Sweets/Candys in MRE

[Imon]

Hello all

last week Ive tasted the first time MRE of the 2004 series.
The worst kind of sweets I ever tasted were the "Cinnamon Imperials".
I was very disappointed about that new item.
They are like toilet cleanser or somethin else but no sweetfeelin.

the other sweets I know at the moment also arent high runners:

I hate charms and tootsie roll
sktittles are ok but not that great thing
Chewing gum (white&green) are not good they lost there flavour so fast (and I ate them too many years...)
M&Ms are good

But at the moment there is no candy/sweet which is the great thing I really love.

I loved the Brownie chocolate coverd,the jelly bar and the Mars bar but the army removed them with the dark MREs.

also I really miss the good old candys the army had with the C-ration.
especialy the chocolate of the B1 (Coconut,vanilla fudge,chocolate fudge)
and the B3 chocolate in silver foil with caramel/nut pieces inside.


What do you think ? which are your favorites ? Some more sweets I forgot to wrote down ?

[Ration Man]

I believe the CHARMS you refer to are an Army ration tradition going back to WW II K rations.

I always liked the chocolate covered cookie and the oatmeal bar.
You can't beat M & Ms


I've had MRE caramels. Too chewy and weird tasting.

[WILD_WEASEL]

What I would really like to see added to the MRE is an oatmeal block intended to be eaten like a granola bar or crumbled into hot water to make a cup of hot instant oats. Oh, and while we are at it a larger ration of coffee to make a full canteen cups worth. Since I am on a role put smokes back in the field rations too. Cigarette and cup of coffee... breakfast of the gods!

[Jaylo]

Tootsie Rolls....Yeah, not good at all: no discerable flavour and a strange plastic texture like silicone putty.

However they do have an alternate use as a crude thermometer for camping/field work:

Toostie Roll shatters when bitten= -10oC or below
Tootsie Roll behaves like epoxy putty and pulls out fillings= 0oC
Tootsie Roll edible but takes 30 minutes to soften by chewing= 10oC
Tootise Roll malleable with fingers and chewable= 20oC
Tootsie Roll has consistency of cheese spread= 30oC

Since you get 2 you can repeat the experiment

[gf3006]

I am not a sweet/candy lover but like the old oatmeal bar.the CHARMS are very hard, the chewing gums in the small blister are bad,for my taste are better the Chiclets (?)in the small box of the old rations,the Tootsie roll taste strange but the FIGS ROLLS are wonderful.greetings Gianfranco