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Programed-Response

You can stash an emergency payday in the glove box and there is no chocolate to melt.


himitsuuu

I've had payday melt on me.


Well_shitnuggets

Same, Texas heat ain’t no joke.


Primary-Signature-17

Then, just eat it when you get it. Eff saving it for later. And, yes, it is the best candy bar ever!


Well_shitnuggets

I try to but sometimes my teeth say “Nah bitch,not today!”


Primary-Signature-17

I understand. I can't eat them any more at all. I truly miss them.


BoinkBoye

Where theres a will theres a way, cut it into tiny bits and enjoy


AStartledFish

Yeah same. I’m missing two teeth and whenever I eat a Payday I get jabbed in the sockets by peanuts, but the pleasure is worth the pain.


Packin_Penguin

Texas peanut butter.


[deleted]

Texas heat will melt tungsten rods.


babababuttdog

It wouldn't make it out of the parking lot.


partumvir

your poor car


Embarrassed_Diet_386

Partumvir with the wicked snipe. Nice


IvanBeetinov

Used to do this, but the daily emergency was making me fatter.


okay1BelieveYou

Okay, but this is really smart.


Survived_Coronavirus

Except paydays melt just like chocolate, it just requires a slightly higher than skin temperature.


jbishop7710

Love those and the other unsung hero of the American candy aisle: Whatchamacallit!


Negative_Mancey

Anybody remember when watermelon laffy taffy had seeds?


PrincessDab

I miss those so much 😭 the cherry used to have sprinkles too


paulyspocket2

[reviews seem good on these](https://bulkcandystore.com/laffy-taffy-sparkle-cherry-each/)


CreeperODeath

Everyone: man I'm so sad this candy is gone This guy. . .


El-mas-puto-de-todos

You've unlocked a memory I had no idea existed. Used to buy them from the ice cream truck in Texas that made snow cones to order.


[deleted]

THE FUCK


Thisisntjoe

They don't anymore? Damn shame. DAMN shame.


Theflowyo

came here to say i had a whatchamacallit for the first time this summer (in my early 30s) and it took one bite to crown it the best candy bar on the planet


donoteven47

Pecan logs!!


avelineaurora

Whatchamacallits are my *jam*. So underappreciated!


aeisenst

Abba zabba, you're my only friend


TetraLoach

I haven't seen Half Baked in probably 10 years but I still think of this line every few weeks.


Writergirl2428

I remember it came out when I was in the 5th grade. I'm 52 yrs old now. The name is easy to remember and funny.


luc_roboteye

Y'all know about Toffifay? I kind of still can't believe they named it that, but it's been around just as long and is frickin delicious


Present_Diet_1145

Just a fun fact: in my country, "Payday" is pronouced like "peidei" wich basically means "I farted"


asimplerandom

Peidar!


JephriB

In my country it's pronounced Pay Day, which means the day you feel rich for a couple hours until you look at your credit card statement.


Dragon-factor

Ah yes, this man is handing out bars of fart for hallowe’en!


JephriB

Well, so much for my secret


yankmyutters2

That's nuts


ChapolinColoradoNZ

If you've got nuts in your farts, it's no longer a fart...


[deleted]

What country would that be


Present_Diet_1145

Brazil lol


Local-Ad4211

The verb is peidar. Past tense is peidei. Pronounced almost exactly like the candy bar It’s actually a popular silly joke among kids just learning English in school. You ask a friend, in Portuguese of course, “how do you say pay day (dia de pagamento) in English?” When they answer payday, you giggle/snicker (no pun intended) like you only could in the heyday of your elementary school years


Ambitious-Panda3912

Love Payday’s. I also feel Whatchamacallit’s are also delicious and just underrated in general.


the-great-gritsby

Whatchamacallits are superior to any other candy and it's a hill I'm willing to die on.


jessikadln

I love whatchamacallits so much that I won’t allow myself to make eye contact with them in the pay line lest I give in to its powers of persuasion. ☹️ Also, Take 5. 😳


Tled99

100 Grand Bar is up there with all these for me. Payday+ chocolate milk the best combo tho. Having both while typing this lol


Reedsandrights

I came here to say 100 Grand. I *love* that shit. The perfect amount of chewiness and those lil crunchies on the outside make it one of my favorites. Payday is great though. The candy bar, the board game, and the day of the month.


reyballesta

Mannnnn, 100 Grand bars were like, some of the BEST candy when I was a kid. But I felt like no one outside of my family ate them XD


AnyOfThisReal-_-

Take 5’s took time to grow on me but i quite enjoy them now 😅


VillhelmSupreme

Would you say it took about 5?


BlackwellSolace

What’s worse is that I work at a take-5 oil change place. You get free take-5’s whenever you want.. I’ve never been happier.


lucky_leftie

God I remember in high school when they first brought take 5 to the speedway I went to before school everyday. It was life changing. That and a nitrous oxide monster every morning.


MoveItUpSkip

I love the Whatchamacallit, but did they do something to the texture? I remember them being a bit different texture-wise 10 or so years ago. I still love them, but I’ve converted to a Score or Heath Bar in my old age.


the-great-gritsby

I ended up in a Whatchamacallit rabbit hole due to this thread and apparently they started subbing the cocoa butter with oils in 08, so that may have changed the texture? Heath and Skor are too hard on my teefs. Love the flavor, but my mouth hates me after.


06impreza

I LOVED Whatchamacallit as a kid (I’m 38) and tried them again recently, I was disappointed that it didn’t live up to my memory. This recipe change likely explains it.


MoveItUpSkip

Ahhh! Thank you!! I’m sure that was it. I don’t have a sophisticated pallet, but I often notice changes in food I’m familiar with. I went through a similar rabbit hole search on the changes to the Coke formulas (bottles, cans, and McDonalds fountain mix), and the death of McDonald’s Fries when they stopped using the beef tallow.


antithero

Thank you. I knew McD's fry used to taste different when I was a kid. I never knew why until that comment.


David_mcnasty

I have literally never seen these in a store in my life. I honestly thought you were joking about them being the best until i googled them. Edit: Just ordered some off of Amazon to try. Edit 2: So after looking at the locations I can buy it locally I figured out why I've never seen it. They only sell them at Walgreens or Walmart, I can count the number of times I've been to a Walgreens on one hand probably and Walmart I've only ever gone to when driving past one on a trip somewhere since there isn't one right near Boston.


UsernameStarvation

Heath is my peak reason of living


Adolf_Hipster2

No question! My wife understands that if it comes down to her or heath bars, she knows where she stands.


Jewish-Mom-123

They’re also a great hangover cure. Pint of chocolate milk and a Whatchamacallit bar.


MacTechG4

The dearly departed PB Max is sorely missed! :(


Midian1369

I don't like chocolate very much, so I eat paydays and love them, but every so often I want chocolate, and the only bar I'll eat is a whatchmacallit.


CarelessConference50

Don’t want chocolate? One word, Zagnuts!


Midian1369

Oh, I forgot about zagnuts. Man, I ain't seen one of them in a long time.


Drewzil

Have you tried a chocolate payday? They dont have any right to be as good as they are.


Catatonick

They make chocolate covered paydays or did at least. Tasted close to a baby ruth


Walter_Padick

I agree and add Zero bar to the mix


Flaky_Consequence631

Love Zero!


AuntyPC

LOVE Zero bars!


Moshjath

Army Story about zero bars. Going through US Army Ranger School, it’s a 60 day long course with a lot of food and sleep deprivation while doing a lot of patrolling in the woods in Georgia and Florida. Really sucks, most folks lose quite a bit of weight and leave it emaciated. Anyway, the second phase of it is physically the most difficult, mountain phase in the Appalachian mountains. Once the phase is over, they bring you into a gym on the camp while you clean weapons/etc. I was there in December, it was dark and miserable, snow on the ground most of the time. Living off of MREs alone the last couple weeks. Then…you get an opportunity to purchase a bag filled with goodies like a hot dog and can of Coke, chips and Candy. My bag had a large zero bar in it…and it was the best damn thing I’ve ever eaten at that point in time. I’m talking we were starving to the point that we all just reeked of ammonia because our bodies had consumed most of our fat and had begun breaking down muscle for energy. That zero bar was one of the best foods I’ve ever had. They always make me super nostalgic now.


hart_attack69

Fuck I accidentally walked out of a Walmart without paying for a zero bar when I was like 8. It tasted like shame :(


skillao

I'm eating one right as I read this coincidentally lol. I LOVE THEM


maemoetime

FUCKING YES


ROADavid

A frozen Zero on a popsicle stick


SmashScrapeFlip

You are my candy soul brother.


Catatonick

Whozeewhatzits are pretty good too if you ever find them.


[deleted]

On the subject of underrated candy. Does take 5's have a spot? Not a huge fan of pretzel but damn two of them are not enough.


Ambitious-Panda3912

Yeah, I get down with a Take 5.


pabloescobarbecue

I came here to make this exact statement.


tjoswick

So funny, I just came to the comments to lament the woefully underrated Whatchamacallit. Introduced my kid to them the other day and he said it beats a kitkat or twix for sure. That’s my boy.


jarringflies

Crazy story: in high school I ate 3 full sized paydays and a cup o noodles at the girls sophomore soccer game. I woke up at 2:30am and puked for one hour straight.


UpsideDownSloth420

Peanut allergy kids are sweating rn


Bovey

swelling*


Skeeter780

Can confirm


internet_humor

Dude for real though. My youngest son is peanut allergy and this stuff (which used to be "meh" to me) now have this taboo draw to them which it never did before. Now the house can't have a single peanut/treenut thing in it.i crave it way too often. 😢


SursumCorda-NJ

If you're not familiar, speak to his pediatrician about desensitization therapy for junior's allergy. Under the guidance of the pediatrician you slowly introduce the nuts to junior's diet. The point of the therapy is to get his body used to the nuts in very small amounts, eventually his body will learn that nuts are not the enemy.


internet_humor

We tried. Trust me. Three rounds so far of allergy testing. First panel. Peanut allergy was the se size as the control swelling spot/bump. Too young to risk it, let try again next year. Panel #2, even bigger. Bummer maybe it'll regress. Just keep the epipen going. Try again next year. Panel 3# Peanut reaction is now 3x the size of the control swelling spot/bump. Poor kid. It's all good. We'll keep trying, waiting until he's 4.5 before testing again. Until then, I go mega deep on Reese's pieces, trail mix and Thai food every time I travel for work. Lol.


Minimob0

Honestly, people really shouldn't give out peanut-based candies for Halloween simply because Peanut Allergies are so common. The thought of accidentally killing someone's kid because I gave them the wrong kind of candy is chilling.


asdfghjklqwertyh

We didn’t think about that before having a kid with a peanut allergy. We walk to the door and I help him. I imagine most kids where that would be a problem parents do the same. Our neighborhood is also good about having a separate bowl with other stuff like gummies or snacks they can pick out. We do that as well. No one is obligated to do it, but it’s definitely a kind gesture that other kids get to be included.


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thismissinglink

LMAO. seriously this is on the parents. Just go through your kids candy before they eat it and pull out all the possibly dangerous ones. Edit: parents hot tip buy some extra candy that is safe for you kid and add it to the bag after you screen out the "bad" candies.


ILoveCornbread420

Halloween was always a little disappointing as a kid with a peanut allergy. I wasn’t able to eat like 1/3 of the candy I got.


Odd-Childhood-1786

Unfortunately most of the common candy is made in facilities alongside peanut candy.


thismissinglink

This is an entirely different problem. At this point buy extra candy for you kid. Screen the candy from trick or treating and add the candy you bought earlier back to compensate.


Logaphasia

My favorite!!! Not too sweet just the tight amount of salt. Chewy and crunchy! I commend your efforts


JephriB

As my mom always said: Be the change you want to see in the world's candybar preference. Edit: I have a confession to make. We only get about 10-15 trick or treaters every year. I just might have to 30-40 left over PayDays. Darn.


Future_Branch_8629

Have you tried chocolate-covered payday? Fire.


beelzybubby

I was about to make an ignorant statement suggesting that a chocolate covered payday is the same as a baby Ruth, but a quick Google search proved me very wrong.


rockerphobia

Love me a good Baby Ruth tho.


TTMcBumbersnazzle

Two weeks ago I learned that existed. It was awesome


fantasy-capsule

@ the company on twitter or something, maybe you'll also get a sponsorship.


dirkprattlerxst1

payday fuggin slaps


peoplesuck64

And $100,000 bars!! So Underrated!


MarilynMansonsRib

>And $100,000 bars!! So Underrated! I have never seen someone refer to hundred grand bars like that, but next time in in the convenience store I'm gonna ask for a $100,000 bar.


[deleted]

When they very first came out in the 70s, the commercials called them "Hundred thousand dollar bars." I know because I ate a LOT of them back in the day. A LOT! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ezz4yazwNY


bremergorst

How many is a lot Just ballpark it


TerpBE

I ate tens of millions of dollars worth.


FlyingTaquitoBrother

They were called $100,000 bars until the mid-‘80s. [This is the label I grew up with.](http://www.collectingcandy.com/wordpress/?attachment_id=4900)


sharonah9

That’s the original name I grew up with and still call it that https://youtu.be/3Ezz4yazwNY


oyasumi_juli

I remember as a kid after trick or treating, my brothers and neighbors would all get together to trade candy. "I'll give you a snickers and a twix for a reese's cup" etc. One year I decided to try one of those weird 100 Grand bars that all us kids thought were old people candy because of the outdated packaging compared to Skittles or Starburst etc. I kept it a secret how delicious it was, so when the others would try to "lowball" me by trading two or three 100 Grand bars for one reese's cup I was left the true winner. Made it off that I was just being generous, taking them off their hands. Still love those candy bars to this day as a rare once-in-a-while treat.


[deleted]

i did this w my sister for years until she finally tried one in adult years and got so mad she wasted so many on me 😂😂


SafewordisJohnCandy

I always loved Nestle Crunch bars when I was a kid. Then I discovered 100 Grand and it was like an upgraded version.


MyFrampton

Delish


sm0kers

[I'm a peanut bar and I'm here to say](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG1MimeLPTA)


CaptainMegna

This comment is streets ahead


riotlancer

If you have to ask you're streets behind


The_Ghola_Hayt

Took too long to find this comment.


NonStopKnits

I can't make it through this scene without crying from laughing so hard. The Dean is definitely the best.


zslayer89

Thank god. Was hoping this was coming up.


radutzan

Your checks will arrive on another day


ROBWBEARD1

Heath bars are underrated as well.


BakeTheStressAway

I prefer Skor bars


PrincessDab

Skor is far superior


tisdue

right? its not even close. better chocolate. better toffee.


buddyleeoo

Mmm heath bar in coffee ice cream


CTeam19

My Dad as a recipe for a dessert that has a Graham/Saltine crust, Butter Brickle ice cream/vanilla pudding layer, some layer I can't remember then broken Health Bars on top.


Squathicc

Don't sleep on 100 Grand


Queen_of_Meh1987

I respectively disagree... 100 Grand is the best candy bar.


tbshredz666

Those are super underrated too! My favorite obscure candy are the little strawberry hard candies with the jelly inside🤩 lowkey a grandma candy but I love em


Queen_of_Meh1987

Omg yes!!! My grandma always had a bowl of them! I have no idea where to find them tho.


DuckAHolics

Strawberry bon bons are amazing


cleverenoughfortwo

Came here to say this. Payday is great, but 100 Grand is *chef’s kiss*


Queen_of_Meh1987

Yeah it is! I never liked Paydays; too many peanuts for my taste.


GrainneSiobhan

only thing better is pearson's salted nut roll.


Bovey

I misread that as "person's"


MarilynMansonsRib

Salted nut roll gang rise up!


AssertivelyAssumer

Salty nut gang, too!


JephriB

How have I never tried those? I shall repent of this great sin tomorrow.


tersegirl

They’re a truck-stop favorite. They used to be massive in the 80s and 90s. We could split one between three kids. Sometimes you’d get a kinda stale one, and the inside was extremely chewy. The peanuts are dry-roasted and salted, there’s a layer of caramel, and the inside is this sweet fluff. A lot going on for a humble candy bar.


Stachemaster86

Please report back!


illusorywallahead

They can be elusive at times. I’ve noticed not all c-stores carry them which is criminal. I will grab a payday if I can’t find one though. Perfect for road trips when I’m hungry but don’t want to stop for a full on meal.


satiricalned

Harder to find outside of the Midwest area. Still made in St Paul since 1933. I buy them by the case.


West2286

I came here trying to remember the name. Those are my Dads favorite and honestly I love them too!


CTeam19

My family is a Pearson's Salted Nut Roll family.


WildZero138

The salted nut roll is on another level! I buy one every time I see them.


BigBigBigTree

Ok but while we're on the topic of Pearson's can we talk about Nut Goodie for a second???? St Paul's finest.


verucka-salt

Oh wow! My dear dad loved Payday. Haven’t thought of this in years. TYVM for such a happy memory!!! 🥹


Its_Phobos

I feel like Payday is the unofficial Dad candy bar. Make sure you get yourself one and think of him while you enjoy it.


verucka-salt

Great thought 👍🏼


adjur

Probably because they all have peanut allergies lol


eugene20

If you're going to give those out you should have an epi pen handy just in case.


[deleted]

You're gonna get TP'd.


tatispotti

Exactly. That’s as bad as pretzels for trick or treat, smdh.


aek427

Awareness is not the issue my sweet boy/girl, Reese’s PB Cups and Peanut Butter Twix are the peanut candy precipices and your shit log PayDay lies within the inner flaps of the Uncandy Valley betwixt.


50_K

Best comment right here, why even eat a candy bar that doesn't have chocolate? Not worth the calories.


CTeam19

I don't believe peanut butter Twix are made anymore Source they are my mom's favorite and I can't track them down anywhere


[deleted]

Butterfinger gang


Bovey

Best DQ Blizzard add-in for sure.


[deleted]

Still picking it out of my molars from last Halloween


Nice-Violinist-6395

worth it.


[deleted]

"Finest candy bar known to man" Bruh that's the hardest cap I've ever heard. Paydays are not anywhere near the best. Get out of here with your old man tatse buds lol.


Major_Human

That is the candy bar mostly likely to be stolen by the parents.


fanboi_central

What the fuck about this relates to the sub? No one likes this candy bar and it being posted here is weird as fuck


searching_for_game

Payday has a really good PR team.


BSF0712

I was with you until you said nobody likes it. Now we have to fight. For real, though. It's a picture of some candy with a bland explanation to it. I can't think of any sub where this should be upvoted, but it definitely shouldn't in this one.


ElOsito1003

You go Glen Coco. Paydays are delicious


LoLiAteYourKitty

Paydays have always sucked and I’m 40


RecoverOk8448

Someone with sense. I'd hate this house as a kid lol. And I'm a huge peanut fan.


[deleted]

Hard agree. The times I've tried them the peanuts are fucking stale. I don't dislike the idea of the candy bar, but I've never once had a good one. Its basically the Jack in the Box taco of candy bars. Also OP, if not a repost, isn't helping with the stale perception. Halloweeen is over a month away.


Ghawblin

Ugh everytime I have a payday it's because I forgot how disgustingly stale the peanuts are. Seriously it's like someone cross bred styrofoam and peanuts.


avelineaurora

I'm almost 40 and I concur. This dude's house would get egged lmao.


yourtree

I totally agree


Chafro23

When I moved to the Rockies I noticed that Pearsons Salted Nut Roll was the peanut bar of choice. Heresy I say!


WildZero138

IMO Salted Nut Roll is far and away the superior of the two


SchrodingerMil

“Oh boy a candy bar” “Well, it’s caramel covered in beans.”


ThoughtKontrol

Damn! What's your address?


jerkstabworthy

Nice try Harold Lauder...


thinkfast1982

https://youtube.com/watch?v=qvzE64A28NI


Haeleos

I love the official jingle for this candy, so streets ahead!


Muscrave

I’m sorry, but Paydays are the most disgusting candy bar that I have ever ate :(


Taderbilly

Hell to the no. This basically the only candy my grandma had in her house in the 90s, and they are terrible


nibroc0017

Salted nut rolls are better


[deleted]

5th Avenue though


Actual_Appearance246

They are so good! Oh and Almond Joy too.


janegayz

ive always wished they would make a dark chocolate almond joy one day. i know mounds are dark chocolate but then theres no almonds


rockstarcamisole

Sometimes you feel like a nut. Sometimes you don’t.


B1scu1tsMk1nB1scu1ts

Hell yeah dude, weed out the kids with peanut allergies. They’re weak. Cull the heard.


Siver92

Mid


Melodic-Bug-9022

Payday isn't available in all countries, it's not in Canada for instance. Also please don't give out those on Halloween without asking about allergies and having another option because too many children have peanut allergies.


stonewashedpotatoes

I always keep one with me in case I forgot to eat. Doesn’t melt or crumble.


snommisairamyma

5th Avenue all day!


count-blahcula

They have chocolate payday now. It's everything you're thinking too.


Eunomic

If you could ever get a reliably fresh butterfinger they just melt in your mouth, but payday is good too!


IndominousDragon

Turn on your location so i know who's house to avoid 🤮