I grew up spending ten cents a pop on Jolly Rancher candies at my small town news stand. Those hard little rectangles (especially the watermelon flavor) were a favorite among me and my elementary school crowd. I still love a good Jolly Rancher today. When I saw these Jolly Rancher Fruit Chews at the Five [...]

I grew up around just plain black and cherry licorice and usually only the thin laces, so trying this soft eating licorice was very unique. I received 4 flavors of the Darrell Lea Soft Eating Licorice for review: strawberry, mango, green apple and black. The bags are full of thick tubes of licorice, as you [...]

Next month, Jelly Belly will be launching a new Peas and Carrot mix designed to look like the ever (NOT) popular vegetable side dish. The candy peas and carrots will not be jellybeans but will be mellocremes in apple and orange sherbet flavors (which is MUCH better than candy that actually tastes like peas or [...]

(image courtesy Cosmo’s Vegan Shoppe) As far as I’m concerned, marshmallows have four practical applications: Direct snacking (good) Hot chocolate (better) S’mores (best) Rice Krispies Treats (sublime, to be sure, but labor-intensive and, as such, ignored here) Armed with this intimate understanding of what I like to think of as little sugar pillows, I embarked [...]

photo courtesy of Anthemic Tangle Just in time for Halloween, the Twilight film franchise has released New Moon themed Halloween candies. The folks at the National Confectioners’ Association sent me three flavors to try. Do you remember Sky Bars? For those of you who have never had the pleasure, a Sky Bar is a chocolate [...]