Whitman's Outrage

I prefer the creams.

OP admit it you bought it at the drugstore.

[quote] "OP admit it you bought it at the drugstore."

Haha! No, I really did get it as a gift at work. And I'm glad I didn't buy it, for reasons listed above. But I definitely will be looking for some dark chocolate cherry cordials that aren't garbage.

[quote] "fifty percent peanuts"

Oh, dear.

*fifty percent less peanuts

Did you pinch them all and put them back in the box, à la Ethel Mertz?

[quote] "Did you pinch them all and put them back in the box, à la Ethel Mertz?"

I didn't, R4. I went the Sophia Petrillo route, and bit them all in half, placing the unwanted remains back in the box. But not before applying a nice coat of red lipstick.

Was there lark's vomit?

Whitman's is crap these days. Russel Stover even worse.

Pretty ballsy to give a coworker a box of that crap. But I guess its the thought that counts or maybe Secret Santa was limited to 5 bucks?

[quote] "Whitman's is crap these days. Russel Stover even worse."

I'm surprised it took this long, R7. Whitman's parent company/holder sold the brand to Stover in 1993.

Russell Stover was the bomb back in the day.

[quote] "Was there lark's vomit?"

Yes! And crunchy, unboned, real dead frogs, R6.

This reminds me of the story of the Queen Mother, who was quite fond of filled chocolates and was frequently eating them when guests came. She's ask if they'd like one, and when they replied affirmatively, she would tell them exactly which one to take, so they wouldn't get any of her favorites. I often wondered why she didn't just order entire boxes filled with ones she preferred.

Whitman's, along with Fanny Farmer's candies, always reminded me of the chocolates with the orange creme centers.

Whoever is forcing OP to eat an entire Whitman's Sampler, please, for the love of God, stop it!!

Cherry cordials are for losers

[quote]I'm no chocolate snob

But you are. Those who start sentences like that are in fact who they deny to be.

[quote] "But you are. Those who start sentences like that are in fact who they deny to be"

If I were, I wouldn't have eaten from a Whitman's Sampler in 2021. Troll elsewhere, R16.

Please share what kind of person gives a whitman's sampler to someone as a gift in 2021. I'm fascinated. Seriously. There's "not being a snob" and theres nothing wrong with eating it if you can tolerate the sugar blow out and chemical flavors. But what kind of person actually gives it as a gift?

What kind of chocolate would be an acceptable Secret Santa gift?

See’s rum nougat. Don’t sample it.

I guess you could throw 5 snickers bars into a ziplock bag and call it a secret santa gift too. less is more though. i'm not sure why you'd give anything from a drugstore to a person as a gift.

[quote]Please share what kind of person gives a whitman's sampler to someone as a gift in 2021?

A straight, obese frau. Or if given by a straight male co-worker, it was chosen by his straight, obese frau wife.

[quote] Yes! And crunchy, unboned, real dead frogs

Don’t you even take the bones out?

Chocolate dipped ortolans.

Is that what the poors consider chocolate?

For a second, I thought R24 said "chocolate dipped orphans". I was intrigued.

r23 Then it wouldn't be crunchy, would it?

Partial to the Ram's Bladder Cup myself.

OP, I really don’t see where you have any choice but to go to their corporate headquarters in Kansas City, MO, sit in the public plaza outside their offices, douse yourself in gasoline, light a match and do the full Thích Quảng Đức.

The giver knew OP uses "gift" as a verb and decided to give him something on his level-- the no class drug store gift level.

Are you unaware that you're not supposed to eat an entire Whitman's Sampler by yourself?

Is there any left?

I'm with you OP. You can buy a nice box of Turtles, Lindt or Ferrero Rocher at the drugstore. Shit, even one of those gigantic Toblerones would be tasty. No excuse to give someone artificial tasting garbage. I dont mind chocolate covered nuts so I would be happy if I had those, but clearly the company is cutting costs putting the same type of one chocolate in a box.

I prefer nuts put in mouth to be covered with chocolate.

[quote]For a second, I thought [R24] said "chocolate dipped orphans". I was intrigued.

I was horrified!

R26 = Armie Hammer

I my day, [R24], it was chocolate dipped peasants! Pre-Revolution. Ha!

OP when you use the quote tags you don’t need to also use quotes.

Russell Stover is better than Whitman. Of course See’s or Fannie Mae is the best. Hershey’s smells like vomit out of the wrapping because it has the same acid in it as vomit. For “tang”. This is true.

Mars chocolate smells like chocolate as well - except for the good stuff: Ethel M. Not sure they still make it.

[quote]Please share what kind of person gives a whitman's sampler to someone as a gift in 2021?

Someone older. If someone gave it to me from work, I'd keep it in my desk and eat it when I want a snack. It's not bad

OP thinks "graciously" means "gratefully."

No one in her right mind uses "graciously" about herself.

Well, therefore it IS what the OP meant.

I used to give Russell Stover boxes of chocolates because Walgreens would mark them way down in price at Christmas. These were for people I didn't know that well or for the food gift exchange we had at work with a $5 limit. No they aren't fine chocolates but most people at least would eat a few pieces of it.

I am outraged.

A box of chocolates is betterthan a kick in the ass, u ingrates.

A five-dollar limit, R22.

What do skinny frau coworkers or skinny frau wives of coworkers give? What do the cool, non-frau women give? What do the male coworkers give when they themselves choose? (Same 'value' or less than Whitman's sampler.)

Let's hear it!

$5 is a guarantee you're going to get something you don't want. Don't even sign up for this bullshit if you'd rather have $5 cash. Be your own Secret Santa.

Twenty years ago when I was a very young nurse aide making $8 an hour (that's before taxes and insurance was deducted), my similarly-paid coworkers would try to get us all to do this Secret Santa shit, $5 limit.

The first time I was asked, I thought about it for a few minutes and I couldn't picture any one of those clowns buying me anything for $5 that I would value more than $5 itself, so I always declined. I wasn't spending an hour's wage to get some shit trinket/ lead candle from Dollar Tree from some tacky-ass teen moms.

They only did it for drama, anyway. Someone would bitch that they spent $7 on a jar of layered cookie mix (that they made themselves) for So-and-so's secret Santa gift and So-and-so gifted them a used deodorant in exchange or something. They lived for that shit.

It's all part of the 8th continent of plastic in the ocean now. Gross.

R46 I'm another one who hate's the Secret Santa/Pollyanna bullshit. I only ever enjoyed something called "Cut Throat Pollyanna" but it feeds into my petty vindictive side (there's some satisfaction in snatching away someone else's better gift).

My only contribution to the Whitman's outrage is that my dad briefly worked for them when I was a kid. He brought home not just chocolate but nuts too. I only ever liked the little delivery guy piece.

I think I'm the only person in the world who hates Lindt chocolate. Whitman's is far superior, or I guess was the last time I had it, which was a few years ago. If someone gives me Lindt I'll thank them then give it to someone else as soon as I can.

r43 Shove over.

- Christine Todd Whitman

I posted at r42 about giving Russell Stovers for the $5 office gift. It was actually kind of fun, you brought a $5 food gift and we would play a game of pass around and you could steal somebody else’s gift. One year I took home a big pack of Andes mints and another year I ended up with gourmet popcorn from a local place and this year I got banket (Dutch dessert) from a local bakery. I got lucky because I did see some people cheap out and give something not great. I just went into it to have fun and for $5 you aren’t losing much.

r50 again, the gifts were wrapped so if you did steal you didn’t know what you were getting

What’s “cutthroat Pollyanna”? Great band name.

Isn't that also called White Elephant?

[quote] Someone would bitch that they spent $7 on a jar of layered cookie mix (that they made themselves) for So-and-so's secret Santa gift and So-and-so gifted them a used deodorant in exchange or something.

😂😂

We’ll make a note of your outrage, OP.

On CBS Sunday Morning show, this week, they had a segment about See's chocolates. I never heard of them. They're in CA. Are they really good chocolates? I like creme filled or chocolate truffles. I also love Reese's peanut butter cups. The drugstore boxes of chocolate usually sit around for a while and are pretty stale.

I agree with the poster about lindtz too. Pure d crap they are, give me a box of whitmans !