The Top 50 Candy Countdown
By Complex Magazine | Oct 28, 2009 | 12:36 pm | Permalink
Atomic Fire Balls
Those Involved: Chewy Atomic Fire Balls, X-Large
You Aughta Know: Approximately 15 million AFBs are consumed each week worldwide.
Approximately 15 million AFBs are consumed each week worldwide.
From the Ferrara Pan Fam, AFBs are basically Jawbreakers that start off as a mildly sweet cinnamon candy and get progressively hotter. Sweat forms on your upper lip, your nose starts to run, and just when you think you have to spit it out the heat fades back to the mild, cinnamony beginning. Like gonorrhea for your mouth (albeit with a much happier ending).
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swizzy October 28th, 2009 at 09:08 AM
all my loose teeth came out prematurely thanks to now and laters. i'm too traumatized to eat them.
Chris October 28th, 2009 at 09:21 AM
Sour Patch kids? Are you serious? What about Jelly Belly jellybeans?? Ever had Juicy Pear?
E October 28th, 2009 at 05:13 PM
MILK DUDS!!!!!!!!!!
greg October 29th, 2009 at 08:18 AM
I hate when sites do this. You have to go through 50 pages. At least put 10 per page. It takes less time to scroll.
Joe October 29th, 2009 at 08:37 AM
Generations of Belgian and Swiss chocolate makers are spinning in their graves. I am always amazed that someone with little or no knowledge of the subject on which they're writing can actually get paid to write a "best" list like this. Shame Complex.
October 29th, 2009 at 09:08 AM
Complex makes a habit of picking the shittiest "number one thing of all time". This would be one of those times. What about regular M&M's? Those beat the crap out of the peanut kind. And, yeah, what ABOUT jellybeans? Those are way better than half the crap on this list. Who eats that much Japanese candy anyway?
Billy October 29th, 2009 at 09:13 AM
How are Tootsie Rolls not up there?
October 29th, 2009 at 09:38 AM
I'm not sayin it should've been #1, but c'mon man....no love for a Payday bar? Peanuts and caramel is about as simple as you can get, and straight up, adding chocolate to it (the Avalanche) ruined the flavor. Payday is my favorite candy bar of all time.
rek October 29th, 2009 at 10:06 AM
nah.. i think they got this one right. i remember the sour patch kids/watermelons/blueberries used to always be sold out at the lunchroom store and i even believe a distressed fat kid choked out one of those fundraiser box toting kids for running out. its too bad i grew up and can't fuck wit all that sour sweet shit anymore.
Guest October 29th, 2009 at 10:08 AM
I agree that this list was pretty shitty, but I do love me some sour patch kids