I've always been a fan of chocolate and sweets ever since I was a kid. It's a habit I haven't lost and now in my Sixties I still get excited by anything new.
Having tried most of the discounter me-too chocolate bars like Titan, which I love, I went in search of something more exotic.
I found it at the Spar garage shop.
Baby Ruth.
At first I thought I'd read it wrong. I expected Babe Ruth, as in the famous baseball player, but no, it was Baby Ruth. I assume they're related.
The chocolate bar itself was utterly delicious. A sandwich of nougat, caramel and nuts if I remember rightly. It was two weeks ago.
I shall be returning to the Spar's US shelf for another Baby Ruth and maybe a Butterfinger.
Anyone else like these bars?
Chocolate bars are not really my field, but it seems the Baby Ruth bar has been around since 1920, so it is hardly 'new'. Hot Wheels have released at least three die-cast models bearing the Baby Ruth logo. I have never eaten one, not sure if they are available in NZ ?
ReplyDeleteYes, a reference to Babe Ruth.
ReplyDeleteI used to be a candy bar addict in my 20s, and my favorites were Clark Bar, 5th Avenue, Zagnut, and Butterfinger. I tried a Butterfinger about a year ago, and it was so sickeningly sweet I couldn't finish it. For some reason, the candymakers have upped the sugar content so much that the taste of these classic bars is almost unrecognizable, The same is true with Reeses' Peanut Butter Cups - the ones they make today are all sugar and no flavor, completely different from the ones I ate as a kid. Sugar is cheap filler, I guess? SFZ
ReplyDeleteJust had a couple of Baby Ruth bars the other week Woodsy. I'll send you a few photos of the Baby Ruth cars I have in my 3-rail O-gauge train roster.
ReplyDeleteAs I grow older, even my svelte cheetah like body, is starting to hang onto the extra kilos that used to effortlessly melt away!
ReplyDeleteAs such I'm cutting back on those delightful snacks that I used to adore as a kid. I never tried Baby Ruth, but I loved the cardboard boxes of Payne's Toff-etts that I could buy from vending machines in 1960s Railway Stations!
Fast forward to 2010 and I was working at Weta Workshop in New Zealand and they had a vending machine selling the re-branded Poppets.
The first one in my mouth took me back to my School days and although they are difficult to source in Australia, I've managed heroically!
But a cost of living crisis and a burgeoning gut has convinced me, not all fond memories need to be relived these days!
Yep our local flea pit sold poppets, no kid ever ate the raisin variant eeeewwwwww
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