We got to Columbus about 9:30 a.m. on a Friday morning and after picking up the rental car, we got to the hotel well before check-in time… in fact we were there before check-out time. We knew this was a possibility so we left my phone number with the front desk and headed out.
Started with lunch at The Rusty Bucket. Veggie burgers, fries and fried pickles. Best fried pickles ever. It was a gorgeous day and we sat near the big open windows so there was a great breeze. Then we headed over for a hike to Indian Falls. We walked quite a bit down of pathway before we realized that the little gurgling “rapids” we had passed earlier were the actual falls. Guess living so close to Minnehaha Falls, I had bigger expectations. But it was pretty and we got to pet a few dogs along the way.
I know I mentioned Anthony Thomas Candies earlier; we found an Anthony Thomas Candy Shoppe outlet between the falls and our motel. Anthony Thomas is a fourth-generation company that started as a Dairy Co-op in 1932 and following a couple of expansions, in 1952 they began making what is now their signature candy – the buckeye – peanut butter filling surrounded by milk chocolate. They make 14 million buckeyes a year and are recognized by Ohio State University for the licensing of the candies. We found a little box of what they call their “oops” – seconds. Neither YA nor I could figure out what was wrong with them. They were delicious – and cheaper!
Quick stop at a grocery store for a few bottles of pop/water for the fridge in our room and then headed back to the motel for our check-in. Showers, lunch leftovers for dinner and we found Banana Ball on ESPN. In a complete reversal of our usual roles, I am a BB fan, YA is not. However she humored me.
Set our alarms to make sure we got up early enough for our adventure on Saturday. Not bad for a travel day, no?
Do you have a candy that you would eat, even if it were an “oops”?
Trail Baboon 
You found it right there. Man, those are good!
Course chocolate chips and a spoon and a jar of PB is almost the same thing. Almost.
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Agreed except that with buckeyes all you have to do is lick your fingers. You don’t have to wash a spoon.
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Yummmm! I occasionally dip my nightly 70%+ dark chocolate “medicine” into our jar of Trader Joe’s Crunchy Natural PB. Wayyy better than Reese’s PB Cups.
Chris in O-town
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I see now why they are called buckeyes.
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That little falls sounds like a nice diversion.
Sure, probably lots of them, but what comes to mind is Turtles… Can’t think how you could ruin that combination (chocolate covered caramel with nuts) unless the nuts were rancid…
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Ding, ding, ding. Turtles are the answer. The buckeye combo would only be one step behind.
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Milkduds are my favorite travel candy, along with gummy bears.
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Snickers is my all-time fave candy bar. I’d eat anything in that wrapper that didn’t qualify for sales status. I also can’t imagine there being an “oops” truffle either.
Chris in Owatonna
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And the Snickers Ice Cream Bars aren’t too shabby, either.
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I like Turtles too. I’m not sure how they would rate them to find flaws.
I posted on yesterday’s garden blog this morning. Sorry for the delay. It was a busy day yesterday. I’m just so delighted to have a garden again this year, and it’s doing well.
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OT Jacque: are the iridescent brown-green beetles I found on my basil this morning Asian beetles? There were 7-8 of them chewing my basil up.
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Either Japanese or Asian beetle. Both are hard on basil plants. The best thing to do is to fill a bowl with detergent snd water then handpick the beetles off of it and put them in the soapy water.
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Thanks!
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Yep, those are Japanese beetles. They attack our hibiscus and basil almost every year. We pick them off and drop them in soapy water, just as Jacque recommends.
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Asian beetles look like ladybugs. I’ve never had Asian beetles do any damage. Japanese beetles, though, will chew through a lot of plants. I put down some milky spore a number of years ago, and have not had a problem with Japanese beetles for several seasons.
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I just googled and it looks like they’re Japanese beetles, not Asian. Thanks!
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Theater box candy!
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Anything chocolate is fine with me. Like Chris, I take mine ‘medicinally’ every night. Right now I have raspberries with my dark chocolate and feel very virtuous about it.
But I confess to really loving a good homemade caramel, and never miss a chance to get some good black licorice (I know that’s a controversial treat. I am of the “more for me!” persuasion).
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Having an “oops” candy sounds good to me; looks more handmade and less like something shot out of a machine. I have a sweet tooth and would have a hard time picking a favorite–maybe Jordan almonds. But I also love English toffee, jelly beans from Trader Joe’s, anything with caramel, dark chocolate.
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Riesen’s caramels are the best.
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I can’t honestly think of any candy that I would reject on the basis of its “oops” status.
I remember buying some clearance truffles at Godiva once. They were lemon chiffon truffles. I don’t think there was anything in particular wrong with them – maybe they were just overstocked. I bought a bag of them, and after finishing off the bag, went back to the store and bought out the rest. Oh, those were heavenly.
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Years ago, my sister Ellen worked for M&M Mars. At Christmas she would bring home bags of factory rejects that could be purchased at the company store. Seems like she only worked there a few years before moving to McCormick.
A large bottle of black pepper doesn’t quite compare to a bag of Snickers…
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