{"id":5451,"date":"2024-11-13T12:32:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T20:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/?p=5451"},"modified":"2024-11-13T12:32:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T20:32:47","slug":"best-candy-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/article\/best-candy-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Candy Bars, Whether You Love Peanut Butter, Nuts, or (Gasp!) White Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When I set out to taste and rank the best candy bars, I had to take into account that a lot of people would probably argue that all candy bars are good candy bars. Sure. A stick of chocolate filled with peanut butter<\/a> or nougat<\/a> or caramel or nuts (or all of the above) isn\u2019t going to be bad, but there are things that make some candy bars the best candy bars in their respective categories.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you\u2019re taste testing dozens of candy bars\u2014which, honestly, is less fun than it sounds\u2014there are a few things to take into account. Is the coating-to-fillings ratio correct? Is the chocolate high quality and flavorful, or is it weak and waxy? Do the textures make taking another bite irresistible? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In multiple taste tests, we tasted a lot of candy bars, from Reese\u2019s candy bars to nutty candy bars to the best white chocolate candy bars. We took into account ratios, flavor, and overall enjoyability. I\u2019m sure this ranking will get a lot of people riled up (please, relax\u2014there\u2019s a lot going on right now), but here are our thoughts on the very best candy bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following article contains affiliate links that may generate a small commission to us when you make a purchase through the link. Learn more about how we work with affiliates here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Best Candy Bar if You Hate Chocolate<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

PayDay<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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Ooh baby, were we dubious of this weird, naked candy bar. Where\u2019s the chocolate, dudes? Well, if you\u2019re sensitive to chocolate or just plain dislike it, Payday is a surprisingly delicious and satisfying option. Composed of lightly salted peanuts pressed into a sugary, chewy caramel core, this thing has Depression Era written all over it. But classics stick around for a reason, even the unlikely ones. This is the best candy bar for chocolate haters\u2014but I think it will surprise chocolate lovers, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Liv Averett \/ Walmart<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

7.5\/10<\/p>

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Best White Chocolate Candy Bar<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Zero<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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I know this is upsetting, but some people genuinely believe white chocolate is superior to milk and dark chocolate. In fact, one of our taste testers was in that camp. \u201cMaybe this is controversial, but I feel like a Zero bar is everything a Snickers bar should be,\u201d she said. While I will never be a white chocolate supremacist, I have to admit that this combo of nutty nougat and white fudge is surprisingly delicious and so much less one-note than tried-and-true chocolate bars it beat out, like (regular) Snickers and Milky Way. Would it be better with milk chocolate? Maybe, but it\u2019s the best white chocolate candy bar for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Liv Averett \/ Ralphs<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

7.5\/10<\/p>

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Best Fruity Candy Bar<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Bubulubu<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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Do you remember those raspberry jelly rings<\/a> made by the same company that makes halva and tahini and whatnot? Okay, even if you don\u2019t, you\u2019re in for a pleasant surprise with this soft, jammy, tangy bar. Hailing from Mexico, Bubulubu combines a layer of fruity jelly and a layer of squishy marshmallow beneath a thin, crisp dark chocolatey coating. It\u2019s quite sweet, but sweet is fun and so is this bar\u2019s squiggly shape. We didn\u2019t taste test a lot of candy bars with a fruity element, but this was the best candy bar of the ones we tried with a lil bit of fruity, jammy goodness.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Liv Averett \/ Ralphs<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

7.5\/10<\/p>

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Best Crunchy Candy Bar<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Crunch<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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We omitted straight-up plain chocolate bars from this tasting, but Crunch was as close as we got to a real basic bar. There\u2019s something incredibly iconic about the taste of a Crunch bar, and the crispy, rice-y bite is still addictive after all these years. \u201cIt\u2019s so simple, so wonderful, so retro,\u201d Sporked<\/em> editor-in-chief Justine Sterling said. \u201cIt\u2019s just a very subtle, very lovely candy bar.\u201d Hard agree. Crunch bar is one of the best candy bars\u2014a classic for a reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Liv Averett \/ Instacart<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

7.5\/10<\/p>

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Best Creamy Candy Bar<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Kinder Bueno<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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Target<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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This is another bar I\u2019d absolutely snoozed on, but now I see the error in my ways. This delicate confection from Kinder has an excellent crispy crunch along with a smooth, creamy hazelnut filling. It\u2019s delicious. \u201cIt\u2019s so light and it\u2019s the perfect amount of hazelnut,\u201d Sporked<\/em>\u2019s Jordan Myrick said. \u201cI also like that you can break it into little pieces [because it\u2019s segmented].\u201d The Bueno has been around since 1990, and I\u2019m honestly embarrassed I\u2019ve neglected it for this long.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Liv Averett \/ Target<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

7.5\/10<\/p>

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Best Hershey’s Bar<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Hershey\u2019s Ice Cream Shop Hazelnut<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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No offense to people who like a plain ol\u2019 Hershey\u2019s bar, but when there are so many fun options on the market, a plain chocolate bar just doesn\u2019t really stand a chance against the rest of what\u2019s in the candy bar aisle. But this Hershey\u2019s Ice Cream Shop Hazelnut bar is a different story. Taking a bite is like biting into a solid stick of Nutella, but even better because it\u2019s dotted with bits of hazelnuts. This is the best candy bar on our list for hazelnut lovers and it\u2019s good enough for a classic Hershey\u2019s stan to rethink settling for a plain ol\u2019 chocolate bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Liv Averett \/ Hershey’s<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

7.5\/10<\/p>

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Best Candy Bar with Toffee<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Skor<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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We put two toffee bars to the test\u2014Skor and Heath\u2014and while both were extremely delicious, we decided that Skor is the best candy bar with a crunchy toffee interior because of its deeper toffee flavor. Heath was a little crisper, but I personally detected a slightly weird flavor I didn\u2019t love, while Skor\u2014one of the more serious-looking candy bars in the aisle\u2014absolutely nailed that sugary, buttery, molasses-y taste. If someone made a bar with Skor\u2019s flavor and Heath\u2019s texture, we\u2019d be in heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Liv Averett \/ Rite Aid<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

7.5\/10<\/p>

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Best Candy Bar with Coconut<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Mounds<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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Name a more iconic candy duo than Mounds and Almond Joy. We\u2019ll wait. (Just kidding, I\u2019m not really waiting.) Both of these beloved candy bars are filled with a sweet, coconut slime, but Almond Joy has a couple of whole almonds beneath its milk chocolate coating, while Mounds forgoes nuts and is just straight-up coconut drenched in dark chocolate. As the commercial once said, sometimes you feel like a nut and sometimes you don\u2019t. Can I tell you what I really feel like? A mashup! Please, please, please give me either a Mounds with almonds or a dark chocolate Almond Joy\u2014whichever makes Mars feel best. Until this perfect candy bar materializes, we decided Mounds was the superior product because the dark chocolate just goes so much better with the sweet, sticky coconut filling. This is the best candy bar with a coconut filling and one of the best dark chocolate candy bars on this list, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rating:<\/p>

7.5\/10<\/p>

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Best Wafer Bar<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Kit Kat<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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My colleague Justine has a very specific way of eating a Kit Kat bar: you nibble the ends, then eat the chocolate around the edges, and then disassemble it wafer by wafer with your teeth. As she wrote in a recent essay, \u201cIt prolongs the process, allowing me to savor each bite and continue eating a Kit Kat for much longer than someone who simply crunches down each stick in two bites flat.\u201d Kit Kat is certainly good enough to savor. To me, Kit Kat is one of those candies that has such a distinct flavor to its chocolate coating that if you presented it in a totally different way, it would still be recognizable as Kit Kat chocolate. I also find it extremely amazing and appealing that there\u2019s more chocolatey sweet stuff between the layers of wafer, but that the bars still aren\u2019t indelibly cloying. Kit Kat is one of the best candy bars, no matter how you decide to eat it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Liv Averett \/ Walmart<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

7.5\/10<\/p>

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Best Candy Bar with Nuts<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Chocolate Payday<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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We\u2019ve already established that Payday is the best candy bar for people who don\u2019t like chocolate\u2014but what about all the normies who do? Wouldn\u2019t Payday want to accommodate them, too? Indeed, and that is where Chocolate Payday comes in. You get the same big clusters of roasty-toasty nuts and chewy, rich caramel, but the whole thing is enrobed in milk chocolate. Yep, they took one of the best candy bars and made it even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Liv Averett \/ Walmart<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

7.5\/10<\/p>

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Best Cookie Bar<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Twix<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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Twix is a crunchy classic that totally holds up. Their iconic left bar vs. right bar<\/a> marketing campaign is totally lost on me, but I\u2019m incapable of resisting the combination of a crisp cookie and chewy caramel. \u201cTheir cookie is light enough that you don\u2019t feel like you\u2019re eating a whole cookie, but it\u2019s also there enough that you feel like you\u2019re eating a whole cookie,\u201d one of our taste testers said. \u201cIt\u2019s good, good time.\u201d We also liked the chocolate coating-to-cookie ratio. Even though I\u2019ll admit I typically prefer a soft-baked cookie<\/a>, in this format, a crunchy cookie is just right. And left.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Liv Averett \/ Walmart<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

7.5\/10<\/p>

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Best Ice Cream Mix-In<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Butterfinger<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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I\u2019ve spent the bulk of my life avoiding Butterfinger because the crunchy peanut butter-flavored candy that makes up the bar\u2019s interior is terribly prone to lodging itself deep in your molars once you get to chewing. I usually swear by anything and everything Bart Simpson promotes to me (skateboarding, juvenile delinquency, etc.), but this candy bar was an exception. Well, two bits of good news: the teeth problem isn\u2019t as pronounced as I remember and this candy bar is just so delicious it kind of doesn\u2019t matter anyway. This is the best candy bar to use as a Blizzard mix-in, but if you\u2019re not a DQ girlie, this is just as good crumbled over vanilla ice cream<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Liv Averett \/ Walmart<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

7.5\/10<\/p>

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Best Snickers<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Snickers Peanut Butter<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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The first time we ranked candy bars, regular Snickers didn\u2019t make the cut. A bold move, we know, but I have my reasons (they\u2019re too sweet, the nuts don\u2019t taste roasty enough, etc.). Anyway, none of that matters now because in our second candy bar taste test we tried Peanut Butter Snickers and it absolutely rules. The peanut butter tastes great and makes way more of an impression than the peanuts make in the original bar. It also makes the texture of the caramel stand out a little more. If you\u2019re a Snickers diehard but you want a lil upgrade, this is the best candy bar to try the next time you spot it in the checkout aisle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Liv Averett \/ Instacart<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

7.5\/10<\/p>

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Best Reese’s Candy Bar<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Reese’s Take 5<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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We tried three Reese\u2019s candy bars during our taste test: Reese\u2019s Fast Break, Reese\u2019s Outrageous!, and Reese\u2019s Take 5. We thought that both the Outrageous! (that\u2019s the one with Reese\u2019s Pieces inside) and the Fast Break lacked crunch, but the Take 5 is just about as close as you can get to perfect without taking our top spot. There\u2019s magic in the titular five ingredients: chocolate, pretzels, Reese\u2019s signature peanut butter, peanuts, and caramel. This is an iconic candy bar and it came so, so close to being the best candy bar of them all, but we had a dark horse in the race\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Liv Averett \/ Ralphs<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

7.5\/10<\/p>

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Best of the Best<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Whatchamacallit<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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I was only five years old in 1987, but I distinctly remember the commercial<\/a> for this candy bar. Even with the line \u201cChewy, chocolatey, crunchy, Hersheeeeeys<\/em>\u201d periodically running through my head for 30-plus years, I don\u2019t know that I ever picked up one of these guys from the grocery store checkout. What a dipshit! This bar really has it all: a thin, delicate coating of chocolate; a slightly salty, peanut buttery flavor; a little bit of a crisp-rice crunch; and chew from the luscious caramel within. I also really liked the shape\u2014it\u2019s kind of flat and wide rather than tall like a Snickers, if that makes sense. I don\u2019t think anyone expected to like this sleeper hit as much as they did. Whatchamacallit is the best candy bar!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Liv Averett \/ Instacart<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

7.5\/10<\/p>

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The rest of what we tasted: <\/strong>Idaho Spud, Fruity Pebbles Candy Bar, 100 Grand, Three Musketeers, Baby Ruth, Reese\u2019s Outrageous, Reese\u2019s Fast Break, Milky Way, Milky Way Midnight, Snickers, Charleston Chew, Heath, Toblerone, Mr. Goodbar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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