OK world, are you listening? I want to tell you all something. You probably already knew this, but I wanted to make it official. Are you listening? OK… here goes… Dum-Dums. Are. Completely. Totally. Rad. No, you’re not shocked, but you are nodding your head in agreement! I knew it! I don’t remember my very [...]

According to the National Confectioner’s Association website, July 20 is National Lollipop Day. After searching, I still can’t figure out who started the holiday or when (I suspect it was created by a lollipop manufacturer). Regardless, any excuse to have some candy is good enough for me. So, eat a lollipop on July 20 – [...]

Some of you Candy Addicts may have never heard of Boyer’s Smoothie. It is the lesser known sibling of the popular Mallo Cup, and they’re both still made by the the Boyer Candy Company based in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The booming success of the Mallo Cup back during the 1940s led to the birth of the [...]

While hiking through scenic Stone Mountain Park in Stone Mountain, GA, I came across a hideous site of candy addiction gone awry. More specifically, bubblegum abuse. Less than halfway up the mountain’s trail there was a power pole in the middle of the granite path, which otherwise blended with the earthy landscape as much as [...]

UPDATE: Serendipity Chocolates has closed its doors. So sad. Any Candy Addict knows that chocolate is indeed a heavenly commodity. Even the Aztecs (early Candy Addicts in my opinion) considered chocolate to be a gift from the gods. The creative chocolatiers over at Serendipity Chocolates have decided to represent the Zen side of chocolate with [...]