Valentine’s Day isn’t always the happiest of days for the people that don’t have a significant other. If you fall into that category, you may want to look into some Despair BitterSweets. They are candy hearts printed with sayings you won’t find on those “other” candy hearts. BitterSweets come in two varieties: Dejected and Dysfunctional. [...]
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BitterSweets: Valentine’s Candy for the Rest of Us
Retro Flashback: Gummi Bears Cartoon
I don’t know what made me think of this the other day, but does everyone remember the Gummi Bears cartoon? It was a bunch of lovable Gummi Bears living in medieval times and trying to thwart Duke Igthorn and his ogres’ evil attempts at capturing the Gummis and their magic. Drinking GummiBerry Juice made them [...]
Candy Heart Generators
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I present to you two Candy Heart Generators. The Acme Heart Generator gives you two lines of four characters each (example above, left). The Cryptogram Heart Generator (exaple above, right) gives you three lines and a bunch more characters to get your message across. Totally useless, but fun. While there, [...]
Ear Candy
Tiffany sent me an email yesterday pointing me to her ear candy. She makes earrings out of real candy by dipping them in a protective coating and adding earring hardware to them. She has valentine hearts and gummi bears (seen above) and she also has gummi raspberries, gum drops, and Mike & Ike’s available. They [...]
Candy Review: Asse – The Unfortunately-Named Chocolate Candy
Maybe I’m childish, but Asse has got to be one of the worst and/or funniest names for chocolate candy that I have come across yet (though Crunky and “Must Be Sexy” are pretty funny too). Asse is a Japanese candy made by Morinaga. It comes in a pack of 18 pieces that are shaped like [...]






