The Junk Food Blog has found a BUNCH of new candies coming out:

Skittles Ice Cream Flavors (what are they thinking?)
Swiss Prestige Swiss Chocolate (new in the U.S.)
M&M’s Pirate Pearls (promoting the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel)
Snickers Limited Edition Xtreme (with 5g of protein rather than the usual 4g!)
Twix Limited Edition White (Twix with […]

You know you’ve made it big when your likeness has been done in food. Earlier this year, Darth Vader and Yoda were made from butter at the Tulsa State Fair and today I found out that on June 14 of 2005, Elton John was done in chocolate. Quite a likeness too!
Madame Tussauds crafted the […]

(photo by Flickr user “sometimes rains in JUN”)

While poking around online today, I found a number of webpages that talk about the history of chewing gum. Some interesting facts:

The ancient Greeks chewed mastiche - a chewing gum made from the resin of the mastic tree.
The ancient Mayans chewed chicle which is the sap from […]

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Bear with me as I get the site all moved in to the new […]

I’ll admit it….before I started this site, I had no idea candy companies made their candies in different flavors in other countries. Well, they do. Recently, Hershey’s has come out with multiple new flavors in the U.S. - Extra Creamy, Coffee, White Chocolate, Orange Creme, and Mint. In Japan, Kit Kat is made […]

Personally, I’ve always found Kit Kat bars to be rather creamy already, so when I saw the Extra Creamy Limited Edition bar, I was intrigued. Next to it in the store was a Limited Edition Coffee Kit Kat so, of course, I had to try both!
Extra Creamy: The extra creamy […]

At Circuit City the other day I saw a mint I hadn’t seen before: Monster Mints. They claimed to be extra powerful and spicy and they come in cinnamon and peppermint flavors. The amazing thing about them though was the price: $3.99 for a tin!!! Four bucks for mints? I don’t care how good […]

If you like the SNL skit/rap of Chronic(what?)cles of Narnia as much as I do, you’re appreciate this new T-shirt that says Mr. Pibb + Red Vines = Crazy Delicious. I don’t think I have ever had Red Vines, but I can appreciate a good SNL skit and a T-shirt that has candy on […]

Now this is just weird. I saw this candy while at Toys R Us today. It’s a plastic egg with a face on it. The egg has gummi worms in it. You eat the worms then you water the top of the egg and (non-edible) grass grows out of the top of the egg […]

(photo by maryclaytoncarlphotography.com)

With the new year celebration coming up soon, I thought I’d post some mixed drink recipes that either taste like candy or feature candy in the recipe.

Milky Way Galaxy
Tootsie Pop
Tootsie - tastes JUST like a Tootsie Roll, despite the OJ
Candy Apple
Jolly Rancher
SweetTart
Chocolatini - replace the cherry with a Hershey’s Kiss!
Liquid Snickers
Pink Cotton […]