My Candy/Junk Food Chrsitmas Wishlist - 3D Chocolate Printer

Up until now I've been posting some pretty simple "stocking stuffers", but if you really want to impress a Candy Critic on Christmas, this is the perfect gift. Why settle for average bars of chocolate when you can have any shape you want.

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Candy In The Media

Check out this awesome gummy printer!  While the things it makes are still pretty crude looking, it's the first in what I hope to be a new trend of custom candy.  Soon you'll be able to go to your local candy store and get any candy you like, in any shape you like.

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Candy News

Canadians busted... smuggling Kinder Eggs.

I've always wanted to try a cronut, but these spam donuts don't seem so appealing.

Huffington Post has a list of amazing ice cream sandwich ideas perfect for keeping you cool this summer.

There's a new Mars store opened at the Paris airport.  I always love the way Mars themes these stores, and I'll be sure to snap a few pictures if I find myself in Paris again.

Here are 4 really good tips for making a great ice cream sandwich, using toast instead of a cookie is still up for debate.

Tired of all of the berries available from mother nature, why not make up your own?

There's a new kind of chocolate in town, and it's called Blond.

Police in Thailand nab chocolate thief, apparently there's not much else going on.

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Friday's Candy Links

I can't say I've ever tasted Hawaiian cocoa, but I'd love to.

Chocolate printer is now available, what's the first thing you'd print out of chocolate?

First I hear Cadbury is making a special edition bar for the Queens Jubilee, now it appears that Walkers is creating a special edition cookie tins as well.

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Monday's Candy Links

So you've heard so much about these 3D food printers.  You haven't?  Well read this then.

Did you know that Milton Hershey had a ticket for the Titanic?

Chocolate maker does well, and then is "asked by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help gather cocoa tree samples for a project in which government is trying to determine what kind of cacao beans make the best chocolate."

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3D Food Printers Just Got Cooler

Apparently scientific and engineering minds have developed a 3D printer that can print things in chocolate.  That pretty much ranks up with the greatest inventions ever made in my books.  My goal in life is to get a full body scan, then make a life sized perfect replica of myself in chocolate.

Click here to read more about it.

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3D Printers Are So Cool

I've been keeping up with all of the latest news and information about 3D printers because I think they're a really cool idea.  I was even more interested in 3D printing technology when I found out that many of them use sugar to build their creations.  Now it looks like edible 3D printing projects are going to be the next big thing and I for one can't wait.

Click here to read more.

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