e. fruitti gummis from Candy Crate

I recently received a free Kooky Kid Crazy Candy Gift Box from the folks at Candy Crate. They repackage candy into themed boxes (or crates?) or care packages. The box I got had lots of sugary treats, including some e. frutti gummies. The Gummi Pizza contained 5 “slices”. At first glance, the blobs of toppings…

How many licks? Maybe 850

Via AdFreak, some dude reported taking exactly 850 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. And called it science. Take it from this struggling grad student – it ain’t science until you replicate it and 2-3 reviewers believe you.

YumEarth Organics Fruit Snacks + Giveaway

Is there a different between gummis and fruit snacks? The former is definitely a candy and is usually viewed as an occasional treat for kids, whereas the latter is often found in school lunch boxes. To me, they’re basically the same, though fruit snacks get a health washing. I think it’s because they can usually…

Absurdly adorable marshmallows

Via CuteOverload, check out this RocketNews24 piece about flavored marshmallows shaped like kitties and paw prints. You’re supposed to melt them into your coffee and create instant latte art. Unfortunately for me, they’re made by a Japanese company, Yawahada, and only sold in Japan, so I can’t get my paws on those cute little paws….

Oishi Hard Candies [Review]

I bought these Oishi Hard Candies while I was in China (I did more than just hug pandas there!). I don’t know the package says – I’m functionally illiterate in Chinese, so only recognize the character for fruit in the description – but I did manage to find them listed on the Oishi website, where…

Chocolate consumption and rampaging killers

I’ve posted a couple of times now about how a country’s chocolate consumption is correlated with the number of Nobel Prize winners it has produced. Now a new study in the open access journal PLoS One uses massive amounts of data to show how easy it is to find such accidental correlations. They also note…