Sleepy faithful there are a few things in my life I really enjoy. Those things include: laughing,music,writing,Halloween,Horror films,the cast,sex and of course food, And well thats what this whole new post on FZR & Ronin.com will be about. At my heart i have always been a huge slacker and with that in comes a few things in life the “Bear Necessity’s” if you will haha. I enjoy simple things like great food and drinks and I would love to share that with all of you here. So with no further ado here we go.
When I first set off to add something new here I thought to myself what would be a good jumping off point What is something that we all enjoy something we even now as adults well most of at this point are. Something that screams nostalgia,that screams childhood a throw back something even when I was a stoned young slacker I would have that child like wonderment when walking into my local store. What could it be hmmmm what grabs us still well into adulthood.
Motherfucking Candy Bars!
Oh yes that’s right. No one reading this post can not say that man when I was a child I had to beg my parents to get me this or man when I woke up on Christmas morning this candy bar was in my stocking. Easter it all goes with out saying. You had and more then likely still have your go to comfort candy that brings you right back to that spot when you where a 10 year old kid with butterflies in your stomach just waiting to tear into that wrapper. With Charlie in the Chocolate factory Furry. Only our Golden Ticket was the candy bar its self. Cheap candy companies I want to win my own Chocolate factory.
No matter what your preference is whether you where over the top and needed a ton of things thrown in your bar or if you where just fine with the plain maybe some peanuts perhaps just milk chocolate you had to have it. As a kid i recall it being a struggle in the car when ever the rents would stop at the local Hot Spot…(Memphis’s version 7-11 at one time now we just have Exon’s and Texaco’s lol.) Trying to convince them to please get me a candy bar please just a small one at that time i had no idea about the size options I think when I found out about king size it was like the first time I saw a girl naked…A life changing experience haha. None the less to have them bring out a bag that was larger then what was needed for there two packs of cigs I knew in that brown paper bag that its contents held a little bit of love in a wrapper.
Ok enough reminiscing about my misspent youth as a candy connoisseur. Lets jump into my list of all time favs.
1. The Payday
My all time favorite candy Bar in the world I kid you not if I am ever feeling down in the dumps this is an instant spirit lifter for me I get the Payday and a sprite and all is right with the world. One year for Christmas I got a box full i think it was like a the ones they sale at sams club or Costco insane best Christmas gift ever. Peanuts caramel nothing to fancy the perfect balance of greatness.
2. whatchamacallit
First of all a fun name to say. I love saying it to people and some of them having a dumb-founded look on there face like a what? peanut-flavored crisp with a layer of caramel and a layer of milk chocolate coating……sign me up bish face. Great ads they used to have for this thing too back in the day. Like the one where again people not knowing what you where asking for calling it something to the effect of a wowzamadoo….hahahahahah…Still kills me to this day.
3.The Butterfinger.
A classic candy bar unless you are allergic to peanuts you love it to. Crispity Crunchity penutbuttery. A tie in with the Simpsons what more could you ask for? To stop getting the neon orange insides stuck to your back teeth other then that I love you butterfinger.
4. Abba Zaba
“Abba Zaba you my only friend!” now this is not so much a candy bar as it is just taffy filled with peanut butter. It does come in a bar from sorta. I did not have any knowledge of the existence of this candy till i was in my 10th grade year in High School and there was this smoking hot new chick from Long Beach CA. that had just moved to memphis.
I was really into Sublime then and I fell for her hard one day mid-stare in class i saw her pull out the odd colored wrapper and the first thing that came to my mind was holy shit that must be some cool ska candy from the LBC look at the checker broad print on the wrapper. So with my love of this new girl and all things candy I say what the hell is that awesome looking shit. I put it in my mouth and I was in love she never liked me more then a friend but hey man I got Abba Zaba outta the deal so thank you hot chick where ever you are. Taffy with peanut butter in the middle a unique taste….but none the less good.
5. Worlds Finest Chocolate with almonds
Some of you may not have any idea as to what this is or where you can get it. It makes this list cause of the Nostalgia factor. Its not payday in the least it is the one candy that when i see the wrapper,taste it that sends me hurdling back to my childhood.
This was the candy they made us kids slave away and sale to get that new computer of the library every year. In elementary school. I can see it like it was yesterday they would call us all down to the cafeteria there would be this rep on stage along with the Principal teachers etc etc….
The rep would launch into his speech about things you could win. Our eyes would light up! A new BIKE! WOW! MOVIE PASSES! WOW! nothing compared to the kid who could go door to door and whore him or her self to the point of out saleing all there classmates get this you could win….A LIMO RIDE TO THE MALL AND 100 BUCKS TO SPEND! WHAT!!!! sign me up sir I will out sale all these half wits I FZR will be in that limo come May.
I never once sold more then maybe 10 goddamn wolds finest chocolate bars in my entire life. Guess who they went to me my brother and the rents. The box would come home with you and it would taunt us all day eat one frank its only a dollar. All the money I made was b/c we ate them all. I never went door to door no one bought them from me i never got the limo ride I did how ever some how always forget to take my money in on money turn in day. Hello Movies that weekend.
So dear readers I leave you with this. No matter where you are in life always keep the Christopher Robin in you happy eat your favorite candy bars. Life sucks so much as it is why rob our self’s of that child like impulse. So what is your Top five favorite candy bars? hmmmm?
Thanks For reading.
- Frank Zanzibar Rose.