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Aplets & Cotlets? Washington’s Best?

Posted by DFO

Feb. 12, 2009 5:35 p.m. • 17 comments

Washington state legislators have a $6 billion budget shortfall to fix, but it’s nice to know they’re still seeing the Big Picture. Earlier in the legislative session, Rep. Mike Armstrong (R-Wenatchee) introduced a bill (HB 1024) to declare Aplets & Cotlets (manufactured in Cashmere) as the Official State Candy of Washington. The bill quickly became one of the most talked about of the session. Late last month, The Stranger mocked Aplets & Cotlets as “the square dancing of candy” and suggested instead Fran’s smoked salt caramels instead. Plus, The Stranger did some lefty big-city name-dropping that Michelle and Barack Obama say Fran’s caramels are the First Couple’s fave/Kevin Taylor, Inlander. More here.

Question: (for Washingtonians) Do you support naming Aplets & Cotlets as the Washington state candy? (For Idahoans) Which candy would you name as Idaho’s state confectionary?

17 comments on this post so far. Add yours!

OrangeTV on February 12 at 5:53 p.m.
Love those. Seems like there used to be Grapelets and Cherrylets and possibly Kumquatlets.

Idaho Spud candy bars, Huckleberry filled chocolates, Razzleberry-Meth Shizzlers. The obvious choices.

My vote goes to the marzipan miniature Idaho Potatoes made with love by Hermina Sittel in her little shop on Gov’t way in the strip mall next to Browsers Books. It’s authentic German marzipan by an authentic German lady and it’s so melt-in-your mouth incredible. She shapes them like little spuds and dusts them with cocoa power to make them all potatoey looking, then she puts in the eyes. You get six in a miniature potato crate. One of these weeks, I need to do a whole column on dear Hermina’s store…
Howard_Martinson on February 12 at 5:53 p.m.
DFO: Idaho Spud, of course. I’m surprised you asked the question, but we’re all entitled to a brain cramp once in a while.
Bob on February 12 at 5:54 p.m.
Kevin Taylor is a helluva writer by the way. Great stuff and no, I don’t support Aplets and Coplets or some lame smoked salt caramels (one is square dancing the other polka, yawn). I think the best Washington candy are chocolate covered macadamia nuts from the macadamia plantations down near Sunnyside and Goldendale. MMMMM.
JeanC on February 12 at 5:55 p.m.
Idaho spuds of course, followed closely by Cowgirl Chocolates http://www.cowgirlchocolates.com/
MarkU on February 12 at 6:35 p.m.
Steve Symms suppositories. Kind of waxy, but with a hint of St. Chapelle grape skweezins. You can chew them, stick them in your ears for protection from gun blasts, or insert them anywhere you want as the situation calls for.

An all around fine confectionery that most eedahoans keep around in case of emergency or for a temporary lapse of judgment.
toadman on February 12 at 6:49 p.m.
Wow. We’ve lived here over five years and I’ve never seen or heard of either of these things. What the heck are they, and where can I get some to send to unsuspecting southern relatives?

;-)
keithincda on February 12 at 7:17 p.m.
Bob>>> “I think the best Washington candy are chocolate covered macadamia nuts from the macadamia plantations down near Sunnyside and Goldendale. MMMMM.”

ZOMG now that there is funny! Bring some to blogfest okay?
hhuseland on February 12 at 9:44 p.m.
Aplets & cotlets have been around as long or longer than I have, which is a while. On the serious side, they probably do deserve to be Washington’s State Candy. As to Idaho, I always thought, well, and perhaps this applies to Western Washington too, that nose candy was the popular choice. Although for weed smokers, any candy will do.
Lynne on February 13 at 7:42 a.m.
Don’t law-makers have better things to do with their time, or our money? I’m thinking there are more important issues that need to be contemplated …

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