First, if you haven’t already, go enter our huge Candy Addict birthday giveaway. I’ll wait here for you to come back…

Wow – I can’t believe it! My candy-coated little baby is now three years old! What began as a website I started on a whim three years ago has grown into something bigger than I could have ever imagined. I’m amazed at how many other people there are out there, people like you, that love candy as much as I do.

There are so many things I could mention as I wax nostalgic… the amazing amount of free candy I’ve received; attending the All Candy Expo (twice); talking with the president of Jelly Belly and a V.P. at Mars (in person); being mentioned in newspapers, magazines, radio, and even appearing on national TV as a candy expert! It just blows my mind when I stop and think about it. I’m no different than many of you reading this, I’m just a guy who likes candy but I happen to have a candy website to prove it.

I was thinking about listing a bunch of interesting/noteworthy things that have happened to me and the site in the past three years (guess what site is #1 on google if you search for gross candy?) but I’m not sure that would interest anyone (maybe it would – Idunno). So here’s what we’re going to do instead…

Let’s do an interview. I’ll be the interviewee. You be the interviewer. Ask me any question you want about candy, candy blogging, running a website, things I’ve learned, etc. Pretend you’re interviewing me. You’re Katie Couric and you have me for a one-on-one interview. Pick my candy-filled brain. If there was ever a question about me or the site you have had, ask it now.

Put your question(s) in the comments below. Depending on how many questions I get, I’ll either answer all of them or if there are way too many, I’ll pick maybe the 20 or so best ones and answer them. The best question, as judged by me, will win a free Candy Addict t-shirt (and maybe some candy too). This is open to people anywhere in the world – I’ll pay for shipping.

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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:

• cases of Twix Java
• cases of Snickers Rockin’ Nut Road
• Jolt Gum
• Eat It! Trivia games
• Toxic Waste Candy
• 5 Gum
• Great Bites Mints and Sours
• an M&Ms Premiums martini glass
• IQ Elements Mints
• Candy Addict t-shirts

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?

To announce the unveiling of the NEW DOVE® Chocolate Center of Excellence, Mars Snackfood US and Candy Addict are giving away 20 limited-edition packages of DOVE® Brand chocolates made in Elizabethtown, PA. No purchase necessary!

Full details are below, but here is the quick summary: Send an email to dovegiveaway@candyaddict.com with a subject of:
Dove Pure Chocolate. In the email, include your first name and last name, your e-mail address and date of birth. That’s it! Limit one entry per person. The first twenty qualified entrants win. See full details.

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Not too long ago, we reviewed the EAT IT! Snacks & Sweets Trivia Game, and now we have 15 of them to give away to Candy Addict readers! Starting this month (September) we’re going to give away three of them per month to random commenters (on ANY article, not just this one) on Candy Addict. At the end of each month, we’ll draw three random comments and they will win!

Your comments must be relevant, non-spam, and more than 5 words long (no comments that just say “Cool!”). Only the first comment per article will count. You also must be a registered Candy Addict. The more good comments you make on our articles, the more entries you have for the giveaway each month.

If you can’t wait to see if you win a copy of the game, they are available right now at your local Target store.

NOTE: I can only send the games to U.S. addresses. Candy Addict doesn’t have a massive postage budget!

UPDATE: Only the first comment per post will count.

We recently reviewed Loud Truck Gummies and found them to be quite tasty and full of vitamins and energy. As a special treat for our Candy Addict readers, Loud Truck has given us some great Loud Truck items to give away. We have some Loud Truck Gummies, a green Loud Truck ballcap, and a green long-sleeve Loud truck t-shirt. (The hat and t-shirt are AWESOME and I wish I could win them.)

So here’s the deal – we’ll have two winners – one will win Loud Truck Gummies and the ballcap, one will win Loud Truck Gummies and the t-shirt. To enter, email us at DELETED with a subject of Loud Truck Gummies Giveaway (if you do not use the correct subject, your entry will not be counted). In the email, put your Candy Addict username (if you don’t have one, register to be a Candy Addict user), the email you used to register on Candy Addict, and the name of the country that the guarana used in Loud Truck Gummies comes from (you can find this on the Loud Truck Gummies website).

Send this email to us by midnight EST on Sunday, June 29th. Two winners will be chosen at random from all correct entries.

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. 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 June 29, 2008. Two random entries will be chosen as winners from all correct entries.

• Loud Truck Gummies website
• Candy Addict review of Loud Truck Gummies