The 5 Star Bar is most definitely a candy bar. That's what's so great about it. It's a guilty pleasure candy bar for foodies. Gourmets. Food lovers. Gastronomes. Epicureans. Food snobs. Whatever. Last week when we went to the Lake Champlain Chocolate Factory, Dan bought a whole box of the 5 Star Bar peanut variety. The peanut bars are chunky, full of whole peanuts that are mixed into a rich peanut butter rice crisp filling then all enrobed in milk chocolate. They're so good that I almost can't believe it. I can't stop eating them.
If you need a peanut butter fix, you can get them at most Whole Foods. They also have hazelnut, fruit & nut, and caramel.
People sometimes ask me what I would get if I was standing in a supermarket checkout line and wanted a candy bar. If they didn't have 5 Star Bars (which aren't found in the checkout area at regular supermarkets anyway), here's what I would choose, in order of priority starting with my favorite:
- Kit Kat Big Kat: My number one favorite supermarket candy bar. It's a monster version of the regular Kit Kat, and the ratios of chocolate-to-wafer are a little skewed, so there's a lot more solid milk chocolate coating the wafer part.)
- Reeses Big Cup: Kind of the same theme as my top pick... the Big Cup is a monster version of the classic Reeses peanut butter cup with the ratios switched up in favor of the peanut butter.
- Cadbury's Fruit & Nut: Not everyone agrees with me on this one, I know. But I think raisins (and other dried fruit) in chocolate are delicious with a chewy, satisfying texture.
- Peppermint Patties: A classic, really.
- Peanut M&Ms: No explanation necessary here. M&Ms are totally addictive.
Above Lake Champlain 5 Star Bar Peanut Photograph from Lake Champlain website.
