Halloween candy: impossible food-wine pairing?!?
Halloween is a mere two days away and excitement is building around the Dr. Vino World Headquarters: for the kids, they’re after the candy; for me, I can’t wait to take down all the skeletons, ghosts and goblin decorations.
As candy washes over the country these days in a giant, wrapper-encrusted wave, it seems only timely: which wine goes with Halloween candy? Or is it impossible?!?
Please make your candy suggestions as trashy as possible–no gourmet chocolates here, just Reese’s peanut butter cups, KitKats, Almond Joy, Butterfinger, Pop Rocks and/or Necco wafers.
For those of you who cannot fathom pairing candy and wine, then play sommelier for Paul Rudnick: as profiled in yesterday’s NYT, the 51 year old man weighs 150 pounds and subsist almost entirely on candy.
On October 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am ,ConstanceC wrote:
Perhaps an over oaked butter bomb of a Chardonnay would pair well with a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup? Now I’m just going to have to try that…
On October 29th, 2009 at 12:04 pm ,castello wrote:
I usually drink big red wines, mostly Cabernet or Merlot. If I get the munchies, most any candy bar will go with it. Sometimes they can change the wine a bit, but I suffer through it.
On October 29th, 2009 at 12:35 pm ,TowerTwelve wrote:
A nice ballsy Zin would go well with dark chocolate.
On October 29th, 2009 at 1:36 pm ,Jake wrote:
Hmm, if I was eating a mixed bag of trashy candy (plethora of chocolate bars, M&Ms, smarties, tootsie rolls, candy corn…crap like that), give me some overly sweetened Oloroso.
Williams & Humbert Walnut Brown, perhaps? Brown sugar, molasses, dark and nutty…
Jake
CherriesAndClay.com
On October 29th, 2009 at 2:50 pm ,LJH wrote:
Candy corn and chardonnay?
Special dark hershey’s miniatures and port?
Butterfinger or clark’s bars and moscato?
Or pop rocks and champagne? Like the coke/pop rocks combo, could be explosive.
Necco wafers are difficult. The new old flavors are good but they are so dry and powdery. Not sure there.
I think any fruit-flavored candy would be a hard match – Mike and Ikes, Tootsie dots, etc.
On October 29th, 2009 at 2:51 pm ,JonW wrote:
Banfi’s Rosa Regale (Bracchetto d’acqui) works rather nicely with almost any cheap milk chocoloate. I’d try a sweet sherry with butterfingers or reeses. But this really is an exercise in masochism more than anything else, so how about Boone’s Pina Colada with almond joy?
On October 29th, 2009 at 3:29 pm ,winebroad wrote:
My favorite pairing is ruby Port with Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups. Delicious!
On October 29th, 2009 at 6:46 pm ,jaded_wine_rep wrote:
Trentadue Chocolate Amore smells and tastes like a liquid Tootsie Roll. So there’s one pairing down.
On October 29th, 2009 at 8:44 pm ,Sarah wrote:
Wait! No one has mentioned sparkling wine yet? Okay, I’ll do it… Prosecco!?
On October 29th, 2009 at 9:20 pm ,Weston wrote:
A good Tea, Assam or Ceylon based…Nice warm fire, and some sort of Anti Diabetes Shot or something
On October 29th, 2009 at 11:34 pm ,Christy Frank wrote:
Cerdon and Pop Rocks. Sweet and simple.
On October 30th, 2009 at 9:14 am ,The Wine Mule wrote:
I like the Cerdon and Pop Rocks idea!
For me, candy corn and Passito di Pantelleria.
On October 30th, 2009 at 11:37 am ,Amanda wrote:
Reese’s has a dark chocolate peanut butter cup mini that I think I’d like to try with either a 10 year old tawny port or a sparkling wine. Maybe I’ll hold those back from the other candies I give out tomorrow…
On November 1st, 2009 at 11:57 am ,Dylan wrote:
Tyler, did you dress up this year? I wonder if anyone had clever wine-related costumes.
On November 2nd, 2009 at 11:33 pm ,EastCoast Chris wrote:
I’d like to try some sourpatch kids or sour skittles with some riesling or gewurtztraminer.
On March 7th, 2010 at 6:27 pm ,Steven Washuta wrote:
I’m going to attempt a 2001 Hermitage with Reese’s tonight. Will let you know the results.
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On October 31st, 2012 at 4:40 pm ,Gretchen Keith wrote:
Kit Kat® and Merlot. The lush red wine with plum, black currant, and spiced cocoa is a match