanna take him for candy and everything and he cant eat any of it. Ive heard anything soft for him to chew and nothing with honey or peanuts in them. is there anything else?

Answer: Plain chocolate like Hershey's or Three Musketeers - break into small bite sizes, there's really not much else for him. Think about all the candy people usually give out... Gum, Skittles, Anything "Gummy", Snickers...etc...he shouldn't have any of that (he might choke God forbid.) Good luck - I wouldn't worry about making a big deal out of his 1st Halloween - he's not even going to remember it. Wait till he's 4 or 5 when he's in school and then you can go all out and he can have fun with friends too. Do you know any other mothers with children this young - maybe you can get together and have a Halloween party or something(?) Hope I helped. EDIT: suckers, yes, but he needs to be watched closely with the stick (unless it's a "safety" sucker w/ the loop on the end.); also Twizzlers only if they're cut into smaller pieces - he's not even one yr. old - depends on how many teeth he has too...children his age don't know about gag reflex and choking.

Question: Alcoholic Hard Candy? Recall seeing an amber colored hard candy seated about thin wood prong for handling purposes. It was too hard to chew. Dimly seen inside was what looked like desert scorpion and the wrapper listed teguila as a flavoring. Are there any better alcoholic hard candy? Are NOT fond of soft chocolates with a center of semi-liquid spirits.

Answer: Hard Rock Candy, Alcoholic Beverage

Question: help! candy question? for valentines day i got those necco sweetheart mini conversation heart candies. I got some in the box and some in the bag. they taste way different. the ones in the box taste more and are really hard, they hurt to chew. the ones in the bag are really soft and kind of chewy. They are the same candy though, why they so different? They dont taste stale, just different. Are they supposed to be soft or hard?

Answer: The ones in the bags are in an airtight container....the ones in the boxes are not in an airtight container, also....the cardboard can dry out the candy too. We also bought both kinds and noticed a difference too..... We ended up sending the bags of candy hearts to school instead of the boxes.

Question: How do you make caramel sauce? I want to make a caramel drizzle using premade caramel cubes. They come in a clear plastic wrapper and are hard to chew and very sticky. Making caramel from scratch is not an option and I do not have a candy thermometer. How can I prepare the caramel cubes so that they will be soft and not as sticky at room temperature?

Answer: Basic Caramel Sauce ½ c. white sugar ½ c. brown sugar ½ c. heavy cream ¼ c. butter In a smaller saucepan, combine all four ingredients and bring to a boil. Do not overcook. See tip above. Cook only to a softball stage and use a candy thermometer for best results. Remove from heat and add 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Cool and serve with whipped cream on your favorite dessert or ice cream sundae ENJOY, MAR

Question: Can anyone provide an example of a tax increase that resulted in additional revenue to the gov't that did not have a negative consequence? The New Deal programs that were to help the poor only serve to tax them more for example. Capital gains taxes only serve to move money into int'l exchanges limiting investment in the US. " New Deal programs were financed by tripling federal taxes from $1.6 billion in 1933 to $5.3 billion in 1940. Excise taxes, personal income taxes, inheritance taxes, corporate income taxes, holding company taxes and so-called "excess profits" taxes all went up. The most important source of New Deal revenue were excise taxes levied on alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, matches, candy, chewing gum, margarine, fruit juice, soft drinks, cars, tires (including tires on wheelchairs), telephone calls, movie tickets, playing cards, electricity, radios -- these and many other everyday things were subject to New Deal excise taxes, which meant that the New Deal was substantially financed by the middle class and poor people. http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3357 Please limit your response to national enacted taxes and not local. WRONG - Bill Clinton left with a miserable 0.8% increase in the economy. He was able to forgo worse damage to the economic b/c of the spending cuts in the military. How did that work out? http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8825

Answer: Wow, Angel.., how could anyone be so wrong? Good God! Tax increases caused the Depression. The lack of growth in the 60s and 70s was a product of high tax, low growth formulas. Your conclusions are actually quite silly. "People aren't going to work less". C'mon now. If you tax small business owners and corporations, what are they going to do? They're going to spend less. So they cut costs. That means that people lose jobs. Raises are lower. Benefits get cut. The little guy gets hurt when you raise taxes. The rich just adjust their spending at the expense of those lower on the totem pole. And the concept that the rich don't care is just foolish. I'm a wealthy person. When I lose $100K in a week in the stock market, I promise you that my tips aren't as generous. And I sure don't feel like going out and buying a new car. There's a psychology in play no matter how much you make.

Question: How much money is chewing tobacco/dip/chew.? So I've quit smoking and I'm going out of my mind. My doctor recommended something softer for the lungs, like chewing tobacco, but only for a month or so, until I can downgrade again to candy, gum, so on. How much would a can of dip be?

Answer: That stuff is worse for your gums than smoking is for your lungs - and chew has a very high incidence of causing mouth cancer as well as gum disease. I wouldn't get into that personally - the issue is with the nicotine anyway, and you're not going to reduce your nicotine with chew. However, there are other options out there to help you out if you're interested, that'll satisfy you and won't keep you edgy all day. Both patches and inhalation devices, like ecigs, provide a dose of nicotine that you customize; patches come in three sizes typically, while electronic cigarettes are much more flexible, as you buy the nicotine cartridges at the size you want online. In order to step down your cravings, you just reduce the amount of nicotine you consume over time; it's preferable to doing this versus stepping down the amount of tobacco products you use because of the additional cancer causing chemicals found in products like traditional cigarettes and chewing tobacco. If you want to read more about these kinds of options, read some of the short articles on http://smokefreeme.info ; in particular, take a look at the 'gradual reduction' and 'nicotine replacement therapy' sections, as they're more relevant to your case. Best of luck quitting; you can do it!

Question: What's the longest lasting, staying soft, tasty bubble gum? My favorite bubble gum is Bubblicious Carnival Cotton Candy, but the problem is that it only lasts for about 30-40 minutes before it becomes unbearably hard to chew. Wrigley's has a long history of good, long lasting soft texture, but their flavors are traditional and standard... mints, cinnamon and fruit flavors. Bubble Yum was pretty decent, but you can barely find them around any more except for the "squirt" varieties, which don't last either. Are there ANY good tasty sweet bubble gums any more that last a long time AND don't lose their elasticity for at least a few hours?

Answer: Bubble yum original flavor or Hubba Bubba Original Flavor