Think about when you are eating a candy like Skittles, Kissables, or M&Ms – any candy that you get many of in a pack/bag. For me, I vary how I eat most of them. I’ll eat them quick, eat them slow, one at a time or many at a time. I may suck on them, [...]
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Candy Cocktail: Fish Bowl
(Swedish Fish photo from Wikipedia)
Over at the excellent drink recipe site, Extratasty, I found this recipe for a Fish Bowl:
2.5 parts Vodka
3 parts Grape juice
Nerds
Swedish Fish
To prepare the drink add the vodka, grape juice and a handful of ice to a shaker. Stir thoroughly and strain into a wine glass. Now add the nerds, they’ll [...]
Review: Vermints – Vermont’s 100% All Natural Mints
I first stumbled on Vermints one day while browsing Amazon’s candy section and was intrigued by them. For one thing, I had never heard of them before, and for another, they are touted as containing 100% all natural ingredients, no animal products, and they are vegan-friendly. Vermints come in a 1.41 oz “Altoidian” tin and [...]
Nerd Tshirt
I wrote about this super-cool tshirt previously and my sister came through for me on my birthday and got one for me. I still think it’s the greatest Tshirt ever. So, after six months of writing Candy Addict, I now have my first candy tshirt. I’m wearing it right now and I’m feeling extra Nerd-y. [...]
Atomic Fireball Cinnamon Mead
The link below takes you to a recipe for Atomic Fireball Cinnamon Mead. I thought mead was some sort of old-tyme beer/alcoholic drink, but just to make sure I looked it up at dictionary.com:
mead n.
An alcoholic beverage made from fermented honey and water.
Ok, so I was right about that. The recipe [...]




