Candy Addict Turns Three and YOU Get Candy!

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UPDATE: No more entries are being accepted!

October 3rd will be Candy Addict’s 3rd birthday! Three years of Candy Addict! To celebrate, you, our loyal reader, get a chance to win candy presents! I have loads and loads of candy and prizes to give away to three lucky readers (and maybe more).

A small sampling of the candy that will be given away:

and the list goes on and on and on and on.

“Brian”, you might say. “How can I win this wonderful candy goodness?” Easy, my dear Candy Addict… make sure you’re a registered Candy Addict then login and leave a birthday wish in the comments on this post and mention your favorite candy and/or favorite page on Candy Addict. You have til midnight (EST) Sunday night, October 5th, to leave the birthday comment – only leave one please – be fair. I’ll pick three people (the best comment and a few random ones) to win big candy prize packs. Be sure and use an email address that you actually check and make sure you can receive email from candyaddict.com in case you win.

Good luck!

THE FINE PRINT
Prizes can be sent to US addresses only. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older. One entry per person, per email address. Offer void where prohibited. Not responsible for lost, misdirected, or unread e-mail or postal mail. If you don’t reply to the winning email in 2 days, your prize will be forfeit and we will choose another winner. Entries must be received no later than midnight EST on October 5, 2008. Don’t tear mattress tags off. Don’t swim for at least 30 minutes after consuming candy. Don’t run with scissors. May contain tree nuts. Does anyone read this?

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127 thoughts on “Candy Addict Turns Three and YOU Get Candy!”

  1. Happy 3rd Birthday, Candy Addict!
    I live near Hershey, PA, and the Chocolate World ride is one of my favorite attractions, hands-down. I live with four fellow candy fiends who love it, too.

    I love the candy reviews — though I rarely hesitate to scarf down new candy, reviewed or not, it’s nice to hear what someone else has to say.

    I love all candy equally, but right now, I am on a peanut butter cup and caramel/chocolate kick.

  2. Happy 3rd Birthday Candy Addict! I am too tired to leave a fancy comment today, because my brand new baby girl was just born, and I haven’t slept…. but I love you guys. Cheers, and here’s to 33 more years!

  4. Happy Birthday Candy Addict!

    -raises Jelly Bean filled glass-

    To another three years of dental visits and All Candy Expos!

  5. Happy Birthday Candy Addict!!!! You have saved me from many a candy misstep by guiding me away from the wasted calories of sweets that just don’t merit. I have all the chocolate I could want but I’m a candy addict too! Fruity, chewy, gummy, powdery – what do I want? What have you got? Thank you for steering me in the right direction when the new stuff hits the streets. Like a trustworthy Candy Pusher and a needy Candy Junky. As for my favorite candy, I’d have to say I currently have an unnatural addiction to Cherry Passion Tic Tacs. I just can’t say no! At any rate, whether I win or lose, Happy Happy Big 3!!!!!

  6. Yay, Happy Birthday Candy Addict! I loved your coverage of the All Candy Expo– and now I dream of somehow getting invited to it. ;)

    Thanks for your blog.

  7. My favorite candy is the dark chocolate version of chunky bars, but that is impossible to find. I don’t even think they make it anymore!
    Happy Birthday! I love this site! I am a google reader subscriber!
    I LOVE the all candy expo coverage! It is my dream to go, but it will never happen, unless I win some sort of contest. I also love the retro candy reviews.

  9. Happy Birthday Candy Addicts, and many more…(at least more than my tooth enamel)! I live for dove dark chocolate. I love your chocolate page for when I’m feeling naughty, and the sugar free page when I’m not.

  10. I say screw politics, lets just eat candy all day:) Happy Birthday Candy Peeps..I really love all the Special edition candies you check out, mainly chocolate. You also helped me locate my long lost childhood candy-fruit shaped candies. I’m VERY thankful but my dentist isn’t:)

    Cheers

    Babs

  11. I just wanted to say congrats to AntFan! Good luck with those sleepless nights… and remember, they gotta have teeth before you can give them candy. ;)

  13. Happy Birthday, CA. You don’t look a day over 2. Everyone knows that candy preserves youth much better than Botox. Frozen face–no thanks. Frozen Milky Ways–heck yeah!

  14. Happy Birthday to you from Indianapolis, Indiana!!! I am so happy halloween is coming.. my favorite time of year, I love all the different candies out there!

  15. Happy birthday. great blog, great reading.

    My favorite candy is junior mints, but im partial to anything chocolate

  18. I already put a comment, (number 18) but it does not express my love for this site enough. I also didn’t say what candies I liked. I LOVEEEEE Candy Addict so much it’s crazy! Happy Birthday! As for my fave candies, there are way too many to love. For everyday drugstore stops, I’m into Sour Patch Kids and Hot Tamales, and I also love Gharidelli raspberry squares. Plus chocolate-covered strawberries are awesome, if they count as candy. :)
    Once again, I am loving this site so SO so s0000 so SO sooo much!

  20. Happy birthday, Candy Addict! It’s because of you that I can’t help myself from buying Java Twix whenever I see them, even if I am completely full. Yum yum yum.

  21. I just stumbled onto your blog and love it! Happy Birthday and best wishes for many more! I love Taffy esp. strawberry:)

  22. Happy Birthday, Candy Addict! I beg of you, please award me the Java Twix. I can’t find them ANYWHERE, and I have gone into withdrawal!

  23. Wishing you many more happy birthdays. I could not pick a favorite page. I love everything that is written here. I am also a daily reader. My favorite candy is the take 5. YUM!

  24. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! WOOOO!

    TWIX JAVAAAAAAAA! I love! Love love love! I promise to share some (a minimum of 2, but no more than…um…3. Ok, 4. 5 if you make me, but I will pout for a few days).

  25. Happy Birthday! My favorite page was the interview you guys did about me… but I might be a little biased.

    Here is a haiku I wrote about Sky Bars:

    Sky Bar:
    A Study in Haiku

    Fry’s Electronics
    An unbeknownst purveyor
    of candy goodness

    In the check-out line
    Sky Bars wait on bottom shelf
    I love impulse buys

    Retro candy treat
    Four flavors wrapped in chocolate
    Those seem like good odds

    First bite of caramel
    (Pronounced with two syllables
    to fit the haiku)

    Too sweet and gritty
    Covered in crap chocolate
    I wish for Rolos

    Fudge for second piece
    Takes alarming amount of
    Time to masticate

    Peanut butter third-
    Oh God! The peanut butter!
    That horrid filling

    Words fail to describe
    Such a vile, rancid treatment
    of that beloved food

    Oily and bitter
    I would much rather snack on
    a used toilet seat

    Last is vanilla
    May be the best by far but
    that’s not saying much

    Oh my dear Sky Bar
    Waste of a good idea
    My hopes have faded

    Necco Company
    Please stick to those wafer things
    Leave chocolate alone

  26. Happy birthday, and congratulations! How long is three years in candy years?

    I’m a fan of your gross candy page. And of the Nestle Lion.

  28. Happy Birthday Candy Addict!

    Candy is one of those things that sort of fell by the wayside in my adult life amidst trying to eat super healthy foods. But then I was trying to remember a candy name, stumbled upon your site, and I’ve been reintroduced and addicted to candy anew. And that was 3 years ago. My favorites are anything super sour and gummy. Thanks for keeping me up to date on all the latest candy creations. I check in daily for my virtual fix.

  29. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANDY ADDICT!! you are doing a wonderful thing for us candy lovers…i think i would be lost without you! and i was so pleasantly surprised to find that this whole thing was started in my hometown! great things come from NC!
    i always try to keep up to date on limited edition candy, and i definitely turn to you guys for the latest! i find myself obsessed with ANYTHING peanut butter and chocolate…or snickers bars, so i’m constantly waiting to see what’s next for them! i’m excited to find out what’s to come with halloween right around the corner. keep up the good work!

  30. Happy Birthday, as said in the wise words oif my friend and my daughters friend, Mr. Cookie Monster, Me like Candeeeeeeeee!!!!

  31. Happy Birthday, Candy Addict! My days would be a little less sweet without my daily visit to your site. I love your classic/retro candy page (and the retro candy itself). There are too many favorites to list, but Valomilks, Twin Bings, Big Hunks and top my list. And I’m still hoarding and slowly working my way through a box of the Reese’s Elvis PB/Banana cups.

    Keep up the great work, and Happy Birthday!

  32. Happy Birthday!

    As a fellow addict, I love visiting your site and reading your RSS feed. (And I love introducing folks to the word ‘mockolate’ to explain why some candy bars just aren’t as good as they might remember them being.)

    I’m obsessed with limited edition candies – even if I promise myself that I’m not going to buy any sweets, they end up in the cart anyways.

    Keep up the great work, keeping us all informed about new developments in the wonderful world of sweets!

    Favorites: Pine-fresh Mentos, fresh gummi bears, real chocolate (both fancy and plain!), Twix, Valomilk, Cherry Mash, Colt’s Bolts, Pocky (especially the more exotic flavors), Warheads, Sour Patch Kids, candied ginger, ginger and licorice Altoids, strong European licorice, marzipan, Jelly Belly beans – just to name a few. :)

    I think it’d be easier for me to name candies I didn’t like than ones I love. :)

    -Laura

  33. Happy birthday, Candyaddict.com! I love having a reliable source for candy information and opinions, and Candyaddict.com opened my eyes to the world of candy blogging! My favorite candy is usually green tea flavored, but I also love Jelly Belly jelly beans.

    It’s hard to pick a favorite page, but I love the Japanese KitKat reviews!

  34. Happy 3rd Birthday!!!

    I found this site not that long ago, and I am so glad I did. I love chocolate, pretty much any kind is yummy to me! I love to see your reviews on the limited edition candies, and seeing ones that have become extinct. My 2 year old daughter and I always end up getting some sort of chocolate from the store. Sometimes she picks out stuff that looks gross, so I come to your site for advise. Thanks for everything!

  35. Happy Birthday!

    My favorite candy would be the Take 5. When you just can’t freakin’ decide between the chocolate covered pretzels or the Snickers or the Reese’s…you can have all three in one bar!

    ps:
    I also have an obsession with Japanese gummis.

  36. 3 years of candy addiction is a terrific thing to be able to celebrate. How many other types of addiction are so wonderful? None, no matter what David Duchovny might say.

    This site is a daily stop for me, and is the reason that I have a “candy” category in Google Reader. It has brought me some great laughs – the recent use of the term “sourgasm” leaps immediately to mind – and has directed me to some great discoveries. World Market for candy? I’d never thought twice about going into those stores, and now they start smiling when they see me coming, knowing I’m going to be buying more delicious candy.

    As far as a favorite candy, the easy answer is, “the candy I’m eating now.” But if I look back and pick the one candy that has given me the most pleasure over the years, I’d have to say it is the simple but wonderful Cadbury Dairy Milk bar. Not the Hershey-rebranded abomination, mind you, but the real stuff from Blighty. The mouth feel, the sense of satisfaction, and the general great feeling I get when I share one with my wife makes it a simple but profound pleasure.

    This year, with this site as my inspiration, I’m going to be giving out the most unusual candy in the neighborhood for Halloween. Sure, the kids may question some of the options in my Halloween bowl, but I’ll certainly have more fun introducing them to new and interesting flavors that aren’t necessarily straight out of a Sam’s club value bag.

    Thanks for 3 years!

  37. Happy happy birthday, Candy Addict! I have been visiting your site for over a year now…so glad to see how much this site has expanded over time!

    Here’s wishing to many more years of sweetness for us all! :)

    ~Sarah

  38. Dear Candy Addict,

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    (I like it.) (All.) (Especially gummy things.) (And Chocolate.)

    Happy Birthday.

    ~E.

  39. Happy 3rd birthday, Candy Addict.
    I am a Hardcore Twix and Reese’s junkie. I found this site , by accident about 1 yr ago. I can’t go to bed without cheecking up with the site, looking for news about my 2 favorite candy bars. Looking foward to birthday 4, 5, 6, ect, ect, ect.

    Once Again Happy 3rd Birthday.

    Larry

  42. 生日快乐!
    Gelukkige Verjaardag!
    Joyeux anniversaire !
    Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
    Χρόνια πολλά!
    Buon compleanno!
    축 생일!
    С днем рождения!
    ¡Feliz cumpleaños!

    I love you, Candy addict! You have supplied my boredom and frequent sick days with something to do, in something that I adore! I have so much content to post about candy, but I’ll put it in a song instead:

    {To the tune of ‘Impossible’ from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella}

    It’s Possible!
    For a world full of healthy to have a little sugar…
    It’s possible!
    For a hershey’s chocolate kiss to have a chewy center….
    And watermelons to be grown in sour patches.
    With you I can spring open the candy latches!
    It’s possible!
    It’s possible!
    For the world is full of health freaks and fools…
    Who don’t believe in the candy eating rules…
    And won’t believe what Brian says..
    For with all these popping buttons on coats.
    And cavities in our teeth- oh noes!
    Possible things are happening…
    EVERY DAY!

    PS- I adore every kind of candy, except licorice. Not a fan of licorice. But gummies are my favorite :)

    Oh Candy addict, I love you!

  44. Such a dangerous website…but i love it, cant help it I LOVE CANDY!! Happy Birthday and thanks for your salivating-ly sweet words and images.

    CELEBRATE THE CAVITY, as I am sure all of us addict’s have had at least a few. Ive gotten mine over SPK (sour patch kids), tootsie rolls, reese’s cups, sweedish fish, 5th avenue and well anything else that catches my eye on any given day. Anything chewy with sour sugar, or chocolate with peanut butter.

  45. Happy Birthday Candy Addict!!! Just thinking about your birthday makes my teeth hurt, in a good way!

  47. It’s somebody’s birthday…I wonder who. It’s somebody’s birthday…on this website near you. So look all around…until you see who. They’re laughing, they’re smiling…my goodness, it’s YOU!!!

    Happy Birthday!! Celebrate with some Charleston Chew or Reese’s Fast Break, like I love to do!!!

    :o)

    Allie

  48. happy birthday to you, cha cha cha

    i love most candy, but my favorites are probably reese’s pb cups, skor bars, hershey’s hugs, and reese’s whipped.

  49. Many Hapy Hapy returns of the Day!! In other words….may the candy flow like water.
    Best wishes for many more wonderful years of great Candy news!!

    Me I’m a big fan of peanut butter and chocolate..but who it isn’t.

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