Monthly Archives: February 2006

Hershey’s WrapperCash

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WrapperCash

Hershey’s has a new promo designed to get you buying their products and saving the wrappers. It’s called WrapperCash. New Hershey’s wrappers will have WrapperCash logos on them – collect them for great prizes (no, that old stash of Hershey’s wrapppers you have won’t work).

Each regular candy bar wrapper is worth 2 points and Snackbarz and Reese’s Cookies wrappers are worth 3 points each. They have some pretty good stuff that you can get by saving up your points.

Also, starting on May 15, they will have special WrapperCash ebay auctions where you can spend your WrapperCash on Hershey’s ebay auctions. I couldn’t find the details on this, but it looks like they will have nicer things like kayaks, foosball tables, and MP3/media players up for auction.

So, if you buy Hershey’s products, save the wrappers to get free (well, you pay shipping) stuff!

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Necco Human Heart

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Necco Human Heart

I am constantly amazed at the serious artwork that is made with candy. Check out this amazing human heart made out of Necco Conversation Hearts done by famous Lego artist Nathan Sawaya. It even has veins running through it made with purple hearts!

There is not much info on the site about it, but Nathan does say this:

I’m not a fan of Valentine’s Day. It is a made up holiday and makes more people feel sad than happy. It can make your heart feel vulnerable. Almost edible.

While at his site, make sure you also check out the “Star Bursts” he created out of…you guessed it…Starburst candy. His Lego creations are amazing too.

Even more candy art:

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Super-GROSS Chocolate – Chocka Ca-Ca

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Chocka Ca-Ca

I think I may have to start a new category for some of my posts – maybe call it gross or disgusting or weird (nevermind – I made a new gross category). We had pooping candy dispensers, vomit jellybeans, Cat Butt Gum, and Gummi Condoms, and now we have Chocka Ca-Ca.

It’s a real baby diaper with a piece of fudge inside that is shaped like….well, the brown stuff you might usually find inside a baby’s diaper. It’s great for baby showers or for that dad-to-be to get used to seeing this kind of thing. The packaging comes in pink, blue, or yellow (if you don’t know the sex of the baby on the way). It would be a great prop for some practical jokes too .

(post idea via Peace of my Mind)

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Candy Craft Projects

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Heart Tacks

I stumbled on some DIY candy-related projects tonight:

  • Heart Tacks: make heart tacks out of Necco Conversation Hearts. I wonder what other candies it would work with?
  • Candy Tin Candles: use those old candy tins to make your own candles. (also see Things to do with Altoids Tins)
  • Candy Trains: (scroll to the bottom) This doesn’t actually show you how to make them, but it’s pretty easy to figure out how to do it. You put candies (in the wrapper) together to make candy trains.

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Who actually likes black licorice?

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Black Licorice

So, when I got the package in from The Red Vines people, I tried to find someone to give the black licorice to since I hate black licorice and I couldn’t find anybody to give it to. Everyone I talked to doesn’t like black licorice. My wife, both sisters, my sister’s fiance, and a couple friends – all of them did not like black licorice.

Do older people like it, and not young people? Maybe old people grew up with it, and young people are used to sweet, rich candy? Somebody must like black licorice – there are many black licorice candies out there and even whole companies that make and sell black licorice. Vote in the poll over in the right column and leave a comment if you feel like it. We’ll cover the results at a later date.

UPDATE: Poll results here.

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