“Milk Duds are a poor man’s Riesen”
The candies Milk Duds (introduced in 1928), Riesen (introduced in 1934) and Rolo (introduced in 1937) have been compared to each other.
“NEW BLOG POST: Milk Duds…The Poor Man’s Rolo…” was posted on Twitter by Casey Shea on December 7, 2009. “A Milk Dud is just a poor man’s Rolo” was posted on Twitter by Kathy Gates on October 13, 2010. “Milk Duds: The Poor Man’s Rolos” was posted on Twitter by Nathan Mc on October 31, 2014. “Milk Duds are just a poor man’s Rolos” was posted on Twitter by Corey Go Pack Go on October 4, 2021.
“Milk Duds… the poor man’s Riesen. #chocolate” was posted on Twitter by Anthony Grande(Tino) on August 6, 2014. “It took 48 years but I finally fell prey to a box of milk duds in a lingering Christmas gift basket. Poor man’s Riesen chews, am I right?” was posted on Twitter by Chris Kuhn on January 20, 2019.
Wikipedia: Milk Duds
Milk Duds are a brand of chocolate-coated caramel candies produced by The Hershey Company. The candy is a caramel disk covered with a confectionery chocolate coating made from cocoa and vegetable oil. Milk Duds are sold in a yellowish-orange box.
According to the manufacturer, the word “Milk” in the candy’s name refers to the large amount of milk in the product; the use of “dud” came about because the original aim of having a spherical shape wasn’t achieved. Milk Duds were first created in 1928.
Wikipedia: Riesen
Riesen (/ˈriːzn/ (listen); German pronunciation: [ˈʁiːzn̩]) (German for Giants) is a confectionery of chocolate and chocolate-flavored caramel produced and distributed by August Storck KG, a German confectioner that also produces Werther’s Original. In the US, the candy is individually wrapped and sold in medium, large, and club-sized bags. In the UK, the toffies come loose in packs of five, and individually wrapped in 110g bags. It consists of bite-sized pieces of chewy chocolate caramel covered in dark chocolate.
Wikipedia: Rolo
Rolo (pronounced /ˈrəʊləʊ/), referring to the roll-styled chocolates, is a brand of truncated cone-shaped or conical frustum-shaped chocolates with a caramel inside. First manufactured in Norwich, Norfolk in the United Kingdom by Mackintosh’s in 1937 (followed by Rowntree’s after the takeover in 1969), they are made by Nestlé (except in the United States, where production has been licensed to The Hershey Company).
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Casey Shea
@caseyshea
NEW BLOG POST: Milk Duds…The Poor Man’s Rolo…: We’ve all been there….. http://tinyurl.com/yam4b6c
3:34 PM · Dec 7, 2009
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Kathy Gates
@KansasCityKG
A Milk Dud is just a poor man’s Rolo.
1:19 PM · Oct 13, 2010
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david inscoe
@davidinscoe
Milk duds are a poor mans tootsie roll #notgood
9:36 AM · Jan 17, 2012
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Anthony Grande(Tino)
@Tino2Tonz
Milk Duds… the poor man’s Riesen. #chocolate
11:09 PM · Aug 6, 2014
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Nathan Mc
@NathanMc
Milk Duds: The Poor Man’s Rolos
5:32 PM · Oct 31, 2014
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Dan Saffer
@odannyboy
I’ve always found Rolos to be low-rent. They’re the poor man’s Milk Duds.
6:53 PM · Aug 31, 2015
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Jonathan Krause 🎤
@jonkrause77
@n_olson Poor man’s Riesen’s (Rolo.—ed.)
7:57 AM · Sep 10, 2015
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Donny Mayo
@donnymayo
@mattpmason poor man’s rolo (Milk Duds.—ed.)
5:31 PM · Oct 30, 2015
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Andy I 🇺🇦
@iofthejs
Munchies are just a poor man’s Rolos.
10:31 AM · Aug 19, 2016
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Chris Kuhn
@ChrisKuhnAuthor
It took 48 years but I finally fell prey to a box of milk duds in a lingering Christmas gift basket.
Poor man’s Riesen chews, am I right? I did manage to get more of these out of my teeth than Riesen in the past. Hmm. Interesting. #soivegotthatgoingforme
8:19 PM · Jan 20, 2019
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Ryan
@ryan_kimberley
Yeah. Kind of a poor man’s rolos, eh? (Milk Duds. - -ed.)
2:13 PM · Mar 5, 2019
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Stuart Watson
@Stuart_Watson
THIS. May be the best chocolate bar I’ve ever eaten. I’m sorry, but we split the Tootsie Roll and feedback was universally poor. A poor man’s Riesen IMHO.
4:07 PM · Apr 18, 2019
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Peter Hatton
@hatton_peter
Is Riesen just a poor man’s Scots Clan? Detailed analysis to follow #tacklingthebigissues
11:18 AM · Jul 13, 2021
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Corey Go Pack Go
@Bulldog14411
Milk Duds are just a poor man’s Rolos…
5:45 PM · Oct 4, 2021
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Ryan Gau
@GoPher4Ever
Rolo is the rich man’s milk duds
11:20 PM · Nov 10, 2021