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If you're an anally retentive foodie, some of the scenes in this video will disturb you.

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This Week In Candy (Canada Day Edition)

Holy crap it's Canada Day week already! Next Saturday is an important day in the lives of Canadians, it's not only the day of the founding of our awesome country, it's also the 150th anniversary of this founding. Unlike some countries (I don't want to name any names) our country was not founded in war, instead our country was founded by the fact that the British didn't want to pay our bills anymore. This may not seem like something to be proud of, but we Canadians are a little quirky, and appreciate anything that's strange and non-violent.

To celebrate this great event we're going to be featuring two great things this week. First of all we're going to feature a few posts in our Doughnut Project, because what's more Canadian than a doughnut, particularly one from Tim Horton's.  We might also post a few Canadian Snack Facts, and you'll find all of these on our Instagram feed.  If you've been following us on Facebook and Twitter, you might have noticed us posting a few special Canada 150 treats as well. It seems that many of the snack companies have gotten into the Canada 150 spirit, some are more appropriate than others.  I'm sure we'll come across a few more in the coming week leading up the big event, so make sure to check back regularly.

We're also going to be in Ottawa (since that's where we live right now) to see the big celebration on Saturday.  We'll very likely be posting photos of any fun snack/treat related things we find in the celebration.

Speaking of Canada 150 treats, this week's new review is both odd, and very Canadian. I guess that makes it doubly Canadian, or some might call it a double-double (Canadian joke). It's what happens when a gummy company decides to go extreme on Canadian stereotypes. Fortunately it works really well, and tastes OK too.  Click here to read about the perfect treat for celebrating Canada 150.

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Candy In The Media

A simple way to find out how much sugar you've been eating.

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This Week In Candy

It's been/is a crazy couple of weeks of travel for me through Ontario and later Quebec. All of this travel has been on either train or car, which happen to be my favorite methods of transportation. Except for the long sitting parts, that just makes my legs numb thinking about it. One thing I do love about these methods of transportation, besides the fact that you don't have to be violently catapulted into the sky, is the food.

Train travel always reminds me of snacking. A childhood memory from when my dad used to take us to our grandfather's house on the train and load us up with snacks. Likely to keep us quite. Car travel reminds me of random truck stops and all the treasures that come with them. Then there's the fact that you're going someplace, and likely in my case discovering new treats. Make sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook to see these treats we've come (or will come) across. Maybe I'll even find a special Tim Horton's Doughnut to ad to the Doughnut Project, or maybe I'll find some cool Canada 150 candy.

This week we're not going to be posting a new review. It's mostly because I just haven't had the time to post anything due to my hectic schedule.  It's strange, updating candycritic.org's new reviews are the only thing I need my home computers to update. This is making me think more and more about updating the way the site works, make it something I can update anywhere. If I get time later this week, maybe I'll post a special review or something.

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Candy In The Media

Ralphie May talks about cake.

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This Week In Candy

It's going to be a short This Week In Candy as I'm getting ready to head to Toronto. I'm going for work, and strangely not candycritic.org work, but that doesn't mean I'm not likely to find some interesting things in my home town. One thing that's happening is I'm traveling with a friend that doesn't know Toronto that well, so I imagine I'm going to be taking him to all kinds of fun restaurants and snack places. I'm sure I'll post some pictures of our adventures. I'm also happy to take suggestions you might have for the perfect Toronto food.

It's also less than one month away from Canada's 150th birthday, and I think we'll be ramping up our Canada snack finds.  I'll be posting a few of our finds on Facebook and Twitter. This week we also have a new doughnut going up in our Doughnut Project on Instagram that's a special Canada 150 edition. Also, this week we're compiling some Canadian Snacks Facts that will also be going up on our Instagram feed.

This week's new review is the first in our special edition Canada 150 treats. It's a Maple Mars bar and it's surprisingly Canadian, for a bar that was invented outside of this country.  Click here to find out why this bar is a little overly Canadian.

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Candy In The Media

As it turns out, if you really want to enjoy that junk food, getting a little drunk might help.

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It's A New Episode of Junk Fud On The Road!

In this episode Allison and Chris remember their trip to Poland, and all of the fun food they tried there.

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This Week In Candy

I was thinking about Canadian candy this week, and something came to mind. One of the interesting things about Canadian candy is the diversity we have in our candy. I'm not talking about cultural diversity from other countries (although we do have that), I'm talking about diversity from one province to another. Canada is a big place, bigger than all of Europe, so it's not surprising that you find different foods (or candy) throughout the country. Even when you cross over from one province to another you'll find new treats. I live in Ottawa, and it's only a few kilometers from my closest grocery store to a grocery store in Quebec, and yet there are some unique treats you can't find in the Quebec grocery store that you can't find in mine. This is one of the great things about this country I call home, and something I really miss when I live overseas.

Speaking of travel and culture, this week on candycritic.org we're going to be posting a new episode of Junk Fud On The Road. In this episode Allison and I talk about our adventures in Poland and all of the fun foods we came across. Over the month of June we're going to be posting some fun Canadian Snack Facts on our Instagram feed to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday. You can follow Snack Facts on Instagram right here. We're also going to be keeping an eye open for more Canada 150 themed treats over the next month,you can keep up with those on our Facebook and Twitter feeds.

This week's new review is a Kit Kat rip off... sort of. The subtle difference between a Kit Kat and this bar made it really hard to review, but I managed. Click here to find out what made this bar a little different from a Kit Kat bar.

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Candy In The Media

Here's some tips to help you mix your wine with chocolate.

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