It’s impossible to imagine a Valentine’s Day without the ubiquitous Necco Sweethearts conversation hearts. They’ve been around for over a century, and I’ve got to say, they taste like it, too! I guess it’s kind of like those holiday fruitcakes–hardly anyone actually likes them, but nevertheless they feel obligated to buy or consume them.
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Ask and you shall receive! At least that’s how I feel after discovering that Hershey’s has released two more limited edition kisses in time for Valentines Day. The two new flavors are Special Dark Raspberry and Strawberry Creme, the latter being the cause of my extreme excitement. It was only a few short weeks ago […]

Famous candy tycoon Willy Wonka has discovered, to his absolute horror, that one of the jokes featured on a Laffy Taffy wrapper was not actually funny. To correct this humor crisis, he has put out a call for a “new deputy executive director of Wonka Laffy Taffy wrapper humor management.” Prospective applicants must send in […]

Our buddy Pete from Pete’s Caramels was recently interviewed for a NY Times article on young entrepreneurs and he mentioned us in the interview! (Thanks, Pete!) It’s an interesting article about how kids are coming up with business ideas and making money and a few paragraphs are devoted to Pete and his candy business. Give […]

Could candy serve as a positive force in the world? Sure, why not? One look at the website for Good Karmal shows a candy company different from the rest. Instead of flashy graphics designed to grab your attention, the site opts for the serene and the simple. Oh, and they only sell one product: caramel, […]

Chocolate is well loved and heartily consumed in Japan, and Meiji is probably the top-selling chocolate brand. According to Mari on the Japanese lifestyle blog Watashi to Tokyo, Meiji manufactures six of the top ten best-selling chocolate bars in Japan (data from Nikkei). The number one spot went to Meiji Milk Chocolate, and Meiji’s Black […]

Have you caught this season’s winter cold yet? Personally, I’m working on my second, but if you’re feeling short on viruses, you can order a flavored batch of Candy Virus. The boxes come in three varieties—The Cure (grape); The Epidemic (apple); and The Virus (strawberry). All three are advertised as “tangy pebbles” and come […]

One of the lucky Christmas candy gifts bestowed upon me (they know me too well!) was a beautiful box of fruit pate from Whole Foods. I’ve never had fruit pate/jellies before, but I have eyed them many times before on the shelf at the local gourmet store.
Fruit pate are of French origin (hence the name, […]

I actually stumbled upon this accidentally on YouTube tonight and it was on the front page. Evidently TaxCut software is having a video contest called “Me and My Super Sweet Refund Video Contest” and the example video is the one you see above. It’s a hilarious homemade video about what a Candy Addict would do […]

The sixth season of Fox’s popular reality series American Idol is under way, and Pop Rocks is coming along for the ride. Pop Rocks is launching a new song contest: I Want to be a Pop Rocks Star. Kids enter by writing a song about their favorite crackling, popping candy and must send it in […]