Howdy! I’m Patty, a professor of Psychological Sciences at a small college in the midwest. Some important background information: I’m absolutely obsessed with peanut butter. It’s gotten to the point where I…
Category: not candy
Sunbelt Sweet & Salty Granola Bar
When I was contacted about getting samples of Sunbelt’s Sweet & Salty granola bars to review on ZOMG, Candy!, I told their PR contact that granola bars were outside the domain of…
Non-Candy Related Help?
Dear Readers, I know y’all come from all over the country/world. Maybe y’all can help me out with a quandry? I had been using Cheez-It Stix in my senior thesis research. They…
Happy Holidays!
Dear readers, I am back in Austin enjoying time with my family, and I’m taking the rest of the week off. Have a happy holiday season, whatever you celebrate, and I’ll see…
Best cookies EVER
This is only tangentially related to candy: I just discovered the best cookies ever. From the Chicago Tribune’s cookie contest, 2nd place (only 2nd?!) winner: Dorie’s Dark and Stormies. They are a…
No school on Monday! Tuesday! Wednesday!
Dear readers, I’m lucky enough to go to a school that gives us a full week off for Thanksgiving. So I’m taking the week off to catch up on sleep and homework…
Yes We Can!
And yes we cake. Back in February, I got to hear Obama speak at a rally in Hartford. I’m so glad I decided to put my schoolwork on hold to make that…
Sweet! A cookbook review
When I got the chance to review a free copy of Sweet!: From Agave to Turbino, Home Baking with Every Kind of Natural Sugar and Sweetener by Mani Niall, I took it…
Free Cold Stone Ice Cream Today
Between 5 and 8 pm tonight, stop by your local Cold Stone Creamery for a free scoop of ice cream. And if you can, make a donation to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
I have awesome timing
Of course my traffic would triple the day I announce I’m taking a week off because my computer died. Forget time off; I’m capitalizing on my good StumpleUpon fortune. I’ll be posting…
Computer issues
Dear readers, My computer, after three and a half years of plodding along, finally died on Tuesday. I stuck into my roommate’s room to use her computer to write this (Hi, Catherine!)….
Temporary Server Outage
Dear readers, my server hosts have informed me that tomorrow, Friday, August 29th, from 11:30 PM to 3:30 AM EST, they’ll be going down for maintenance, so the site may be down…