....between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
or See's, which would you pick and why?

Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the question.

--
Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
_____________________

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
> or See's, which would you pick and why?
>
> Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the question.
>


See's.

Best regards,
Bob

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
> or See's, which would you pick and why?
>
> Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the question.
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
> _____________________

See's. I don't know why! I guess when I think of the other three...I
think of them being sold in cheap drug stores like Payless and
Bartells. See's seems to only be sold in their own store and I
interpret that as better quality. Or perhaps that's my
misinterpretation :-)

And for what it's worth....I don't buy any of the above. Ever. When I
do buy chocolate, I buy chips for my daughter to bake cookies. I get
my dose of chocolate with my calcium. And if you have any interest,
it's such good chocolate calcium, that it satisfies my chocolate
craving. It's called Adora and has a website adoracalcium.com It
comes in milk chocolate or dark chocolate. After my thyroidectomy, I
had to take 4,000 mg of calcium a day for a couple of months. It was a
pleasure with these calciums. In fact, I have to be force myself not
to eat them as candy. They are nothing like those viactive ones.

However, I digress; sorry!

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
> or See's, which would you pick and why?
>
> Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the question.
>

Sees.
Specifically the almond rolled chocolate covered toffee stuff....that stuff is
like crack.

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
> or See's, which would you pick and why?
>
> Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the question.

Hummm...See's probably, though my Mom bought Fanny May so I have fond
memories of it. I don't know what Fanny Farmer is.

-L.

In article .com>,
"tofuqueen" > wrote:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> > ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
> > or See's, which would you pick and why?

> See's. I don't know why! I guess when I think of the other three...I
> think of them being sold in cheap drug stores like Payless and
> Bartells. See's seems to only be sold in their own store and I
> interpret that as better quality. Or perhaps that's my
> misinterpretation :-)

Mervyn's of California (now history, I believe) here had a See's shoppe
in it .
--
-Barb
<http://jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 6-11-2006; Church Reviews
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

In article .com>,
"-L." > wrote:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> > ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
> > or See's, which would you pick and why?
> >
> > Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the question.
>
> Hummm...See's probably, though my Mom bought Fanny May so I have fond
> memories of it. I don't know what Fanny Farmer is.
>
> -L.

Fannie Farmer standardized cooking measures so that, for example, a
measure of a "teacup" of flour or a spoonful of sugar in a recipe was
the same amount regardless of who made it so the outcomes would be the
same regardless of who made it. Fanny Farmer candies were pretty good
in the 1950s and 1960s; somewhere along the way, I think they morphed
into Fannie May shops. (OK, a little searching has both owned by the
same corporation).
--
-Barb
<http://jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 6-11-2006; Church Reviews
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

In article 9>,
Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
> or See's, which would you pick and why?
>
> Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the question.

Assortment? Ida Know. See's has or used to have something called
Madrids. Hope I remember the name right. Be still my heart.
--
-Barb
<http://jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 6-11-2006; Church Reviews
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
> or See's, which would you pick and why?
>
> Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the question.
>

Russell Stover Little Ambassadors.

Wayne-
Out of the choices you've given, I would take Sees.

However, awhile back, one of my daughter's gave me a gift of some
wonderful chocolate, unlike any I had ever had. . .It was absolutely
amazing!

It is called Chocolate Silk - by the Chocolate Architect. I loved
their Rocky Road, and their Orange Chocolate best. Here's their
website. . .It is a chocolate, which is in a class ALL by itself;-)

http://www.chocsilk.com

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> ....between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
> or See's, which would you pick and why?
>
> Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the question.
>
I hope you will let us know why you limited the choices to the ones in
your post.

My choice would be See's. They have some good dark chocolates in
their inventory and their raspberry creams are very tasty.

"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote

> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny
> Farmer,
> or See's, which would you pick and why?

What timing! I just polished off a Whitman's Sampler yesterday.
One that I bought for myself, isn't that pathetic? One time when I
was a kid, we all 4 got little Whitman's Aamplers, I don't know how
many candies were in there. I was in heaven. To this day, I get a
craving for a big Whitman's Sampler.

Love those little toffee ones.

nancy

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article 9>,
> Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
>> or See's, which would you pick and why?
>>
>> Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the question.
>
> Assortment? Ida Know. See's has or used to have something called
> Madrids. Hope I remember the name right. Be still my heart.


Fannie Mae Trinidads, perhaps? (I didn't make the connection between
Fanny Farmer and Fanny Mae)

Bob

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:52:11 GMT, Margaret Suran
> wrote:

>
>
>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> ....between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
>> or See's, which would you pick and why?
>>
>> Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the question.
>>
>I hope you will let us know why you limited the choices to the ones in
>your post.
>
>My choice would be See's. They have some good dark chocolates in
>their inventory and their raspberry creams are very tasty.

And then there's their peanut brittle. OH. YUM.

TammyM

Following up to my own post… Thanks for all the kind responses, and to
answer the few who asked why the question...

We are (mostly) all foodies here, with expansive but often very selective
tastes that run far beyond what the average non-foodie might buy or even
know about.

Birthdays, Valentine's Day, Christmas, Easter, etc., seem to be the
occasions where most boxed chocolates are given and eaten, and it also
seems that most of these come from the companies I mentioned in my
question.

Apart from the brands of boxed candies that are commonly available in
drugstores, supermarkets, and other general retail establishments, some of
the brands are regionally distributed in their own branded shops; e.g.,
See's Candies and Ghirardelli in the West, Fannie Farmer/Fannie May in the
Midwest, etc. You can hardly consider New York City, as they have
*everything*. :

It wasn't until Godiva Chocolates began opening shops across the US in the
1970s that many people saw other brands as options.

I was merely curious as to what folks here would choose given specific
choices and so far it appears that See's Candies is the most popular
choice. Our family was equally divided between the Whitman's Sampler and
the Russell Stover Assortment.

Personally, I don't much care for general assortments, regardless of brand.
I'm not fond of creams or jellies, and prefer what might be categorized as
nuts, crisps, and chewies. Russell Stover and See's both have such
collections, as may others. Because I now live in AZ, if I need to buy an
assortment as a gift, I usually buy See's at one of their shops. It might
be what the average person would expect.

For myself, more often than not I would buy a specific candy such as almond
butter toffee or good quality plain dark chocolate, but those are not
assortments or collections.

Thanks again, folks!

--
Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
_____________________

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
> or See's, which would you pick and why?
>
> Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the question.

See's or Fanny's, but I'd have to taste-test to remember which has the
truffles I like.

--Blair

In article 9>,
Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
> or See's, which would you pick and why?
>
> Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the question.

See's

I've never tried Fanny Farmer (nor even heard of them) so I can't
compare. Russell Stover and Whitman's....I don't care for the chocolate
coating nearly as much and more of their fillings are "ick" to me.
While there are a few See's fillings I don't care for, there are far
fewer than the other two brands.

marcella

"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
28.19...
> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny
> Farmer,
> or See's, which would you pick and why?
>
> Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the
> question.
>

I'm a nurse, and we're given boxes of chocolates by appreciative patients so
often that there is usually a box around the nurses' station most of the
time. See's is the favorite of nurses.
--


--Rich

Recommended websites:

http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles
http://www.acahf.org.au
http://www.quackwatch.org/
http://www.skeptic.com/
http://www.csicop.org/

In article 9>,
Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:


> For myself, more often than not I would buy a specific candy such as almond
> butter toffee or good quality plain dark chocolate, but those are not
> assortments or collections.
>
When my nephew was in High School and learning to set up his own web
page, he did a page called "favorite See's candy" and polled each family
member. It's nice to look there and buy someone a box with just their
favorites in it.

Maybe you need to write up a list ;-)

marcella

"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
28.19...
> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny
> Farmer,
> or See's, which would you pick and why?
>
> Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the
> question.
>
> --
See's, (In SoCal, don't know if the company has gone out of the area)because
they are fresh and you can pick the one's you want and the lady in the old
fashioned white & black uniform will pack them up for you. The only place
I've seen the brands is in retail stores, sitting on the shelf (for who
knows how long). And the See's company treats its staff so well, that they
stay for 20-40 years, which is very unusual in today's work environment.

Harriet - MBA 2006 (finally)

On 11 Jun 2006 06:58:56 +0200, Wayne Boatwright
<wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
>or See's, which would you pick and why?


I pick Whitman's. My family always shared a big Whitman's sampler at
Christmas, so that big box of chocolate has a lot of sentimental
value. I loved the caramels. That little chocolate boy in the middle
usually got eaten last.

Tara

In article 9>,
Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
> or See's, which would you pick and why?
>
> Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the question.

Russell Stover.

Why? I've had all 4 of those and RS is very good and priced in my price
range... I especially enjoy their truffles and turtles.
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

In article >,
zxcvbob > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > In article 9>,
> > Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny
> >> Farmer,
> >> or See's, which would you pick and why?
> >>
> >> Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the
> >> question.
> >
> > Assortment? Ida Know. See's has or used to have something called
> > Madrids. Hope I remember the name right. Be still my heart.
>
>
> Fannie Mae Trinidads, perhaps? (I didn't make the connection between
> Fanny Farmer and Fanny Mae)
>
> Bob

Nope. These were See's. Dark chocolate truffly-like substance coated
with white chocolate that contained some toasted coconut, I think. Be
still my heart. (My birthday's in two weeks, by the way, just in case
you were wondering how you wanted to honor me with an appropriate gift.
If that's your case, send money.) And it's Fannie May, ya dipstick.
Unless the Feds have gotten into the confectionery trade. :-) (Yeah, I
was paying attention.)
--
-Barb
<http://jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 6-11-2006; Church Reviews
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
28.19...
> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
> or See's, which would you pick and why?
>
> Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the question.
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
> _____________________

Definitely See's. I especially like the nougat with almonds, covered in dark
chocolate from there. Oh, and the pineapple truffles. Ohh, and the California Almond
Brittle. Yum. Buttery and crunchy and nutty. So damned good!

kimberly

"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote

> Personally, I don't much care for general assortments, regardless of
> brand.
> I'm not fond of creams or jellies, and prefer what might be categorized as
> nuts, crisps, and chewies.

Same here, ditto. That's one reason I like the Whitman's, no
creepy fruit ones, aside from the cherry cordials. There is that
one coconut cream, easily enough avoided. The rest are nuts,
toffee and chewies.

nancy (loves the map that comes with it, heh)

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
> or See's, which would you pick and why?
>
> Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the question.
>

I consider See's and Fannie May fairly comparable - used to buy Fannie
May when I lived in the Midwest, but here in San Diego, I buy See's.
We're partial to caramels and peppermints, so I usually don't bother
with the assortments. Why get the ones you don't like mixed in with the
good ones if you don't have to?

Heh - whenever I go to the West Coast of the UK for work (I live in the
UK), my Dad *insists* I pick up a few pounds of Sees at SF airport.
None of them do much for me; I find a lot of American chocolate too
sweet, but Sees are really pretty fine. I did have some Fanny Farmer's
peanut butter things once which were absolutely magic, having said
that.

Damn. I'm craving now, and said chocolates are about 6000 miles away.
Visitors to the UK should try Artisan du Chocolat chocolates if you can
justify the spend; they're superlatively good and well worth it. My
favourite chocolate bar is Green and Black's Maya Gold, which is a high
cocoa-solid dark chocolate with some orange oil, not too much sugar,
and a little cinnamon and nutmeg (not enough to overwhelm, just to
underline the chocolate). Glorious.

--
www.gastronomydomine.com

Harriet Neal wrote:
> "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> 28.19...
>
>>...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny
>>Farmer,
>>or See's, which would you pick and why?
>>
>>Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the
>>question.
>>
>>--
snip
See's hands down! Although have never had, or heard of, Fanny Farmer.
Thought they made bacon. :-)

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
> or See's, which would you pick and why?
>


See's.

gloria p

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> zxcvbob > wrote:
>
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> >
>> > Assortment? Ida Know. See's has or used to have something called
>> > Madrids. Hope I remember the name right. Be still my heart.
>>
>>
>> Fannie Mae Trinidads, perhaps? (I didn't make the connection between
>> Fanny Farmer and Fanny Mae)
>>
>> Bob
>
> Nope. These were See's. Dark chocolate truffly-like substance coated
> with white chocolate that contained some toasted coconut, I think. Be
> still my heart.

http://tinyurl.com/3ktbs

FM Trinidads are one of my all-time favorite chocolates.

Mary

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>
> Personally, I don't much care for general assortments, regardless of brand.
> I'm not fond of creams or jellies, and prefer what might be categorized as
> nuts, crisps, and chewies. Russell Stover and See's both have such
> collections, as may others. Because I now live in AZ, if I need to buy an
> assortment as a gift, I usually buy See's at one of their shops. It might
> be what the average person would expect.
>




Can you get Ethel M. chocolates where you are? They are quite nice.

gloria p

Rich wrote:
>>
>
> I'm a nurse, and we're given boxes of chocolates by appreciative patients so
> often that there is usually a box around the nurses' station most of the
> time. See's is the favorite of nurses.


When my grandson was born* I was so impressed by the nursing staff that
I took a large box of See's in to the OB nurses' station. They were
quite pleased.

gloria p

*Scripps-LaJolla Hospital, San Diego County, California

"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
28.19...
> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny
> Farmer,
> or See's, which would you pick and why?

See's.

Mary--currently finishing off a huge Godiva basket DH got me for my birthday
a few weeks ago

"Puester" > wrote

> Can you get Ethel M. chocolates where you are? They are quite nice.

Are they related to M&Ms?

nancy

In article >,
"MareCat" > wrote:


> >> Fannie Mae Trinidads, perhaps? (I didn't make the connection between
> >> Fanny Farmer and Fanny Mae)
> >>
> >> Bob
> >
> > Nope. These were See's. Dark chocolate truffly-like substance coated
> > with white chocolate that contained some toasted coconut, I think. Be
> > still my heart.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3ktbs
>
> FM Trinidads are one of my all-time favorite chocolates.
>
> Mary

Well, FINE, then! <g> I knew there were i's and d's.
--
-Barb
<http://jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 6-11-2006; Church Reviews, #19,
20, & 21.
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

In article 9>, Wayne
Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> says...
> ...between chocolate assortments of Russell Stover, Whitman's, Fanny Farmer,
> or See's, which would you pick and why?
>
> Yeah, I know there are many better chocolates, but that's not the question.

Limited to those choices I'd chose Russell Stover chocolates. They seem
to be of a fairly uniform and decent quality.

-L. wrote:

> Hummm...See's probably, though my Mom bought Fanny May so I have fond
> memories of it. I don't know what Fanny Farmer is.


As a Pacific NW person in the O state, you are expexted to swoon over
Sahagun.

10 NW 16th Ave.
(between Burnside and Couch)

http://www.sahagunchocolates.com

I personally don't care for sweets. My sense is that you don't either,
but I may
be wrong.

"Nancy Young" > wrote
>
> "Puester" > wrote
>
>> Can you get Ethel M. chocolates where you are? They are quite nice.
>
> Are they related to M&Ms?

To explain my odd question, when I was in Las Vegas, I popped into
the M&M museum. Got myself a couple of pounds of mixed colors and
varieties of M&Ms to bring home. Managed to get myself hooked on
peanut butter M&Ms which I had never tried before, but that's neither
here nor there.

On the ground floor of the place, I noticed something about Ethel M's
chocolates. Idly I thought perhaps it was some kind of M&M
character, along the lines of Hamburglar for McDonald's.

That's why I asked if Ethel M's chocolates had some connection to
M&Ms. Turns out they are a product of Frank Mars, he retired from Mars
and founded Ethel M's in Las Vegas.

http://www.roadtripamerica.com/places/ethelm.htm

That's my story for today.

nancy

See's is the worst, Fannie Farmer is unknown to me...I would rate
Whitman's and Russell Stover's as close with Russell Stover's getting
the edge..Although since Russell Stover is local for me, it may be
fresher, but overall it tastes better than Whitmans to me..See's is the
absolute pits... It is horrid,,,hideous even,,,I got a 2lb box for
Christmas from my boss and after 3 or 4 samples I pitched the whole
box. I tried them again, and they sucked again..

Oh pshaw, on Sun 11 Jun 2006 09:37:48a, Marcella Peek meant to say...

> In article 9>,
> Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> For myself, more often than not I would buy a specific candy such as
>> almond butter toffee or good quality plain dark chocolate, but those
>> are not assortments or collections.
>>
> When my nephew was in High School and learning to set up his own web
> page, he did a page called "favorite See's candy" and polled each family
> member. It's nice to look there and buy someone a box with just their
> favorites in it.
>
> Maybe you need to write up a list ;-)
>
> marcella
>

That sounds like a great idea!

--
Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
_____________________