No more Kinder Surprise eggs in Germany
Rosa My first experience with a Kinder Surprise was when my dad brought one back for me from a business trip in Germany. This must have been a decade ago, yet…
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Tootsie Roll Contest
Remember that line drawing commercial with the boy and the owl and how many licks it takes to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop? One… two-hoo……
Jelly Belly Dream Bean Contest – voting starts tomorrow
Remember the Jelly Belly Dream Bean Contest from back in July? Tomorrow they’ll reveal the five finalists in the running to become the next Jelly Belly flavor. Make your voice…
If I could find a man made of chocolate…
Adfreak blogs about a new rather trippy Hershey commercial. The charming commercial, which can be seen on? YouTube here (I wish I could figure out how to embed YouTube videos…
Das Caramels in NY Times
The NY Times dining section’s weekly Food Stuff from a couple of weeks ago featured news on New York sweets. Florence Fabricant was a bit late on the scoop of…
Win free chocolate for a year from NewTree
NewTree is running a search for the Great American Text Story. Grand prize is free chocolate for a year and an iPhone. From the contest website: Tap into your imagination,…
Whoops – a belated happy birthday!
Not one who’s great at being overly sentimental, I managed to miss ZOMG, Candy!’s first birthday! My first post was back on August 02, 2007. At the time, I didn’t…
Political Chocolate and Candy
L.A. Burdick (reviewed on ZOMG here) is selling two different boxes of “Election Chocolates” until November. Obama’s box contains Hawaiian-Pineapple, Kenyan Coffee, Kansas Corn Crunch, and Tennessee Sour Mash. McCain’s…
A World Without Chocolate?
I haven’t had the chance to see Wall-E yet (I’m writing this post on July 10; it doesn’t open in the UK until July 14), but I have been reading…
Llama + Candy = Overload of stuff I like
Friends of mine know that I have an irrational adoration of llamas. They’re so adorable! And soft! And cute/ugly! Which is why I absolutely loved this Starburst commercial. Note: Photo…
Goodbye, England!
When this post publishes, I will be on a plane on my way to Texas. Goodbye, England! I’ll miss you and your wide variety of candies (so many gummies!). I…
Science and chocolate
From the Washington Post, an article about using gene sequencing to learn how to breed a better, more resilient cacao tree. Hooray for science!