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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, Newspapers, America, Fast Food, Summer It's obvious after reading posts like Marisa's ode to Philly Water Ice that the treat is a well-deserved one after a long, hot day in the city. But should we be using it - along with pizza and candy - to bribe Philly youth? In West Philly's 19th District, police will begin an ...

Filed under: Snacks, Dessert, Recipes, Candy, Spirit of Christmas, America, Sugar, Liquor CabinetI come from a long-line of Irish alcoholics. And although I myself hold my liquor like a ten-year-old, I have a special place in my heart for alcohol-flavored sweet things. Indeed, I have had a torrid love affair with the bourbon ball ever since my mom ...

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: Tastings, Beer, Vegetables, Candy, America, Festivals, Celebrations, Local Eating, Artisan FoodsIt's my final semester of college, and I'm taking Literature of the Great Depression to finish my English major. I think that my professor often feels badly, though, about assigning texts that are just so darn depressing, so she often opens ...

Filed under: Lunch, Snacks, Culinary Kids, Candy, America, Health & Medical, Local Eating And you thought the green-beret'd Girl Scouts and their cookies were enterprising little kids? In Victorville, CA, the latest trend at schools is an underground sugar trade. With candy and other ''bad'' snacks banned from school campuses, kids are ...

Filed under: Candy, Trends, America, Comfort FoodI am a fan of the discussion board www.Chowhound.com and have been a regular there for many years. Lately I have been checking in on a thread about candy. It is about ''worst tasting candy ever!!!!'' but has evolved into a discussion about favorite or disliked candy from your childhood. I have ...

Filed under: Artificial Sugars, Candy, America, CelebrationsIt's that time of year - a week of green-tinted beer, green-tinged bagels, and an overabundance of green streamers and shamrock-shaped accessories and five dollar Old Navy shirts with clovers prominently displayed on the chest. What would St. Patrick's Day be without our bizarre, ...

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: East Coast, Grains, Vegetables, Candy, America, Sugar, Super Bowl XLII Desserts are the least of your worries if you're entertaining for the Super Bowl. Let's face it, most of your guests will be focused first on the game, and second on whatever meaty, cheesy foods you've put out. Just keep desserts to the simple stuff, like caramel ...