Working for the National Confectioners’ Association
Rosa A nice little piece from last weekend’s Washington Post’s Sunday Source wrote about jobs you wish you had. Susan Fussell, the VP of communications for the National Confectioners’ Association, was…
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Emily’s Chocolates Contest Reminder
Don’t forget, y’all have until 5pm EST on Monday, June 9th to enter my Emily’s Chocolates giveaway, courtesy of Emily’s Chocolates. Leave a comment on this post for a chance…
Half off Michel Cluizel!
Last Tuesday, I flew from JFK to Gatwick, London, so of course I had to pop into the JFK duty free shop to look for candy deals. They had Ghirardelli…
Emily’s Chocolates Contest
The folks at Emily’s Chocolates wanted me to remind you that June is National Candy Month. As if I needed such an excuse to eat candy. They also wanted to…
Viva Chocolato
On Tuesday, while I was en route to England, Viva Chocolato was having a ribbon cutting ceremony back home in Austin. Mayor Will Wynn (isn’t that the perfect politician name?)…
UK Candy Recommendations?
This afternoon, I’m flying to London, then busing to Cambridge where I will spend the next two weeks (I get to be a research assistant for the Autism Research Centre.…
Cadbury Rube Goldberg
From the New Yorker Goings On blog, an awesomely elaborate Rube Goldberg for smashing Cadbury Creme Eggs: Edit: The embedded video screwed up my site layout, so here’s the link…
All Candy Expo starts today
Today marks the official beginning of the All Candy Expo in Chicago, and I’m in New Haven. Boo! But I’m with my friends working on a thing for band, which…
Junior Mint Giveaway Winners
Thanks to everyone who entered. I love running these little contests, since who doesn’t like giving stuff away? The two winners of my Junior Mint Giveaway are (drumroll please)….
Hershey’s Bliss Coupon
Missed the chance to throw your own Hershey’s Bliss party? Their website has a $1 off coupon so buy it for yourself at a discount. I’ve never tried Bliss (and…
Junior Mint Giveaway!
Joel from Candy Xpress, an online wholesale candy seller, sent me a big package of Junior Mints, Colombina Mint Balls, and Trident Tropical Twist gum. Quite the Xtreme care package…
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Calhoun College Chocolate Tasting Notes, Round II
After the success of my first chocolate tasting (notes here), I held a second one with the extra bars. Unfortunately, by the time the second tasting rolled around, most of…