Eating a coffee bean sounds a little weird at first, but when you coat it with dark chocolate and a candy shell… a whole new world can open up to you. Chargers Candy sent me a free sample of one of their battery-shaped tins of Chargers Chocolate Espresso Beans (”Get Charged”), and I am really buzzing while I write this.

First off, the packaging is really cool! I love it. A red and black battery is a great idea for the packaging of a caffeinated coffee product. I like coffee and I like chocolate, so I was really looking forward to trying these out.

All of the candies are bright, energy-filled, red. I started by popping one in my and suckling it to taste the candy shell. It tastes a lot like an M&M. Then I started to taste the chocolate. I was somewhat surprised to find that it was dark chocolate. The chocolate quickly melted and I was left with a naked coffee bean in my mouth. Then the thought occurred to me, “Maybe I should have just chewed the whole thing together. This might not taste good by itself.” I bit down. It wasn’t as bitter as I expected, but I did get a ground coffee flavor in my mouth.

Next, I grabbed 2 Chargers beans and popped them in my mouth and chewed. Much better. Dang good too! The coffee beans don’t taste bad (when they have candy and chocolate on them). I have had bad milk-chocolate covered beans before, but there wasn’t a bad bean in this bunch at all. Next thing I knew. I had finished the whole battery-shaped tin of them.

These would make great stocking stuffers for the coffee lover in your life or anyone that loves coffee and chocolate. The packaging is cute and the product is tasty. Now, I’m all buzzzzzy. Too bad I need to go to bed in an hour.

• Chargers Candy

Buy Chargers Chocolate-Covered Espresso Beans online:

• at Amazon
• at Chargers store

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Let me start off by saying that milk and I do not get along … I’m lactose intolerant. When we were recently contacted by the makers of Slammers Milk, and they offered to send some products for review, I shouted, “HECK, YES!” It wasn’t until afterward that I remembered that I’m lactose intolerant. I quickly went to the supermarket and got some Lactaid so I could consume these the Slammers without any adverse effects.

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In no particular order….

• Pennies: Who gives out pennies (or any other extremely low denomination of coin) on Halloween night!? I wouldn’t complain if it was a dollar, but pennies just don’t go as far as they used to. First of all, it is NOT CANDY! Second of all, there are no “penny” candy shops left out there.
• Apples: That isn’t candy! That’s healthy stuff! It is true that there have been a couple of documented razorblade in the apple cases, and that is enough for me to stay away from them. Besides, this is the night for trick or treating, and if you hand out an apple, it is likely to end up in your flower garden or on your roof.
• Raisins: Nope….Uh-uh…Not going in my mouth on Halloween. Unless, of course, they are Raisinettes!
• Advice: “Look both ways before crossing the street,” should have already been beat into my head by my parents. That is not your job as the person who is giving me delicious treats!
• Canned Food: A can of Sugar Beets or Candied Yams might seem great to some people, but it is not something to give to a trick-or-treater. It is likely to end up through a car window.
• Stickers: Yeah, SpongeBob or Superman stickers are cool, but nobody wants them on Halloween. Now if you want to give a piece of candy and a sticker that’s fine, but don’t give just a sticker.
• Coupons: Even coupons for free stuff are no good. Free Wendy’s Frostys or free McDonald’s french fries are normally good, but a kid wants the instant satisfaction of candy. With a coupon you have to remember to take them in the car then convince your parents to stop by to get you something free. Most of the time the coupons expire before you can use them anyway. Say no to coupons.
• A Toothbrush: Yeah, yeah. We all know we should brush our teeth. We don’t need to get that message drilled into us by our neighbors.
• Little Bags of Microwave Popcorn: Anything that requires the use of a 1000 watt kitchen appliance shouldn’t be given to kids on Halloween.
• Homemade Anything: I don’t care if your cookies won blue ribbons at the county fair or your popcorn balls are the toast of the town, don’t put them in my Halloween bag. The parents won’t let us eat anything homemade anyway and your homemade treats will end up getting tossed in the trash anyway. Save your time and buy a big bag of candy at the local megamart.

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There you are at the party when you suddenly see a bowl of shiny foil wrapped candies sitting in a bowl. You reach down and unwrap it while talking with that person that you have wanted to make a good impression. Continuing that conversation you pop the delicious treat into your mouth. You smile and think, “Mmm….er. Oh my goodness. I-I-I am going to hurl. This tastes like… FISH! I can’t spit this out, they will see…” You chew and swallow as soon as you can.

You just ate a piece of Jane-Jane Tasty Tuna Tidbits Candy. These deceptive-looking treats might be a good gag at a party, and they may actually taste good. The idea of fish candy (with tuna as its main ingredient) is something that will not catch on very quickly in America. I haven’t tried it, and I don’t really want to. Jelly Belly already has their sardine-flavored Jelly Bean, and that is enough fish candy for me.

• Tasy Tuna Tidbits Candy at Asian Food Grocer

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Atomic Fireballs … who can forget them? Red, round, and wrapped individually in cellophane or a bunch of mini ones in a little yellow box, and HOT! HOT! HOT! These were medieval torture devices when I was little.

When I was 6 years old, my 10 year-old brother offered me one of these deceptive red balls from his Halloween stash. I, innocently, let him place it on my tongue and started to suck on it. Sweet was the first sensation… followed by cinnamon and then the immediate BURN. I spat the devil ball across the room and gasped for air. My brother laughed and called me a wimp. That was one of many brotherly scars on my delicate young psyche.

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I finally picked up a box of Pocky for $1.00 at my local Asian Market yesterday. I have seen it many times and have always been curious what it was like. It comes in a bright red box labeled “Pocky,” and it has what looks like a bunch of sticks pictured on the front. There are many flavors (including some bizarre limited edition ones), but I picked up the basic “Chocolate Flavour.” It is by Thai Glico Co Ltd (the makers of Collon), and the package states that it is a “Super Snack.”

“Super Snack” is an excellent description of these delicious treats. As I got into my car after leaving the Asian Market, I opened up the box and the foil wrapper inside. I grabbed a Chocolate Pocky stick and crunched down on it. MMMMMmmm! DANG! It was GREAT! It was like a crunchy shortbread dipped in sweet chocolate.

The market is only 2 miles from my house but I downed half the box by that time. One Pocky after the other. Boom boom boom. They are so delicious and deserving of our Awesomely Addictive award! I somehow controlled myself until 1 minute before writing this article. I saved 2 out of the 20 or so sticks that were in the box, but they are now gone.

The ingredients list is very short: wheat flour, sugar, tapioca flour, palm oil, milk, salt, and artificial chocolate flavor - nothing weird or scary included. Even though the chocolate is “artificial” it tastes really good, especially when combined with the crunchy sticks. I can’t say a single negative thing about Pocky except maybe that they are too easy to eat.

• Official Pocky website
• Pocky at Glico
• Pocky at Wikipedia

Buy Pocky online:

• at Asian Food Grocer
• at JBox
• at Amazon

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Yesterday, Victoria reviewed Fear Factor Gross-Out Gummi Pizza and today I’m reviewing the Pig-Out Platter. Oddly enough, we both independently chose to buy and review Fear Factor candy this week. What are the chances?

I found the Gross-Out Gummy Pig-Out Platter on the close-out rack at my local candy shop. It was normally $2.99 but I got it for 75% off. If it weren’t on clearance, I wouldn’t have bought something that was described as having a “Super Surprise Bacon and other Amazing Flavors.” This squishy gummi “treat” was a true FEAR FACTOR experience.

I opened the bright yellow and black packaging and popped out the plastic-sealed, dinner-platter-shaped gummy. It actually smelled like ham or gross, sugary bacon. Not like a nice maple bacon scent, but like real ham with a sickening sweet twist. It looked like a plate holding a big pig head, and six or so other indefinable brown and pink blobs. If I had to guess what these other things are, I will just say “innards” so as not to fully gross you out.

I took a large bite (it was too big to stuff the whole thing in my mouth and get it over with). It had the texture of the marshmallow gummy treats but then an awful smoked bacon flavor sprang into my mouth. My stomach flipped and I gagged a little while I tried to quickly swallow. My first thought was that I can see why Fear Factor brand candies belong in the Top 10 Grossest Candies. The second bite was worse because I knew that it would taste the same. I finished as fast as my stomach and gag reflex would let me. I beat the challenge.

I have no idea what the other “amazing” flavors were, but what did amaze me is that this candy is still on the market (though it was in the clearance rack). Nasty, nasty, nasty. It’s a perfect gift for your younger cousins, nieces, and nephews so they can dare each other to eat it. It’s not for squeamish adults (unless they have a good sense of humor and a competitive nature). I still can’t get that awful flavor out of my mouth.

• Fear Factor Candies homepage

Buy Fear factor Candy online:

• at Candy Direct
• at Candy Crate
• at Amazon

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These are some very cute Hershey’s Kisses, and they’re just in time for Halloween. One is a Ghost Kiss and the other is a Pumpkin Kiss. They don’t taste like pumpkin pie or like a ghost (what’s a ghost taste like?), but they’re very fun to look at. When you order these exclusive treats from Hershey’s Gifts, you get two humongous handcrafted seven-ounce costumed Kisses in one gift box for $20.00. You know that whoever you give these to will be cooing, “Ooh! They are so cute!”

I really enjoy the idea of these costumed consumables. It gives the Hershey’s Kiss a personality that I had never noticed before. I hope they make an Angel or Christmas Tree for the Winter Holidays.

• Halloween Costumed Hershey Kisses
• Hershey’s Gifts Homepage

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Bubble Gum Booster’s general concept is this: your gum loses its flavor, so you stick it in the plastic contraption. Close the lid and you shake the contraption causing little pieces of colored candy to stick to your flavorless gum. Take your gum out of the booster and chew it again. Mmmm, new flavor.

This product probably works best with really soft sugary gum because some gum just isn’t sticky after the flavor is gone. Your gum must be sticky for this thing to work. If you really want to test this out, get some Nihilist Flavorless Gum that way you won’t have any lingering mint or other flavors to clog up your experience. For added grossness you can use actual ABC Gum.

Let’s not even get into the disgustingness of putting spit-covered gum in this thing multiple times (over a course of days even). Can you imagine what probably starts growing in there? And think of the kids sharing this thing and swapping spit all around. Yuck!

• Bubble Gum Booster homepage

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Moon Pies, according to their package, are, “the original marshmallow sandwich,” and they further claim to be “the only one on the planet” (in other words, the planet Neptune is stock full of off-brand Moon Pies). Moon Pies consist of Marshmallow squished between Graham Crackers and then the whole thing is dipped in chocolate. They don’t look like the moon (unless we were having a total eclipse of the moon), but they are circular like a pie.

Before I went out and purchased one though, I did some research on their official site. I found out that the Moon Pie has been around for almost 90 years! It also seems like it is very popular in the south (it was developed in Chattanooga, Tennessee). There are different flavors - Chocolate, Banana, and Vanilla (and Amazon offers Strawberry and Lemon) and three different sizes - Single Decker, Double Decker, and Mini.

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