Can candy boost your athletic prowess?
Via the NY Times Really? column, an explanation of why candy isn’t your best option for pre-workout food. I wonder if heavily nutted candies could work though, as they’re pretty…
Candy Comics
From F-Minus, May 30, 2009: From Natalie Dee, June 24, 2009:
A French near miss
Sadly, it wasn’t until after I got back from Europe that I saw David Lebovitz’s post about a special, limited edition run of French stamps that look and smell like…
Candy Industry Trends Report, 2009
Candy trends are fun and funny. Back in the day, dark chocolate was just a trend, and now it’s pretty much the norm. Recent trends that I can think of…
Summer break, sort of
Hi dear readers, On Monday, I start being a real person. What do I mean by that, exactly? Well, I graduated back in May, spent most of June traveling, and…
Candy through interpretive dance
Via AdFreak, a strange commercial for Cadbury’s Caramilk bar that explains how the bar is made via interpretive dance. Perhaps y’all can make sense of it? I watched it and…
Ferrero is in the clear
Ferrero found not guilty of accusations of hazelnut fraud (dun dun dun!!!) Good to know that the company capable of churning out the adorable Kinder Hippos isn’t also shuffling money…
Don’t throw Jelly Babies at the Beatles
According to Serious Eats, the Beatles were not Jelly Baby fans. I bought some Marks & Spencer’s Jelly Babies last summer in England, but I don’t have a picture because…
Nichols Candies
I recently spent several days visiting my boyfriend’s home in Boston. While I was there, his mother was kind enough to take me on an excursion to Nichols Candies, a…