WEEKLY CANDY: Sparkle Cherry Laffy Taffy

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WEEKLY CANDY: Sparkle Cherry Laffy Taffy

POSTED: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 9:19 PM

Filed Under: Weekly Candy

Photo | Erin Finnerty

Once a week, Team Meal Ticket shares its latest sugar-laden fixations. Do not tell our dentist. IN QUESTION: Wonka's "stretchy & tangy" Sparkle Cherry Laffy Taffy is the cousin of the recently discontinued Wally Watermelon Laffy Taffy (the one with the "seeds," aka "choking hazards for small children"). Although D4L may have had you believing otherwise, there is nothing squishy or wiggly about Laffy Taffy. The mini version that sees a good run around Halloween is a ho-hum alternative to the full-size bar â with a consistency closer to an Abba Zabba and the potential for pulling fillings out your skull, the 1.5-ounce Laffy Taffy slab of Laffy Taffy is where it's at. AVAILABLE AT: Rite Aid at 17th and Chestnut has a good stock of Sparkle Cherry right now, but not in the candy aisle. Look under the registers and deal with the dirty looks from the lunchtime shoppers who think you're trying to cut the line. HOW MUCH DO WE TYPICALLY EAT IN ONE SITTING: Once upon a time there was a high school student who worked at a shop called Sweets from Heaven. For months, this student would show up to class with a stack of Wally Watermelons and chow down, calling it breakfast. (A gnarly case of the munchies may or may not have been involved.) Either way, this type of behavior is not for the sane, or the weak-toothed. There is no reason you should eat more than one full-size Laffy Taffy at a time. But at a mere 150 calories per bar and no real positive or negative nutritional value, we won't tell anyone if you sneak a few bites of a second one, wrap it up and keep it in your desk for the next day or three. FINER POINTS: Laffy Taffy lives up to its name by providing big-time "laffs" with jokes submitted by actual humans. ("Jasmine A." asks â Q: "What did one math book say to the other math book?" A: "I don't know about you, but I have a lot of problems!") For those delicate flowers who find taking a bite problematic, go ahead and smack that Laffy Taffy against a hard surface to break it into more manageable bites.

Laurel Rose Purdy

Posted 2011-01-12 17:24:03

GIRL! I guess I'm a delicate flower. My teeth are crying just reading this. But, anyway, can I have one?

Erin Finnerty

Posted 2011-01-13 07:22:26

As many as you want!!

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Felicia D'Ambrosio

Posted 2011-01-14 10:51:50

Aw yeah, Erin on Meal Ticket?!~  Color me proud.

Erin Finnerty

Posted 2011-01-17 15:09:08

Thanks Flea, I'm proud of your pride in me! xx

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