Tag: candy

Chocolate for Mom & Baby? CocoPreggers

Chocolate for Mom & Baby? CocoPreggers

Is chocolate really a healthy food? The makers of CocoPreggers would like you to think that as you eat their chocolate, you’re doing something good for you and the little one. XAN Confections has created chocolate fortified with folic acid and DHA. This is the same 

Want to Make Your Own Customized Kit Kat Bar?

Want to Make Your Own Customized Kit Kat Bar?

 A customized Kit Kat chocolate bar.Source: http://www.chocollabo.com/ You’ll have to move to Japan. There, you can create your very own custom chocolate Kit Kat bar with your favorite picture or saying. The Japanese can also purchase different flavors (some fun, some very unusual): Matcha 

Looking for Something Sweet and Salty? Sea Salt Caramel Gelato on the Market

Looking for Something Sweet and Salty? Sea Salt Caramel Gelato on the Market

Sea Salt Caramel Gelato. Source: BakingBuyer.com I just saw this. New from Talenti Gelato e Sorbetto – Sea Salt Caramel Gelato coming to a store near you. It is a gelato with a caramel base and chocolate covered sea salt caramel truffles. They are the same makers of Hill 

Kids Candy Not For Kids (i.e. always watch what kids eat for hidden messages…)

Kids Candy Not For Kids (i.e. always watch what kids eat for hidden messages…)

Strange news in the children’s candy department. MSNBC is reporting that a 12 year old girl found the message “NICE T—“ on a heart candy in a bag of Brach’s small conversation candy pieces, referring in a not-so-nice way to a woman’s chest. Just a reminder that parents 

Sweet Fried Rice – Is There Such a Thing?

Sweet Fried Rice – Is There Such a Thing?

Sweet Fried Rice – Is there such a thing? There is if you find it on the Sandy Candy Factory Site. Their Sweet Fried Rice includes candy rice, candy eggs, candy peas and candy carrots. All inside a fun Chinese Take-out box. Haven’t tried it 

Jelly Belly New Line of Cocktail Jelly Beans

Jelly Belly New Line of Cocktail Jelly Beans

From JellyBelly.com: ‘It’s five o’clock somwhere.’ Rounding out their line (of magarita, pina colada and stawberry daiquiri flavored jelly beans), Jelly Belly will also have mojito, peach bellini and pomegranate cosmo flavors for their Cocktail Classics jelly bean line.

M&Ms Blue Dye Helps Spinal Injuries…?

M&Ms Blue Dye Helps Spinal Injuries…?

Here is a link to CNN Health regarding news about what researchers found at University of Rochester Medical Center. News was injecting lab rats with BBG – Brilliant Blue G – the same color used to dye the blue M&Ms we all eat (well, those 

All Candy Expo Dates Change

All Candy Expo Dates Change

NCA (National Confectioner’s Association) changed the dates for next years 2009 All Candy Expo: May 19-21, and will also open an hour earlier the first two days (9:00 am).

Event: EPPS Candy Annual Planning

Event: EPPS Candy Annual Planning

The presentation and review of new candy products. 2008 event to be held in Atlanta, October 19-23. EPPS (Efficient Program Planning Session) with suppliers and buyers, sessions will be held in the suppliers suites. Event Agenda:http://www.ecrm-online.com/shows2004/show_agenda.asp?show_id=1128 No cost for retailers, brokers are welcome and manufacturers 

New Candy from Paas

New Candy from Paas

Seasonal Paas, known for their Easter coloring kits, has decorated candy eggs with seasonal messages and designs. They also have malted milk eggs with chocolate. Check out the new retail boxes.

For the Candy Buyer: New Sweets

For the Candy Buyer: New Sweets

Lindt Excellence, Chili (spicy red chili, dark chocolate bars) Snickers Adventure Bar – Indiana Jones tie-in candy bar for the film ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.’ (snickers bar with Thai spice and coconut) New Jelly Belly flavors: inspired by the Cold 

What was Hershey’s thinking?

What was Hershey’s thinking?

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