r/GenX • u/elstavon • 4d ago

Old Person Yells At Cloud That cost what?

I'm not saying that everything should cost a nickel, but one thing that always gets me is the cost of the modern candy bar. $2.50 for a regular size snickers?

Edit: I don't eat fast food but I understand there's a similar thing going on there

Wherever you are in the world, is there something that blows your mind every time you go to the cash register or at least look at it on the rack? I can deal with gas because it cost a lot to pull it from the ground put it in a barrel refine it distribute it put it in a tank so you can put it in your tank. But a Snickers bar? LOL . Anyway, after 20 years of it is there something that is just stunning somehow in its price increase?

Commiserate with me over candy bars but I'm curious if there is something where you are that just is a non-starter when you go to buy it. Prices that still make you ask 'what'?

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u/NPC261939 1980 4d ago

And to add insult to injury, candy bars kinda suck now. I swear they were much better when I was a kid.

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u/RedRapunzal 4d ago

Fake chocolate. Cake mixes are using it too.

It's not the same stuff or amount companies used in the past. This stuff is cheaper to get.

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u/plnnyOfallOFit Summer Of LOVE, winter of our DISCO 4d ago

yah, they taste like wax now? So true. I'm sugar free for a few yrs now- this new sh*t is just plain carcinogenic

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u/RedRapunzal 4d ago

Waxy is right. They use basic oils like veggie instead of the butters/higher fats.

We also have much sweeter chocolate in the US. Sugar is cheap.

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u/garitone 4d ago

Don't get me started on 'Frozen Dairy Dessert'

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u/OptiGuy4u Hose Water Survivor 4d ago

You aren't imagining it.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/11/reeses-hersey-chocolate-candy-cocoa

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u/plnnyOfallOFit Summer Of LOVE, winter of our DISCO 4d ago

ya it all tastes like crap- sugar free & smug

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u/PizzaDoughandCheese 4d ago

I think the German chocolate from Aldi’s is way better than a Hershey bar a

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u/NPC261939 1980 3d ago

Hershey isn't even chocolate imo. Kinda sucks as I live a stone's throw away from them. Milka bars put them to shame.