#2-Milk Duds
Vote for Your Favorite Movie Candy…and Why Are They Called Milk Duds?
Want to vote for your favorite movie-eating candy? I’m doing a poll. You can vote below.
My favorite? Milk Duds.
Dud is a great word. It means something that fails to work properly or is otherwise unsatisfactory or worthless.
“The firecracker was a dud. It didn’t explode or anything.”
It can also refer to a person.
“Our quarterback is such a dud. He can barely throw a pass.”
Since the word is so negative, why would a candy maker name its product Milk Duds?
This is what the box looked like when Granpa was a kid
I looked it up, and it’s because back in the 1920s the company that invented them wanted perfectly round caramels coated with milk chocolate…and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t make them look like that. So they called them Milk (chocolate) Duds.
Granpa ate Milk Duds at the movies when he was a kid. The package was different then because they were made by a different company. I wondered if today’s Milk Duds were the same as in the olden days, so I gave him one of mine to taste. Here is his review:
“Not like I remember. The caramel’s the same, but I don’t know…the chocolate tastes different.”
So Granpa and I did some research and found out that Hershey’s doesn’t use cocoa butter (that’s the oily part of the cocoa bean) anymore. Now they use vegetable oil. Without cocoa butter—the government says—chocolate isn’t really chocolate. So Hershey’s is not allowed to say Milk Duds are covered with chocolate. All they can say (look at the box at the top) is “chocolatey covered.”
Granpa says that proves they really are duds.
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(Voting is below the images.)
Here’s my movie-eating candy poll. The choices are in alphabetical order. Pick one!
But if you or anyone else in your house has already voted, you don’t get to vote again (all the voting choices will disappear…cool, huh?). You can come back to look at the poll results as many times as you want.
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My favorite is smarties
Wouldn’t it be great if eating Smarties made you smarter!
I read your first book it was a good book. My favorite candy at the movies are Kit Kat you should really add it t your list
Good idea. I’ll try to do that.
I love sour patches! hey,i was wondering if you could come too my school.the address is 2425 pine street dallas TX 75215.flat stanleys aurthor came and he was aweome.my favorite book is cheesie mack is not a genius or anything.thanks if you do.youre the best!!!!
If you ask your teacher or librarian to contact me, then I’ll come.
Gummy Worms
Yummy worms.
Hey! I read the books and they are awesome! You got any more good ideas for books?
Sincerely,cxt P.S. Update me on point battle scores. Hope you wun!
correction: Hope you win!
You’ll have to read the next books to see what the Point Battle score is. (HINT: It gets really exciting!)
i wont know what the score is now untill your 5th book is out
My favorite candy is by far, Twix!
I know a way to vote even though the choices are gone! Just use your comments! My favorite candy is YumEarth Candy Lolipops.
You can do that, but the result won’t tabulate.
What’s tabulate?
It means go into a table…you know, like count them all up.
STARBURST ALL THE WAY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!
What are Sno-caps?
There’s a picture of a box. They are chocolate with white sprinkles on them. Yum.
I like milk duds like you! 🙂
Duds rock!
I’m sure I’m not as old as your grandpa but I stumbled on your site while searching to see if anyone else misses chocolate covered Milk Duds. I was trying to describe them to my son…they were more like chocolate covered peanuts. Kind of messy but soo much better. It’s a shame that an iconic chocolate maker like Hershey had to go the cheap route. And then cover them with confectioner’s glaze to boot! They used to be a favorite but now they’re just Duds.
Hey there, this is Bud Mack (Granpa). Thanks for the comment. You are 100% right. It’s just a darn shame.
yes it’s just a shame uncle bud….it’s just a shame(btw,reses peices are good. you should try them!!!!
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(double btw,i will call you either uncle bud or granpa cuz both are easier to rember.)
I don’t know so I just voted for the only one i’ve tasted
I like twizzlers a lot. They are really good when at movies.
Yum!
Cheesie, I’m with you! Milk Duds are awesome!
Except my dentist says they can pull out fillings.
They call milk duds milk duds because milk candy is usually crunchy. They are DUDS.
PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZEEE
Plz answer
ARE you cool or a jerk
I HATE PEEPS!!!!!!!!!!!
*GASP* Are you kidding me?????????????????????
Not Nice
Really?!?
I like peeps, but everyone has a choice. :/
i’m not sure what to vote for. milk duds or starburst. I really like the pink starburst, so i’m going to go with that.
This is a tough one. It’s really between Milk Duds and Sour Patch Kids. I usualy eat Milk Duds so I’m gonna go with that
Milk Duds are tasty!
Definitely.
Hey peeps my fave types of candy are the sour ones
Why do so many people like Sour Patch Kids? I don’t get it StarBurst’s are awesome and flavorful and just taste so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love,
Arann
ARE YOU KIDDING ME????
WHY DOES EVERYBODY LOVE SOUR PATCH KIDS???????
THEY AWESOME!!!!(not as good as reeses tho)
I love Raisinets, do you like them Cheesie?
I do. Sometimes I buy a box when I go to the movies.