Massive Candy Giveaway Begins!

Posted on September 28, 2007 by Brian

Free Candy Van

UPDATE: The giveaway is OVER! Winners will be announced soon!

On October 2, 2007 Candy Addict will be two years old. My how far we’ve come. To celebrate, instead of you giving us gifts, we are giving you gifts – candy gifts! We have a bunch of great, new candy from the All Candy Expo to give away like: Tung Toos, Beanboozled jellybeans, Wonka candy, Dove chocolates, GÃ¼d FÃ¼d marshmallows, Chewy Lemonheads and Chewy Atomic Fireballs, and much, much more! Some of it hasn’t even hit stores yet!

Also, a bunch of candy companies have donated lots of candy and other goodies for the giveaway. Companies like:

LesserEvil also promised a LesserEvil t-shirt and I’ll throw in 2 of our brand new Candy Addict t-shirts that haven’t even gone on sale yet for the 1st and 2nd prizes! Other great things I’m throwing in: a Mike and Ike cloth beach bag, Wrigley’s 5 gum pens, and MARS lanyards from the Expo (with a tiny little M figure)!

This contest/giveaway is open to anyone on Earth over 18 years of age (though I’ll probably be kicking myself when the cost to ship overseas costs me $100).

Sound great? Ready to enter? First thing – you can only win if you are a registered Candy Addict. If you’re not already, go register now. There will be four prize packs given out. Each will have less candy/prizes in it than the previous (but even the 4th winner will get a lot of candy). I can’t tell you exactly what each prize pack will contain since I haven’t received all the candy in the mail yet.

We have not one, not two, but three ways for you to win:

Candy Treasure Hunt: The winner will get the largest prize pack. To win the first prize you will participate in an online candy treasure hunt. The treasure hunt will begin at 12:01 AM EST on October 1 and will end at 12 midnight EST on October 2 – so you get 48 hours to complete it. There will be a separate post here to kick things off and it will tell you where to begin the hunt and what to do to win. One entry per person. One winner from all correct entries will be chosen as the winner. All other correct entries will be entered to win the 3rd and 4th prize.

The Candy Treasure Hunt has begun!

LOLCandy: You’ve heard of LOLCats, right? (No? [definition] [examples]) For this one, take the idea of LOLCats and apply it to candy. Find/take a picture and add a caption to it in the style of LOLCats, but either the picture or caption must be candy-related. If you’re not handy with editing pictures, just use this online LOLCats (now LOLCandy) generator or this one that only works with Flickr. See my example to the right. Send the image or a URL to the image to me at lolcandyentry@candyaddict.com. I’ll add every entry to the LOLCandy gallery and the Candy Addict staff will judge them and choose the best one to be the winner. You can enter this one multiple times. Entries must be received by midnight EST, October 2.

UPDATE: After seeing some of the entries, I thought I should clarify what a LOLCandy photo is: It should be a photograph (no photoshop or drawings) of something. Then the text should be spelled phonetically (see LOLCats for examples) and the text should be said by the person/object in the picture. The text or picture should be candy-related.

Random Drawing: This one’s easy – just leave a comment on this post stating your favorite candy and that will enter you in the random drawing for the 3rd and 4th prizes (remember, you must be a registered Candy Addict to win). Non-winning entries from the Candy Treasure Hunt and the LOLCandy contest will be entered in this drawing automatically. One entry per person, please. So, you can have a total of three entries in the contest if you enter the Candy Treasure Hunt, submit a LOLCandy image, and leave a comment.

Legal mumbo-jumbo:
Void where prohibited. Must be 18 years of age or older to enter and win. All decisions are final. Not responsible for lost or misdirected mail or email. It is your responsibility to make sure any email from candyaddict.com is not marked as spam by your email filtering so that you can actually read the “YOU WON” email from us . All entries must be received before midnight EST on October 2, 2007. Prizes subject to change. One prize per person/email address/mailing address. If you happen to win more than one prize, you will only get the largest. Wait 30 minutes to swim after eating. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. Does anyone actually read this?

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191 thoughts on “Massive Candy Giveaway Begins!”

ashley on September 30, 2007 at 5:39 pm said:

Wow, only to pick one of my favorite candies! Well I think it would have to be twizzlers pull and peel!
polly on September 30, 2007 at 7:18 pm said:

picking only one!! this is madness!! i like all of them
elzie on September 30, 2007 at 7:43 pm said:

Add me in your SWEET contest! ;-)
Fave candy – Coffee Crisp
Blinky the Tree Frog on September 30, 2007 at 8:53 pm said:

I love Lindt wafer chocolate bars. Yummy!
larnaye on September 30, 2007 at 9:19 pm said:

mmm reese’s peanut butter cups and tootsie rolls. and anything else chocolate!
the_canuck on September 30, 2007 at 9:52 pm said:

Gaah, so hard! Well, I’m gonna pick Peanut Butter M&Ms… Oh my god, I am literally in pain while typing this, it’s so hard to choose.
Julie Nicolay on October 1, 2007 at 1:48 am said:

Can’t…pick…one…arrgh…too…hard…

Loved reading the “Legal Mumbo Jumbo!” I read everything…
Burns on October 1, 2007 at 3:22 am said:

I’d have to go with Caramello in all its varying wondrous forms.
Serina Bostwick on October 1, 2007 at 4:39 am said:

Candy is happiness!!!!
mochihead on October 1, 2007 at 4:47 am said:

Yay! Candy Giveaway! My favorite candy is still Sugar Babies.
Momma2Many66 on October 1, 2007 at 4:47 am said:

My favorite candy is hershey dark chocolate bars called “Special”
geekbearinggifts on October 1, 2007 at 5:40 am said:

Happy birthday, and thanks for the giveaway! My all-time favorite candy would be those dark chocolate dipped orange jelly sticks. Trader Joe’s makes the best (and cheapest) ones I’ve found.
Beccah on October 1, 2007 at 7:37 am said:

What a great contest :) My favorite candy is Jelly Belly beans, followed closely by Mike & Ikes. But there are so many options – especially between now and spring!
michelle lopez on October 1, 2007 at 9:54 am said:

what a great contest
ajewel on October 1, 2007 at 10:33 am said:

My favorite candy is Dove Dark bars or the individually wrapped ones.
ellen on October 1, 2007 at 10:36 am said:

wine gums, hands down!
KFSonshine on October 1, 2007 at 11:08 am said:

Favorite Candy: chick-o-sticks!
Jennifer Riggs on October 1, 2007 at 12:01 pm said:

I love all candy
Nora Scott-Platt on October 1, 2007 at 12:42 pm said:

Love the symphony bars
luvcamerasnic on October 1, 2007 at 1:10 pm said:

My favorite candy would have to be the dark chocolate M&Ms!
Jojobes on October 1, 2007 at 1:15 pm said:

Lemonheads. By the way, what have they done to Mr. Lemonhead? I notice on the new packages his eyes are huge and his bowtie is a different color. He just looks weird. Bring back the old Mr. Lemonhead!
Rane13 on October 1, 2007 at 1:24 pm said:

My favorite is definitely the reese crispy crunchy bar
Linda Moeller on October 1, 2007 at 1:58 pm said:

Hershey Special Dark is the best!
Ellen Concannon on October 1, 2007 at 2:05 pm said:

While nothing beats a Twix, I’ll take just about anything right now!
uli2000 on October 1, 2007 at 2:26 pm said:

I had to laugh at the Legal Mumbo Jumbo, no most people don’t read it! Okay, my favorite candy…Chocolate bar from Madagascar. I can’t get enough of it!
Charlie Rosenthal on October 1, 2007 at 3:48 pm said:

My favorite candy from the past: PB Max

My favorite still produced candy: hmmm, M&M’s (milk chocolate and peanut butter)are up there
Zoe Lee on October 1, 2007 at 3:52 pm said:

I love twizzlers, and can eat them by the bagful.
Jennifer Barnett on October 1, 2007 at 4:34 pm said:

anything with Caramel!!!!!
steven charbonneau on October 1, 2007 at 4:53 pm said:

The Nestle Tripple Decker Bar!
Debbie Murray on October 1, 2007 at 5:10 pm said:

My favorite has to be twizzlers. Also I agree, that van send shivers down my spine.
Cocobear21 on October 1, 2007 at 5:19 pm said:

I read the legal mumbo jumbo!

My favorite candy is Reeses Pieces! yummmmmmm
Sandy on October 1, 2007 at 5:56 pm said:

jawbreakers and heath..yes i read
birdpix on October 1, 2007 at 7:42 pm said:

As Jimmy Buffett sings in his song, “Fruitcakes”….

I WANT MY JUNIOR MINTS!!

and I did read the mumbo jumbo too… ;-)
kymomma73 on October 1, 2007 at 8:19 pm said:

Pick me please
danneitzel on October 1, 2007 at 9:30 pm said:

i think he should have had some of the puzzles be from the mumbo jumbo that would have been funny!
hagirl62 on October 1, 2007 at 10:32 pm said:

Wow what a site! I can smell the candy on here. Im hungry just thinking about candy.
danneitzel on October 1, 2007 at 10:44 pm said:

I tried doing a candy LOL pic but the album won’t let me logon to upload my pic
Sania on October 1, 2007 at 11:27 pm said:

Mmm, twix.
Sania on October 1, 2007 at 11:27 pm said:

Mmm, twix.
Deb Wallin on October 2, 2007 at 12:06 am said:

My favorite candy is anything chocolate!
Margie Jones on October 2, 2007 at 12:23 am said:

I have a bad sweet tooth!
lora catterson on October 2, 2007 at 1:20 am said:

love to eat plain ol hershey’s bar with my smores camping or my back yard or even the microwave.
HERSHEY MILK CHOLOATE SMORES GOT TO LOVE EM.
Karen Ketcham on October 2, 2007 at 1:50 am said:

I Love Chocolate!!! I usually eat at least a few pieces every day, if not more.
Joyce Pawlik on October 2, 2007 at 2:37 am said:

I never met a candy that I did not like!
candymomma on October 2, 2007 at 6:46 am said:

Hershey’s kisses all the way, but I love most candy
cathy on October 2, 2007 at 8:10 am said:

maybe it’s easier to name the candies I don’t like because there maybe only about four of these. I love candy. hey wait a minute. Didn’t they make a song called that? I love candy. la la la
staciadirks on October 2, 2007 at 9:05 am said:

My favorite is probably blow pops. Then again I like just about any candy so it’s hard to pick just one favorite.
Vicky Boackle on October 2, 2007 at 9:25 am said:

neat prize
Chas Childress on October 2, 2007 at 9:39 am said:

Here’s hoping to some sweets
Trishish on October 2, 2007 at 9:41 am said:

Hmm, I would say that my favorite candy is KitKat bars. Or maybe it’s Snickers. Or maybe it’s…yeah I guess I’ll go with KitKat.