>Margaret Suran writes:
>
>PENMART01 wrote:
>> maxine in ri writes:
>>
>>> After Margaret found she could not entice anyone to drink any
>>> more wine, she tossed out some Ritter candy bars.
>>
>>
>> I hadn't heard of these so looked to see what I could discover.
>> After reading the scanty description I'm left feeling
>> ambivalence... I love dark chocolate and I like marzipan, but I
>> don't think I'd much care for the combination together... please
>> explain what's so special about these Ritter bars, and why they
>> should be so expensive for a very plain looking confection, one
>> that's also rather small... I know that some marzipan can be
>> expensive due to the skill involved with forming pieces of art, but
>> these Ritters are obviously molded entirely by machine, and to me
>> aren't very attractive, even the packaging is the cheapest... just
>> curious.
>>
>> http://www.veganessentials.com/catal...rzipan-bar.htm
>>
>
>Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. of Germany makes many different candy bars,
>not just the marzipan filled dark chocolate. The chocolate is quite
>good and some of the bars are rather interesting, for example Rum,
>Raisins, Hazelnuts in Milk Chocolate and many other flavors. The
>weight, 3.5 ounces is par for the course. Most of the better
>chocolate bars that sell for $1.99 or more are the same weight.
>Ritter makes the bars smaller but thicker.

Those others sound better. I guess it's just me, I love chocolate but I can't
seem to get excited about the combination of chocolate and marzipan... many
years ago when I worked for Barton's Bonbonaire. Folks would buy those fancy
marzipan sculptures, they were expensive, I suppose because they were
beautifully made, but try as I might I couldn't find any redeeming value in
marzipan as something good to eat. I was told by the marketing big wigs at
Bartons that people didn't buy them to eat, they collected them for display,
and since marzipan doesn't spoil they were perfect as food collectibles

>The packaging is actually better than for most chocolates, the candy
>bar itself wrapped in aluminum foil and then enclosed in a tightly
>sealed plastic cover, just right for a sport bar which may be taken
>along on hikes and other sporting events.

Well, from the picture it appears to be just that crimped paper.

>Why did I choose them to give out to my guests? That is a cruel
>question. If I want to be honest, I have to admit that I was in a
>store that had a large bin with a sign: Ritter Sport Chocolate Bars.
> SPECIAL.... BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE.

Aha! BOGO sounds much more reasonable.


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