On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:42:21 -0500, George Leppla
> wrote:

>On 9/4/2012 10:23 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> All over Italy there were street venders that sold packages of liquor
>> filled hard candies, maybe six types of real booze (not diluted),
>> could get a buzz on eating them. I don't know if they still sell
>> them... they looked like a package of "Charms" hard candy, each
>> individually wrapped and packaged in a stack exactly like Charms, only
>> these were potent. The trick was to suck on them until the booze
>> seeped out but I used to bite them and spit out the candy. They were
>> only a few Lira each. I bought up lots and brought them back to the
>> US for gifts. I've never seen anything like them in the US.
>
>
>Not hard candy, but if you are ever in Las Vegas, go to Ethyl M's
>Chocolate Factory. Buy these:
>
>http://www.ethelm.com/shop/ProductDe...category_Id=48
>
>Thank me later.

I'm sure they're good bon bons but for $16 I can buy a 1.75L bottle of
Crystal Palace and a pound of Hershy's kisses... after two stiff
drinks the chocolate may as well be Reese's Pieces.