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I ate about as many ''fun-size'' dark chocolate almond Snickers this past weekend as there are dollars dedicated to the economic bail-out. I stuck them in the freezer to get them out of my sight, but freezing them only made them taste better. This carnage after a Halloween bake sale at CondeNet for Cookies for Kids' Cancer (we raised $640.75), for ...

Filed under: Wine, Dessert, Artificial Sugars, Candy, Champagne, High-fructose corn syrup, Holidays, Halloween, Fall If you're anything like me come October, you buy a big bag of Halloween candy, oh, three weeks before the actual holiday with the idea of ''getting ahead''--only to have the entire bag mysteriously disappear, leaving you to explain ...

Kids around the country say that today is their favorite of the year. It just doesn't get any better than dressing up as some one or thing you're not whilst demanding candy from random people. This morning, I adjusted the werewolf mask on one of my twin sons and fixed the grim reaper chains on the other, and then sent them off to orchestra ...

Last year, the first October after I'd moved into a new place, I'd completely forgotten about buying Halloween sweets. So when the first group of kids came by in their costumes for trick or treat, I realized I hadn't bought any candy, flailed around for a second or two, then lamely offered them some leftover meatloaf sandwiches. Naturally, the ...

Filed under: Candy, Stores & Shopping, Lists, Fall Flavors, Holidays, Halloween, Fall Though the sharing of treats on All Hallow's Eve traces back to the holiday's roots as an ancient celebration, Trick or Treating is a phenomenon of the distinctly American holiday of Halloween. Though trick or treating is at least a century old, defining the ...

I hate candy corn. To my taste buds, it's evidence that someone wasted his entire life making wax taste like corn syrup. I hate that I can't tell if it's stale or fresh. As a kid, I hated that it was the filler candy for all the adults who obviously knew nothing about candy but weren't supposed to give out caramel apples anymore. I hated it even ...

Filed under: Candy, On the Blogs, HolidaysDid anyone else catch this joke? I know it's a few days late, but I just came across it and I don't remember seeing it on any other food blogs. This is actually pretty funny, and I wish I had seen it in time for the actual day in question. I found a press release that claimed that Nestle's ...

Spring will be here--at least in name--in two days time, and Easter is not far behind. We've already given you a dozen extraordinary eggs and a menagerie of chocolate chicks, bunnies, and pigs to get you started on the ultimate Easter basket. Now it's time to fill in every available gap with colorful and fun candies, cookies, and chocolates that ...

Filed under: Recipes, Candy, Holidays When I was a kid, I remember people saying the phrase ''oh, goody goody gumdrops.'' If I remember correctly, it was used sarcastically, when you had to do something you didn't want to do or you heard news you didn't want to hear, you'd said ''oh, goody goody gumdrops.'' It was even a song in the 1960s. I ...

Filed under: Chocolate, Recipes, Candy, Holidays It's February 14, and you know what that means. That's right, today's special day is National Creme-Filled Chocolate Day. OK, it's also something called Valentine's Day, but what's a better day for a candy holiday than Valentine's Day? (Answer: Halloween). Here's a recipe for Cream-Filled ...