The Zagnut bar has been around since 1930 when it was originally launched by the D.L. Clark Company, the same company that brought us other favorites like the Clark Bar. Zagnut is unusual because it uses no chocolate and therefore has a very small and loyal market. Zagnut became a member of the Hershey family [...]

I had a friend bring back this box of strange candy from a recent trip to Japan. I can certainly understand why, it’s such an attractive box! When I read the name “Colo Galita” I was very confused. What the heck does the name mean? I am aware that a lot of English names in [...]

(image from American Sweets) Just a little over a year ago I wrote a quick article about the announcement of Stride Gum by Cadbury-Adams. On January 9. 2007 we had our 12th comment on that article and the first one that mentioned eating the wrapper: Can you eat the Stride bubble gum wrapper? Someone is [...]

It won’t surprise anyone to hear how excited I was to find out I was going to receive some Fresh From the Factory (FFTF) Good & Plenty to review. Previously, we’ve sampled Fresh From The Factory Hershey’s Twizzlers and Fresh From The Factory Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. As you know from reading Brian’s reviews, he [...]

I remember vividly my first taste of Mallo Cup because it was so good that the first thing that ran through my head was “Why haven’t I tried this sooner?” Mallo Cup was first made in the 1930′s by Bill and Bob Boyer who had started a very profitable business making candy. The Mallo Cup [...]