We Love Canadian Candy, eh!
At Candy Funhouse, welove our American friends and we love their candy, but we must admit, we love our Canadian candy more!
Canadian Candy has a special place in our hearts, and a sweet taste in our mouths! Where else could you find chocolate covered Turkishdelight, purple gum that tastes like soap, and the real "Smarties"? Canada gives "home sweet home" its true meaning.
Here is our top ten list of must-have Canadian Candies.
1. Mackintosh Toffee
Its history is long and delicious. Canadians have been indulging since 1890, making Mackintosh Toffee one of our favourite Old Fashioned Canadiancandy.
Mackintosh Toffee is made in a solid rectangular slab and thepackaging is distinctive, with its cute tartan-like design.
"SmackYour Mack" is the famous slogan for this toffee, as many people chooseto break it up into smaller bite size pieces by breaking it up.
Or youcould be brave with your teeth and bite into it at your own risk!Whichever way you eat it, Mackintosh's Toffee is smooth and sweet,delicately salted and perfectly creamy!
2. Eat More Chocolate Bar
Who does not want to be told to eat more? This candy bar is made ofrobust dark toffee, roasted peanuts and chocolate. It is an exemplarycombination of a chewy and firm texture.
Eat-More's are a retro barthat certainly hits the spot when you're hungry. Filling and satisfying, the Canadian Eat-More bar is one of a kind – you will not find aduplicate anywhere else except for in Canada!
3. Big Turk
Big Turk Chocolate Bars are exclusive to Canada and certainlyexclusive to certain taste buds! Some say it is a required taste, butfor sure Big Turk bars are unique and do offer big flavour! The middleof Big Turk bars are filled with a nice solid piece of "Turkish delight" – a specialty confection based on a gel of starch and sweet, sweet sugar.
A kind of gummy like textured candy, with a pretty sort of reddish-purple like hue, the outside is completely covered in a nice thicklayer of rippled milk chocolate. Some people say it reminds them ofchocolate covered red licorice, but at Candy Funhouse we disagree! The inside remindsus more of an Allan's BigFoot sort of taste. Big Turks are certainlydistinctive,yet also luring for the calorie counting candy lovers, asthese bars have 60% less fat than the averagechocolate candy bar! Hurray for the sweet-lover's diet!
4.Maynards Wine Gums
An Old Fashioned candy that is very popular in Canada. Wine gums couldbe compared to gumdrops but without the sugary coating. Despite whatthe name implies, sorry to disappoint you, Maynards Wine Gums containno wine! Although their flavour is meant to mock the taste of a fine red wine or a port. Once you've had a wine gum you will never forget theirintense, smooth taste. They are not comparable to other gummy-likecandies, they are chewy, but not sticky or stretchy. Maynards Wine Gums havebeen around since 1896. A very Old Fashioned Candy that deserves tobe savoured.
5.Aero Bar
Bubbly, smooth, and melt in your mouth milk chocolate! A retro chocolate bar that Canadians have been eating since the 1970's. Atsome point in the 1980's it was introduced in the United States but itfailed to deliver the "wow" factor that Canadians love about Aero Chocolate Bars. I guess they didn't appreciate the bubbles like we do! Aero Chocolate Bars are a pleasure to indulge in, one of the many perks ofbeing Canadian, eh?
6.Coffee Crisp
If they ask you here "how do you like your coffee?" we just might say CRISP! Coffee Crisp Chocolate Candy Bars are a part of our Canadianheritage. Canadians have been enjoying this "nice light snack" Chocolate Bar since 1939! With its light and crispy waferssandwiching a coffee favoured type filling that alternates between thinlayers of chocolate, then completely covered in milk chocolate. Youjust can't go wrong!So yes, as proud Canadians,we likeour coffee "crisp"!
7.Smarties
Americans may think they have Smarties, but we know those are reallycalled "Rockets" here in Canada. We have the real ones! And ourSmarties include chocolate! Our Smarties are are the most vividlycolourful candy coated bits of milk chocolate! They are a staple,found down every Canadian Candy aisle. Smarties are a Retro Canadian Candy and as any good Canadian would tell you, we do eat the red oneslast!
8. Thrills Gum
Thrills Gum were originally manufactured in London, Ontario by the OPee Chee Company before being bought out by Nestles in the early1980's. A beautiful purple gum that as strange as it may sound, isknown for its sweet, soap-like flavour, Thrills Gum is sort of an oddrequired taste. You are either a fan or not, there is no middle of theroad with this gum! It's the addition of rosewater in this gum thatgives it such a unique and distinctive taste. Thrills gum even stateson the package "it still tastes like soap" – A perfect choice for thoseof us with colourfullanguage, and a great way to get your thrills!
9. Pal O Mine
We must thank Arthur Ganong for this special Canadian Chocolate Bar.
He was the brainchild behind the making of the first actual wrappedchocolate bar, making him a pure Canadian genius! The Ganong Candy Companystarted in 1873, making it Canada's oldest candy company, located in St. Stephen's, New Brunswick. Pal-O-Mine is a delicious, oldfashioned Canadian chocolate bar made of a rich fudge centre, then smothered in coconut, peanuts and Ganong's premium dark chocolate!
Ganong even has a Chocolate Museum in St. Stephen's. This museumincludes hands-on experiences and interactive displays. Visitors arealso more than welcome to sample the chocolate! Sounds like a tastyvisit!
10.Maltesers
Maltesers are an Old Fashioned and Nostalgic Candy, dating all the way back to the 1930's! They are delicious balls consisting of a light, slightlycrispy, malt honeycomb centre, surrounded with a healthy layer of richmilk chocolate! These could be compared to their almost-Americantwin, Whoppers. However, our Canadian Maltesers win every time! Theballs are bigger and they do boast a much more generous coating ofmilk chocolate.Maltesers are proudly made by Mars Canada, and are an absolute must-have Canadian Retro Candy!
These are just a few delicious perks of being Canadian, but by allmeans, some of the sweetest! Check outthe extensiveCanadian Candy and Canadian Bars selection offered right here at Candy Funhouse... and order yourself some sweet treats to enjoy! You deserve it, right?
