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WEEKLY CANDY: Pennsylvania General Store's chocolate-covered honeycomb
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WEEKLY CANDY: Pennsylvania General Store's chocolate-covered honeycomb
IN QUESTION: Essentially an American take on a Violet Crumble or Crunchie bar, this treat is not made from real honeycomb at all. Its choco-coated, sponge-looking center is made from a ton of sugar, honey and corn syrup.
AVAILABLE AT: Pennsylvania General Store in Reading Terminal Market (12th and Arch streets). I've seen variations of this sweet at multiple candy store that carry fancy little chocolates.
HOW MANY DO WE EAT IN ONE SITTING: Each piece is about the size of, say, a misshapen golf ball. The chocolate isn't very thick, so we’re looking at a large comb-to-choc ratio. Since the comb is pretty much all sugar, I'd say only eat one per run. Two if you're a rebel like me.
FINER POINTS: Originally, I was under the false impression that I'd actually be eating real honest-to-god waxy honeycomb. Not so. Instead, I bit into a candy harder than I'd anticipated. It, however, boast all the honey flavor you’d expect. I would recommend eating them the day you buy for optimum freshness — I had one a few days after my purchase and it did that weird thing when you're eating toffee and it kind of gets hard and weird while you're chewing it.
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