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​Would you rather not give out boring old Snickers and M&M's this year? You want to be the special house on the block that has stuff that no one else dares give away? Here are some unusual candies and treats we dug out from our blog's long-dead Wacky Snacks featurette, most of which can be found locally, from Cost Plus World Market, to IKEA, to your Asian grocery store.

Though, don't blame us if you get egged or TP'd.

On second thought, maybe you oughta just buy and eat these for yourselves. Some are too good for those brats.

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​I have a love-hate thing with Frito-Lay. I hate some of their products but love others. Sun Chips goes in the "love" column. I don't buy into the idea that they're really any healthier than a regular snack chip. Junk food is junk food.

Furthermore, I think their "multigrain" composition actually contributes more in flavor than a real uptick in nutrition. There's a nutty sweetness there that goes with the saltiness I crave--a Wheat Thin mated with a tortilla chip. It's great with sandwiches, second only to Fritos and Ms. Vickie's, which tie in my book if I'm only limiting myself to the Frito-Lay family of chips.
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​With a cover like this, does one really need to read the introduction?  I didn't: I just jumped right in and came to three conclusions:

1. The author must have an issue with combining sweet and salty flavors.
2. He clearly consulted with pregnant women.
3. What's the big deal?  Some of these aren't crazy at all.

Examples and the point of this book after the jump!
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​Name: Vegemite

Origin: Australia

Found at: Cost Plus, Santa Ana

Cost: $6.99

Ingredients:

Yeast Extract (From Yeast Grown on Barley), Salt, Mineral Salt (508), Malt Exact (Frm Barley), Colour (150c), Flavors, Niacin, Thiamine, Riboflavin, Folate.

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Name: Sanh Yuan Chien Cha Slice - Preserved Fruit

Origin: Taiwan

Found at: 99 Ranch, Irvine

Cost: $1.99

Ingredients:

Dried Fruit, Sugar, Salt, Licorice

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Name: D'Onofrio Pezi Duri Lucuma Ice Cream

Origin: Peru

Found at: Aji Limon, Buena Park

Cost: $10

Ingredients:

Water, Sugar, Hydrogenated Vegetable Fat, Milk Whey, Lucuma Flour, Milk Protein, Skimmed Milk, Glucose, Emulsifiers (Mono and diglycerides, Guar Gum, Garrofin Gum, Carrageenan and Wheat Proteins) Salt and Artificial Colors (FD&C Yellow #5 / Yartrazine, FD&C Yellow #6 / Sunset Yellow).

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Name: Tabasco Brand Spicy Chocolate

Origin: U.S.A.

Found at: Cost Plus, Santa Ana

Cost: $3.99

Ingredients:

Unsweetened Chocolate, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin (An Emulsifier), Vanilla, Tabasco Brand Dry Red Flavoring (Red Pepper, Distilled Vinegar, Salt).

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Name: Bourbon Kikori No Kiri Kabu

Origin: Japan

Found at: Freshia, Tustin

Cost: $2.49

Ingredients:

Sugar, Wheat Flour, Milk Powder, Cacao Mass, Shortening, Palm Oil, Cocoa Butter, Lactose, Wheat Meal, Wheat Germ, Lactose, Wheat Bran, Creaming Powder (Milk, Cream, Lactose, Butter), Honey, Salt, Emulsifier (soy), Leavening, Artificial Flavor.

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Name: Nestlé Yorkie

Origin: U.K.

Found at: Cost Plus, Santa Ana

Cost: $1.49

Ingredients:

Sugar, Dried whole milk, Cocoa butter, Cocoa mass, Vegetable fat, Lactose and proteins from whey, Whey Powder, Emulsifiers (Soya lecithin, E476), Butterfat, May contains traces of wheat gluten.

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Name: SamYang Topokki - Red Pepper Paste Dipped Snack

Origin: Korea

Found at: H-Mart, Garden Grove

Cost: $0.79

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