And I like Japanese gummies… Their flavor is better, and I like the softer texture. I got some agar agar to experiment with, so maybe I can make something like them.

I didn’t know that the Twix cookie changed!!?!?

Ah, peanut butter in chocolate… I’m trying to think of a new twist on it… but I also feel the need to make my own peanut butter… and I laugh when I think about my mini-prep food processor attempting it….

japanese chocolates. i know a lot of ppl dont like them but they are some of my favorite chocolates of all time.

twix.. isnt as good anymore.. I had a twix the other day — what did they do to they cookie?? Its different now i was completely depressed. but ive always had a soft spot for reeces, kit kat and whatchamacallits… i recently bought 2 bags (yes 2) of peanut butter kisses… *sigh*

I’m always thinking about ways to add crunch to my bars — so I bought some hard pretzels to try, since, as far as I can tell, they might be a major reason why the Take 5 has such a fan base? If they work, I’ll figure out how to make the pretzels myself. I’ll also experiment with corn flakes… but I’ll have to buy those.

And I’m going to try to use rose flavoring as a component in a raspberry bar. I thought about adding lychee, too, and making a sort of Ispahan candy bar in tribute to Pierre Herme, but I’m not sure if there would be one too many strong flavors, since chocolate will also be involved… but I guess there’s only one way to find out. Hmmm… crystallized rose petals on top might be a nice way to add crunch and flavor…

And you’re right — one thing that I’ve found so far… salt makes everything better. The shortbread recipe that I’m using has a nice kick of salt. The only downside is that it makes you eat the bar so much faster!

Garrett - hehehe

That said, I also completely forgot Take 5 in the survey (I was the one who kept coming back to Rose flavoring). Other candies I love, but can’t ever seem to find in the U.S. are Kit Kat Ball (as far as I can tell only available in France –sort of like Maltesers, but the textures and chocolate to malt ratio is different), and Cosmics by Milka, which are sort of like cornflakes in chocolate (so I wonder if the Ritter Sport corn flakes in chocolate mentioned above are similar). Cosmics also contain chocolate covered peanuts, but I can do without those.

I love Snickers for the peanut flavored nougat. I don’t particularly want the nuts themselves, but the flavor n the nougat really hits the spot. For some reason I can’t quite pinpoint, Milky way doesn’t really work for me even though it is nothing but delicious caramel and nougat. Perhaps it’s the lack of salt?

I really want to try your homemade Twix, so I hope you make these avaliable soon!

Lida - I have a whole range of salts from around the world that I want to try out to play around with the salty/sweet combinations even more. And since those salt crystals are so big, they’d add even more crunch.

And the Take 5 has more of a following that I realized… but now it makes sense to me, since it combines all of the most popular components! I have a search going for a crisp pretzel cracker recipe, or I may try for a substitution.

fattypr - Yeah, Kit Kat’s a solid standby, but I would end up with it by default, rather than by enticement.