Maneki Neko Candy
This clever candy is packaged to look like our favorite lucky cat, Maneki Neko! But open the cellophane and all you get are two white balls of candy. The cellophane is where the cat is at -in fact there are several wrappers with different cat expressions. Link -via Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
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Top Ten Weirdest Halloween Handouts
Candy is dandy, but some folks aren’t prepared for trick-or-treaters (or else they’re just mean). We all know the neighborhood dentist who gives out toothbrushes instead of candy. Here’s a selection of alternative “treats” people have been known to disappoint trick-or-treaters with on Halloween.
8. Condiments and Cutlery
Probably from bachelor types who forgot it was Halloween – answered the door because they thought it was the pizza guy – and then mined their condiment stash so as not to disappoint. Though little containers of peanut butter and jam are passable, plastic packs of soya sauce, ketchup, relish, mustard, and plastic fork and knife sets really don’t do the trick for a treat!
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Lollipop Pies For On The Go Pie Snacking
Speaking of strange cross-over desserts, I’m loving these lollipop pies featured on Luxirare. They combine the portability and mess-free eating of a lollipop with the delicious richness of a pie. Plus, you can switch between all sorts of flavors at will.
I want a couple of bites, and I want to be done with it. I want to pop open my bag when I’m hungry and taste a little sweetness. I don’t want commitment. I want to be promiscuous with my food. I want to eat pie, but I don’t want a whole slice- I want to try other flavors too, but for just a little, and move onto another.
My only concern is how do you keep the stick from burning up while you bake them?
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Crunchy Frog Recipe
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories has figured out how to recreate the “Crunchy Frog” confection made famous in the classic Monty Python sketch (”If we took the bones out it wouldn’t be crunchy would it?”) using Gummi frogs, Pop Rocks, and chocolate.
There are two remarkable things about this recipe. First, Pop Rocks survive being immersed in melted chocolate surprisingly well– they still pop after the chocolate solidifies. Second, the artificial fruit flavor of the Pop Rocks is completely overwhelmed and masked by the bittersweet chocolate. We anticipated a bit of flavor conflict, but the chocolate won out completely, leaving only the pop-whiz-bang of the Pop Rocks.
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Circuit Board Candy
If you’re more into eating circuit boards than walking on them, then this candy circuit board might be just what you sweet-toothed geeks are looking for. This one is based on an iphone circuit board.
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Sweet, safe, and delicious fireworks, from PES. -via Buzzfeed
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A Tasty Treat for Graduates
How cute are these? If you’re attending a graduation party (or throwing one), the lovely Bakerella shows you step-by-step how to make these mouthwatering mortarboards. Reese’s cups and Godiva squares? Yes, please! If you’re feeling particularly saucy, you can skip the peanut butter cups and make her cake bites instead. More work, definitely, but I can tell you from experience that the cake bites are delish. I don’t think you can really go wrong either way.
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Sour Candy Body Fluids
Imagine the reaction when people see you taking a sip from a urine specimen container! Formula P and Blood Sample are sour candy liquids packaged in specimen bottles. Guess which one is lemon and which is cherry. Link -via Unique Daily
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Cadbury Creme Egg Deaths
My sweet tooth must be in full effect tonight because I somehow keep stumbling upon posts about donuts and cupcakes and Cadbury Creme Eggs. Last year, Cadbury held a contest for fans to submit videos of the delicious chocolatey goodness going splat. They called it their “Here today, goo tomorrow” campaign, and some of them are pretty awesome. Check out this Rube Goldberg contraption – it’s really complicated. My favorite part is the Smashing Creme Eggs band.
But fans of Andy Samberg and SNL digital shorts will appreciate this one – it’s a tribute to the “Dear Sister” short.
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How to make vodka gummi bears
You probably already heard you can turn gummi bears into alcoholic delights by soaking them in vodka for a few days. If you want more details than that, or you’ve already tried this experiment and it didn’t work so well, this site tested a method that worked and posted a how-to with lots of pictures. (Turns out you can do this with sugar-free gummis, too!)
The how-to part of this is pretty simple, so I decided to make things a little more interesting. In addition to regular vodka gummi bears, I made vodka sugar-free gummi bears, vodka gummi worms (purely to see if they turned out any cooler looking than the bears) and vodka Red Fish (these were disgusting, but in the interest of science I will share my mistakes as well as my triumphs).
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Candy Named for Real People
I don't know about you, but when I'm jonesing for something sugary at work around 3 p.m. (that's usually about when I hit my wall), the last thing I'm thinking about as I'm jamming my quarters into the machine is, "I wonder what the history behind the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup is. How did it come to be? And who invented it?"
But in case you are thinking that, here are seven candies that you will no longer have to wonder about. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm suddenly craving something highly caloric and bad for me.
Oh Henry! Bar
Lots of people think the Oh Henry! bar was named for author O. Henry, but the bar was actually named for its creator, Tom Henry. He ran the Peerless candy factory in Kansas and created the famous bar made of fudge, peanut and caramel in 1919. He cleverly called it the Tom Henry bar.
When the rights to the Tom Henry bar were bought out in 1920, they new company renamed it the Oh Henry! as part of a publicity stunt. People were curious about bumper stickers and ads simply reading "Oh Henry!" and sales spiked as they bought the bars to find out what the deal was. Tom Henry's family still runs a candy company in Kansas and sell the "Momma Henry" bar.
However, Hershey tells a different story on their Canadian website (although Oh Henry! is produced Hershey, Nestle owns it. Weird, no?): George H. Williamson made the candy originally and supposedly named the bar after boy who used to walk through the candy factory to flirt with the girls working there. When the girls needed something or had an errand for the boy, they would call, "Oh Henry!" and Henry would come running. I think this sounds a lot like a publicity story, myself, but perhaps I'm cynical.
Baby Ruth
Likewise, there are a couple of different tales as to where the Baby Ruth name came from. As you've probably noticed, it sounds suspiciously like the name of a certain famous baseball player.
But the Curtiss Candy Company claims they never intended it that way, that the bar was named for Ruth Cleveland. Ruth was born between her dad's two terms as president and the nation was indeed crazy for her. But the Baby Ruth bar came out in 1921, and Ruth Cleveland died in 1904 at the age of 12. Ruth-mania had definitely subsided by the time the Baby Ruth bar came out.
Snopes says that the rumor that the bar was named for a baby is bunk. It seems more likely that the company was capitalizing on Ruth's name without having to pay him for the honor. They say that Ruth wasn't even well-known in 1921 and it would have been silly to name a candy bar after an obscure slugger, but Ruth had been playing the major and minor leagues since 1914 and by 1921, he had already thrown a shutout in a World Series game, established himself as a power hitter, been involved in a highly-publicized salary feud, recorded a batting average that wouldn't be broken until 2001, and had been traded from the Red Sox to the Yankees.
But I'll let you decide - was the Baby Ruth named for Ruth Cleveland or George Herman "Babe" Ruth?
Tootsie Roll and Tootsie Pop
This
one is a lot easier to explain - no controversy here. Leo Hirshfield opened
his candy business in New York City in 1896. He invented a candy with
the taste of chocolate, but it didn't melt in the heat like regular
chocolate.
Another bonus: it was cheaper than real chocolate. He named the product after his daughter, Clara, whom he called Tootsie.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Reese's Pieces
Harry Burnett Reese was a candy maker who made "penny cups" - peanut butter cups that sold for a penny each - in his basement in the mid '20s. He made an assortment of candy, actually, but when the Great Depression hit, he ceased production on his other products and concentrated on the popular peanut butter cups. After his death in 1957, the Reese empire was sold to Hershey for $23.5 million.
Heath Bar
In
1913, a teacher by the name of L.S. Heath bought a sweet shop for his
two sons, thinking it would be a good business venture for them. The business
- a combination candy store, manufacturer and ice cream parlor, was a
big hit. (Photo: kahl4
[Flickr])
The story goes that they somehow got a toffee recipe from a traveling salesman and started selling it as "Heath English Toffee - America's Finest." By 1928, their dad owned a dairy, so the brothers started offering their toffee bars on the same order form as milk and cheese - customers could have the confection delivered right to their doorsteps, no muss, no fuss.
The popularity only increased when it was considered to be a good value during the Depression, and the Heath Bar's place in history was cemented when the U.S. Army bought $175,000 worth to include in the soldier's rations during WWII (the bar had a very long shelf life). Amidst family feuds, the Heaths sold the company in 1989 and it was then acquired by Hershey in 1996.
Hershey Bar, Hershey's Kisses
Of
course, the Hershey company and its namesake products are named after
the company's founder, Milton Hershey.
At first, though, the Hershey Chocolate Company was just a part of his first successful candy business, the Lancaster Caramel Company. He sold it for $1 million in 1900 (an astronomical sum in those days), but kept the Hershey Chocolate Company for himself.
The Hershey bar was first produced in 1894 and Kisses showed up in 1907, likely a copycat of Wilbur Buds, produced by the competing Wilbur Chocolate Company since 1893.
Clark Bar
Now
owned by NECCO, the Clark Bar was named for its original owner and inventor,
David L. Clark. Although the D.L. Clark Company had been around since
1886, it really hit paydirt in 1917 with the Clark Bar, the first "combination
bar" that combined multiple confections in one product. The D.L.
Clark Company had success not just with the Clark Bar, but also with Zagnut.
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Sea Otter Boogers
These Japanese snacks are actually called “Sea Otter Boogers” and apparently are quite tasty treats made of candied black beans. They’re yours for only about $6, of course, you have to speak Japanese to order them.
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Human Vending Machine
If I put my money in a machine and a person popped up to give me my candy, I’m quite sure I’d leave my money and the candy and run as fast as my legs could carry me. These people seem delighted, though, so maybe it’s just me. If you think like I do, don’t worry – these Kit Kat Human Vending Machines aren’t a new fad; they’re just part of a Nestle advertising campaign.
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Watermelon-Flavored Freud Lollipops
Archie McPhee is known for its weird stuff, but this is really weird. I’m sure Freud himself would have something to say about it. But hey, if fruity Austrian psychoanalysts on a stick aren’t for you, there’s always cherry-flavored Marie Antoinette severed heads, orange-flavored Abe Lincoln heads, blueberry-flavored Will Shakespeares and cola-flavored Vladimir Lenins. I love Archie McPhee.
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Forget Conversation Hearts - Try Bittersweets
I’m not one of those people that absolutely loathes Valentine’s Day, but it’s definitely low on my list of favorite holidays. I’m pretty sure Labor Day would make the list first. However, I love conversation hearts (mmm, flavored chalk!) and I’m a pretty sarcastic person, so I would be delighted to receive these on the 14th. I’m partial to “U Left Seat Up”.
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Gummy Bear Chandelier
Wow. I’m pretty sure I’d eat this in a weak moment. But it looks pretty awesome. I wonder if it attracts bugs?
There’s a “bear” rug, too, which is funny, but probably not functional. Just thinking about stepping on a rug made of gummy bears kind of squicks me out a little.
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Candy and Crystals On a Dress
This dress is not only pretty, it’s also delicious, since it’s made with Lindt chocolate Lindor balls. It would have been a great outfit for a Christmas or New Year’s Eve Party, as it’s a perfect season to share chocolates with your friends. Too bad you couldn’t really sit down and you’d end up naked by the end of the night thanks to moochers. Oh well, it’s the risk you take when you dress in food.
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Hail to the Mints
Since 1985, Robitaille’s Candy Co. in Carpinteria, CA has been the exclusive purveyor of handmade chocolate mints for the presidential inauguration parties.
Every four years, Robitaille’s switches from its normal pastel color scheme and produces patriotic mints in red, white and blue known as the Inaugural Mints. If you miss your chance to taste one at the upcoming festivities, you can order a box online from the Robitaille’s website. They also make some wicked looking chocolate walnut fudge. It’s a family-run business with no machines; all the mints are handmade.
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Vintage Candy
Do you ever get a craving for a candy you know isn’t sold in stores these days? Mine is York Peppermint Patty Bites. They came in bags like the Reese’s Bites and Hershey’s Bites and other candy bars rolled up into a bite-sized ball form. They were soooo good in the freezer. Alas, they discontinued them, I think in favor of the York Mints. I enjoy those too, but they aren’t the same. Anyway, thanks to our own Neatoramanaut SparkS, we now have a link to CandyDirect, a place where you can possibly relive your childhood by purchasing that discontinued candy you haven’t seen in years. They have everything from bubble gum cigars and candy cigarettes (which have long been discontinued in that format since it pretty much encourages kids to smoke) to Violet mints, you’ll find almost anything you want. Except for York Peppermint Patty Bites.
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