Ezra Butler tries Hot Tamales and Runts

01/11/22 • 99 min

Ezra Butler joined hosts Leah Jones and Jocelyn Geboy to try a whole pile of candy from the Dollar Store and the stash. We dip into some organic Halva, try Hot Tamales, debate the taste of banana candy and the role of peanut butter in sweets.

Stuff we talk about

Candy we tried

Runts
Hot Tamales
Bit O’Honey
Pearson’s Salted Nut Roll
Outrageous
Halva Heaven
Gelt

Other candy we talked about

Peanut M&Ms
Reese’s Pieces
Cat Tongues
Kraft Caramels
Smint
Toblerone

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Stuff we talk about

Candy we tried

Runts
Hot Tamales
Bit O’Honey
Pearson’s Salted Nut Roll
Outrageous
Halva Heaven
Gelt

Other candy we talked about

Peanut M&Ms
Reese’s Pieces
Cat Tongues
Kraft Caramels
Smint
Toblerone

Follow Candy Chat Chicago Podcast on Twitter and Instagram

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and rate 5 stars!

Follow Jocelyn: @smussyolay on Tik Tok and Instagram

Follow Leah: @ChicagoLeah on Twitter and @ChiLeah on Instagram

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Things we tried

Things we talked about

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Candy we try