Candy Bars Worth Crossing State Lines For

A field guide to great American treats.

Steve Almond analyzes your Halloween candy-giving choices.

There are lots of oddball candies in this world. Chowpatty favors Mexican candies flavored with tamarind, chile, or both. She also loves leche quemada, basically Mexican milk fudge. It’s kind of like penuche, but made with...

Marshmallow should be gooey like God and Valomilk intended.

a decent selection. Candy Bars....Valomilk...yum. I’m sure I’ll come up with some more.

places. http://www.valomilk.com/

LC Good lollipops Licorice … Real licorice Nik-L-Nip Wax Bottles Pixie Stix Pop Rocks Razzles red hots sour balls Sky Bar Valomilk Zagnuts Zotz

with an unrelenting obsession centered around obscure candy bars. My question is, where can I find such regional rarities as the Clark Bar, the Valomilk, the Twin Bing, and the Idaho Spud? Will I have to order them? Or is there a...

that probably would work better in a stocking. I also grabbed some Cherry Mash and Valomilk's the other day.

Also Valomilk chocolate candies and any Zum products You might check out the Original Juan outlet store on Southwest Blvd. I love all their hot sauces and rubs. A

. Sifers' Valomilk (“The Original 'Flowing Center' Candy Cup”). Also, a German-made curiosity called Varga (sic) Girls bubble gum, with a pin-up drawing on every wrapper. If you buy one, they’ll warn you that...

in Wichita learned of a pending Bay Area Chowhound BBQ taste off day after we returned home—was able to buy BBQ sauce in the KC airport! They have all varieties of Arthur Bryant’s, Gates, Jack Stack and a few others....

Valomilk. Cherry Mash. I’d hit a variety of Sauces, since you can get em cheap. Out here, a Rosedale or Quicks, a Zarda, Etc. would be priceless. A loaf of Povitca. Dorothy Lynch French Dressing. Otts Dressing. I’ll think of...

, which might give you an idea of what I’m trying to find. Green River Soda — Chicago Valomilk — Kansas Del’s Frozen Lemonade — Rhode Island Abba Zabba — California Mike Sells potato chips — Ohio...

Marshmallow Peeps Zagnuts Valomilks Claeys Candy (Watermelon and Root Beer flavors in particular) Razzles (tropical flavor)