5 Gum: Is It Just Marketing? [Review]
Rosa As I wrote in an earlier post, I got quite the 5 gum package from Wrigley via BzzAgent. The BzzGuide booklet that came with it was far more elaborate than…
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Take 5 Marshmallow – Limited Edition
I got super excited when I saw the Take 5 Marshmallow at Party City. The Take 5 (BUY!) is one of my favorite candies, as is the See’s Scotchmallow, so…
Chocolate Fruit Basket
Up until these Sconza Fruit Basket candies, Raisinets were the extent of my chocolate covered dried fruit experience. I’m glad that I upgraded! These chocolates are described as “Five delicious…
Tootsie Fruit Rolls: A Trick-o-Treat Essential! [Review]
I’ve enjoyed Tootsie Fruit Rolls midges?for as long as I can remember. Now that Halloween is just around the corner, they’ll be popping up everywhere in candy grab bag mixes…
Dark Sponge
Yesterday, I wrote about the Violet Crumble. No raves, but a generally positive review. I should note that I actually tasted the Violet Crumble about a month ago and that…
Violet Crumble
The Violet Crumble is a chocolate bar from Australia. This was in the bunch of candy that Cassie gave me, and I finished it pretty quickly. I also saw it…
Stride Forever Fruit Gum
I personally rather like the ad campaign that Stride (BUY!) has been running. The commercials I’ve seen revolve around the company and those that sell it going out of business…
Tropical Razzles
“First it’s candy…Then it’s gum!” is the Razzles (BUY!) tagline. And indeed, it starts out as candy and ends up as gum. Unfortunately, it is not a very tasty incarnation…
More buggy candy
I work in the entomology division of my university’s natural history museum, so when I came across these cute bug-themed candies, I just had to buy them for my boss.…
M&M’s Pirate Pearls
I’m super late to the game on this one, but oh well. I picked up these M&M’s Pirate Pearls (BUY) at a local dollar store. They were released to promote…
Whole Foods truffles
Before I got busy mooching free bacon chocolate from Whole Foods, I actually bought some chocolate truffles too. The flagship Whole Foods has a chocolate bar (as in a bar…
Crunch Crisp
As a kid, I loved Crunch bars (BUY), with their perfect blend of sweet milk chocolate and crispy rice bits. When I got older, they became a bit too sweet…