What would you do with your weight in Jelly Belly Jellybeans? Well, if you’re Mike Lively, the answer is “figure out how to get them home”. Mike, a 41 year old Indiana steel worker, was the 1,000,000th visitor to the Jelly Belly factory in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin this past Wednesday, and he won his weight […]

I wish I could stop saying “this is my new favorite candy,” but near-perfect products just keep finding their way from stores to my mouth. That said, Tootsie Roll Mini Chews just might really be my new favorite candy. It took me two or three bites to get used to the taste and texture of […]

UPDATE: We got our hands on all three flavors - read the review!
A reader tipped me off today about this one (thanks, Enrique!) … Two days ago, on July 25, Wrigley’s issued a press release. Buried inside it with a lot of blather about profits, growth, and stock was an interesting announcement - chcolate-dipped […]

I don’t know why I think this is so funny. Maybe it’s because I have three cats and I’m intimately familiar with litterboxes. Maybe it’s because I have the maturity of a 12-year-old in my 30-something-year-old body. This is a cake but it looks just like a litterbox. It’s made with either a […]

I never made these when I was young (I never felt the need to make or wear a bracelet) but I’m sure some of the women reading this did. I always wondered how they were made and now I know. Cat Morley presents a great tutorial on how to make bracelets out of wrappers […]

Admittedly, these aren’t actually candy, so I may not be the best judge of these. I’m just not an energy drink kind of guy. In fact, I don’t think I have ever bought an energy drink (wait, I might have had a Red Bull cocktail once - maybe). Diablo Ice Energy Strips are made […]

We mentioned PEZheads - The Movie (a PEZ documentary movie) previously, and now they’ve opened up pre-orders for the DVD, set to ship in September.
PEZheads - The Movie is a documentary about PEZ and PEZ Collectors. It explores the phenomenon of PEZ collecting through interviews with a variety of collectors and vendors, as well […]

So, Dark Chocolate M&Ms have returned for good. I picked up my bag at the local dollar store for 50 cents. I was surprised to see them there since they usually only carry old/outdated/weird candy and these just came out.
I missed them when they came out the first time as a Star Wars tie-in […]

(Mix and Match Malt balls)

I’ll have to admit, I had never heard of Madelaine Chocolate Novelties, Inc. before they contacted me and offered to send me some samples to review. It turns out they are quite the chocolate powerhouse with currently 449 products online, so you are sure to find something made with chocolate […]

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I posted a link a while back to a scanned 1949 candy salesman book that is just incredible to look through. While browsing the pages I noticed the above ad for Whiz “The best nickel candy there iz-z” which fits nicely into our growing collection of oddly-named candy.
Check out this awesome “commercial” […]