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Subject: Re: rpbc's - sad face
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Jill McQuown wrote:
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> Oh!  I didn't realize there was an acronym for Reese's Peanut Butter 
> Cups.  Okay, well they were pretty good but I don't tend to think about 
> them very often.  I certainly don't wax nostalgic about them.

  they used to be good.  now.  not worth the calories.


> Personally, I preferred the Payday Bar.  Salted roasted peanuts on top 
> of a caramel topped nougat centered candy bar.  They still taste the 
> same as they did when I first tried one 40 years ago. :)  Kind of hard 
> to mess with that.

  yes, funny you mention them, they were among my favorites
too for the same reasons you cite.  the other thing is that
i like Babe Ruth candy bars of old, but now they suffer the
same fate as the RPBC...  all sweet, no flavor.


>  Except when they tried to cover them in chocolate. 
> Not everything needs to be covered in chocolate.  I don't know that it 
> was a huge seller.  I have not bothered to look it up.

  i never had one of those or saw them, but i think by then
i may have pretty much gone off commercial candy because i got
into making my own.


  songbird