Favorite Chewy Foods?

[soypower]

I love chewy foods...the chewier the better...my favorites are:

teriyaki beef jerky
vegetarian beef jerky
grilled tripe
grilled chicken er, gizzards? (korean dakdongjip)
pho w/ tendon
jjolmyun (korean noodles)
taffy
now and laters candy
sugar babies
i also love gnawing on the cartilage from chicken wings, though i'm not sure that quite qualifies as 'chewy'

so what are your favorite chewy foods?

[Emme]

concur with others' picks for sugar babies (sooo much better than daddy!), tootsie rolls (the vanilla minis especially), and hot tamales...

abba zabba (reminds me of my daddy)
fast break
oatmeal cooked w/ LOTS of water and cinnamon til gummy... same done with soy grits
also, barley cooked with lots and lots of water to become gooey and chewy
jarlsberg or gruyere nuked in the micro til just a bit melty and chewy
mini candy bars (esp musketeers) nuked in the micro til they melt and get chewy
shirataki noodles
spicy turkey jerky at whole foods

[JoanN]

Anybody else addicted to Goldenberg's Peanut Chews? I can't even walk down that aisle in Duane Reade!

[stellamystar]

I really like chewy bread. It's probably not pastry perfect, but I love it. Chewy sourdough is the best.

Runner up - saltwater taffy and milk duds

[kobetobiko]

I love mochi Grilled or in soup, I love them all!

And caramel toffee! I only hate it when I go to my dentist...

[Jerewhon]

Dried apple rings - simply addictive and no sugar too.

[Judith]

Trader Joes has ginger candy that's wonderfully chewy and hot. I can't get enough of them.

[TampaAurora]

I can't agree more! I have a secret stash of them on my desk at work for when I need my fix.

[amy_rc]

Bit O' Honey
YUMMY!

[piccola]

I'm not a huge fan of chewy foods in general, but I do love my bagels, taro cakes, dried figs and tofu skin rolls.

[im_nomad]

remember kookoo's?

Mike and Ike's are by far my favorite non-chocolate candy. I can't bring em in the house.

A nearby farmer's market used to sell a candied maple smoked salmon that was to die for.....but the guy stopped making it.

[bards4]

I"m exactly the same way with Hot Tamales. Can't bring 'em in and can't eat just one. Ditto on the Tootsie Rolls.

[bremfoodie]

sugar babies
sugar daddies
slow pokes (like sugar daddies but slimmer and 10 times better)
caramels
anything gummy
chocolate covered gummy bears
popcorn balls (yeah they crunch too)
risen
now and laters
any taffy
tootsie rolls

[reannd]

cinnamon bears.

i read some report from last year's all candy expo that they have come out with chewy atomic fireballs and have only spotted them ONE place online. If anyone has a source, hook me up.

we found the caramel apple sugar babies in my super small hometown in NW MN.. nothing in the metro where we live.. so maybe someone has a hoard of chewy fireballs they're willing to share??

[soypower]

as far as chewy atomic fireballs, i think you might mean the gimbal lava balls...be warned, they are extremely hot!

http://www.candy.org/2006/11/10/gimbals-lava-balls/
http://www.candywarehouse.com/lavahot...

[spellweaver16]

Charleston Chew candy bars. You could lose a tooth on one of those things, but they're so good!

[im_nomad]

oh such a good memory from childhood ! We used to get one of these at the movie theatre, and take part home and put it in the freezer to crack and eat. !!

[jeni1002]

Haribo gummy bears

Wheat berries

[ipsedixit]

Caramel

Chinese nian gao

Dried cuttle fish

Dried apricots and persimmons

Soft granola

Bubble gum

[soypower]

i forgot about dried cuttle fish! i also like dried file fish...it's even chewier than jerky. :o)

[notmartha]

Ditto ipsedixit's first 3 (geez - are we related? ;) )

[ipsedixit]

We're the same person ... after all, you're "notmartha" right? :-)

[notmartha]

True.. Now I am talking to myself. 8)

[justagthing]

stir fried chewy rice cake in korean and chinese foods
tendon/gristle in any soup or marinated chinese style
chicken gizzards

[corgette]

Squid, a good bagel, those cheap 'sour bears' from the drug store, and frozen caramels.

TMJ be damned.

[chowser]

Yeah, ow, my jaw hurts just reading this thread.

But, I'll add red swedish fish.

[olia]

squid, chicken hearts bbq'ed

any cut of meat with i guess "grisly" parts? i don't really know what those are but always enjoy them

agreed on cartilages -- too bad it seems to freak out (sound) most other people
oh! and maybe it's unsafe, but undercooked bacon, or thick cut hungarian bacon -- so chewy so salty

[soypower]

i forgot about chewy undercooked bacon...yum! that's what i always figured they meant about 'chewing the fat', because i could gnaw on that for hours...:o)

[torty]

Oh yes- when my dad the butcher would bring home bacon with the skin on we would be chewing on the skin part for most of the morning. The bacon was well cooked, but the slices were thick so the skin remained chewy.