Sunday Munchies and Crunchies: Funday
Brunch Bar!
January 8, 2012
One of the best deals about being a Disney cast
member are the discount benefits. Though it does not apply to all
food locations at the resort, it does apply to all merchandise
locations, and luckily a good majority of these merchandise
locations sell food! One day in Animal Kingdom, I was hungry for a
snack. The popcorn, nut, and sweet and sour chicken nugget wagons
did not count for our discount, so I sadly decided to leave hungry
until we stopped at Island Mercantile to trade vinylmations like was
always do.
While our very own Brent Dodge was haggling for some
Muppet vinylmations, I spied some candy bars by the register. Anyone
in retail knows that they stock little things by the cash register
as 'impulse buys' that catch your eye while you wait in line or wait
to pay or wait period. I was waiting and I had an impulse to buy a
candy bar, especially because I got discount! I don't remember how
much I paid but it was cheap for Disney.

The candy bars were made by the local candy factory
Goofy's Candy Company. There were many different candy bars to
choose from, including: Mickey's Milk Chocolate Bar, Dark Chocolate
Bar, Crispy milk Chocolate Bar, Milk Chocolate Almond Bar, and one
that didn't match the others: Mickey Fun Bar. It was labeled to have
Rich Milk Chocolate and used enticing adjectives like crunchy
peanuts and chewy caramel. Though I chose the Mickey Fun Bar because
it had nuts and caramel, I wondered why it looked different and
didn't have a functional title like the other bars. Perhaps, the
nuts and caramel milk chocolate bar was not selling so they decided
to give it a fun name to boost sales? Perhaps the newer bars did
better because their titles were functional and Mickey's Fun Bar had
it description left as a subtitle that few would read. While the
mystery of a 'fun bar' would establish curiosity and encourage
further investigation, the difference between this bar and the
others still remains a mystery. While this candy bar was puzzling
and there was nothing Mickey about it outside the colorful wrapper,
I did like it because it was kind of like a Snickers Bar. 'Hey there
Hi there Hoe there! Hungry? Why wait, grab a Mickey Fun Bar!'

The candy bar was exactly what it said on the
wrapper and did exactly what it was purchased to do. It satisfied my
hunger and by golly I had fun eating it.