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Filed under: Science, Trans Fats, Chocolate, Candy, Food Oddities, Trends, America, Comfort Food, Guilty PleasuresI might not be the best person to talk about chocolate. Growing up, my favorite candies were generally the tart, fake-fruit flavored ones, like Smarties, Sweet Tarts, Lemonheads, Runts, and certain Jolly Rancher flavors. However, even ...

Filed under: Snacks, Dessert, Dairy, Chocolate, Candy, Eggs, America, Comfort FoodIf there's heat wave where you are like there's a heat wave where I am, (it was over 90 degrees in some parts of southern California), then you'll appreciate the perfect timing of Ben & Jerry's annual Free Cone Day, which takes place tomorrow, Tuesday April 29, ...

Filed under: Dessert, Chocolate, Midwest Rural, Midwest Cities, Recipes, Candy, How To, Condiments, America, Comfort Food, Super Bowl XLII In case you haven't figured it out by now, I am a football fan. However, I have to admit that at least one third of my interest in football is not about the game. Sure, I can follow the game, thanks to four ...

Filed under: Dessert, Dairy, Chocolate, Fruit, Candy, Rum, How To, America, Spirits, Sugar, Christmas If you're heading out on the town for New Year's Eve, well go ahead, get dolled up and ignore this post. This one is for those of us who will be doing the razzling and dazzling at home (in the kitchen, of course). All you need is a little ...

Filed under: Dessert, Dairy, Chocolate, Recipes, Fruit, Candy, Baking, How To, Eggs, America, Sugar, Christmas At this point in the grand game we call ''The Race to Finish Holiday Baking,'' we're looking at cookies and confections that are easy, fast, but still have that ''ooooh''-inducing factor. Perhaps the easiest thing I've ever come across in ...

Filed under: Chocolate, Candy, Raves & Reviews, America, Halloween Well, you knew that at some point, the mass producers of cheap, grocery store chocolate were going to have to do something about hopping aboard the ''chocolate is healthy'' train. Let's face it, even with the claim that yes, chocolate is healthy, no person in his or her right ...

Filed under: Dessert, Chocolate, Candy, America, Halloween Really? Do you really think you're going to do that much good by your kids by giving out toothpaste and boxes of raisins at Halloween? You can give that to the kids who come to your door (and they probably won't come back next year), but if your kids go trick-or-treating, they're bound to ...

Filed under: Dessert, Chocolate, Candy, Baking, America, Sugar, Halloween One of the best things about Halloween is that you end up with a surplus of chocolate and candy that you can use in baking. Leading up to Halloween, it's oh-so appropriate to make things like cupcakes, cookies, and brownies with pieces of chocolate candy bars. After ...

Filed under: Dessert, West Coast, Chocolate, Candy, New Products, America, SugarCompetitive eating isn't just for professionals anymore, these days anyone who had a video camera and a few minutes can get in the game. Sweet Sweet Confections, a candy company out of San Jose, CA is currently running a contest in which contestants see how many ...

Filed under: Dessert, Grains, Dairy, Chocolate, Fruit, Candy, Raves & Reviews, Eggs, New Products, America, Sugar We're back on Target. Or rather, we're back to looking at Target's in-store brand, Archer Farms, and some of the products they offer. I mentioned the Chocolate Chip Petite Cookies last week, which were fine, but not worth running ...