I came across an entire CASE of these Idaho Spuds at work. Turns out my boss was given a case of them as partial payment for photographing a wedding (the bride was from Idaho) and she (my boss) couldn’t possibly eat that many, so she brought them in to share the wealth.

I had heard of these before as a classic candy I absolutely must try, but never had the change to. Now I am a HUGE fan of potatoes, in almost all of their forms, but I am not a huge fan of this candy. Consisting of a cocoa-flavored marshmallow center, covered in chocolate, and sprinkled with coconut shavings, the bar just didn’t do anything for me.

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Being a typical guy, I probably give about half a second’s thought per month to hand soap. I’ve been using a seemingly endless bottle of Dial for probably the better part of a decade. Every time I go under the sink to refill the dispenser, there never seems to be any less than before.

I stumbled on these Gummi Bear soaps the other day and it actually made me want to wash my hands with one of these bears. Naiad, a user on Etsy (a site for selling handmade crafts) has mini Gummi Bear soaps for sale in her store.

The soaps, which are the same size as actual Gummi Bears, are even scented to correspond with the flavors they would normally be (i.e. whitish is pineapple, etc.). You get 25 tiny Gummi Bear soaps, in a bulk candy package, for only $5. You can’t go wrong at that price, though I’d be tempted to eat them, instead of washing my hands with them. Better keep them away from kids! Washing your hands before dinner is going to seem like dessert.

Naiad also has some chocolate-themed soaps like chocolate/coffee soap and chocolate/mint soap for sale too.

I just emailed her and she said she has lots in stock so if you want some and it says sold out, just contact her and ask about it.

• Naiad’s Shop on Etsy

Starburst has finally jumped onto the Limited Edition bandwagon that so many other candy brands have been jumping on. While shopping at the local Wal-Mart, I came across these Retro Flavored Starburst at the checkout line. While the package is decorated in a Tie-Dye motif, indicating a 60′s theme, the flavors (or at least their names) actually span the 60′s-90′s.

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Back in 2004 (yes, we realize this is technically old news, but Candy Addict wasn’t around in 2004, so it’s new to us), Arizona-based artist Heidi Heisse created a Hummer covered in gumballs. Well, it’s not really a Hummer, it’s just in the shape of a Hummer. The piece, entitled Sugar-Coated, is meant as a social commentary. The description on her website states:

“This life-sized gum-ball covered HumVee comments on pop culture and reminds us of soldiers handing candy to children in far-flung countries at war with us.”

Pretty deep stuff for gumballs, if you ask me.

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A user on Instructables (an awesome website that teaches you how to do many, many things), recently posted instructions on transforming a “Han Solo in Carbonite Star Wars action figure”, into a chocolate mold to make limitless number of chocolate versions. A whole chocolate army if you wanted.

The user, FreakCitySF, walks you through the process, and provides fairly detailed instructions, photos, links to online sources for the necessary supplies, and even some video footage to help you along. Be warned, while the instructions are clear, it is sill an involved, many step project, but I’m sure you could manage it if you took your time.

Come to think of it, following the steps given, you could make nearly anything out of chocolate. Hmmmmmm…

• Han Solo in Carbonite chocolate bar

[via BoingBoing and via Seth of MostlyMuppet.com]