when you’re a kid, there’s nothing cooler than a big wad of chewing tobacco. no wait… that’s not right. i am sure that even then i thought chewing tobacco was disgusting. so selling candy masked as tobacco was never a really big selling point for me (candy cigarettes? no… thanks. now candy bongs…). in fact, thinking back, there were a lot of wacky gimmicks that candy companies used (and still.. Read More
Kazoozles
many years ago (maybe three or four) i stumbled upon a strange and delicious new candy creation from wonka called “sweet tart rope”. i was already a fan of nerds rope, so i knew that candy in rope form could be successful, and i liked sweet tarts well enough, so i decided to pick up a pack. it was a miraculous, wacky candy concoction that had a red licorice outside,.. Read More
Sour Patch Extreme
i’m a pretty big fan of sour patch kids. i’ve been eating these things for as long as i can remember. they are, as far as i’m concerned, the base line by which to judge sour candy. that’s not to say that i find them to be the most sour of sour candies, just that they are my favorite. now, i am something of a purist when it comes to.. Read More
Snickers Dark
maybe i’m a little late to the party… snickers dark came out in 2007(!), but this is the first time i’ve had it. i guess that because i’m usually not into dark chocolate variations on classics (once i ate an entire dark chocolate scottish terrier… never looked at dark chocolate the same again). but i finally decided to give it a go. i kind of consider the traditional snickers bar.. Read More
Pretzel M&M’s
i am okay with m&m’s. just okay. regular m&m’s are easy to get sick of really quickly. peanut m&m’s are the best of the bunch, but only as a rare treat. any other m&m product is stupid. stupid meaning not good enough to buy (this may not be true about peanut butter m&m’s, but they just aren’t my thing). but i love chocolate covered pretzels! there’s just something about the.. Read More