[pct-l] Candy for the heat

[Dena Van Derveer]

Oh yes! I still get bags of M&M "hash" (crushed, remelted and
solidified) -- if there are any left... Especially tasty when combined
with peanuts!
Back in college days, we backpacked with bars of "Tropical Chocolate"
that didn't melt in the heat. Hershey's developed it for use in WWII.
Apparently, it was re-formulated in the 1990s for use in Desert Storm
and re-named "Desert Bar." It supposedly has a melting point of 140°F.
But I couldn't find any sources that sold it. Anybody else know about
this or have a source? Seems like an interesting option for
chocoholics...
--Pika

On 4/14/07, Janet Grossman <janetgr at cableone.net> wrote:
> M&Ms may melt less than other chocolate because of the candy coating, but I certainly remember a big bag of completely melted M&Ms when my parents packed us 2 kids into a canoe to paddle & outboard 2 days up Lake Powell and then hike about 3 miles to Rainbow Bridge when they were still filling the lake back in about 1964. Funny the things that stick in a 7-year-old's mind. I'm assuming SOCAL heat isn't too different from AZ heat in terms of melting power.
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> Janet
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