Archive: March 2009

Ah, classic commericals. Remember those?  Remember when the Whatchamacallit candy bar didn’t have caramel? That’s right, the original 1978 bar didn’t have caramel!
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Hershey has launched an attack upon itself. A limited edition attack anyway. In an attempt to drum up interest again in the Whatchamacallit, civil war has broken out with the challenger Thingamajig. These two chocolate candy bars will duel it out on drug store counters across America. And I would like to preface this by [...]

Maybe you already knew all these and maybe you didn’t, but if you did, that’s a lot of hours Googling various chocolate candy related phrases!
1. Charleston Chew was in fact named after the dance.
2. Deep fried chocolate bars contain about 850 calories per bar.
3. Before 1991 Twix Bars were internationally knows as “Raider”
4. In 15th [...]

Aero Chocolate: Feel the Bubbles

We may not get a lot of Nestle Aero Chocolate candy in the regular drugstores in the Pacific Northwest, but that’s doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate this “enlightening” tv spot. Let’s face it, skating around in a bunch of chocolate colored ballons would be awesome. The song that plays with the spot is a little [...]

Is it true that you are what you eat? If so, does that mean that my chocolate candy selections have been slowly turning me into a Cadbury or a Milky Way? Doubtful, but if it is true that your candy selection reflects your intelligence then watch out for folks who choose:
Nerds: The sweet and tiny [...]

Chocolate Candy in the News

As usual, we strive to bring you an assortment of news, tidbits, tastes and sweet bites from around the world and today the news isn’t in chocolate candy form itself, but rather the faux, the scent and the environmentally friendly.
Axe Body Spray has launched a new Facebook application that was meant to be delicious but [...]