Via my friend Neil, an invitation to check out this Esquire profile of Ryan Gosling. Why news of Ryan Gosling on a candy blog? Turns out the dude loves candy! And he…
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Crystal Light Sugar Free Chewy Candy 
I received this bag of Crystal Light Sugar Free Chewy Candy as a free sample from the National Confectioners Association. I’m not one who would buy sugar free candy for myself, but…
Chocolate Conflicts
Via my friend Nana (of generous international candy gifting fame), a BBC story about a US/UK chocolate divide and potential British resistance to a Hershey’s takeover of Cadbury. The NY Times’s take…
Lotte Pepero [Korean Candy Review]
Hooray for globetrotting friends! My friends Nana and Justin recently finished up a three-year stint teaching English in Korea (next stop for them: Scotland). Before they left Korea, they were kind enough…
Qra Qra – Lemon
You can probably guess that today’s review is not of an American candy. American companies may give their products weird names to make them memorable, but they’d never go for something as…
Starburst Choozers [Review]
Starburst Choozers are “fruit flavoured chews with liquid centre made with real fruit juices.” Did you catch those UK spellings? Yup – these guys are, at least for now, only available abroad….
Chow’s 10 Japanese Sweets
Chow’s regular feature, The Ten, recently profiled 10 Japanese sweets. I’ve had all but numbers 2 and 10, thanks to my Chinese family’s frequenting of Asian grocery stores. Personally, I think there…
Flowers Kiss Candy
Another Asian treat sent as a free review sample by Asian Food Grocer. I was given free reign to pick what I wanted. In addition to pineapple Hi-Chew, I asked for Flower’s…
Baskin Robbins Soft Candy
What’s your favorite ice cream flavor? I’m hard pressed to choose just one (I’m a horribly indecisive person), but for me, mint chocolate chip is definitely up there. I used to hate…
Morinaga Choco Balls
These Morinaga Choco Balls were amongst the wide assortment of Japanese candies given to me by my friend Michael. It took me a while to find the name of these. The Morinaga…