Monthly Archives: May 2007

Jelly Belly Cologne

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Jelly Belly Cologne
Jelly Belly cologne recipe

Our regular readers will recognize this company, Demeter Fragrances, right away. We mentioned their candy-inspired fragrances before. They are the creative minds behind such memorable candy fragrances as Cotton Candy, Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Bubble Gum, and more. They also sport such strange scents as Dirt, and Wet Garden.

Thankfully for all us Candy Addicts, Demeter Fragrances just collaborated with Jelly Belly and came out with a whole new set of Jelly Belly scents! The flavors come in Blueberry Muffin, Sugar and Spice, Wild Blackberry Peach Cobbler, Fruit Salad, Mango Pineapple Salsa, and Hot Fudge Sundae. The line’s scents are based on the Jelly Belly “recipe” idea with each made from several flavors of Jelly Belly. You can get them in Cologne, Body Lotion, and Bath and Shower Gels. Pretty cool, huh?

All the Jelly Belly scents sound so good, which one would you choose?

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Candy Review: Strawberry Tsubu Tsubu Pocky

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Strawberry Tsubu Tsubu Pocky Package

Pocky, just like all the other candies in the market, is showing off it’s latest and greatest new flavor: “Tsubu Tsubu Strawberry”. The “Tsubu Tsubu” in the name is a Japanese onomatopoeia referencing the chunks of strawberry flesh in the flavored coating. There was a different “Tsubu Tsubu” Pocky last winter as well as a Kitkat. Each box contains 4 packets of 6 sticks, and opens on the side, which is a new design for Pocky’s boxes.

Strawberry Tsubu Tsubu Pocky Sticks

The coating is beautiful with bright pink and red flecks of strawberry flesh. I’d call this Pocky “normal” type because there’s not a lot of strawberry coating on the stick. What is on there, though, is very flavorful: of sweet and intense strawberry. I found the sticks dry because there’s not a lot of coating to balance out the biscuit. This is better than last year’s “tsubu tsubu” Pocky because last year’s strawberry pieces were so big it hurt your mouth when you ate it. It really scratched the roof of your mouth.

I find I miss the heavier Pocky coating of the mousse and Decorer lines. Yes, I am spoiled. Despite that, this is a really delicious flavor, so try it out before it disappears!

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Candy Review: Limited Edition Retro Starburst

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Starburst Retro

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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Kids Learn Math With Chocolate

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Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar - image from CandyDirect.com
(image from CandyDirect.com)

The only math I ever did with a Hershey’s bar was subtracting two (2) pieces from it to make a s’more. But kids these days are much more sophisticated. They’re now using America’s favorite chocolate bar to help learn fractions. Using questions provided by the Hershey Corporation (no big surprise there), third graders at Pope Elementary in Jackson, TN are finding out that they can use chocolate in math class.

According to this article in the Jackson Sun:

Students have to figure out fractions by moving the individual pieces of the Hershey bar.
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“I’m good at learning fractions,” said Will Choate, 9. “But this has made learning it easier and delicious!”

And yes, they do get to eat their chocolate at the end of the lesson.

The 3D Candy Printer – CandyFab 4000

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Sculpture made entirely of sugar with the CandyFab 4000. From evilmadscientist.com

The folks at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories (what an awesome name!) has created what amounts to a 3D candy printer. Each creation is mapped out on a computer program, and then the fabricator (dubbed the CandyFab 4000) goes to work. It basically gets hot enough to fuse sugar together and forms instant sculptures.

Unfortunately, the sculptures aren’t really edible since the makers can’t say if the hot-air guns used to make the sculptures won’t contaminate the sugar. Bummer. (I think I still want one anyway!)