Candy Backlog #3: Gummy Googly Eyes
Rosa Back in October, my residential college had a fall festival. One of the events was Fear Factor, where contestant had to eat Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans, a chili lollipop,…
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Candy Backlog #2: Gummy Jingle Buddies
I got these adorable Gummy Jingle Buddies from a dining hall at school that had them out for holiday cupcake decorating. They’re billed as “fruit flavored finger puppets” and come…
Candy Calendars and a Sad Headline
Who knew there were so many chocolate related calendars on the market? Amazon has a bunch as well, though they’re a little harder to sort through. I bought the chocolate…
Nestle Coffee Crisp
I thought I’d stumbled across a great candy find when I found this among other international bars at Coco Moka in Houston’s airport. Then I started seeing it everywhere and…
Project Runway and Hersheys!
Holy cow! I managed to miss this one while I was on break – Episode 6 of this current season (Season 4) of Project Runway had an awesome challenge: 5…
Candy Backlog #1: Russell Stover Halloween chocolates
I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions (why wait until January 1st to change your life for the better?), but I’ll still take advantage of 2008 to clear out some…
Hammond’s Caramel Covered Marshmallow aka Mitchell Sweet
I’d never heard of Hammond’s until I picked up their Caramel Covered Marshmallow (BUY!), which they call Mitchell Sweets, at The Candy Store. I kind of wish I’d spent my…
My friends are awesome!
My dad finally got around to picking up the mail we asked the post office to hold while we were on vacation, and guess what was there? A box filled…
XOX Truffles
I’m in a quandary. On the one hand, I’d like to take advantage of my remaining 10 days of winter break to get into shape after reading and exam period…
Winter Break Trip Roundup
Happy New Year’s Eve! I get to fly home to Austin today. Hooray! I shall be traveling with a wheeled carry-on suitcase literally half-full of candy. Hooray! And that’s not…
What I got for Christmas…
Was exactly what I wanted because my mother had me pick things out. A wonderful gift of an assortment of mini-Vosges bars and two truffles, both of which are too…
Greetings from Las Vegas
By the way, M&M’s World in Vegas is way cooler than the one in Times Square. There’s a cute (though cheaply made) 4D mini-movie (free) and various other things to…