There are certain scents that bring me back to my suburban upbringing. One is the smell of wood-burning stoves in the winter. Another is the smell of freshly-cut grass in the spring. And yet another, strangely enough, is the smell of a mall; more specifically, the sweet smell of a Cinnabon store. I went through [...]

As a Candy Addict I have pretty strong cravings for sweets – specifically, chocolate. This can be seen as a good or bad thing depending on your point of view, or for me, depending on my mood. Some days I crave a lot of it, which can be bad, since my motto is “everything in [...]

(image courtesy washingtonpost.com) “Peeps Are A Girl’s Best Friend” is the title of the winning entry of last year’s Peeps Diorama contest. Yes, you heard me right. There’s such a thing as a Peeps Diorama contest. The folks over at the Washington Post have started this yearly contest showcasing the favorite Easter treat to test [...]

By now, you’ve probably heard of some sort of candy and alcohol combination. We have covered several takes on the idea, including chocolate wine, a candy cocktail called a Fish Bowl, the infamous Skittlebrau, and a long list of candy cocktails. If you like Skittles, and you like vodka, Jose at Extra Tasty has a [...]

Fall is a time of wonders: the leaves change color, the pumpkins arrive at the patch, and the whirlwind of cheap food and sketchy-rides-with-80′s-metal-soundtracks known as the County Fair rolls into town. As Templeton once sang in Charlotte’s Web, “A fair is a veritable smorgasboard-orgasboard-orgasboard,” filled with snacks and sweets that people wait all year [...]