Candy Giveaway: Basket of 3 Musketeers Goodness!

3 Musketeers Basket

Candy Addict is still in transition, but that doesn’t mean we can’t bring you another fabulous giveaway, this time from 3 Musketeers! For the entire month of March you’ll have the chance to leave a comment telling us your favorite recipe including 3 Musketeers. We’ll pick two winners and they’ll receive a totally fab basket full of 3 Musketeers and 3 Musketeers Mint. I personally love 3 Musketeers, and coming up with recipes sounds like great fun.

As usual, some restrictions apply. You must be over 18 and be a US resident of the Lower 48 (sorry Alaska and Hawaii). Entries must include a recipe and you need to use your real email address when you enter; it won’t be displayed on the site, but we need it to contact you should you win. If you don’t respond within 48 hours of us contacting you, we’ll select another winner. Entries will be accepted until midnight, March 31.

Update: Our winners were Gwen and Tessa. Here are their winning recipes:

Tessa:
First, my love affair with 3 Musketeers began in highschool when our sex ed class consisted of a woman standing up and saying if we had the urge to merge, eat a snickers bar. I raised my hand and said (innocently I swear) “what if prefer 3 musketeers?”and promptly got detention. From that day on, I ate a 3M bar every morning where the principal could see me.

My fave in college was to make 3M hot cocoa. You have to freeze the mini 3 Musketeers first. Once frozen break up into small bits (putting them in a plastic bag helps) and put at a bottom of a mug (enough to cover the bottom third). Pour milk in for the other third and a pinch more. Put in the microwave for about a minute, stir and continue in 30 second intervals until all the chocolate is melted.

Out of college, I’ve been making my own concoction again. Yes, I do go for premade stuff,but hey, once I get a craving it’s easier. 3 Musketeer Cookie Pops. Buy premade sugar cookie doll and roll out. Take a biscuit cutter (or use an empty soup can) and cut out as many circles as you can. You can reroll all the scraps to make more. Cut mini 3 musketeer bars in half. Place one half of a cut mini 3M bar in the center of one of the circles and mold the dough around. Place all molded balls on a greased cookie sheet and cook per the directions of the premade cookie dough. While the dough is cooking, chop up any remaining mini 3M bars and place them on a double boiler and melt. Once the cookies come out of the oven and are still soft, stick popsicle sticks in the center of the balls (you can also cut chopsticks for this but be careful of splinters!). Dip the cookie pops in the melted chocolate and roll in any remaining 3M dust you may have. Place on wax paper then put in the fridge to cool for 30 minutes. Enjoy! There probably is a real recipe for it out there, but this is my “original” version.

Gwen:
Three Musketeers Fried Pies

1 (10-count) can refrigerated biscuits

1 large Three Musketeers bar

Confectioners’ sugar

Roll each biscuit out flat. Cut candy bar into 10 wedges; lay one wedge in middle of each biscuit and fold over.

Crimp edges together and deep fry until golden brown.

Let cool, and roll in confectioners’ sugar.

Candy Addict Status

Fear not, fellow Candy Addicts. Candy Addict is still alive and kicking. It seems we have outgrown our current server and it’s now time to move hosts. I’ve had to change back to the default look and disable comments for now (comments are enabled on this post for now – til the spammers come). The plan is to find a new host, move the site, and have everything back to normal by Monday, February 23 (assuming all goes well – and it never does).

So, we’re not gone, just having some growing pains. We’ll be back in full soon. Stay tuned.

UPDATE: I (Brian) have had a minor medical emergency and it has incapacitated me for a few days – once I’m recovered I will get the site back up.

Candy Giveaway: Green M&M’s!

Those lovely folks over at M&M’s have generously offered to provide two Candy Addict readers with a nice little Valentine care package containing four packages of those seasonal favorites, All-Green M&M’s. How can you get in on the goodness? Simple! Just leave a comment that creatively uses the word “green” in some way. Two entries will be chosen at random (but only if your comment is creative – just leaving the word “green” won’t cut it!).

You have until midnight on Friday, February 6 to get those entries in, so get cracking!

Also, be sure to check out M&M’s The Color of Love Valentine’s Day contest. You could win a trip to Paris!

Update:
Our winners were Lauracat and Bob. Congratulations!

New Year, New Writers!

It’s a new year, and that can mean only one thing! Headaches and hangovers? No! New writers for Candy Addict!

Actually, some of you may know them from our sister site, Snackerrific. Our fabulous writers Jim, Diana, Linda, Allissa, and Rachel have joined us here at Candy Addict. At the same time, you may find articles by some of your favorite Candy Addicts over at Snackerrific.

Here’s hoping your New Year is safe, happy, and sugar-laden, and a big welcome to our new(ish) writers!

Snackerrific Roundup: Cookies Are The New Black, Chips Are Still Hip, And A Classic Is Vintage Trendy Once Again

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Cookies are still as popular as ever, and you know that by the number of reviews our sister site Snackerrific has compiled on them. These last few weeks feature reviews from all over the cookie globe, including a Japanese cookie, a Philadelphia classic of spiced wafers, and West Coast gourmet at an affordable price in Trader Joe’s Mexican hot chocolate cookies.

The Ying to the cookie Yang in the snack world has to be chips. And believe it, there are no shortage of reviews on those either. Another flavor of Michael Season’s multigrain chips gets its spot in the limelight, while Food Should Taste Good chips gets an exclusive critique on their six awesome and unexpected flavor varieties ranging from sweet potato to chocolate.

Also highlighted in these recent articles is Linda’s continuing venture into the world of yogurt, where she bravely samples the Greek yogurt Fage. But probably the biggest and best news of all is the return of Viennetta! This classic ice cream and chocolate dessert cake is making a limited debut in the supermarkets, so head on over to get the latest scoop!

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