It’s that time of year again! The time of year that brings warm fuzzy feelings to every Candy Addict’s heart – Halloween is here! Of course, those of us without offspring of our own are more concerned with the coveted After-Halloween-Candy-Sales or with figuring out how we can make ourselves look 20 years younger and [...]

One of my favorite candies is one you can make yourself. Commonly called Puppy Chow, this concoction – which requires little baking or time – can also be found at Christmas time with names such as Reindeer Food or Kibble. This sweet treat is a Midwest standard at church bazaars, elementary school craft shows and [...]

Oh, Halloween! For a Candy Addict, it truly is the most wonderful night of the year.
As a kid, I would spend hours on the streets of my neighborhood, trekking from door to door to door, opening my pillowcase and shouting, “Trick or Treat!” in my neighbor’s faces in the hopes [...]

Yes, it’s a classic American institution. But you have to admit: the New England Confectionery Company, better known to you and I as the folks behind Necco wafers, produces some of the driest, dustiest candy on the planet. Necco Wafers are the candy left at the bottom of your Halloween trick-or-treat bag after all the [...]

We all have trick-or-treaters we really don’t want to give candy to. You know the ones – thug teenagers who have no business being out trick-or-treating, parents asking for candy for their third child who happens to be 2 weeks old (”Yes, she eats breast milk, formula, and a few Snickers here and there”), and [...]